Recently restored E-line PCC streetcar No. 1008 switches off the F-line tracks onto the connector track that will take it the rest of the way on The Embarcadero during America’s Cup service August 25, 2013. The special E-line connector track has been in place almost a decade, waiting for the full-time startup of the line. Refurbishment of this car and others allows for full time E-line service to begin as soon as Muni funds it. Brian Leadingham photo.
Even in the 1930s, transit stop spacing was an issue in San Francisco. Click to enlarge.
PCC No. 1006 where The Embarcadero becomes King Street, training operators for E-line America’s Cup service.
Interior of PCC No. 1009, vandalized and burned by homeless, leaving San Francisco for restoration, 2010.
Thirty years ago this week, the first San Francisco Historic Trolley Festival kicked off, with then-Mayor Dianne Feinstein personally piloting historic Muni Car No. 1 from 17th Street and Market to East Bay Terminal. The festival was so successful, the mayor asked that it be repeated…and the F-line rapidly progressed from a dream to full-time reality.
PCC No. 1060 enlivens the scene at Seventh and Market Streets. (c) Melissa Wuschnig.
