San Francisco railcar 1061
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The history of the tram
Pacific Electric Railway (PE)
Closed
: Delivered as Los Angeles railcar 2116 (ex San Francisco railcar 1061), manufacturer Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company, type PCC.
San Francisco Railway Museum
Open regularly
: Arrived at the museum as San Francisco railcar 1061, manufacturer Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company, type PCC.
Calendar: San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1061 (2023)Museums in motion
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San Francisco's historic Streetcars & Cable carsBy Henrik Boye, Jon Porter, San Francisco Railway Museum - .
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 ArchiveBy Henrik Boye, Jon Porter, San Francisco Railway Museum - .