San Francisco Municipal Railway fleet#Historic streetcar fleet
{{Short description|LRV and Bus Fleet of the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni)}}
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With five different modes of transport, the San Francisco Municipal Railway runs one of the most diverse fleets of vehicles in the United States. Roughly 550 diesel-electric hybrid buses, 300 electric trolleybuses, 250 modern light rail vehicles, 50 historic streetcars and 40 cable cars see active duty.
Muni's cable cars are the oldest and largest such system remaining in service in the world and its fleet of electric trolleybuses is the largest in the United States. In 2020, Muni completed the process of replacing its motor coach fleet – the first of which was procured in 1915{{Cite book |last1=McKane |first1=John |title=Inside Muni: The Properties and Operations of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco |last2=Perles |first2=Anthony |date=1982 |publisher=Interurban Press |isbn=978-0-916374-49-5}} – with diesel-electric hybrid buses.
Fleet overview
This chart is a summary of the vehicles currently operated by Muni. All buses are accessible at all stops. All streetcars are accessible; however, some surface stops on the E and F lines, and many Muni Metro surface stops, are not accessible. Cable cars are not accessible.
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! Make/model !! Fleet series {{small|(Quantity)}}{{Cite web |title=Fiscal Year 2008 Short Range Transit Plan: Chapter 7 |url=http://www.sfmta.com/cms/rsrtp/documents/12Chapter7-FleetPlan31accessibleFY08PublicDraftforMTAB10-2fm.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205230657/http://www.sfmta.com/cms/rsrtp/documents/12Chapter7-FleetPlan31accessibleFY08PublicDraftforMTAB10-2fm.pdf |archive-date=February 5, 2009 |access-date=December 25, 2007 |publisher=San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Agency}} !! {{Nowrap|Years built}} !! Division/Yard !! Image !! Notes | |||||
Orion VII {{small|({{Convert|30|ft|m|abbr=|adj=on}} low-floor diesel-electric hybrid bus)}} | 8501–8530 {{small|(30 buses)}} | 2007 | Woods | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | To be replaced{{Cite web |last=Tsuma |first=Clive |date=April 25, 2023 |title=SFMTA Retires the Orion, First Hybrid Bus in Cleanest Transit Fleet |url=https://www.sfmta.com/blog/sfmta-retires-orion-first-hybrid-bus-cleanest-transit-fleet |access-date=May 3, 2023 |website=SFMTA}}{{Cite news |last=RODRIGUEZ |first=JOE FITZGERALD |date=2018-02-14 |title=SFMTA prepares to replace miniature Muni buses |agency=SF Examiner |url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/sfmta-prepares-to-replace-miniature-muni-buses/ |access-date=2020-07-15}} |
ENC E-Z Rider II {{small|({{Convert|32|ft|m|abbr=|adj=on}} low-floor diesel-electric hybrid bus)}} | 8531–8560 {{small|(30 buses)}} | 2021 | Woods | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Replacement for the 30 ft. Orion VII coaches{{Cite web |date=February 23, 2021 |title=Procurement of hybrid motor coaches |url=https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/reports-and-documents/2021/02/3-2-21_item_11_contract_-_procurement_of_hybrid_motor_coaches.pdf |access-date=16 November 2021 |publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency}} |
rowspan="3" | New Flyer Xcelsior XDE40 {{small|({{Convert|40|ft|m|abbr=|adj=on}} low-floor diesel-electric hybrid bus)}} | 8601–8662, 8701–8750 {{small|(112 buses)}} | 2013 | rowspan="3" | Woods, Kirkland | rowspan="3" | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | |
8751–8780 {{small|(30 buses)}} | 2017 | ||||
8800–8969 {{small|(170 buses)}} | 2016–2019 | ||||
rowspan="3" | New Flyer Xcelsior XDE60 {{small|({{Convert|60|ft|m|abbr=|adj=on}} low-floor diesel-electric hybrid bus)}} | 6500–6554 {{small|(55 buses)}} | 2015 | rowspan="3" | Flynn, Islais Creek | rowspan="3" | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | |
6560–6697 {{small|(138 buses)}} | 2015–2018 | ||||
6700–6730 {{small|(31 buses)}} | 2015–2016 | ||||
New Flyer Xcelsior XT40 {{small|({{Convert|40|ft|m|abbr=|adj=on}} low-floor electric trolleybus)}} | 5701–5885 {{small|(185 buses)}}{{Cite news |last=Rodriguez |first=Joe Fitzgerald |date=April 18, 2017 |title=Muni's worst clunker buses to be replaced for big price tag: $244M |work=San Francisco Examiner |url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/munis-worst-clunker-buses-replaced-big-price-tag-244m/ |access-date=2017-05-09}} | 2017–2019 | Presidio, Potrero | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | |
New Flyer Xcelsior XT60 {{small|({{Convert|60|ft|m|abbr=|adj=on}} low-floor electric trolleybus)}} | 7201–7293 {{small|(93 buses)}} | 2015–2018 | Potrero | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | |
New Flyer Xcelsior XE40 {{small|({{Convert|40|ft|m|abbr=|adj=on}} low-floor battery electric bus)}} |5001–5003 {{small|(3 buses)}} | 2021 | Woods | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Test bus | |
BYD K9 {{small|({{Convert|40|ft|m|abbr=|adj=on}} low-floor battery electric bus)}} | 5004–5006 {{small|(3 buses)}} | 2021 | Woods | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Test bus | |
Proterra ZX5 {{small|({{Convert|40|ft|m|abbr=|adj=on}} low-floor battery electric bus)}} | 5007–5009 {{small|(3 buses)}} | 2021 | Woods | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Test bus |
Nova Bus LFSe+ {{small|({{Convert|40|ft|m|abbr=|adj=on}} low-floor battery electric bus)}} | 5010–5012 {{small|(3 buses)}} | 2022 | Woods | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Test bus |
Breda LRV2 {{small|(High-floor light rail vehicle)}} | 1400–1476 {{small|(77 vehicles){{Cite web |title=E-Line Finally Budgeted...For 2016! |url=http://www.streetcar.org/blog/2014/03/e-line-finally-budgetedfor-2016.html |access-date=March 31, 2014 |publisher=Market Street Railway}}}} | rowspan="2" |1994–2003 | rowspan="2" | Green, Muni Metro East | rowspan="2" | 100px | rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Several units retired |
Breda LRV3 {{small|(High-floor light rail vehicle)}} |1477–1550 {{small|(74 vehicles)}} | |||||
Siemens S200 LRV4 {{small|(High-floor light rail vehicles)}} | 2001–2249 {{small|(249 vehicles){{Cite web |date=August 3, 2021 |title=MTAB 8/3/21 Item 13, Siemens Contract Modification |url=https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/reports-and-documents/2021/07/8-3-21_mtab_item_13_contract_modification_siemens.pdf |access-date=16 November 2021 |publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency}} }} |2016– | Green, Muni Metro East | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | | ||
PCC {{small|(High-floor historic streetcar)}} | 1006–1011, 1015, 1040, 1050–1053, 1055–1063, 1070–1080 {{small|(32 streetcars){{Cite web |title=Museums in Motion: F-line fleet operational status |url=http://streetcar.org/mim/streetcars/status/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106143413/http://www.streetcar.org/mim/streetcars/status/index.html |archive-date=January 6, 2008 |access-date=December 27, 2007 |publisher=Market Street Railway}}}} | 1946–1952 | Cameron Beach | 100px | rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | See historic streetcar section for detailed information | |
Peter Witt {{small|(High-floor historic streetcar)}} | 1807, 1811, 1814, 1815, 1818, 1834, 1856, 1859, 1888, 1893, 1895 {{small|(11 streetcars)}} | 1928 | Cameron Beach | 100px | |
Various high-floor historic streetcars | C-1, 1, 130, 151, 162, 189, 228, 233, 351, 496, 578-J, 578, 737, 798, 913, 916, 952 {{small|(17 streetcars)}} | 1895–1954 | Cameron Beach | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" |See historic trams section for detailed information | |
Various high-floor cable cars | Powell: 1-28, California: 49-60 {{small|(40 cars)}} | 1873– | Cable Car | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | |
Facilities
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Division
! Opened ! No. of vehicles ! class=unsortable|Vehicle type ! class=unsortable|Image ! class=unsortable|Notes |
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Presidio
