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E-line Gets Going
E-line Kickoff; Boat Tram Debuts
New Boat at E-line Ceremony July 31
Great E-line Startup Piece in The Examiner
[caption id="attachment_7756" align="alignleft" width="700"] Right after this shot was snapped, Mayor Dianne Feinstein (left) took the controls of Muni Car No.1 and personally piloted it down Market Street to open the first Trolley Festival in June 1983. That success led to the permanent F-line, and now the E-line.[/caption]
E-line Opening Now August 1
[caption id="attachment_7727" align="alignleft" width="700"] PCC Streetcar No. 1006, training on the E-line June 30, 2015, joins the light rail tracks that emerge from the Market Street Subway at Folsom Street.[/caption]
Training for E-line Under Way
[caption id="attachment_7721" align="alignleft" width="700"] Vintage 1948 double-end PCC streetcars Nos. 1006 (left) and 1011 pass just south of the Ferry Building during E-line training, July 1, 2015[/caption]
Ride the Boat July 19 All the Way Out the J
E-Line Startup Looks Set for July 25
[caption id="attachment_7693" align="alignleft" width="700"] E-line car No. 1008 in 2013 Demonstration Service at its Caltrain Depot terminal.[/caption]
Information NOT Gladly Given?
Muni unveiled sleek new buses yesterday, both motor coaches and trolley coaches. Their press release was full of positive stuff, and rightly so. Transit chief John Haley deserves credit for pulling strings to get new vehicles ordered and here much faster than used to be the case.
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