San Francisco F-Line
Milan trams stored together with LRVs at Muni Metro East shortly after their move there (August 2012).
© 2012 Peter Ehrlich | Market Street Railway
Muni F-Line cars 1011, 1010, 1009 and 1015 at Cameron Beach Yard
Lineup of four “Torpedoes” — Market Street Railway 1011, Muni blue/gold 1010, Dallas 1009 and Illinois Terminal 1015 (May 2, 2014).
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Muni F-Line Cars / Muni Metro 1008, 1009 (OB) and 1893 at MarketChurch
1008 (Muni Wings) was the first of a parade of all four Brookville-rebuilt “Torpedoes” to pass Market and Church. It leads 1009 (Dallas) in this picture, which also includes Milano 1894 heading inbound, and an inbound J Breda LRV (May 5, 2014).
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Muni F-Line Car 1057 Approaching Market/Sanchez/15th Street IB
View from the room window at Back’s Motor Lodge (May 4, 2014).
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Peter Ehrlich
April 17, 2015
Our April show will be presented by Peter Ehrlich. Peter will give a digital slide presentation of San Francisco’s F Line, tracing its entire history from PCC and vintage car operations up to 1982; the Trolley Festival years; construction; operations from the beginning in September 1995 through the opening to Fisherman’s Wharf in March 2000 up to the latest Heritage Weekend in November 2014; and its future.
The F Line is America’s most successful new historic streetcar line, bar none, and Peter documents how the interesting, colorful and varied historic fleet of PCCs, Milan Peter Witts and vintage trolleys from San Francisco and around the world was accumulated by Muni, making for most interesting operations! (There will even be some cable car shots thrown in.)
Peter will also show digital slides of Milan trams, including its interurbans and especially its Peter Witts, 11 of which operate on Muni today.
Peter was a motorman at Muni for 26 years, the last 10 on the F Line. He retired from Muni in 2005. He wrote San Francisco’s F Line, a must-read book.
Please join us for a wonderful and informative presentation!