| 1912 | 132 | 40-foot trolleybuses | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | The first yard built for Muni, originally used for the Geary streetcar lines |
Potrero
| 1914 | 146 | 40-foot and {{nowrap|60-foot}} trolleybuses | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | |
Woods
| 1975 | 284 | 30-foot and {{nowrap|40-foot}} hybrid buses | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | |
Flynn
| 1989 | 119 | 60-foot hybrid buses | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Named for H. Welton Flynn, the first chairman of the SFMTA Board of Directors.{{Cite news |last=King |first=John |date=2016-03-27 |title=H. Welton Flynn, longtime SF civic leader who broke barriers, dies |language=en-US |work=San Francisco Chronicle |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Services-to-be-held-for-H-Welton-Flynn-longtime-7182187.php |access-date=2022-12-12}} |
Kirkland
| 1950 | 88 | 40-foot hybrid buses | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | |
Green
| 1977 | 140 | LRVs | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Located at Balboa Park station. Named for Curtis E. Green, a former general manager.{{Cite web |date=2017-01-31 |title=Curtis Green, a Transportation Industry Trailblazer |url=https://www.sfmta.com/blog/curtis-green-transportation-industry-trailblazer |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=SFMTA |language=en}} |
Cameron Beach
| 1901 | 60 | Historic streetcars | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Known as Geneva Division until 2011, when it was named after Cameron Beach, a SFMTA board member.{{Cite press release |title=SFMTA Renames Historic Streetcar Yard for Cameron Beach |date=25 October 2011 |publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency |url=https://archives.sfmta.com/cms/apress/SFMTARenamesHistoricStreetcarYardforCameronBeach.htm |access-date=3 October 2018}} |
Muni Metro East
| 2008 | 100 | LRVs | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | |
Cable Car
| 1887 | 40 | Cable cars | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Includes the San Francisco Cable Car Museum |
Pharr
| 1982 | {{n/a}} | Historic streetcars | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Formerly known as Mint Yard. Small outdoor yard used for restoration work and to temporarily store Muni Metro trains. Named for David Pharr, a self-taught volunteer with Market Street Railway.{{Cite news |last=Nolte, Carl |date=29 October 2003 |title=David L. Pharr -- expert restorer of S.F. streetcars |work=San Francisco Chronicle |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/David-L-Pharr-expert-restorer-of-S-F-2580144.php |access-date=3 October 2018}}{{Cite web |date=July 27, 2008 |title=Back in Business |url=https://www.streetcar.org/back_in_business/ |access-date=3 October 2018 |website=Market Street Railway}} |
Marin
| 1998 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Muni motor coach acceptance yard, track shop and cable car/historic street car storage facility.{{Cite web |date=2020-07-16 |title=Bus Yard at Muni Metro East |url=https://www.sfmta.com/projects/bus-yard-muni-metro-east |access-date=2021-12-21 |website=SFMTA |language=en}} |
Islais Creek
| 2013 | 105 | 60-foot hybrid buses | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Originally an open storage yard, it was replaced with an enclosed building in 2017. The $127 million facility, intended to replace the aging Kirkland Yard, has attracted local criticism for not including promised community amenities.{{Cite news |last=Iacuessa |first=Michael |date=December 2017 |title=Islais Creek SFMTA Facility Fails to Deliver on its Promises |work=Potrero View |url=http://www.potreroview.net/islais-creek-sfmta-facility-fails-to-deliver-on-its-promises/}} |
Bus fleet
{{As of|2022}}, Muni operates a fleet of roughly 550 diesel-electric hybrid buses and 300 electric trolleybuses, consisting nearly entirely of New Flyer Xcelsior coaches which have a high degree of parts commonality. The only non-Xcelsior coaches are the battery-electric test buses and the {{Convert|32|ft|m|abbr=|adj=on}} "community route" buses which were built by ENC as New Flyer does not offer a short Xcelsior coach.
= Diesel-electric hybrid buses =
Muni's active diesel fleet contains coaches ranging from thirty to sixty feet in length. All of Muni's current buses are diesel-electric hybrid buses, fueled with renewable diesel fuel made from bio-feedstock sources, including fats, oils and greases.{{Cite web|last=Bialick|first=Aaron|date=2015-12-20|title=Switch to Renewable Diesel Will Make Your Muni Ride Cleaner & More Reliable|url=https://www.sfmta.com/blog/switch-renewable-diesel-will-make-your-muni-ride-cleaner-more-reliable|access-date=2019-10-14|website=SFMTA|language=en}} The diesel-electric hybrid technology has proven very capable of climbing San Francisco's steep hills.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023|reason=Either this is clearly obvious because the buses happily run in SF (so it should be removed), or it needs a reference to back it up}}
Before 2007, Muni had an all-Diesel fleet that had been purchased from three manufacturers, NABI, Neoplan and Orion, all of whom no longer sell buses in the U.S. (NABI merged into New Flyer, Neoplan left the North American market, and Daimler shutdown Orion), making repairs challenging. After purchasing its first hybrid buses in 2007, the agency embarked on a nearly 15 year project to replace the entire fleet. The new fleet has averaged more miles between road calls – in which a mechanic services a transit vehicle on the street{{Cite book |last=Meriwether |first=Douglas |title=The Dao of Doug 2: The Art of Driving A Bus / Keeping Zen in San Francisco Transit: A Line Trainer's Guide |date=2015 |publisher=Balboa Press |isbn=978-1-4525-2282-1}} – than the prior diesel coaches.{{Cite web |title=Hybrid Diesel Electric Transit Buses |url=http://mta.maryland.gov/hybrid-diesel-electric-transit-buses |access-date=April 6, 2013 |publisher=Maryland Transit Administration}}
= Electric trolleybuses =
{{Main|Trolleybuses in San Francisco}}
Muni's fleet of electric trolleybuses (ETBs) is the largest in the nationMurray, Alan (2000). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia, p. 79. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. {{ISBN|0-904235-18-1}}. and serves many parts of the city. ETBs were very popular in the United States in the middle of the 20th century. Today, San Francisco is one of only four cities in the United States with an operational ETB fleet,{{Cite web |title=Tom's North American (Canada, USA, Mexico) Trolleybus Pix |url=http://www.trolleybuses.net/ |access-date=December 25, 2007}} but they play a major role in the Muni system, in part because of the city's many steep hills. Although their overhead wires are sometimes considered unsightly, ETBs are able to climb grades much steeper than conventional, non-cable streetcars and are quieter (particularly when climbing hills) and cleaner than diesel- or hybrid buses. The steepest grade on the Muni trolleybus system, 22.8% in the block of Noe Street between Cesar Chavez Street and 26th Street on route 24-Divisadero,{{Cite web |title=General Information About Transit |url=http://www.sfmta.com/cms/rhomemu/genmuinfo.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128233714/http://www.sfmta.com/cms/rhomemu/genmuinfo.htm |archive-date=January 28, 2013 |access-date=December 28, 2012 |publisher=San Francisco MTA}} is the steepest grade on any existing trolleybus line in the world,{{rp|127}}Box, Roland (May–June 1989). "San Francisco Looks Ahead". Trolleybus Magazine No. 165, pp. 50–56. National Trolleybus Association (UK).Trolleybus Magazine No. 195 (May–June 1994), p. 83. and several other sections of Muni ETB routes are among the world's steepest.Trolleybus Magazine No. 259 (January–February 2005), p. 23. Muni has operated trolleybuses since 1941 and the mode has been present in San Francisco since 1935—initially a line built and operated by the Market Street Railway and later taken over by Muni. Conversion of some existing diesel bus lines has been proposed.
