San Francisco Municipal Railway fleet

Woods Division with part of the Muni diesel bus fleet

With five different modes of transport from many different vendors, the San Francisco Municipal Railway, or Muni as it is commonly known, runs one of the most diverse fleets of vehicles in the United States. Roughly 1,000 buses, 200 streetcars, and 40 cable cars see active duty. Muni's forty cable cars represent one of the oldest, last remaining public transportation fleets of cable cars remaining in service around the world. Muni's fleet of diesel-electric hybrid buses is the third largest in the nation, and there are plans in place to replace the existing diesel fleet with hybrid buses. Continuing the trend, Muni's fleet of electric trolleybuses is one of the oldest and largest remaining in the United States. A summary of the current and historic vehicles follows below.

Summary

Current fleet

Length/Fuel	Model	Year Built	Quantity	Floor Styling	Fleet Series	Wheelchair access	Image
40 ft./Diesel Bus	NABI 416	1999	45	High	8001-8045	Yes
	Neoplan AN440	2000-2003	206	High	8101-8230; 8301-8376	Yes
40 ft./Diesel-electric Hybrid Bus	Orion Bus VII	2007	56	Semi-low	8401-8456	Yes
30 ft./Diesel-electric Hybrid Bus	Orion Bus VIII	2007	30	Semi-low	8501-8530	Yes
60 ft./Articulated Diesel Bus	Neoplan AN460	2002-2003	124	High	6200-6299; 6401-6424	Yes
40 ft./Trolleybus	ETI 14TrSF	2001-2003 (first two were built in 1999)	240	High	5401-5640	Yes
60 ft./Articulated Trolleybus	New Flyer E60HF	1992-1994	40	High	7000-7059 (skipping 20 numbers)	Yes
	ETI 15TrSF	2003	33	High	7101-7133	Yes
Light-Rail Vehicle	Breda LRV2/LRV3	1997-2003	151	High	1401-1551	Yes, at certain stops.
Historic Streetcar	PCC	1946-1952	16	High		Yes, at most F-line stops.
	Peter Witt	1928	11	High		Yes, at most F-line stops.
	Various	1912-	7	High		Yes, at most F-line stops.
Cable Car	Various	1873-	40	High		No

Muni also tested a 40-foot double-decker bus from Alexander Dennis Limited but the bus is now at Las Vegas' Deuce route.

Historical bus fleet

Manufacturer	Model	Date of Retirement	Stored	Wheelchair accessible?	Image
New Flyer Industries	D40	2007	Muni Metro East	Yes
Orion Bus Industries	I Citycruiser	2007-2008	Muni Metro East	Yes
Flyer Industries	E800	2007	Potrero Division	No
Flyer Industries	D902	2003	Muni Metro East	Yes
MAN AG	SG-310	2002	Muni Metro East	Yes
GM	New Look	1991	Muni Metro East	No
Flxible	New Look	1991	Muni Metro East	No
AM General		1991	Muni Metro East	No
Twin Coach		1977	Potrero Division	No
Marmon-Herrington		1977	Potrero Division	No
White	798	1970	Muni Metro East	No
Mack	C-49	1974	Muni Metro East	No

Divisions

Division	Open Date	Features	Number of Vehicles	Location
Presidio Division	1912	Dyno, Repair, Storage, Car Wash	~200	Bush and Presidio
Potrero Division	1914	Paint shop, Dyno, Repair, Storage, Car Wash	~170	17th St. & Bryant
Woods Yard Park	1975	Paint shop, carpentry, dyno, car wash, repair, storage, Historic fleet storage	~500	22nd & Indiana
Flynn Division	1980s	Parts, car wash, repair, storage	124	15th St. & Harrision
Kirkland Division	1950	Car wash, dyno, storage, repair	~50	Powell & Beach
Geneva complex (Includes Curtis Green, Geneva Division, Geneva Upper yard)	1901-1970s	Paint shop, repair, storage, car wash, paint team, parts	~200	San Jose & Geneva
Metro East Light Rail complex	2008	Unknown	80-100	Cesar Chavez & Illinois
Cable Car	1890s	Repair, storage, Cable Car Museum	50	Washington & Mason
David Pharr Restoration Facility	1982	Storage, restoration, carpentry	5	Duboce and Buchanan
Marin	1982	Storage	Unknown	Marin & Indiana

Buses

Diesel buses

Muni's active diesel fleet contains coaches ranging from thirty to sixty feet in length. The standard 40 ft vehicles include Neoplan (now defunct) AN440, NABI (the American arm of Ikarus) 416, and Orion VII models. Additionally, there are a handful of Gillig Phantoms in reserve duty. At the small end of the scale, Muni has 30 30 ft Orion VIIs. At the large end of the scale, Muni's articulated diesel fleet is made up of Neoplans AN460s. The Orion VIIs (both 30 ft and 40 ft models) are unique in the Muni fleet in that they are powered by a hybrid diesel-electric system, with one being a Wi-Fi enabled bus.

