Car fleet F Market & Wharves

1 car fleet

1.1 pcc fleet
1.2 peter witt fleet
1.3 san francisco vintage fleet
1.4 worldwide fleet

car fleet

muni owns large selection of equipment use on f line, although not of them in service @ same time. car fleet includes 4 sub-fleets of pcc streetcars. these peter witt streetcars, pre-pcc veteran streetcars san francisco, , diverse collection of 10 streetcars , trams various overseas operators.

the line principally operated mixture of pcc , peter witt cars, although other more unusual or historic cars in service (including 913 , 952, iconic streetcars named desire). although modern muni lrvs not compatible f-line service because overhead line not compatible pantograph operation, boeing lrvs have operated down parts of market street 1 or more times.

pcc fleet

pcc car 1063 turning foot of market street. built in 1948 service in philadelphia, acquired muni in 1995 , painted in livery once carried baltimore s pcc cars.

a fleet of pcc streetcars san francisco, philadelphia, , newark, built between 1946 , 1948, operate on line. of august 2007, muni operating 27 of these cars, restored various states of service. among restored cars in service, 3 original san francisco double-ended pcc cars. 16 cars single-ended cars acquired septa in philadelphia in 1992 (which continues operate 18 cars today, retrofitted ada compliance), while remaining 11 cars single-ended cars acquired new jersey transit in newark in 2002.

muni has 30 unrestored pcc cars in long-term storage. unrestored cars include 5 additional san francisco double-ended cars, 10 san francisco single-ended cars, 12 single-ended cars acquired st. louis in 1957, 2 single-ended cars philadelphia, , 2 single-ended cars pittsburgh. further restored car philadelphia written off after traffic accident in 2003.

many of restored cars painted in color schemes of prominent past , present pcc streetcar operators, including muni , other transit systems.

peter witt fleet

former milan peter witt car carrying two-tone green color scheme used milan in 1930s.

muni operates fleet of peter witt streetcars on line, acquired milan, italy. there 11 of these cars, built in 1928 italian derivative of common streetcar design operated in many cities, although never in san francisco.

most of san francisco s peter witt cars painted in overall orange color scheme carried in milan, although 1 has been repainted original livery of yellow , white black trim, while in two-tone green livery cars carried 1930s 1970s.

san francisco vintage fleet

veteran san francisco streetcar 130 built muni in 1914, , operates in livery carried in 1939.

the f-line fleet includes fleet of pre-pcc vintage cars built between 1895 , 1924 use in san francisco. 3 passenger cars built muni itself, , further 2 independent market street railway company ran competing streetcar services in san francisco until acquired muni in 1944. final car works flat car, built muni in 1916 , used hauling rails, ties, , other materials needed maintain streetcar system.

the cars carry variety of former san francisco streetcar color schemes.

worldwide fleet

boat car #233 blackpool

the muni s international fleet on f-line includes diverse collection of 10 cars various operators worldwide:

blackpool tramway, in blackpool, england (including 2 distinctive open-air boat cars)
the former hamburg tram system, in hamburg, germany
hankai tramway, in osaka, japan
kobe municipal transportation bureau & hiroshima electric railway, in kobe & hiroshima, japan
melbourne & metropolitan tramways board, in melbourne, australia
moscow tram system, in moscow, russia (5 ft or 1,524 mm system)
porto tram system, in porto, portugal
stib/mivb, in brussels, belgium.

all cars carry color schemes of original operators, except brussels car, carries color scheme paying tribute san francisco s twin city of zürich in switzerland (the streetcars in use in zürich use meter-gauge , therefore cannot moved san francisco). moscow trams had equipped 4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm) trucks.