Postcard: San Francisco railcar 3557 at United Railroads Geneva Carhouse (1989) Location: United Railroads Geneva Carhouse .Henrik Boye .Peter Ehrlich .Samuel R. Ganczaruk .June 20, 1989 .
The picture shows Open regularly San Francisco railcar 3557 (ex Hamburg railcar 3557), manufacturer Falkenried/Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB), type V6, series 3550-3589, manufactured 1949-1952, signed line 2 Sonderfahrt.
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Photos from San Francisco Railway Museum Postcard: San Francisco tourist line E-Embarcadero Steetcar with railcar 42 near 2nd & King (1984) CTP #13
Edmonton, AB
#42 - St. Louis 1912 - At St. Louis, Car Co. St. Louis, Missouri U.S.A, Arch Roof, Brakes - Air Westinghouse D1-EF, Truks - St. Louis 47-B-4'6'' Wheel base -, 34" Wheels Controller Motor Gear Ratio =, K-6-FE 80A (4) 40H8-69:17, Weight: 42,000 1 BV, Total Length 0 45'0", Height = 8'6", Double end - Wood Steel reinforced, Seats = 36
Coach No.42. By Henrik Boye, J. Barnard Photographer -
1984 .
Calendar: San Francisco railcar 1061 near Church & 18th (2023) PCC 1061, honoring Pacific Electric, at Church and 17th Street.
Of the streetcars painted for out-of-town transit agencies, none is more photographed than Car 1061, resplendent in the red, orange, and silver livery of Pacific Electric, Southern California's once-sprawling rail system (owned by Southern Pacific, which also had a similar spectacular livery for some of its passenger trains). Here, the car turns onto non-revenue tracks on 17th Street to reach the Castro Terminal and start its day.
The same intersection from a different angle in 1934, looking south on Church, with 17th Street just beyond, showing J-line Car 46 and the firetruck. The tracks on 17th didn't exist until the 1970s, built as a detour for the K, L, and M lines to reach the Twin Peaks Tunnel while upper Market Street was being dug up to build the Muni Metro subway. The tracks ended up being ideally located for streetcars traveling between the car barn and the F-line Castro terminal.
SFMTA Archive By Henrik Boye, Jon Porter, San Francisco Railway Museum -
July 2023 .
Calendar: San Francisco railcar 1062 at Church & 18th (2023) PCC Streetcar 1062, in Pittsburgh tribute livery, in Dolores Park l Ian Martin photo
April 2023
Muni's PCC streetcar flett includes cars that originally ran in either San Francisco, Minneapolis-St. Paul (and then Newark NJ), or Philadelphia. Most of PCCs are colorfully painted in accurately repliveries of most of the 33 North American cities that once ran these iconis streetcars. Of these PCC cities, nome had as many challenging hills as Pittsburgh, so it's fitting to show Car 1062 on the Steepest streetcar hill in San Francisco today (about a 9% grade).
The all-time steepest San Francisco electric streecar grade was this one (17%), on Potrero Hill's 24th Street. Here in 1903, a single-truck "Dinky" identical to preserved Car 578 tiptoes down, with only a hand brake brake to stop it. The steepest currest current cabble car grade is on Hyde Street, 21%
John Henry Mentz photo, SFMTA Archive By Henrik Boye, Ian Martin, San Francisco Railway Museum -
April 2023 .
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