January 24, 2022March 14, 2022 Rick Laubscher

Rails to rubber: Muni 1946-1962

January 24, 2022March 14, 2022 Rick Laubscher Features, History Features, History Spotlight, Home List, SF Transit Company Histories, SFMSR 40-line San Mateo, cable car wars, cable cars 1947, cable cars threatened, Friedel Klussmann, Muni after World War II, Muni conversion to buses, Post war Muni, Roger Lapham, San Francisco streetcars 1940s, San Francisco streetcars 1950s

Fourth of six installments in our history of Muni’s birth and first century

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September 29, 2017 Rick Laubscher

Merger Day, 73 years ago

September 29, 2017 Rick Laubscher History Spotlight 1944 merger, MSRy merger, Roger Lapham

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January 27, 2017January 16, 2022 Rick Laubscher

Clarifying the 1947 Threat to the Cable Cars

January 27, 2017January 16, 2022 Rick Laubscher History Spotlight, Posts with Photos, SF Famous Cable Cars 1947, cable cars, Powell Street cable cars, Roger Lapham

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