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Iron Monster Trucked to Fix Trucks
Pacific Electric PCC 1061 Headed Back to Muni
Rolling through Ames, Iowa today on the back of a trailer, one of our watchful members, Mike Joynt, spotted newly rebuilt PCC 1061, painted to honor Pacific Electric, on its way back to San Francisco following rebuilding by Brookville Equipment Company in Pennsylvania. Mike wasn’t able to snap a photo, but here’s one of the car body emerging from Brookville’s paint shop a couple of months ago before its regular trucks were installed and the finishing touches applied. (Thanks to Jack Demnyan for the photo.)
What a Weekend!
As you can see on our recap at the top of the main page, Muni Heritage Weekend was a real humdinger. What was especially great was the large number of families that came out to enjoy the vintage vehicles. SFMTA had some specific events to attract kids including cable car bell ringing practice with 10-time champion Carl Payne, design your own streetcar, and more.
Ride Hyde the Way it Used to Be!
Heritage Weekend Has Later Start Time This Year
Steam Streetcar on Market Street, 1864
Incredible Film: Cable Cars on Pacific Ave., 1929
Just when you think you’ve seen it all, you haven’t. A couple of months ago, we got a call asking whether we recognized the location of a film. We did — Pacific Avenue. We had never seen motion pictures of that line, which closed in 1929. Now, the video has been posted on YouTube, with additional information on the provenance of the film.
“Coming to Town” Talk to Help Open Salesforce Transit Center August 11
“The Greatest Streetcar Museum in America”
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