San Francisco Photos 11

Flyer E800 5004 dewires at Presidio and California Sts. turning from Presidio onto California on route 3 Jackson. This intersection is a 3/4 Grand Union (actually 10/12 since there are 12 possibilities at a Grand Union, and only 10 exist here). At the time of the photo, all the special work was K&M. K&M special work has never operated properly in San Francisco and Muni decided to slowly replace with Ohio Brass type overhead. On 13 AU 2001 at 6:15 a.m., a garbage truck with a cherry picker arm struck the wires at Presidio Avenue and California Street, cutting off electricity to the area and throwing live wires to the ground. This disrupted servce on routes 1, 3, and 4. Diesel buses were put into service, but there were not enough to cover all the runs. Muni had plans to replace this intersection with OB-type overhead and by Monday morning service was returned to trolleys though some turns were not installed until a day or so later. Photo by Wayne Duncan. AU 1991.

Unidentified Flyer E800 on route 1 westbound on California St. approaches the intersection of Presidio and California Sts. AU 1991. Photo by Wayne Duncan.

ETI 5480 in a colour scheme that would have been appropriate in 1967 on the 7 Haight line. Why this colour scheme on this trolley today is unknown. Photo by Tim Jue. 5 AU 2003.

Flyer Artic 7002 crashes into a store front in Daly City at the end of the line. Details on the accident are not known. Photographer unknown. 29 SE 02.

Left side view of 7002.

Right side view of 7002.

Flyer #800 4584, one of the last Flyer E800s, on hold. Photo by Peter Ehrlich. FE 2004.

Ex-Nopsi 952 heading toward the ferry terminal out-of-service on Market St. at Spear St. ETI trolley is following in the curb lane. Photo by Peter Ehrlich. 14 JA 2004.

The San Francisco PCC 1050 with Wings (a classic IMHO) and Milan 1856 car meeting at the Emarcadero. The Milan carr has just started turning right. Photo by Peter Ehrlich. 29 FE 2004.

Flyer E800 5345 on the 6 Parnassus. It is one of the last Flyers in service. Photographer unknown. 2 MR 2004.

ETI articulated trolley 7125 on the 31 Balboa. This is interesting because Flyer artics were originally assigned to this line they were ADA, where as the Flyer E800 were not. This line had been served by ADA diesels. The line had to remain ADA. After the 40 foot ETIs went into service, they were assigned to the 31, since they are ADA. Lately, artics were once again seen on the 31. It is not known why. Photo by Peter Ehrlich. 6 FE 2004.

Rear shot of Twin Coach 614 sadly rusting away at OERM. Next to it on the left is an unidentified Seattle Pullman. Photo by Tim Gormley. 21 JN 2004.

Flyer E800 5026, one the last remaining in service, at Potrero Garage. Photo by Peter Ehrlich. 30 DE 2003.

ETI 5408 showing signs of a fender bender, parked at Potrero Garage. Photo by Peter McLaughlin. Fall 2003.

Twin Coach 570, the only one painted in red and cream. Next to it is 572. Note the rollsign—The 41 Union-Howard was the first trolleybus line installed by Muni in 1941 as Route R. It was combined with route E in 1947 and renumbered route 41. It was the first branch of a line to be truncated by Muni, when Howard St. was turned into a one-way street in the downtown area. This was supposed to be termporary as buses were used on the southern half. Wires were to be installed on Folsom for the return route. But this never happened. Photo by Art Curtis. Date unknown, but it must have been taken in the early 70s.

371 on a fan trip before WWII. Photographer unknown.