San Francisco Photos 10

Articulated Flyer 7048 broken into two parts (loosely connected?). This happened in service. The driver stopped the bus when passengers began to scream. The trolley was driven back to Portrero under its own power. No word on whether it will be repaired. 2002. 7036 which has broken into two parts is to the right of 7048 next to Bryant Street. Photographer unknown, submitted by Zack Willhoite. Information supplied by Matt Lee.

Articulated Flyer 7053 on Mission St. at 4th St. heading towards the Lowell Loop. 2002.

ETI 5422 gliding down 26th St. from Castro St. Note the bracket arm construction holding b oth pair of wires. Photo by Tim Gormley. Date unknown.

Twin Coach 642 and St. Louis 862. The Twin is atthe southern terminus of route 41 Union-Howard on S. Van Ness near 26th St. Passing it is St. Louis 862. This meting of Twinds and St. Louis was rare in SF, as the St. Louis ran exclusively on Mission St. and the streets branching off of Mission (for routes 9 and 12). The Twins never ran on Mission St. (There were probably exceptons to these, but they were rare). The 41 did use Mission St. to loop back to S. Van Ness, but it did not lay over there, so getting a side-by-side photo was rare. What made this photo possible was that during the bulding of the subway under Mission St. for Bart, the Mission St. trolleys were diverted over to S. Van Ness. Coinicidently, 642 was the last Twin Coach to run in San Francisco, being retired in October of 1976. Photo by Peter Ehrlich. 1970.

Drawing of an articulated Marmon-Herrington. Wouldn't have been nice if one of these had been sent to Muni? Drawing by your fearless leader. Circa 1986.

Marmon-Herrington 560 and PCCs 1153 and 1115 on Market Street at 7th Avenue. Photo by Joe Lance. Date unknown.

Brand new ETI articulated trolleybus 7103 at the pier. Photographer David Longa. May 2003.

Flyer E-800 5072 nearing retirement. Photo by Peter Ehrlich. 2003.

Work car 0131towing a PCC toward the Twin Peaks tunnel on Market not far from Duboce. Four PCCs are following and a Marmon Herrington on route 8. Gone today is the freeway overpass in the back ground, the cobra-head street lights now replaced with three-lamps-on-pole, the PCCs, except for those rebuilt and operating on route F. The Marmon is also gone as it route 8, converted to route F, which occsionally sees trolleys when there is an emergency. Photo by Joe Lance, circa 1970.

ETI 7103, the third articulated unit, being tested on 30th St. near Church St. The tracks are for a short turn on the J line. Photo by Peter Ehrlich. 2003.

Flyer E800 5240 inbound on route 6 Parnassus at Haight and Scott Sts. Photo b y Ron Hook. 8 JN 2003.

New OB overhead at Presidio and California Sts. The old K&M overhead here was the most problematic and expensive intersection in the entire system to maintain. Photo by Aleksandr Prodan. 2003.

ETI 7101northbound on Van Ness at Lombard St. on route 49. Photo by Tim Gormley. 5 JN 03.

ETI 5557 westbound on Sutter Street at Jones St. on route 3 Jackson. The cones are separating a film crew shooting a movie.. Photo by Tim Gormley. 5 JN 03.

ETI 7103 on route 14 at Mission and Cotters Sts. Photo by Tim Gormley. 5 JL 03.

A night shot of ETI 7103 on route 14 to Daly City, taken at Mission and Silver Sts, taken at 10:24 p. m.. Photo by Tim Gormley. 5 JL 03.

A drawing of 1976 Flyer E800 trolley 5102. Drawn by Peter McLaughlin. 1 JL 2003.

Flyer E800 5072 aat the Steuart St. Loop (formerly the Ferries Loop). In the back ground is an unidentified ETI. Photo by Peter Ehrlich. 9 MY 2003.

Two Brills on the 33 line passing at the hairpin turn, formerly a switchback operation on Market St. Railway streetcar line 33. It appears that the distant Brill isn't going to make clearance. Although the same haiarpin turn exists today, the streets have been modified and the operation is controlled by a traffic light stopping traffic when a trolley comes along. Photographer and date unknown, but circa 1937.

ETI 7108 and 7109 ready to be sent to Muni for testing and placed into service. Date 14 JL 03. Photo by Peter Ehrlich.