The Orion VII do not operate on the 44 O'Shaugnessy and the 54-Felton due to vandals flipping the switches on the back of the hybrid buses. In December 2007, Muni acquired a double decker diesel bus for testing purposes. Its proponents claim that the double decker makes more efficient use of Muni's limited service bays, that the lack of an articulation joint will result in a lower cost of ownership, and that the shorter length will also be a boom in congested areas. Its detractors claim that dwell time is increased because there are fewer exits than on an articulated bus, and that Muni's traditionally lax security will render the top level of the bus unsafe.

Historically, Muni has run standard length buses from a wide variety of manufactures. Articulated buses were sourced from MAN (retired in 2002) and New Flyer, which were retired in 2007-2009.

All of Muni's current active diesel buses meet ADA standards.

Electric trolleybuses

Main article: Trolleybuses in San Francisco

Potrero Garage scene showing a range of Muni trolley buses spanning from 1976 to 2003. On the left is an ETI (Skoda/AAI) 14TrSF trolleybus, which type replaced the non-accessible Flyer trolleybuses in the center. On the right is an articulated New Flyer trolleybus, one of 60 articulated ETBs built by New Flyer for Muni in 1993-94.

Electric trolleybuses (ETBs) were very popular in the United States throughout much of the 20th century. Today, San Francisco is one of five cities in the United States with an operational ETB fleet. Muni's ETB fleet is one of the largest in the nation, and services many parts of the city. Initially the ETBs were met with resistance, as residents preferred the uncluttered skylines that the streetcars provided. However, after the 1906 earthquake, ETBs were seen as a cheaper option than rebuilding the cable car infrastructure and eventually the resistance faded. Indeed, there are plans in the works to electrify existing diesel lines.

Muni's active ETB fleet consists of articulated coaches from New Flyer and Electric Transit, Inc. (ETI) (Skoda/AAI), as well as standard 40 ft coaches from ETI. Historically, Muni has run ETBs from Brill, the St. Louis Car Company, Twin Coach, Marmon-Herrington, and Flyer.

Cable cars

Main article: San Francisco cable car system

Around the turn of the 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. Currently only three lines and forty cars remain.

Streetcars

Contemporary light rail vehicles

Main article: Muni Metro

The Muni Metro has run two types of light rail vehicles. Originally, Boeing-Vertol cars were used. However, these proved extremely troublesome and were phased out of service beginning in 1997. The Boeing cars were replaced by 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 Muni riders.

Historic streetcars

Historic streetcars are run on the F Market & Wharves line. 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, during an almost two-year suspension (1982–84) of all cable-car service to permit major infrastructure maintenance to take place place. The F line fleet comprises mostly PCC cars painted in liveries from cities around the United States, as well as 1920s-vintage Peter Witt cars from Milan. Streetcars from many other cities round out the vintage fleet.

Active PCC fleet

First batch (overhauled by Morrison-Knudsen)

See also: SEPTA

This shows the active PCCs entering service 1995 or before. All of these cars were rehabilitated by Morrison-Knudsen before entering revenue service. Car 1054 (original 2121) was wrecked in an accident on 11/16/03 and is stored beyond repair.