In 1992, Muni tested its first 60-ft articulated trolleybus, the New Flyer E60, which was the first in the trolleybus fleet to have a wheelchair lift. The E60s were used on high-ridership trolleybus routes and started service in 1993.
Muni's active ETB fleet consists of articulated coaches from New Flyer (XT60), as well as standard 40 ft coaches from New Flyer (XT40). Historically, Muni ran ETBs from Brill, the St. Louis Car Company, Twin Coach, Marmon-Herrington, Flyer (E800 and E60) and Electric Transit, Inc. (ETI) (Skoda/AAI 14TrSF and 15TrSF).{{Cite web |title=Tom's Trolley Bus Pictures San Francisco CA Fixed Frame |url=http://www.trolleybuses.net/sfo/sfo.htm |access-date=December 25, 2007}}
= Battery-electric test buses =
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In 2018, the SFMTA Board voted to purchase all-electric buses exclusively beginning in 2025, with the last non-electric buses retired by 2035. Muni previously had not bought battery-electric buses (BEBs) because they were not proven on steep hills and on high-ridership routes. In November 2019, Muni executed contracts with New Flyer (for $4.5 million), BYD Auto ($3.5 million), and Proterra ($5.3 million) to procure three BEBs from each vendor as a pilot program to evaluate their performance and test future bus features. Each contract has an option for up to three more BEBs.{{Cite web|date=November 5, 2019|title=Resolution No. 191105-137 (Contract Nos. SFMTA-2019-02 / New Flyer, SFMTA-2020-18 / BYD, and SFMTA-2020-19 / Proterra) |url=https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/reports-and-documents/2019/11/11-5-19_item_13_contracts_-_low_floor_battery_electric_vehicles_resolution.docx_.pdf|access-date=13 December 2019|publisher=Board of Directors, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency}} A fourth contract with Nova Bus ($4.8 million), the only major bus manufacturer excluded from the first round of contracts, was issued in April 2021.{{Cite web|date=April 20, 2021|title=Resolution No. 210420-060 (Contract No. SFMTA-2021-06)|url=https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/reports-and-documents/2021/04/4-20-21_item_15_contract_-_novabus.pdf|publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency}} The buses in the pilot program will be charged at Woods using newly-installed chargers.{{Cite web|title=Woods Battery Electric Bus Charging Station Pilot Program|url=https://www.sfmta.com/projects/woods-battery-electric-bus-charging-station-pilot-program|access-date=17 November 2021|publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency}} Under the pilot program plan, the buses will operate on the 9 San Bruno, 22 Fillmore, 29 Sunset, and 44 O'Shaughnessy routes. The first battery-electric bus entered service in February 2022.{{cite press release |url=https://www.sfmta.com/blog/sfmta-rolls-out-battery-electric-bus-pilot-program |title=SFMTA Rolls Out Battery Electric Bus Pilot Program |first=Stephen |last=Chun |date=February 15, 2022 |publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency}}
Under the Zero-Emission Bus Rollout Plan published in February 2021, 54 articulated buses will be the first production BEBs for Muni and that first purchase is planned for 2027.{{Cite report|url=https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/reports-and-documents/2021/03/3-16-21_item_12_zero-emission_bus_rollout_plan.pdf|title=Zero-Emission Bus Rollout Plan|last=WSP|date=February 2021|publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency|access-date=17 November 2021}}{{rp|18}} The last diesel-electric hybrid buses will leave service by 2037.{{rp|19}} By 2040, the Muni bus fleet is anticipated to be composed entirely of BEBs: 30 (30-foot) + 497 (40-foot) + 462 (60-foot) for 989 buses in total.{{Cite report|url=https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/reports-and-documents/2021/06/sfmta_zeb_task_2_facility_needs_final_report_2.pdf|title=Task 2: Facility power needs and technology assessment|last=WSP|date=June 2021|publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency|access-date=17 November 2021}}{{rp|7}} No on-route charging is planned; BEBs will use depot chargers at six of Muni's yards. Eventually, it is planned to upgrade these yards with SAE J3105 (inverted pantograph) chargers over several years: Kirkland (77 chargers, 2024–27), Potrero (206 chargers, 2024–27), Flynn (109 chargers, 2025–28), Presidio (217 chargers, 2028–31), Islais Creek (149 chargers, 2030–33), and Woods (177 chargers, 2034–37).{{rp|27}}
The ZEB Rollout Plan was updated in July 2022.{{cite report |url=https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/reports-and-documents/2022/07/sfmta_rollout_plan_final_2022.pdf |title=Zero-Emission Bus Rollout Plan |author=WSP |publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency |date=July 2022 |version=Rev 1 |access-date=14 July 2022}} Under the revised ZEB Rollout Plan, the existing fleet of trolleybuses would be replaced one-for-one starting in 2031; the existing fleet of hybrid diesel-electric buses would be gradually replaced starting in 2026 with battery-electric buses until the planned retirement of the last diesel hybrids in 2037. In 2038, it is anticipated the mix of buses will be entirely BEBs (30× 32-foot, 403× 40-foot, and 297× 60-foot articulated) and trolleybuses (185× 40-foot and 93× 60-foot artic).{{rp|20–21}} The yard upgrades were re-sequenced and accelerated: Kirkland (91 chargers, 2022–25), Potrero (216, 2024–27), Islais Creek (117, 2024–30), Presidio (227, 2027–31), Flynn (107, 2029–34), and Woods (250, 2030–35).{{rp|30}} The total cost of the project is $1.8 billion, divided between new buses ($1.4 B) and charging infrastructure ($0.4 B), excluding the cost of labor and other potential infrastructure upgrades.{{rp|59}}
Cable car fleet
{{Main|San Francisco cable car system}}
Around the turn of the twentieth century, there were numerous cable car lines providing service to many sections of the city. Some of those cable cars are built by Muni themselves.{{Cite news |last=Rachel Gordon |date=December 3, 2007 |title=Elite craftsmen keep S.F. cable car in good shape |work=San Francisco Chronicle/SFGate |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/03/MNIITKHLT.DTL |access-date=2007-12-26}} Currently only three lines and forty cars remain.
Light rail vehicle fleet
= Contemporary light rail vehicles =
{{Main|Muni Metro}}
The Muni Metro has run multiple types of light rail vehicles. Originally, 131 Boeing-Vertol cars, which Muni designated LRV1, were used. However, these proved to be extremely troublesome and were phased out of service beginning in 1997. The Boeing cars were replaced by 151 Italian-built Breda LRV2 and LRV3 models. Initially, the Breda vehicles were hailed as more reliable and easier to service than their predecessors. However, deferred maintenance and design defects have taken their toll on them.
