The Historic Fleet
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| Number | Photo | Notes |
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| San Francisco MUNI A-Type 1 |
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This class opened service in 1912 on the new Municipal Railway of
San Francisco on Dec. 28, 1912, operating on lines A-Geary & 10th
Avenue and B-Geary and Ocean Beach. Later, cars 1-43 worked lines
C-Geary and California and F-Stockton, with two also running on line
M-Ocean View in shuttle service. Car 1, built by local carbuilder W.
L. Holman, escaped scrapping in 1951 and was restored by Muni to its
original open-end appearance for Muni's 50th Anniversary in 1962. It
has been in revenue service since 1982, and is considered the
"flagship" of the Muni streetcar fleet.
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| Veracruz, Mexico 001 |
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This single-truck, single-end open trolley, built in the
1900s, came to San Francisco for the 1984 Trolley Festival, and stayed
around in 1985. The mayor of Veracruz then demanded the car back for
his re-election campaign. Unfortunately, he was defeated in his bid
for another term as mayor, and the car has been on display, more or
less, in Veracruz since.
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| Moscow/Orel, USSR 106 |
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This car was donated by the Soviet Union to San Francisco with a
ceremony on January 27, 1987, as the "Streetcar Named Desire For
Peace". 106, built in 1912 (although some accounts date its
construction to 1921), was originally a German-designed car which ran
in Moscow until 1960, then Orel to 1978. It ran in the 1987 Trolley
Festival, and then occasionally up to 1997. It is now undergoing
restoration by F-Line support group Market Street Railway.
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| Oporto 122 |
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This single-truck car was built by J. G. Brill
for the Oporto tramway system, and many homebuilt copies were built by
the Oporto system under license from Brill. It was leased from an
Oregon streetcar broker for service in the 1983 Trolley Festival. 122
now operates for the McKinney Avenue Transit Authority in Dallas.
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| San Francisco MUNI B-Type 130 |
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Car 130, the only car on Muni property that was never
"retired", arrived at Muni as part of a 125-car order from Jewett Car
Company of Newark, Ohio in 1914. The last cars of this class were
retired in 1958, but 130 became a work car. In 1983, Muni shop
personnel restored 130 back to a passenger car, and it has worked all
five Trolley Festivals and is, at 90 years old, now providing daily
service on the F-Line. It has been dedicated to the memory of Herb
Caen, the beloved columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle.
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| Hankai/Osaka 151 |
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Stored serviceable at Pier 80
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| San Francisco MUNI B-Type 162 |
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Another B-Type returned to Muni on July 10, 2003 from
the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, Calif. 162 was one of the
last B-Types to be retired in 1958. Market Street Railway did much of
the restoration of this car between July 2003 and September 2004, and
it is now at Muni for the final restoration work. It will return to
service in 2008.
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| San Francisco MUNI K-Type 178 |
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The 25 K-Types, built locally by Bethlehem Steel (the old Union
Iron Works) in 1923, operated 35 years, with the last ones retired in
1958. Car 171 went to the Orange Empire Railway Museum, and number
178 was saved by the Bay Area Electric Railway Assn. for its Western
Railway Museum in Rio Vista Junction, CA. 178 was brought back to
Muni in 1981 for a special fantrip by the BAERA, and hung around for
revenue service on the J-Church line in 1982 and the 1983, 1984 and
1985 Trolley Festivals. It is now back at the Western Railway
Museum.
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| Oporto 189 |
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This was a single-truck car built by the Oporto,
Portugal tramway undertaking in 1929. Like 122, it was leased from
Oregon streetcar broker Paul Class for the 1983 Trolley Festival, and
was purchased by Muni in 1984. It has operated in every Trolley
Festival, but then the need for a thorough restoration was much
evident, and work was started, but since halted by Muni. 189
participated in the demonstration service in 1987 on The Embarcadero,
proving the value of a waterfront trolley service.
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| Blackpool Boat Tram 228 (and 226) |
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These open trams, built by English Electric for the Blackpool,
England tramway, still serve this seaside city's Promenade tram route.
