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Gratitude: Big Picture and Closeup
Thanks for the Green!
One hundred Thanksgivings ago, Muni was laying streetcar track at the spot you see here, and finishing up the Stockton Tunnel in the background, all to create the original F-line, the F-Stockton, which was initially built to carry crowds to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Shiny Museum for Your Shopping Spree
Flagship Powell Cable Car Slips Into Service
Without fanfare, the latest product of Muni’s able cable car shops has rejoined the fleet after a full restoration and makeover.
Streetcars Help Sell Prop. A
San Francisco voters approved Proposition A on the November 4 ballot. It required two-thirds to pass and garnered better than 71%, a strong showing. This means $500 million in new general obligation bonds for capital improvements to San Francisco’s transportation system, including Muni, bicycle infrastructure, streets, and pedestrian safety.
Muni Heritage Weekend a Huge Success
Muni Heritage Weekend drew thousands of San Franciscans and visitors to the Ferry Building area November 1-2, both for the rare opportunity to ride a mix of vintage streetcars, cable cars, and buses, and for a variety of other family-friendly attractions. The event was co-sponsored by Muni’s parent, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), and Market Street Railway.
Great Heritage Saturday! Come Sunday!
What a start to Muni Heritage Weekend on Saturday (November 1, 2014). 1938 White motor coach No. 042, Muni’s oldest surviving bus, was packed with happy riders all day.The only remaining original O’Farrell, Jones & Hyde cable car drew stares and shutterbugs all along the California cable car line on every run.San Francisco’s two oldest surviving passenger streetcars, No. 578 (1896, above) and Muni’s famed No. 1 (1912, below) were the stars of the streetcar show. No. 578 in particular, caught the fancy of Chronicle reporter Jaxon Van Derbeken, who wrote a great story for Sunday’s paper.Adding greatly to the historic context of the day, Saint Ignatius Senior Johnnae D. Saunders read Maya Angelou’s story of how she, when even younger than Johnnae, persevered to become San Francisco’s first African-American female streetcar conductor in 1944.
Member Reception/Muni Heritage Weekend Reminder
[caption id="attachment_6779" align="alignnone" width="700"] 1941 Muni trolley coach No. 506 is already on display for Muni Heritage Weekend, across the F-line tracks from our San Francisco Railway Museum on Steuart Street between Market and Mission.[/caption]
The Little Engine That Could!
Next weekend (Saturday-Sunday, November 1-2) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., you’ll have the special opportunity to ride a streetcar built in the 1890s from our San Francisco Railway Museum up The Embarcadero to the Wharf area, as part of Muni Heritage Weekend.