Muni has expanded its fleet with new Siemens light rail vehicles; the 151 Bredas will be replaced one-for-one starting in 2021. The first phase of 68 Siemens S200 LRV4s (for fleet expansion: 24 Central Subway + 40 Option 1 + 4 Phase W) were delivered between 2017 and 2019, ahead of the scheduled opening of the Central Subway. SFMTA's initial contract with Siemens called for a maximum of 260 cars to be delivered: 175 in the base order (151 of which are to replace the Bredas, and 24 for fleet expansion to accommodate anticipated ridership via the Central Subway), 40 as Option 1, and 45 as Option 2.{{Cite news |last=Cabanatuan |first=Michael |title=$1.2 billion contract OKd for new Muni Metro light-rail cars |work=San Francisco Chronicle |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/1-2-billion-contract-OKd-for-new-Muni-Metro-5623934.php |access-date=5 August 2014}}{{Cite web |date=July 15, 2014 |title=Resolution No. 14-120 |url=https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/agendaitems/7-15-14%20Item%2011%20LRV4%20procurement%20contract%20resolution_0.pdf |access-date=13 December 2019 |publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, Board of Directors}} Four more Siemens LRV4s were ordered in June 2017 for Phase W, which anticipates expanded service to Chase Center, using the Mission Bay Transportation Improvement Fund.{{Cite web |date=June 20, 2017 |title=Resolution No. 170620-081 |url=https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/agendaitems/2017/6-20-17%20Item%2010.7%20Contract%20Amendment%20-%20Siemens%20RESOLUTION.pdf |access-date=13 December 2019 |publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, Board of Directors}} Option 1 (+40) was exercised in 2015{{Cite web |date=January 2015 |title=Resolution No. 15-019 |url=https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/agendaitems/2015/1-20-15%20Item%2012%20LRV%20Funding%20resolution.pdf |access-date=13 December 2019 |publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, Board of Directors}} and Option 2 was partially exercised (+30) in 2021{{Cite web |date=July 28, 2021 |title=Resolution No. 210803-096 |url=https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/reports-and-documents/2021/08/8-3-21_mtab_item_13_contract_modification_siemens_resolution.docx_.pdf |publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, Board of Directors |accessdate=13 December 2019}}[https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/reports-and-documents/2021/07/8-3-21_mtab_item_13_contract_modification_siemens.pdf draft (PDF)] so there are firm orders for 249 LRV4s.{{Cite report |url=https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/reports-and-documents/2019/11/11-19-19_item_12_contract_modification_-_lrv4_-_slide_presentation.pdf |title=LRV4 Project Update |last=Kirschbaum, Julie |date=November 19, 2019 |publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency |access-date=9 December 2019}}
The first LRV4 went into revenue service on November 17, 2017.{{Cite press release |title=First New Muni State-of-the-Art Train Makes Debut in Service |date=November 17, 2017 |publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency |url=https://www.sfmta.com/news/press-releases/first-new-muni-state-art-train-makes-debut-service |access-date=March 5, 2018}}
== Inactive/retired light rail vehicles ==
{{Main|US Standard Light Rail Vehicle}}
File:Muni 1271 in a scrapyard, March 2018.JPG
The US Standard Light Rail Vehicle was an attempt at a standardized light rail vehicle (LRV) promoted by the United States Urban Mass Transit Administration (UMTA) and built by Boeing Vertol in the 1970s. Part of a series of defense conversion projects in the waning days of the Vietnam War, the LRV was seen as both a replacement for older PCC streetcars in many cities and as a catalyst for new cities to construct light rail systems. The USSLRV was marketed as the Boeing LRV and is usually referred to as such. The USSLRV was purchased by both Muni and the MBTA (Boston), but no other public transportation system in the United States purchased USSLRVs. Under the settlement terms of a lawsuit between Boeing Vertol and MBTA, MBTA was granted the right to reject the last 40 cars. The completed MBTA cars sat in storage until Muni purchased 31 of them.
After the last LRV1 was retired in 2001, Muni stored two cars (1264 and 1320) at the Cameron Beach Yard (formerly the Geneva Streetcar Yard) for potential restoration and preservation by the Market Street Railway, but they declined to do so and both were scrapped in April 2016.{{Cite news |last=Lelchuk, Ilene |date=14 January 2002 |title=Muni cars on a roll into city junkyard / Even preservationists reject the clunkers |work=San Francisco Chronicle |url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Muni-cars-on-a-roll-into-city-junkyard-Even-2883855.php |access-date=21 April 2017}}{{Cite news |last=Rodriguez, Joe Fitzgerald |date=31 March 2016 |title=Last of Muni's 1980's-era clunker trains will be scrapped |work=San Francisco Examiner |url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/last-munis-1980s-era-clunker-trains-will-scrapped/ |access-date=4 May 2017 |archive-date=24 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424101013/http://www.sfexaminer.com/last-munis-1980s-era-clunker-trains-will-scrapped/ |url-status=dead }} Two LRV1s are preserved in museums:
- 1213 (since 2000), at the Oregon Electric Railway Museum
- 1258, at the Western Railway Museum
In addition, No. 1271 is used as an office trailer in a Bay Area scrapyard.{{Cite web |last=Sheridan, Kevin |date=20 November 2006 |title=SFmuni1271 |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/bythabay/sets/72157604359108708/ |access-date=21 April 2017 |website=flickr}}
The succeeding Breda LRV2/LRV3 fleet of 151 cars is scheduled to phase into retirement between 2021, when the oldest cars are 25 years old, and completely retire by 2027. 25 years is considered the useful lifespan of light rail vehicles, per the FTA and Muni.{{rp|3}} Since delivery of the Siemens LRV4 fleet has been ahead of schedule, Muni is considering an earlier retirement for some of the oldest Breda cars.{{Cite news |last=Chinn, Jerold |date=November 9, 2018 |title=Muni strides toward early retirement for aging Breda trains |work=SFBay |url=https://sfbay.ca/2018/11/09/muni-strides-toward-early-retirement-for-aging-breda-trains/ |access-date=18 December 2018}}
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Historic streetcar fleet
Historic streetcars are run on the F Market & Wharves and E Embarcadero lines. Introduced as a regular, year-round service in 1995, the F-line heritage streetcar service started out 12 years earlier as a temporary, replacement tourist attraction for the cable cars{{spaced en dash}}known as the San Francisco Historic Trolley Festival{{spaced en dash}}during an almost two-year suspension (1982–84) of all cable-car service to permit major infrastructure rebuilding to take place.
The historic streetcar fleet is composed mostly of PCC cars as well as 1920s-vintage Peter Witt cars from Milan. In addition, Muni operates streetcars from around the world which were bought or donated to the transit agency.
The vintage fleet is looked over by the nonprofit Market Street Railway organization, but the vehicles are owned and operated by Muni.
= PCC fleet =
Muni's PCC streetcars are divided into one of five classes, sorted by fleet number and original service:
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Big Ten
| 1006–1015 (8) || Muni (1948) || 1948–82; 1995+ | {{cvt|50|ft|5|in}} || {{cvt|9|ft|0|in}} || {{cvt|10|ft|1|in}} || {{cvt|40140|lb}} || 4× General Electric 1220E1 | ||||||||
Baby Ten
| 1016–1040 (7) || Muni (1951–52) || 1951–82; 2012+ | {{cvt|46|ft|5|in}} || {{cvt|9|ft|0|in}} || {{cvt|10|ft|3|in}} || {{cvt|37600|lb}} || 4× Westinghouse 1432K | ||||||||
1050
| 1050–1064 (13) || PTC (1947–48) || 1995+ | {{cvt|48|ft|5|in}} || {{cvt|8|ft|4|in}} || {{cvt|10|ft|3|in}} || {{cvt|37990|lb}} || 4× Westinghouse 1432J | ||||||||
1070{{Cite web|title=No. 1070: Newark, NJ|url=https://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1070-1070-newark-nj/|access-date=10 February 2019|publisher=Market Street Railway}}
| 1070–1080 (11) || TCRT (1946–47) || 2005+ | {{cvt|46|ft|5|in}} || {{cvt|9|ft|0|in}} || {{cvt|10|ft|3|in}} || {{cvt|37600|lb}} || 4× General Electric 1220 | ||||||||
1100
| 1101–1170 (9) || SLPS (1946) || 1957–82 | {{cvt|46|ft|0|in}} || {{cvt|9|ft|0|in}} || {{cvt|11|ft|2|in}} || {{cvt|36420|lb}} || 4× General Electric 1220A1 |
== Big Ten/Baby Ten/1000s ==
=== First batch ===
Before 1995, several PCCs were rehabilitated by Morrison–Knudsen (MK) before entering revenue service. These include three of the double-ended "Torpedo" cars or "Big Tens" (1007, 1010, and 1015), which were originally built for Muni; and the single-ended 1050-class (1050–1064), which were originally built for Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC), the predecessor to today's SEPTA. Both of these sub-classes were built originally in the late 1940s.
