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One of "our own" appears in photos on the above page from the newsletter of a local antique streetcar organization we belong to.
Thought you'd all enjoy seeing it!
Bill
Thanks, I really enjoyed seeing that and it makes me want to go back to San Francisco again.
I have a question about the trams featured in the article. Are they amphibious? If so, what powers them in the water?
Thanks,
Chris
No, they are regular rail cars. They have the "boat" look because they came from Blackpool, England, which is a beach town. They also have boat whistles instead of the usual horns, and when they toot their way down our main drag Marked Street, far from water, they definitely turn heads!
Bill
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Hi Bill,
I thank you kindly for posting this! I just love these old streetcars! And Robert's hair is looking spectacular! Yes indeed, I did enjoy it!
Ted
Thanks for posting this! It's nice to see "one of our own" featured, and yes, those Boat Cars are cool.... around here you MIGHT see a bus shaped like a trolley... but that's all..
The Spaf Man
Thanks for posting that!
233 is in the shop at the moment while they work on fixing the multitude of sins accumulated over the decades at Blackpool (a very not rich workingman's resort town). Bottom, mechanically and electrically sound, but in desperate need of a whole lot of TLC from a resourceful and skilled operation...which Muni is, despite our terrible reputation.
Me? I'm going to spend tomorrow refreshing myself and working with the shop to reintroduce this beauty to service on the streets of SF!
I've lived in SF for 35 years now, but I do remember living in places that had terrible transit or none at all. Knowing that, I realize we are truly blessed to have an operation like Muni here. Sure, people complain about Muni, but most people only remember the few times it didn't come, not all the times that it arrives on schedule. (I just heard the 35 go by my house, on schedule, as I am typing this.) Muni also runs most hours that people are awake, so we can count on it. Many places have infrequent service that only runs a few hours a day or only goes to certain places. We can go anywhere anytime on Muni.
The Muni employees are also the greatest. Driving a car in SF can be maddening because of its crowded and narrow streets, yet most Muni drivers keep their cool while driving huge vehicles through that mess all day long. And Muni has the most diverse fleet in the world, ranging from ancient cable cars to the most modern buses, and their mechanics keep all of that menagerie running.
That car you posted the photo of is really sweet. I look forward to it pulling up someday on Market Street to give me a ride!
Bill
How old is that car? Reminds me of the old trolleys in
Boston which were in operation back in the 1920s.