Car 226 came to the Western Railway Museum in the 1970s and was leased
by Muni for the 1983 and 1984 Trolley Festivals. Muni meanwhile
purchased its own "Boat", number 228, which had been in Philadelphia
during the Bicentennial and was then returned to Blackpool and was
available. Car 228 ran in the last 3 Festivals, and has been in
revenue service ever since.
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| Johnstown 351 |
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Car 351, built by St. Louis Car Co. in 1926 for
Johnstown, PA, ran until the end of service in 1960. It was then
purchased by a Sonoma County man who brought the car out to his
property from Johnstown. Still intact, the car was sold to Market
Street Railway in the late 1980s by his widow. Car 351 is awaiting
restoration, and is at Mint Yard.
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| Melbourne W-2 496 |
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(Also 586 and 648). Muni leased W2 648 from the
Western Railway Museum for the 1983 through 1986 Trolley Festivals.
In 1987, it purchased its own W2s, 496 and 586. 496, in better
condition, was placed in service for the 1987 Festival, and has been
in service ever since. 586 is awaiting restoration. All were built
between 1927 and 1930.
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| Portland 503 |
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This elegant 1903 Brill trolley, which ran on
the famed Council Crest Line in Portland until 1949, was loaned from
the Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society museum for the 1983 and
1985 Trolley Festivals. It is now back at the OERHS museum in Brooks,
OR.
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| Kobe/Hiroshima 578(J) |
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This was a typical Japanese-design tram
dating to 1927 for Kobe, where it ran until 1971 and was sold to
Hiroshima. It came to Muni in 1986, and operated in the 1986/1987
Trolley Festivals, and did some service afterward but has been out of
service since the F-Line opened. It will return to service in 2006
once a hand brake is installed.
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| Market St. Rwy. "Dinky" 578(S) |
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Built in 1895 for the first Market Street Railway Company, this
4-wheel cable car lookalike passed through ownership of United
Railroads, the second Market Street Railway Company and finally Muni,
which restored the car in 1956 to its 1895 appearance to commemorate
the 50th Anniversary of the 1906 Earthquake and Fire. It is still
used on special occasions, and is the oldest streetcar currently in
service on a U. S. transit agency.
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| Market St. Rwy "California Comfort Car" 798 |
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This car, the only "California Comfort Car"
in existence, was built by MSRy in its Elkton Shops in 1924. It was
retired by Muni in 1946, and went to the Sierra Foothills town of
Columbia, CA, where it became part of a dwelling. In 1984, the owner
was threatening to destroy the car, and booster group MSR, with the
help of some city departments, was able to extricate the car. In the
early 1990s, partial restoration was carried out at Deuel Vocational
Facility Prison in Tracy, CA, and now complete restoration is being
done by MSR at the Mint Yard.
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| New Orleans 913 |
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New Orleans 913 was purchased in August 2005 from the Orange
Empire Railway Museum, where it had resided since its 1964 retirement.
It will be rehabbed for service in San Francisco.
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| New Orleans 952 |
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952 has an interesting history. Built in 1924 as part of a 73-car
order from Perley Thomas, 952 was retired in 1964 when Canal Street
service quit and 35 of its sister cars went to St. Charles, where
they still run today. It was sold to the Chattanooga Choo-Choo hotel
complex, which was a collection of retired railroad sleeping cars
converted to hotel rooms, and ran as a shuttle around the grounds, but
converted to standard gauge. When the New Orleans system was planning
its Riverfront Streetcar line in 1987, car 952, and two other ex-New
Orleans veterans, were brought back and rebuilt for this service, and
952 was renumbered 456. But in 1997, Riverfront was broad-gauged, and
952 and its two sisters were retired again and stored. In 1998, Mayor
Willie Brown approached Mayor Mark Morial of New Orleans of the
possibility of obtaining one of the streetcars for San Francisco's
vintage fleet. A lease arrangement was worked out, and on Sept. 18,
1998, 952, restored to New Orleans olive green livery by NORTA,
debuted in San Francisco service.