Car 1054 (original 2121) was damaged beyond repair following an accident on November 16, 2003 and it was stored awaiting scrapping.{{Cite web|date=Winter 2004|title=Car 1054|url=http://streetcar.org/msr/support/insidetrack/it-v20-1.pdf|website=Inside Track Newsletter|publisher=Market Street Railway}}{{subscription required}}{{Cite news|last=Walsh, Diana|date=17 November 2003|title=3 Muni employees injured in collision|work=San Francisco Chronicle|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SAN-FRANCISCO-3-Muni-employees-injured-in-2548701.php|access-date=22 March 2017}}{{Cite web|last=|date=17 March 2012|title='Ruby Slippers' Dances along the F-line Again|url=http://www.streetcar.org/ruby_slippers_dances_along_the_f-line_again/|access-date=22 March 2017|publisher=Market Street Railway}} In 2014, Muni sent 1056, the first from the original batch of sixteen to be overhauled at Brookville Equipment Corporation.{{Cite web|last=|date=21 October 2014|title=Kansas City, Outta Here!|url=http://www.streetcar.org/kansas-city-hightailing-outta-town/|access-date=22 March 2017|publisher=Market Street Railway}} The entire first batch of sixteen is scheduled to be rebuilt at Brookville; the next cars to be sent were 1051, 1060, and 1059 in that order;{{Cite web|last=|date=6 June 2015|title=Third PCC Goes Into Rehab|url=http://www.streetcar.org/third-pcc-goes-rehab/|access-date=22 March 2017|publisher=Market Street Railway}}{{Cite report|url=https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/agendaitems/2016/8-24-16%20EMSC%20Historic%20fleet%20Report.pdf|title=Trip Report – Brookville ex-SEPTA PCC Overhaul, May 2016|last1=Flores, Joseph|last2=Sheridan, Kevin|date=17 May 2016|publisher=San Francisco Municipal Railway|access-date=22 March 2017}} followed (in indeterminate order) by 1055, 1062, and 1063. The first streetcar to re-enter service, 1051, was re-dedicated to Harvey Milk in March 2017, and was followed back into service by 1056.{{Cite web|last=|date=15 March 2017|title=Welcome Back, Harvey Milk's Streetcar!|url=http://www.streetcar.org/welcome-back-harvey-milks-streetcar/|access-date=22 March 2017|publisher=Market Street Railway}}
=== Second batch ===
The cars that are presently numbered 1070–1080 were purchased originally by Twin Cities Rapid Transit in 1946. They were sold to Newark in 1953 and ran on the Newark City Subway until replacement by modern light rail vehicles in 2001. The San Francisco Municipal Railway acquired these cars in 2004 and had the cars overhauled at Brookville Equipment Corporation. Some of the cars were put in service in early 2007, but were taken out of service for wiring problems. These problems were eventually repaired. All these cars are single-end cars.
=== Third batch ===
A third group of PCC cars originally built for Muni in 1948 and 1952 were restored at Brookville in 2010–2011 and subsequently returned to service. This batch includes four double-ended "Big Ten" cars (1006, 1008, 1009, 1011) and the sole restored "Baby Ten" (1040), the last PCC car ever built in North America.
=== Remaining PCC cars ===
The remainder of the PCC streetcars assigned numbers 10xx which have yet to be restored mostly were acquired by Muni before 1952.{{Cite news|last=Prial|first=Frank J.|date=December 9, 2001|title=New Life for Old Trolleys|work=The New York Times|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A01E7D71E3DF93AA35751C1A9679C8B63|access-date=2010-09-13}}[http://www.streetcar.org/mim/spotlight/today/whither/17th18th/index.html The 17th & 18th 'Vintage Cars?'] This includes cars from three distinct sub-classes: the double-ended "Big Ten" (1014; the "Big 10s" comprise 1006–1015), the single-ended "Baby Tens" (1016–1040), and the "1050s". Of the 1050s, which were acquired from SEPTA in the early 1990s, most were restored and are in service, but two were scrapped: 1054 (ex-SEPTA 2121), which was damaged beyond repair in 2003 after re-entering revenue service, and 1064 (ex-SEPTA 2133), which was never rehabilitated after acquisition.
Gunnar Henrioulle acquired several retired "Baby Ten" and "11xx" class cars as the largest single purchaser of retired Muni cars in the mid-1990s. He also acquired an ex-San Diego PCC (#502), two ex-Toronto PCCs (#4404 and #4472), and built a double-ended PCC from ex-Baby Ten #1024 and #1035.{{Cite web|title=Roster of Preserved North American Electric Railway Cars (PNAERC) Query {{!}} All Owners: including Tahoe Valley Lines PCC Railway|url=http://www.bera.org/cgi-bin/pnaerc-query.pl?sel_allown=Tahoe+Valley+Lines+PCC+Railway&Tech=Yes|access-date=29 November 2021|publisher=Branford Electric Railway Association}} Henrioulle had intended to use the PCCs for a heritage streetcar line called Tahoe Valley Lines, but the government of South Lake Tahoe, California did not approve his plans and he was forced to sell off most of his fleet in 2001; four of his Baby Tens (#1026, 1027, 1038, and 1034) were reacquired by Muni at this time.{{Cite web|date=July 1, 2007|title=Demise of a Dream|url=https://www.streetcar.org/demise_of_a_dream/|access-date=29 November 2021|publisher=Market Street Railway}}
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1006
|San Francisco (wings) |Operational |This car was purchased in 1948 and ran in San Francisco until retirement in 1987.{{Cite web |title=No. 1006: San Francisco Municipal Railway (1950s) |url=https://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1006-1006-muni-wings/ |access-date=22 November 2021 |publisher=Market Street Railway}} Restored by Brookville in 2010/11. Returned to service on October 6, 2012. | 100px |
1007
| Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company | Operational | Built in 1948 for Muni. Retired in 1982 and stored until 1994. Restored in 1995 by MK. Previously painted in Muni's Breda LRV livery; repainted into the present livery in 1997. Restored again in 2020.{{Cite web |last=Laubscher |first=Rick |date=2020-12-10 |title=Final restored PCC back home |url=https://www.streetcar.org/final-restored-pcc-back-home/ |access-date=2021-05-04 |website=Market Street Railway |language=en-US}} | 100px |
1008
| San Francisco (wings) | Operational | This car was purchased in 1948 and ran in San Francisco.{{Cite web |title=No. 1008: Muni (Wings) |url=https://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1008-1008-muni-wings/ |access-date=22 November 2021 |publisher=Market Street Railway}} It was outfitted with a pantograph and used for testing in the Market Street Subway in November 1977 – the only PCC car to enter the subway.{{People's Railway|page=234}} It was eventually converted into a work car, then restored by Brookville Equipment (2010–11) and returned to service on August 25, 2012. | 100px |
1009
