San Francisco, December 1997

	Cable car 1 southbound on Powell approaching Geary Dec. 6, 1997 (193k)		“Pacific Electric” 1061 eastbound on Market crossing Fifth Dec. 6, 1997 (216k)		Muni 1051 turning off Market to loop at the Transbay Terminal Dec. 6, 1997
MAN articulated 6090 waiting to turn onto Market Dec. 6, 1997 (173k)		An unidentified Flyer artic westbound on Market Dec. 6, 1997		Cable cars 18 and 24 approach the Powell Street turntable Dec. 6, 1997 (187k)		Cable car 24 lays over waiting for another trip up Powell Dec. 6, 1997 (186k)
	New Flyer 8939 followed by a Flyer trolley coach outbound on Market at Fifth Dec. 6, 1997		Boeing LRV 1235 about to depart from the Powell Street metro station Dec. 6, 1997 (186k)		Muni 1063 – painted in Baltimore Transit colours – ready to return downtown from Castro and Market Dec. 6, 1997 (148k)
New Flyer 8812 sports a “wrap” advertisement reminiscent of trolley coach 5001 Dec. 7, 1997		Articulated trolleybus 7025 pauses on Mission Street opposite the Transbay Terminal Dec. 7, 1997 (182k)		MAN 6050 laying over outside the Transbay Terminal Dec. 7, 1997 (184k)		Although painted for its original owner – Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. – this car never carried this paint scheme while in Philly Dec. 7, 1997 (184k)
	A brand-new SamTrans Gillig in the forecourt of the Transbay Terminal Dec. 7, 1997		SamTrans also operates articulated Flyers, albeit diesel-powered and minus a centre exit Dec. 7, 1997 (186k)		Golden Gate Transit is one of the suburban carriers that operates into the upper level of the Transbay Terminal Dec. 7, 1997 (185k)
Boeing LRV 1317 climbs its way up Judah near 30th, on a sunny Tuesday afternoon Dec. 9, 1997 (156k)		Sonoma County Transit 185 is a Neoplan 440 equipped with a front bike rack Dec. 9, 1997		Sonoma County Orion II number 225 poses in front of Sonoma city hall Dec. 9, 1997		NWP SD9 4327 with a southbound lumber train heading past the Simi winery Dec. 8, 1997 (178k)

Historical rosters of San Francisco’s buses and streetcars. (Unfortunately they’re not 100% complete. Please e-mail me if you have any additions or corrections.)

Some additional links about transit in and around San Francisco:
• www.sfmuni.com: The official San Francisco Municipal Railway web site
www.sfmuni.com/cms/msc/const/3rdover.htm: Information about the Third Street Light Rail Project
• www.bart.gov: The main Bay Area Rapid Transit site
• www.goldengatetransit.org: Golden Gate Transit’s home page – part of a larger site about the bridge and its history
• www.samtrans.com: Another official transit operator’s site
• www.transitinfo.org: Instant on-line access to transit information for the nine counties in the Bay Area
• www.bayrailalliance.org: BayRail Alliance is an all-volunteer transit consumer group working towards a regional rail system for the San Francisco area
• www.streetcar.org: Home of the Market Street Railway (the F line)
• www.phillytrolley.org/muni.html: The Philadelphia Trolley Coalition is dedicated to improving light rail in Philly (follow the link if you don’t understand the ’Frisco connection)
• homepage.mac.com/lpetrich/www/transit/yard.html: Loren Petrich’s Railroad-Yard: a personal guide to rail transit systems in the Bay Area
• trafalgar.windwardsolutions.com/Vehicles: Ian Fuller’s Vehicles home page, with an emphasis on Californa transit vehicles

My Canadian bus rosters are posted at www.angelfire.com/ca/TORONTO/rosters.html. (I halso have some railways listed, too.)

Everything else has been forwarded to Al Reinschmidt’s Bus Rosters on the Web (www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/9036/) web site.