San Francisco’s Historic Streetcars

San Francisco’s transit system, known as Muni, owns and operates a unique collection of vintage streetcars along the City’s main thoroughfare, Market Street, and its northeastern waterfront. Streetcars, known in other places as trolleys or trams, are different than cable cars, but both are fun to ride. Learn about the differences here.

Click here for a brief history of streetcars in San Francisco, and how this unique operation came to be, with our help. Click here to see a map with the current location of streetcars operating right now.

And click on the individual streetcars below to learn the story of each car and the city it came from or pays tribute to.

The Streetcar Fleet

Streamlined PCC Streetcars

The most successful streetcar type in American history, serving both San Francisco and 32 other cities for decades, painted in tribute liveries to most of those cities.

No. 1006 - San Francisco Municipal Railway (1950s)
•Built 1948 • Operational
No. 1007 - Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Co.
•Built 1948 • Operational • Tribute livery
No. 1008 - Muni (Wings)
•Built 1948 • Operational
No. 1009 - Dallas, Texas
•Built 1948 • Operational • Tribute livery
No. 1010 - San Francisco Municipal Railway (1940s)
•Built 1948 • Operational • Tribute livery
No. 1011 - Market Street Railway Company
•Built 1948 • Operational • Tribute livery
No. 1015 - Illinois Terminal Railroad
•Built 1948 • Operational • Tribute livery
No. 1040 - San Francisco Municipal Railway (1950s)
•Built 1952 • Operational
No. 1050 - St. Louis Public Service Company
•Built 1948 • Operational • Tribute livery
No. 1051 - San Francisco Municipal Railway (1960s)
•Built 1948 • Operational • Tribute livery
No. 1052 - Los Angeles Railway
•Built 1948 • Operational • Tribute livery
No. 1053 - Brooklyn, New York
•Built 1947 • Operational • Tribute livery
No. 1055 - Philadelphia, PA
•Built 1948 • Operational
No. 1056 - Kansas City, Missouri-Kansas
•Built 1948 • Operational • Tribute livery
No. 1057 - Cincinnati, Ohio
•Built 1948 • Operational • Tribute livery
No. 1058 - Chicago, Illinois
•Built 1948 • Operational • Tribute livery
No. 1059 - Boston Elevated Railway
•Built 1948 • Operational • Tribute livery
No. 1060 - Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
•Built 1947 • Operational
No. 1061 - Pacific Electric
•Built 1948 • Operational • Tribute livery
No. 1062 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
•Built 1948 • Operational • Tribute livery
No. 1063 - Baltimore, Maryland
•Built 1948 • Operational • Tribute livery
No. 1070 - Newark, New Jersey
•Built 1946 • Operational
No. 1071 - Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
•Built 1947 • Operational
No. 1072 - Mexico City
•Built 1946 • Operational • Tribute livery
No. 1073 - El Paso, Texas & Juarez, Mexico
•Built 1947 • Operational • Tribute livery
No. 1074 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
•Built 1946 • Operational • Tribute livery
No. 1075 - Cleveland, Ohio
•Built 1946 • Operational • Tribute livery
No. 1076 - Washington, D.C.
•Built 1946 • Operational • Tribute livery
No. 1077 - Birmingham, Alabama
•Built 1947 • Operational • Tribute livery
No. 1078 - San Diego, California
•Built 1946 • Operational • Tribute livery
No. 1079 - Detroit, Michigan
•Built 1946 • Operational • Tribute livery
No. 1080 - Los Angeles Transit Lines
•Built 1946 • Operational • Tribute livery

San Francisco Originals

Vintage streetcars built between 1896 and 1924 that have carried generations of San Franciscans around town.

No. 1 - San Francisco Municipal Railway (1912)
•Built 1912 • Operational
No. 130 - San Francisco Municipal Railway (1940s)
•Built 1914 • Awaiting Restoration
No. 162 - San Francisco Municipal Railway (1950s)
•Built 1914 • Operational
No. 578s - Market Street Railway Company
•Built 1896 • Operational
No. 798 - Market Street Railway Company
•Built 1924 • Awaiting Restoration
No. C-1 - Muni motor flat No. C-1
•Built 1916 • Operational

Wheels of the World

A diverse collection of trolleys, trams, and streetcars from many cities.

No. 106 - Moscow/Orel, Russia
•Built 1912 (?) • Awaiting Restoration
151 - Osaka, Japan - Market Street Railway
No. 151 - Osaka, Japan
•Built 1927 • Awaiting Restoration
No. 189 - Porto, Portugal
•Built 1929 • Awaiting Restoration
No. 228 - 228, 226 & 233 Blackpool, England
•Built 1934 • Operational
No. 351 - Johnstown, Pennsylvania
•Built 1926 • Awaiting Restoration
No. 496 - Melbourne, Australia (W2 Class)
•Built 1928 • Operational
No. 1811 - Milan, Italy (Original 1928 livery)
•Built 1928 • Operational
No. 1818 - Milan, Italy (1930s - 1970s)
•Built 1928 • Operational
No. 1895 - Milan, Italy (1970s - present)
•Built 1928 • Operational
No. 3557 - Hamburg, Germany
•Built 1954 • Awaiting Restoration
No. 578-J - Kobe & Hiroshima, Japan
•Built 1927 • Undergoing Restoration
No. 737 - Zurich, Switzerland
•Built 1952 • Operational • Tribute livery
No. 916 - Melbourne, Australia (SW6 Class)
•Built 1946 • Operational
No. 952 - New Orleans, Louisiana
•Nos. 913 & 952 • Built 1923 • Under Repair