| Dallas Terminal & Railway | Operational | This car was purchased in 1948 and ran in San Francisco until retirement in 1982.{{Cite web |title=No. 1009: Dallas, Texas |url=https://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1009-1009-dallas-texas/ |access-date=22 November 2021 |publisher=Market Street Railway}} This car was stored in Pier 72 where it was damaged by arsonists. Restored by Brookville in 2010/11 and returned to service on January 17, 2013. However, the computerized door motors proved problematic and 1009 returned to Brookville for a refit, returning to San Francisco in 2014.{{Cite web |last= |date=28 February 2014 |title=On Donner! |url=http://www.streetcar.org/on_donner/ |access-date=22 March 2017 |publisher=Market Street Railway}} | 100px |
1010
| San Francisco Municipal Railway | Out of service | Built in 1948 for Muni. Retired in 1982 and stored until 1994. Restored in 1996 by MK. Undergoing restoration at Brookville. | 100px |
1011
| San Francisco (Market Street Railway zip stripe) | Operational | This car was purchased in 1948 and ran in San Francisco until retirement in 1982.{{Cite web |title=No. 1011: Market Street Railway Company |url=https://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1011-1011-msry-zip-stripe/ |access-date=22 November 2021 |publisher=Market Street Railway}} This car was stored in Pier 72 where it was damaged by arsonists. 1011 was the last of the four double-enders restored at Brookville in 2010/11.{{Cite web |last= |date=9 September 2013 |title=The Straggler May Finally Head Our Way |url=http://www.streetcar.org/the_straggler_may_finally_head_our_way/ |access-date=22 March 2017 |publisher=Market Street Railway}} It returned to San Francisco after an extensive testing period at Brookville and underwent burn-in testing{{Cite web |last= |date=18 September 2013 |title=Last Renovated PCC Back in Town |url=http://www.streetcar.org/last_renovated_pcc_back_in_town/ |access-date=22 March 2017 |publisher=Market Street Railway}} before re-entering service in 2014. | 100px |
1014
| San Francisco | Permanently retired | Double-ended torpedo, retired in 1982; still owned by Muni; on open-ended loan to Sydney Tramway Museum.{{Cite web |title=The Trams of the Sydney Tramway Museum |url=https://www.sydneytramwaymuseum.com.au/tramfans/fleet/the-trams-of-the-sydney-tramway-museum/ |access-date=27 June 2019 |publisher=Sydney Tramway Museum}} | 100px |
1015
|Operational | Built in 1948 for Muni. Retired in 1982 and stored until 1994. Restored in 1995 by MK. Returned to San Francisco in late 2019 following restoration at Brookville. | 100px |
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1023
| San Francisco | Scrapped | Scrapped in late 2019/early 2020 at Schnitzer Steel in Oakland with significant structural rust.{{Cite web |date=May 8, 2018 |title=Authorizing the disposal of 12 surplus vintage streetcars (PCC Nos. 1023, 1031, 1038, 1054, 1064, 1106, 1108, 1125, 1139, 1140, 4008 and 4009). |url=https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/reports-and-documents/2018/05/5-15-18_item_10.5_disposal_of_street_cars.pdf |access-date=5 June 2019 |publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency}}{{Cite web |date=June 19, 2018 |title=Resolution No. 180619-091 |url=https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/reports-and-documents/2018/06/6-19-18_item_10.1_disposal_of_street_cars_resolution.pdf |access-date=22 March 2021 |publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency}} | 100px |
1026
| San Francisco | Stored | Reacquired from Gunnar Henrioulle in 2001. Largely intact; candidate for restoration. | 100px |
1027
| San Francisco | Stored | Reacquired from Gunnar Henrioulle in 2001. Candidate for restoration. | 100px |
1028
| San Francisco | Stored | Reacquired from Gunnar Henrioulle in 2001. Largely intact; candidate for restoration. | 100px |
1031
| San Francisco | Scrapped | Scrapped in late 2019/early 2020 at Schnitzer Steel in Oakland with significant structural rust. | 100px |
1033
| San Francisco | Stored | Purchased 1952 as the seventh-to-last PCC streetcar ever built in the United States. Ran in San Francisco until retirement in 1982. After retirement, it was sold to Orange Empire Railway Museum. Reacquired in 2003 and stored in Marin Yard. | 100px |
1034
| San Francisco | Stored | Purchased 1952 as the sixth-to-last PCC streetcar ever built in the United States. Ran in San Francisco until retirement in 1982. After retirement, it was sold to Gunnar Henrioulle. Reacquired in 2001 and stored in Marin Yard. Largely intact; candidate for restoration. | 100px |
1038
| San Francisco (Landor) | Scrapped | Purchased 1952 as the third-to-last PCC streetcar ever built in the United States. Ran in San Francisco until retirement in 1982. Scrapped in late 2019/early 2020 at Schnitzer Steel in Oakland with significant structural rust. | |
1039
| San Francisco (Simplified) | Stored | Purchased 1952 as the second-to-last PCC streetcar ever built in the United States. Ran in San Francisco until retirement in 1982. After retirement, it was sold to Orange Empire Railway Museum. Reacquired in 2003 and stored in Marin Yard. Largely intact; candidate for restoration. | |
1040
|San Francisco (wings) |Operational |Purchased 1952 as the last PCC streetcar ever built in the United States.{{Cite web |title=No. 1040: San Francisco Municipal Railway (1950s) |url=https://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1040-1040-muni/ |access-date=22 November 2021 |publisher=Market Street Railway}} Ran in San Francisco until retirement in 1982, but retained by city. Returned to service for the summer 1983 Historic Trolley Festival. Operated briefly in 1995. Restored by Brookville in 2010/11. Returned to service on March 13, 2012. | 100px |
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=== 11xx class ===
The 1100s series of cars were purchased in 1957 by Muni from St. Louis Public Service. These cars were retired in 1982 with the inauguration of Muni Metro LRV/subway service, with most being sold off to Henrioulle for Tahoe Valley Lines. In 2005–06, three of the 11xx class were purchased for the Silver Line heritage trolley service of the San Diego Trolley: #1122 (ex-St. Louis #1716), #1123 (ex-St. Louis #1728), and #1170 (ex-St. Louis #1777). These were renumbered to #529, 530, and 531, respectively, for the San Diego service and #529 was restored by early 2011. Under pressure, Henrioulle would sell nine PCCs (including six of the 11xx class: #1113, 1127, 1139, 1145, 1148, and 1169){{Cite web|date=March 31, 2010|title=Lost Streetcars of San Francisco, Now Lost in Missouri|url=https://www.streetcar.org/the_odd_story_of_the/|access-date=29 November 2021|publisher=Market Street Railway}} to a developer in St. Charles, Missouri in 2007 for the planned St. Charles City Streetcar. The developer went bankrupt in 2009 and the streetcars were stored; after a fire in 2012, the St. Charles streetcars were scrapped.