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| Hamburg 3557 |
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This car is considered the "daddy" of the Trolley Festival. Built
by Linke-Hoffman-Busch in 1954, it ran in Hamburg until that city's
tram lines were abandoned in 1978. That year, the late Maurice
Klebolt purchased 3557 and brought it to San Francisco, parading it
around City Hall on a flatbed in the hopes that it could be used to
develop a historic streetcar line. Bemused public officials didn't
quite know what to do with this "gift", and the car sat for four years
before undergoiing full restoration for the 1983 Trolley Festival. It
operated in all five Festivals, and occasionally thereafter until
1992. It is now in storage, needing a fresh restoration.
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| Milan Interurban 96 |
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This powerful center-entrance interurban, built in 1930 as one of
Milan's "OM" class interurban motors, was acquired by MSR and Muni in
1984. Although a partial restoration was undertaken by MSR, it was
never completed, and the car only made a few trips on Muni, not in
service. In 2003, the car was sold to the trolley museum in Issaquah,
Washington.
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| Sacramento Northern Birney 62 |
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Sacramento Northern rostered a small fleet of Birneys for its
local streetcar services in Sacramento, Chico, and Yuba
City/Marysville, CA; the latter proved to be SN's last passenger
service, abandoned in 1948. Birney 62 was purchased by the Bay Area
Electric Railroad Assn. and made two appearances in San Francisco.
The first time was a special fantrip on January 21, 1951, when 62
operated over many of the remaining Muni lines, including the
out-of-service, but still in place, trackage to the Ferry Building.
The second instance was set up for the possibility of running the car
in 1984 Trolley Festival service, and on May 19, 1984, 62 made one
trip from Metro Yard to Transbay Terminal. The Birney's railroad
profile wheels proved to be no match for Muni's girder rail, and the
little car ran on its flanges most of the time, kicking up sparks all
the way. The experiment was therefore a failure, and 62 returned home
to the Western Railway Museum the next day.
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Unrestored PCC Fleet
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| Number | Photo | Notes |
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| PCC 1006 |
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San Francisco double end "Torpedo" car. Awaiting restoration, not in service. Stored at Marin Division depot
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| PCC 1008 |
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San Francisco double end "Torpedo" car. Operable but awaiting
restoration, not in service. Stored at Marin Division depot.
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| PCC 1009 |
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San Francisco double end "Torpedo" car. Stored at Marin Division
depot. Fire damaged.
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| PCC 1011 |
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San Francisco double end "Torpedo" car. Awaiting restoration, not in service. Stored at Pier 72.
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| PCC 1023 |
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Stored out of service at Marin Division depot
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| PCC 1026 |
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Stored out of service at Marin Division depot
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| PCC 1027 |
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Stored out of service at Marin Division depot
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| PCC 1028 |
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Stored out of service at Marin Division depot
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| PCC 1031 |
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Stored out of service at Marin Division depot
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| PCC 1033 |
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Acquired from OERM in October 2002. Moved to Muni July 2003;
stored out of service at Marin Division depot.
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| PCC 1034 |
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Stored out of service at Marin Division depot.
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| PCC 1038 |
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Stored out of service at Marin Division depot
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| PCC 1039 |
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Acquired from OERM in October 2002. Moved to Muni July 2003;
stored serviceable but out of service at Marin Division Depot.
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| PCC 1040 |
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Awaiting restoration, not in service.
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| PCC 1103 |
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Ex-St. Louis "1100", Stored unserviceable at Pier 72
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| PCC 1115 |
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Ex-St. Louis "1100", Stored unserviceable at Pier 72
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| PCC 1125 |
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Ex-St. Louis "1100", Stored unserviceable at Pier 72
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| PCC 1128 |
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See 1704.
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| PCC 1130 |
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Ex-St. Louis "1100", Stored unserviceable at Pier 72
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| PCC 1139 |
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Ex-St. Louis "1100", Stored unserviceable at Pier 72
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| PCC 1158 |
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Ex-St. Louis "1100", Stored unserviceable at Pier 72
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| PCC 1168 |
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Ex-St. Louis "1100", Stored unserviceable at Pier 72
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| PCC 1704 |
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St. Louis, red and cream. Was undergoing restoration but work has
stopped; stored out of service at Marin Division Depot. Former number 1128.
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| PCC 2147 |
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Ex-SEPTA car stored at Pier 72
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| PCC 4008 |
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EX-Pittsburgh PAT--Stored unserviceable at Marin Division Depot.
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| PCC 4009 |
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EX-Pittsburgh PAT--Stored unserviceable at Marin Division Depot.
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