California, USA
ETI 5401 in test mode. Photo by Jim Holland. Date unknown.
ETI 5401 in test
mode. Photo by Jim Holland. Date unknown.
Unidentified Marmon-Herrington at Fith St. and Market St. Photographer and date unknown.
St. Louis 521 on the
Union Howard line. It is difficult to tell whether it was still
the E line or if it had been renumbered as the 41. 521 is the
second batch of St. Louis's. This batch Muni bought in 1947.
(There is a problem with two above photos. I'll see if I can fix them with PhotoShop.)
Tracie Josephson, a transit widow, posing
with Flyer 5048. Photo by Ken Josephson.
A Marmon and a couple
PPCs on Church St. The MH is on route 22, and the PPCs on the J
line. Photo be Roberta Hill, submitted by Ken Josephson.
A front view of the first (?) ETI articulated trolleybus for
San Francisco. Photo submitted by Mattis Schindler.
A side view
of the first (?) ETI articulated trolleybus for San Francisco.
Fairly representative of the new paint scheme, it is missing the
Muni logos. Photo submitted by Mattis Schindler.
A model of Cal St. Cable R.R. Co. 11. The model was assembled by Walter Rice. Photo by Walter Rice. Date unknown.
Flyer E800 5296 at Presidio Garage being dismantled. Photo by Matt Lee. 3 NO 2007.
Flyer E800 5324 at Presidio Garage being slowly dismantled. Photo by Matt Lee. 3 NO 2007.
A left rear shot articulated New Flyer 704 following Milan car 1895 heading toward the Ferry terminal. 2 NO 2007.
New 'baby' PCC 1016 at the Ferry Terminal on a fan trip. Note the relatively new Marmon-Herrington and the birdcage signal on the right. The trolley in front of the Ferry Building is probably a Marmon. Photo by Walter Rice. NO 1951.
PCC 1050 in San Francisco colours and newly painted green Milan car 1818 on Market St. at Church St. Trolleybus route 22 Fillmore crosses Market St. at this location. Photo by Peter Ehrlich. 13 NO 2007.
Jewitt 142 on the right is heading east on route 6. Jewitt 156 is on route N and has just exited the Sunset Tunnel. Both these cars were former Market St. Railroad cars when Muni acquired MSR in 1944.
'Some interesting things about this image. First, 156's appearance is prior to its conversion to a B-Type with rear doors, making it one of the longer-lived Bs on Muni's roster. Note that there is no dash sign on 156. Second, the dash of the other Jewett, 142, is repainted so that Muni could avoid paying White Front royalties.
'Finally, note that the Muni car had to make a full safety stop to let the other car pass, otherwise the Eclipse fender would strike the inbound car. Today, there are locations throughout the Muni system where such safety stops are still required, although the vehicles involved are Bredas.
'The 6-Line's cars took 8-9 minutes longer to reach Market Street than the N-Line trolleys which used the tunnel. I'm wondering how many times 6-Line motormen "accidentally" went through the tunnel "to make up time"', by Peter Ehrlich. Route 6 was soon to be abandonned and in 1949 it was converted to trolleybus line 6 Masonic. The route name was changed to 6 Parnassus in 1983.
Flyer 5148 at the terminus of the 31 Balboa. 5148 was taken on a special trip through various parts of the city. It is now a historical vehicle. These Flyers were not typical on the 31 since the 31 is ADA equipped (served only by lift-equipped vehicles) in the early '90. Flyers were regularly scheduled on the 31 in 1993 only, from June through Nov. 1993 (and in the a.m. peak only), before it officially became a trolley coach route. Photo by Matt Lee. 19 JA 2008.
5148 signed for 20 Columbus and Jackson and Sansome Sts. Photo by Matt Lee. 19 JA 2008.
ETI 7011 at Market and S. Van Ness St. on route 7 Haight, repainted as "Gray Ghost". Photo by Matt Lee. 19 JA 2008.
ETI 5537 (?) at Sansome and Clay Sts. Photo by Matt Lee. 2007.
ETI 5622 turning from onto Market St. on route 5 Fulton. Photographer unknown.
2008.
ETI 5496 testing out the new in bound overhead wires on McAllister St. returning to two-way service on McAllister St. This is intended to speed up the trolleys on the 5 Fulton line. Photo by Matt Lee. 16 AUG 2011.
Another shot of ETI 5496 testing out the new overhead on McAllister St. at Hyde St. Photo by Matt Lee. 16 AUG 2011.
ETI 5579 eastbound on route 5 on McAllister St. about to turn onto Market St. New overhead was recently instlled on McAllister permitting the trolleys to return to two-way service on McAllister. Photo by Matt Lee. 31 AUG 2011.
SF Video (hairpin turn on the 33)
This page last updated 11 SEP 2011