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1103
| San Francisco |Stored | Originally built as #1701 for St. Louis Public Service (SLPS) in 1946.{{Cite web |title=Roster of Preserved North American Electric Railway Cars (PNAERC) Query {{!}} Owner: San Francisco Municipal Railway |url=http://www.bera.org/cgi-bin/pnaerc-query.pl?sel_curown=San%20Francisco%20Municipal%20Railway&Tech=Yes |access-date=29 November 2021 |publisher=Branford Electric Railway Association}} | 100px |
1106
| San Francisco | rowspan="2" | Scrapped | Originally built as #1733 for SLPS in 1946. Scrapped in late 2019/early 2020 at Schnitzer Steel in Oakland with significant structural rust. | |
1108
| San Francisco | Originally built as #1737 for SLPS in 1946. Scrapped in late 2019/early 2020 at Schnitzer Steel in Oakland with significant structural rust. | 100px |
1115
| San Francisco |Stored | Originally built as #1703 for SLPS in 1946. | 100px |
1122
| San Diego | rowspan="2" | Transferred | rowspan="2" | Originally built as #1716 and #1728 for SLPS in 1946; renumbered to #1122 and #1123 for Muni, respectively.{{Cite web |title=Roster of Preserved North American Electric Railway Cars (PNAERC) Query {{!}} Owner: San Diego Vintage Trolley |url=http://www.bera.org/cgi-bin/pnaerc-query.pl?sel_curown=San+Diego+Vintage+Trolley&Tech=Yes |access-date=29 November 2021 |publisher=Branford Electric Railway Association}} Sold to Gunnar Henrioulle in 1994, then reacquired in 2005. Transferred to San Diego Trolley and renumbered (1122→529; 1123→530; 1170→531) for use on that system's Silver Line.{{Cite web |date=June 13, 2009 |title=Streetcars Get A New Life in San Diego |url=https://www.streetcar.org/streetcars-get-a-new-life-in-san-diego/ |access-date=15 October 2021 |publisher=Market Street Railway}}{{Cite report |url=https://www.sdmts.com/sites/default/files/attachments/san_diego_pcc_pallen.pdf |title=San Diego and the PCC Streetcar |last=Copeland, P. Allen |publisher=San Diego Metropolitan Transportation System |access-date=15 October 2021}} | 100px |
1123
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1125
| San Francisco |Scrapped | Originally built as #1715 for SLPS in 1946. Scrapped in late 2019/early 2020 at Schnitzer Steel in Oakland with significant structural rust. | 100px |
1128
| St. Louis Public Service |Stored | Renumbered and repainted 1982/83 as St. Louis 1704, its original identity, for use in the Historic Trolley Festival | 100px |
1130
| San Francisco |Stored | Originally built as #1754 for SLPS in 1946. | |
1139
| San Francisco |Stored | Originally built as #1725 for SLPS in 1946. Listed for potential disposal in 2018 with significant structural rust. Retained by the SFMTA for future use along with other stored cars. | 100px |
1140
| San Francisco |Transferred | Originally built as #1711 for SLPS in 1946. Listed for potential disposal in 2018 with significant structural rust. Donated to the National Museum of Transportation in January 2020, to be used as a parts car for another former Muni and SLPCS car (1164/1743). | |
1146
| San Francisco | Stored | Originally built as #1763 for SLPS in 1946. Reacquired by Muni in 2004 after relocations to Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad (1982–92) and Iowa Trolley Park (1992–2004). | |
1158
| San Francisco |Stored | Originally built as #1749 for SLPS in 1946. | 100px |
1160
| San Francisco |Stored | Originally built as #1761 for SLPS in 1946. | 100px |
1168
| San Francisco (Landor) |Stored |
1170
| San Diego | Transferred | Originally built as #1777 for SLPS in 1946; renumbered to #1170 for Muni. Sold to Gunnar Henrioulle in 1994, then reacquired in 2005. Transferred to San Diego Trolley and renumbered (1122→529; 1123→530; 1170→531) for use on that system's Silver Line. | |
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2147
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Stored | This was acquired as a parts car for the 1050-class PCC fleet, and has a different propulsion from the current fleet.{{Cite web |title=The Streetcar Fleet |url=https://www.streetcar.org/streetcarroster/ |access-date=23 May 2018 |publisher=Market Street Railway}} This car is notable for being the only PCC car to ever operate in New Orleans. |
4008
| rowspan="2" | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | rowspan="2" | Scrapped | rowspan="2" style="font-size:90%;" | Port Authority 4000 Series PCC, originally built for the Pittsburgh Railways Company, later the Port Authority of Allegheny County. When portions of Port Authority's streetcar system were being rebuilt and modernized in the 1980s, 45 of the Authority's PCC's were to be completely rebuilt as well. However, due to budget problems, only a dozen were actually rebuilt, including 4008 and 4009. After the Overbrook Line's closure in 1993, these cars were relegated to a shuttle service between the Drake Loop and Castle Shannon until retirement in 1999. Purchased at auction in 2001, Nos. 4008 and 4009 were stored and required re-gauging as well as modifications to make them ADA-compliant. Scrapped in late 2019/early 2020 at Schnitzer Steel in Oakland with significant structural rust. |
4009 |
= Milan "Peter Witt" trams =
These Peter Witt streetcars were originally in service in Milan, Italy. Original Italian signage was kept in place, supplemented with English signs.
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Car #
! Livery ! Status ! Image |
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1807
| Milan, Italy (Yellow/White) | In service | 100px |
1811
| Milan, Italy (Yellow/White) | Out of service | 100px |
1814
|Milan, Italy (Two-tone green) |In service | 100px |
1815
| Milan, Italy (Orange) | In service | 100px |
1818
| Milan, Italy (Two-tone green) | In service | 100px |
1834
| Milan, Italy (Orange) | Undergoing restoration | 100px |
1856
| Milan, Italy (Orange) | In service | 100px |
1859
| Milan, Italy (Orange) | In service | 100px |
1888
| Milan, Italy (Two-tone green) | Under repair | 100px |
1893
| Milan, Italy (Orange) | In service | 100px |
1895
| Milan, Italy (Orange) | In service | 100px |
= Historic trams =
== San Francisco ==
The following shows trams that operated in San Francisco before the 1950s under either San Francisco Muni or Market Street Railway.
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Car #
! City of origin (car's paint scheme colors) ! Status ! Notes ! Image |
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1
| San Francisco (Battleship Gray) | Operational | This car was purchased in 1912 as one of the original streetcars publicly owned by Muni. The car originally was retired in 1951 and was set aside for a museum. This car was restored in 1962 as part of Muni's 50th anniversary and ran occasionally on special excursions until the late 1980s. This car was restored again in 1995 for the opening of the F-line. In 2009 it was shipped to Brookville Equipment Corporation for a complete restoration at a cost of $1.8 million. This streetcar returned to service on October 6, 2012.{{Cite web |title=No. 1: San Francisco Municipal Railway |url=https://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1-1-muni-1912/ |access-date=26 June 2018 |publisher=Market Street Railway}} | 100px |
130
| San Francisco (Blue/Gold) | Awaiting restoration | This car was purchased in 1914 as part of a 100-car order from Jewett Car Company. This car ran in San Francisco until retirement in 1958. It was converted into a wrecker and was restored to blue and gold colors in 1983. In 2002, No. 130 was dedicated to longtime San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen.{{Cite press release |title=Car No. 130 Dedicated to Herb Caen |date=15 April 2002 |publisher=Market Street Railway |url=http://www.streetcar.org/car_no_130_dedicated_to_herb_c/ |access-date=19 March 2017 |author=}} | 100px |
162
| San Francisco (Wings) | Under repair | This car was purchased in 1914 as part of a 125-car order from Jewett Car Company. This car ran in San Francisco until retirement in 1958 and was then sold with another car to Orange Empire Railway Museum. It was reacquired in 2003 by the San Francisco Municipal Railway and restored by Market Street Railway in 2004. The car then underwent further restoration by Muni starting in 2005 and returned to service in August 2008, the 50-year anniversary of its earlier retirement.{{Cite web |date=4 January 2014 |title=No Way to Start Its Centennial Year! |url=https://www.streetcar.org/no_way_to_start_its_centennial_year/ |access-date=26 June 2018 |publisher=Market Street Railway}} On January 4, 2014, this car was involved in a collision with a container truck, seriously damaging one of its ends.{{Cite news |date=4 January 2014 |title=Embarcadero clear following SF Muni streetcar, big-rig crash |work=ABC 7 News |url=http://abc7news.com/archive/9381895/ |access-date=26 June 2018}} Rebuilt in Long Beach and returned to Muni in April 2018.{{Cite news |date=23 April 2018 |title=Welcome Home, 162! |publisher=Market Street Railway |url=https://www.streetcar.org/welcome-home-162/ |access-date=26 June 2018}} |
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| Operational, special service only | Built in 1896 by Hammond Car Company in San Francisco; converted to a work car after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and renumbered to 0601.{{Cite web |title=No. 578: Market Street Railway Company |url=https://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/578-578s-msry-dinky/ |access-date=26 June 2018 |publisher=Market Street Railway}} Restored to original appearance in 1956 and permanently loaned to the Western Railway Museum, but recalled by Muni in 1984 to serve in Trolley Festivals.{{Cite web |date=9 August 2016 |title=Patriarch Streetcar Turns 120 |url=https://www.streetcar.org/patriarch-streetcar-turns-120/ |access-date=26 June 2018 |publisher=Market Street Railway}} |
798
| Market Street Railway (Whiplash Green/White) | Awaiting restoration | Built in 1924 by the Market Street Railway at Elkton Shops (now Green Division at Ocean & San Jose). Sold for scrap in 1946 and eventually became a jewelry store in Columbia before being repurchased in 1984 using money donated by Embarcadero Center{{Cite web |title=Great Institutions Make Great Things Possible |url=https://www.streetcar.org/great-institutions-make-great-things-possible/ |access-date=26 June 2018 |publisher=Market Street Railway}} and returned to Muni. Only surviving streetcar of the class operated by Maya Angelou.{{Cite web |title=No. 798: Market Street Railway Company |url=https://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/798-798-msry-white-front/ |access-date=26 June 2018 |publisher=Market Street Railway}} Moved to Cameron Beach Yard in 2011.{{Cite web |date=2 November 2011 |title=Safe From the Weather At Last |url=https://www.streetcar.org/safe_from_the_weather_at_last/ |access-date=26 June 2018 |publisher=Market Street Railway}} | 100px |
== "Wheels of the world" trams ==
A diverse collection of authentic vintage trolleys, trams, and streetcars from cities other than San Francisco.
