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Marmon Herrington 801 at the Indianapolis M-H factory site. Next to it sit the chassis of a bus. There is some controversy whether the bus is a M-H chassis or the chassis of one of their motor coaches. Date and photographer unknown.

Marmon Herrington 796 sits at the Westinghouse factory in Pittsburgh, apparently as a demonstrator. Note the short length of the wires. Pittsburgh never did go for trolleybuses despite two different demonstrations. Date and photographer unknown.

Flyer E800 5324 pulling out from Fremont onto Market Street on Route 6. Meanwhile a trash fire (there was a lot of wood and creosote left over from BART construction days) on the tracks in the Bart tunnel is sending out black clouds of smoke. Service on BART and Muni LRVs was suspended at 9:30 a.m. The F-line and trolleybus lines were also suspended. Muni service returned at 11:10 a.m. BART resumed later. Info submitted by Peter Ehrlich. Photo by Matt Lee. 9 MR 06.

Flyer E800 5300 freshly repainted. "At long last, Flyer 5300 finally received it's first repaint ever. As far as I can tell it was repainted from the roof gutter(orange line down on the sides, and top to bottom on both ends. The MUNI worm however is still the original factory painted one. I think they taped over the worm while the rest of the bus was being painted for whatever reason." Photo and comment by Matt Lee. I've been told that Muni is not going to preserve this one. The E800s are on their last days. 10 MR 2006.

Workmen working on cable pulleys at Mason and Columbus Sts. on the Powell-Mason line. One type A car, no. 32, is waiting while another type A car, no. 29, proceeds down Columbus. They have three years to go. In the back ground a cable car is visible. Submitted by Walter Rice. 14 AU 1947.

Edmond O'Brien pictured with a Marmon-Herrington behind him. Clip taken from the movie D.O.A. 1949. Courtesy The Bus Station.

Edmond O'Brien pictured in front of a Twin Coach behind him. Clip taken from the movie D.O.A. 1949. Courtesy The Bus Station.

Two iron monsters, 178 and 205, on the N line at 9th Ave. and Irving St. pass. Before long these cars will be in the graveyard in the sky as PCCs replace the remaining iron monsters. Photo by Walter Rice.1957.

Flyer artic 7052 dewires on Main St. near Market St. Photo by Matt Lee. 13 MY 05.

Flyer E800 5079 on Stockton St. at Market St. on route 45. The driver is Robert Parks, a members of the SFMuni History list. It appears that the Flyer has been recently repainted, as some of them have been. Photo by Peter Ehrlich. 2006.

Market Street Railways car 962 on Interurban route 40 in Burlingame, a suburb south in San Mateo county. Photographer unknown. 1943.

Unidentified Muni car exiting the West Portal of the Twin Peaks Tunnel. Note that the route marker "A" is displayed, since the car is going to the ocean, it should be "L". Route "A" was discontinued in 1931 when the Market Street Railroad's route 31 was inaugurated. The streetcar was on a fan trip. Photo by Walter Rice. JU 1941.

A line up of retired Flyer E-800s. Photo by Cameron Beach. 1 MR 06.

Breda LRV 1461 tests the new T line tracks from 4th St. and King St. to 3rd St. and 18th St. 1461 is beginning the turn from King St. onto 4th St. Work Motor C-1 followed in case there was a problem. A one point the overhead was too high and the work car had to push it on to a contact section. Photo by Peter Ehrlich. 24 AP 06. (Note: SF is one of the few cities where two numbered streets intersect. Normally, numbered streets run parallel and numbered avenues run parallel.) Photo by Peter Ehrlich. 24 AP 06.

1461 is turning from King St. onto 4th St. Photo by Peter Ehrlich. 24 AP 06.

1461 has just crossed the draw bridge on 4th St. not far from King St. to 3rd St. and 18th St. The hangar positions for the extension of the 30 and 45 are visible. Photo by Peter Ehrlich. 24 AP 06.

PCC 1054 t the Sunday farmer's market at Market St. at the Civic Center. 4 JN 03. Photo by Peter Ehrlich. 24 AP 03.

Milan car 1815 at the same location. Photo by Peter Ehrlich. 24 AP 03.

The Boat car 228 at the same location. Photo by Peter Ehrlich. 24 AP 03.

MSR 287 on route 25. There is speculation that the car was at its terminal. Photographer unknown. The late 1930s. From the collection of Peter Ehrlich.