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Our E-line Vision Gaining Attention 27 Aug 2013 | 04:08 am
In the wake of several successful weekends of vintage streetcar service the length of The Embarcadero on the E-line, the Curbed website posted a story on our vision for an extended E-line service toda...
Skipping Stops, Then and Now 19 Aug 2013 | 08:45 pm
Even in the 1930s, transit stop spacing was an issue in San Francisco. Click to enlarge. This pair of notices from our namesake (Muni’s privately owned competitor from 1921 to 1944) recently came to ...
Here's the E-line America's Cup Schedule 3 Aug 2013 | 08:53 pm
Muni has released the schedule for E-line service in conjunction with upcoming America’s Cup series races. Service will run from late morning to about 6 pm from the Caltrain Depot at Fourth and King S...
Still Time to Join the Dallas PCC Charter Aug. 4 29 Jul 2013 | 11:00 am
Perhaps the most remarkable renovation performed on any of the F-line streetcars is the one given to No. 1009. Here’s the before photo: Interior of PCC No. 1009, vandalized and burned by homeless, le...
2014 Streetcar Calendar Now Available! 24 Jul 2013 | 11:08 pm
Market Street Railway’s 2014 “Museums in Motion” calendar is now available at our San Francisco Railway Museum and here in our online store. As you can see, the cover features newly restored double-e...
Rare Streetcar Scenes in Upcoming Silent Movie Showing 19 Jul 2013 | 11:34 am
On Sunday, July 21, 3:30 p.m. at the Castro Theater, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival is showing a restored print of “Last Edition,” filmed in San Francisco in and around the Chronicle building ...
On the Line: Hard Water 8 Jul 2013 | 06:16 am
We start a new feature today: fun places you can reach on Muni’s historic streetcar or cable car lines. Our first entry is Hard Water, the hot new whisky bar cum southern cooking temple that’s the br...
E-line Service Sunday, July 7 6 Jul 2013 | 09:01 pm
The special E-Embarcadero streetcar service was a big hit on July 4. It’s running again on Sunday, July 7, from the Caltrain Depot at Fourth and King Streets to Jones and Jefferson Streets in Fisherma...
Plain Jane on the Way to a Makeover 24 Jun 2013 | 06:25 am
Our San Francisco Railway Museum manager, Brian Leadingham, spotted this mystery PCC streetcar gliding by the museum the other day and snapped this quick shot. It’s No. 1056, which has been out of ser...
Learn How the F-line Started, At Our Museum 22 Jun 2013 | 11:00 am
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 Ea...