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Historical bus fleet
The following shows the buses previously operated by the SFMTA. Some of these coaches have been preserved in the historic fleet, donated to trolley museums, or auctioned.
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Model
! Fleet Nos. (Year Built) ! Preserved Unit(s) ! Qty ! Last retired ! class=unsortable | Image ! class=unsortable | Notes |
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Neoplan AN440
|8101 (1999) |8350 |206 |2021 | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" |34 buses were rebuilt in 2010–2011, and 80 more rebuilt in 2013.{{Cite web |last=Rhodes |first=Michael |date=28 May 2010 |title=Muni Gets First Two Refurbished Buses Back from the Shop |url=https://sf.streetsblog.org/2010/05/28/muni-gets-first-two-refurbished-buses-back-from-the-shop/ |access-date=17 May 2018 |website=Streetsblog San Francisco}}{{Cite web |title=SFMTA Unveils Rehabilitated Neoplan Bus |url=http://archives.sfmta.com/cms/apress/SFMTAUnveilsRehabilitatedNeoplanBus.htm |access-date=17 May 2018 |website=archives.sfmta.com |language=en}} |
Orion VII (40' HEV)
| 8401 (2006) | 8426 | 56 | 2020 | 100px | |
ETI 14TrSF
| 5401-5402 (1999) | 240 | 2019{{Cite magazine |date=January–February 2020 |editor-last=Haseldine |editor-first=Peter |title=Trolleynews |magazine=Trolleybus Magazine |location=UK |publisher=National Trolleybus Association |volume=56 |issue=349 |page=37 |issn=0266-7452}}{{Cite web |title=Muni's Electric Trolley Buses |date=16 August 2017 |url=https://www.sfmta.com/getting-around/muni/munis-electric-trolley-buses |access-date=February 8, 2020 |publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency}} | 100px | |
Neoplan AN460
| 6200-6225 (2000), | 124 | 2018 | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" |Some units were rebuilt in 2010–2011. |
NABI 416.12
| 8001-8045 (1999) | None | 45 | 2016 | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" |8008, 8032, 8042 are privately preserved. |
ETI 15TrSF
| 7101 (2000), | None | 33 | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | 2002 models |
New Flyer Industries E60
| 7000-7059 (1992–1994) | 60 | 2015 | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | First 60-foot articulated trolleybus fleet. |
New Flyer Industries D60
| 9101-9124 (1990–1991) | 24 | 2014 | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" |Second articulated bus fleet. |
Gillig Corporation Phantom 40'
| 2801–2845 (1993) | 2840 (training only) | 45 | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Bought from AC Transit in 2005 for reserve fleet. |
Orion Bus Industries I Citycruiser
| 9001-9045 (1990) | 9010 | 45 | 2008 | 97px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | 9030 was converted to Mobile Commander Center CC1. |
New Flyer Industries D40
| 8801-8850 (1988), | 8926 | 106 | 2007 | 97px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | |
Flyer Industries E800
| 5003-5345 (1976–1977) | 5300, 5345 | 343 | 2007 | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | 5148 is at Seashore Trolley Museum. |
Flyer Industries D902
| 4500-4679 (1984) | 4574 | 180 | 2003 | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | 4574 was damaged while being delivered. A second 4574 was built as a Flyer D901 and delivered in its place. |
MAN AG SG-310-18-3A
| 6000-6099 (1984) | 6099 | 100 | 2002 | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | First 60-ft articulated bus. |
Flyer D900
| 3XXR, 6XXR (1980) | None | 110 | 2000 | | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Bought from SamTrans in 1994; reserve fleet only. |
Flyer E700A
| 5001 (1972), | None | 2 | 1999 | | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Pilot buses for later E800 fleet (5003-5345) |
GM New Look
| 3000-3389 (1969–1970) | 3287 | 390 | 1994 | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | 3000, 3210, 3226, and others are under private ownership. 3270 is preserved at the Pacific Bus Museum. |
Flxible New Look
| 4000–4009 (1969) | 4009 | 10 | 1991 | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | |
AM General Metropolitan 9635-6
| 4100-4199 (1975) | 4154 | 100 | 1990 | 100px | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | |
Grumman 870
| 4030-4054 (1980) | None | 25 | 1985 | | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | Most were scrapped around 1986, though some remained as reserve buses until 1989. |
Twin Coach 44TTW
| 570-659 (1949–1950) | None | 90 | | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | |
St. Louis Car Company Job 1704/Job 1731
| 501-509 (1939), | 506 | 25 | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | 501–509 were built in 1939 but not placed in service until 1941.{{cite magazine |last=Jewell |first=Don |title=Muni [regular news column] |date=May 1988 |magazine=Pacific RailNews |page=40 |url=http://original.trainlife.com/magazines/pages/520/37558/may-1988-page-40 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608182929/http://original.trainlife.com/magazines/pages/520/37558/may-1988-page-40 |archive-date=June 8, 2019 |url-status=dead |publisher=Interurban Press |issn=8750-8486}} |
Marmon-Herrington TC40
| 526-549 (1948) | None | 25 | | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | |
Marmon-Herrington TC44
| 550–569, 660–710 (1948–1949) | None | 70 | | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | |
Marmon-Herrington TC48
| 711–849 (1950–1951) | 776 | 139 | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | |
White 784
| 042-062 (1938) | 042 | 20 | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | 060 was bought by a private owner. |
Mack C-49-DT
| 2100–2199 (1955), | 2230 | 450 | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | 2617 was bought by a private owner. |
White 798
| 075-0155, | 0392, 0419 | 368 | 1969 | | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | |
Twin Coach 44-D
| 0156-0165 (1947) | 0163 | 10 | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | |
ACF 26-S
| 063–072 (1940) | None | 10 | | | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" | |
See also
References
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External links
- {{Cite web |last= |date=2017 |title=On the F-line & E-line Right Now |url=http://www.streetcar.org/live/ |access-date=15 March 2017 |publisher=Market Street Railway}}
- {{Cite web |last= |date=2017 |title=The Streetcar Fleet |url=http://www.streetcar.org/streetcarroster/ |access-date=15 March 2017 |publisher=Market Street Railway}}
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