In this edition of “Around the World in Trams” we head back to San Francisco for another shot of a PCC in service on the “F” line.
Whereas the other PCCs we have featured over the past few weeks this time around we see a streetcar which was built new for San Francisco Municipal Railway rather been acquired at a later date specifically as a historic vehicle. Constructed by St Louis Car Company, 1015 was introduced into service in 1948 and would run on Muni’s J, K, L, M and N lines until 1982 when it was removed from action but kept in store. It was then restored to service in time for the opening on the “F” line in 1995.
In this below image we see 1015 carrying a “tribute” livery for Illinois Terminal Railroad, a system which at one time had eight PCCs with almost identical bodies to that of 1015 (albeit without the rear doors). This photo was captured in September 1996 – just a year after the “F” line started running its historic trolley service but in 2020 it is out of service undergoing restoration.
Photograph by Garry Luck