Or the Castro, whichever.
From the year 1924, Number 798 is the last of its kind.
Via Troy Holden:
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Posts Tagged ‘railway’
Historic Market Street Railway Car #798 is Heading Towards the North Pole this Christmas
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009The Four Stages of Grief Regularly Experienced by San Francisco MUNI Passengers
Monday, November 9th, 2009Adapting the classical Kübler-Ross model to San Francisco yields Four Stages of MUNI Passenger Grief:
1. Denial — “I feel fine.”; “This can’t be happening, not to me.” Passengers in this stage look expectantly in the direction of the next MUNI vehicle.
2. Anger — “Why me? It’s not fair!”; “How can this happen to me?”; “Who is to blame?” Passengers in this stage fight each other, or, like Akit, go Full Martin Luther, calling for Nat Ford’s head, as soon as they get home.
3. Depression — “I’m so sad, why bother with anything?”; “I miss my loved one, why go on?” Passengers in this stage enter shoe-gazer mode, hanging their heads in despair.
4. Acceptance — “It’s going to be okay.”; “I can’t fight it, I may as well prepare for it.” Passengers in this stage sit down in the middle of the street, instinctively conserving energy for the long wait ahead. Thusly:
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Yes, that’s the right train but it’s headed the wrong direction. It’s going to be a loooooong night, once again.
Oh well.
The Golden State’s Silvery Street – Where Cable Cars Go Halfway to the Stars
Thursday, October 1st, 2009Here’s California Street looking west from the Financial District / Chinatown area. When the light’s just right, the cable car rails shimmer all silv’ry in the relative darkness created by high-rise buildings.
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Did you know that Paris is gay? That’s what Tony Bennett (and Frank Sinatra) said:
The loveliness of Paris seems somehow sadly gay,
The glory that was Rome is just another day,
I’ve been terribly alone and forgotten in Manhattan,
I’m going home to my city by the bay.
I left my heart in San Francisco, high on a hill it calls to me
To be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars.
The morning fog may chill the air, I don’t care.
My love waits there in San Francisco, above the blue and windy sea,
When I come home to you, San Francisco, your golden sun will shine for me.
Climbing from Montgomery to Kearny to Grant to Stockton to Powell and finally up to Mason.
Whew.
Putting the Historic F-Streetcar Line Back Together, One Overhead Wire at a Time
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009Hours after yesterday’s collision and brouhaha in the Castro involving two historic F-Line streetcars (making up the bread part of an SUV sandwich), MUNI workers were still on the job about a half-mile away near the Duboce Yard in the back of the Church Street Safeway.
In technical terms, them wires up there done fell down. So the crew of an awesome yellow truck (with a scissors lift in the middle) came along and started winching things back together high above Market Street, with a quickness. Hurray!
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To the MUNI recovery crew:
For all you do/
This Bud’s for you
Bus Rapid Transit is Coming to Geary, Whether You Like It Or Not!
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009Last night’s meeting on the proposed Geary Corridor Bus Rapid Transit Project was co-hosted by District One Supervisor Mar and the San Francisco Country Transportation Authority. Lots of people showed up, including at least one blogger – read all about the meeting here at the Richmond District Blog.
They’re still working on some major details, so it’s not too late for citizens such as yourself to get involved. Just saying.
San Francisco Country Transportation Authority Principal Transportation Planner and Geary BRT QB Zabe Bent taking questions along with Eric Mar:
Yes, this event WAS well-attended, with about seventy-something souls at the Rec Center on 18th Avenue. Some of them didn’t look or sound too happy. Crossed arms was the order of the day:
So, the long-running BRT Battle continues. Read all aboot it here, courtesy of “Don’t Call Him Crazy” Rob Anderson, and here, courtesy of Rescue Muni, and you might as well get up to speed with all the deets of this project here, from the Official FAQ.
As they say, Go Geary!
Bus Stop Blues – What to Do When You’re in a Mini MUNI Meltdown
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009You can tell by looking at this scene that these putative San Francisco Municipal Railway riders have been here a long time – just look at them. People are standing on McAllister Street, trying to will the next bus into existence.
These days, what with smart phones and such, people are less likely to be in the dark, information-wise. They know about The Plan from MUNI to get buses to them. (In this case, The Plan deals with the Asian Heritage Street Celebration in the Civic Center blocking the electric-powered #5 Fulton line at Larkin.) The problem is that this particular Plan is taking a while to get going.
If it were me, I’d just walk a few blocks perpendicular to the bus line with the hope of catching a ride – that’s be much more tempting than queueing up here, with the risk that the next coach would be already full with others affected.
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Of course that’s easy for me to say as it would be no problem for me to hoof it up the slopes of Cathedral Hill. Or down to Haight, which has a lot of lines.
Anyway, that would be my coping strategy in this situation.
San Francisco Parking Control Officers – “Good People” with “Tough Jobs”?
Sunday, May 24th, 2009That’s what the bumper stickers on the little carts say. And here’s the subtitle:
“Assaulting a parking control officer is a crime we will prosecute.”
MUNI Fare Inspectors similarly are also Good People with Tough Jobs, apparently.
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Good to know.
It’s Takes a Village to Turn an Articulated MUNI Bus onto Market Street
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009Look at this monster bus temporarily blocking San Francisco’s Market Street near 3rd Street Mayor Willie Brown Way - it’s must not be easy driving a 60-foot-long Neoplan AN460 on the 14 Mission or the 9 San Bruno lines.
Cause if you miss the acute turn from Willie to Market outbound, you got to back her up, and that means you need spotters to help you out. As here.
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I’d rather drive the shorter buses on the 37 Corbett, personally.
The Charming Historical Street Cars of San Francisco’s Embarcadero
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009This is what rush hour looks like on San Francisco’s famous Embarcadero waterfront road.
These electric trolleys operated by MUNI are from all over the world.
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A Pacific Electric Railway Red Car Trolley on the Streets of San Francisco
Sunday, January 25th, 2009San Francisco’s MUNI has it’s very own Pacific Electric Railway Red Car, #1061. The Red Car system of Los Angeles County died out, as detailed in the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit, so the Market Street Railway decided to re-use the red-and-orange paint scheme as an homage.
This particular PCC railcar was never in L.A. It spent most of its life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The real El Lay vehicles were double ended – this one has a front and a rear.
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No matter, people love it anyway. Look for it on Market Street’s F-Line.