PCC #	City/System Represented	Type of PCC	Current Status	Notes	Image
1007	Philadelphia Suburban	Double-ended "Torpedo" PCC	Operational	This car was purchased in 1948 and ran in San Francisco until retirement in 1982. Stored in Pier 72 until 1994, then the car was restored for the F-line. This car was previously painted in Muni's 1995 Breda livery, but was repainted in 1997 into the Philadelphia Suburban livery.
1010	San Francisco (blue/gold)	Double-ended "Torpedo" PCC	Operational	This car was purchased in 1948 and ran in San Francisco until retirement in 1982. Stored in Pier 72 until 1994, then the car was restored for the F-line in 1996.
1015	Illinois Terminal	Double-ended "Torpedo" PCC	Operational	This car was purchased in 1948 and ran in San Francisco until retirement in 1982. Stored in Pier 70 until 1994, then the car was restored for the F-line in 1995.
1050	San Francisco Municipal Railway (Wings)	Single-ended PCC	Operational	Purchased in 1948 by Philidelphia Transportation Company as 2119 until retirement in 1989. This car was sold to San Francisco Municipal Railway in 1992 and has been in active service since 1995.
1051	San Francisco (simplified)	Single-ended PCC	Operational	Purchased in 1948 by Philidelphia Transportation Company as 2123 until retirement in 1989. This car was sold to San Francisco Municipal Railway in 1992 and has been in active service since 1995.
1052	Los Angeles (NCL) Shirley Temple Livery	Single-ended PCC	Operational	Purchased in 1948 by Philidelphia Transportation Company as 2110 until retirement in 1989. This car was sold to San Francisco Municipal Railway in 1993 and has been in active service since 1995.
1053	Brooklyn, NYC Board of Transportation/Transit Authority	Single-ended PCC	Operational	Purchased in 1947 by Philidelphia Transportation Company as 2721. This car was originally a double-ended car, along with car 1060, until their conductor booths were removed in 1955. This car ran in revenue service until retirement in 1992 and was sold to San Francisco Municipal Railway in 1993. This car has run in active service since 1995.	1999: 2011:
1055	Philadelphia Transportation Company (PCC-2 Livery)	Single-ended PCC	Operational	Purchased in 1948 by Philidelphia Transportation Company as 2122 until retirement in 1988. This car was sold to San Francisco Municipal Railway in 1993 and has been in active service since 1995.
1056	Kansas City Public Service	Single-ended PCC	Operational	Purchased in 1948 by SEPTA as 2113 until retirement in 1988. This car was sold to the San Francisco Municipal Railway in 1993 and has been in active service since 1995. In 2001, it was involved in a major accident which put it out of service for six years.
1057	Cincinnati Street Railway	Single-ended PCC	Operational	Acquired by muni from SEPTA, Philadelphia PA in 1992. Roof was recently replaced and the entire car was repainted.
1058	Chicago Transit Authority (Green Hornet Livery)	Single-ended PCC	Operational	Originally built for Philadelphia Transportation Company as car 2124. Recently returned to service following repairs after an accident. Repainted in late 1940s CTA "Green Hornet" livery.	1999: 2011:
1059	Boston Elevated Railway (now MBTA) (Orange livery)	Single-ended PCC	Operational	Acquired by Muni from SEPTA in 1992.
1060	Philadelphia Transportation Company (PCC-1938 Livery)	Single-ended PCC	Operational.	This car was originally a double-ended car, along with car 1054, until their conductor booths were removed in 1955. Was in Newark City Subway livery from 1995 to 2002 when it was involved in a derailment. Has since been repaired and repainted into 1938 Philidelphia Transportation Company livery to replace the permanently retired 1054.
1061	Pacific Electric	Single-ended PCC	Under repair	Acquired by Muni from SEPTA in 1992, temporarily out of service, awaiting parts for restoration.
1062	Louisville Railway Company	Single-ended PCC	Operational	Acquired by Muni from SEPTA in 1992
1063	Baltimore Transit Commission	Single-ended PCC	Operational	Acquired by Muni from SEPTA in 1992

Second batch (overhauled by Brookville Equipment Company)

See also: NJ Transit

This shows the PCCs that were scheduled to re-enter service in 2008, but some are held out of service due to wiring problems. All of these cars were purchased by Twin Cities Rapid Transit in 1946. They were sold to Newark in 1953 and ran on the Newark City Subway until replacement by LRVs in 2001. The San Francisco Municipal Railway acquired these cars in 2004 and had the cars overhauled at Brookville Equipment Company. Some of the cars were put in service in early 2007, but were taken out of service for wiring problems. Currently some are being repaired. All of these cars are single-ended PCCs

PCC #	City/System Represented	Current Status	Notes	Image
1070	Newark City Subway	Burn-in testing.	Acquired by Muni from New Jersey Transit, Newark in 2004
1071	Twin Cities Rapid Transit	In service.	Acquired by Muni from New Jersey Transit, Newark in 2004
1072	Mexico City	Burn-in testing.	Acquired by Muni from New Jersey Transit, Newark in 2004
1073	El Paso-Juarez	Undergoing restoration at Brookfield Equipment company.	Acquired by Muni from New Jersey Transit, Newark in 2004
1074	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Burn-in testing.	Acquired by Muni from New Jersey Transit, Newark in 2004
1075	Cleveland Transit System	Burn-in testing.	Acquired by Muni from New Jersey Transit, Newark in 2004
1076	Washington, DC	Undergoing rewiring at Brookville Equipment.	Acquired by Muni from New Jersey Transit, Newark in 2004
1077	Birmingham, Alabama	Operational	Acquired by Muni from New Jersey Transit, Newark in 2004
1078	San Diego	In service.	Acquired by Muni from New Jersey Transit, Newark in 2004
1079	Detroit, Michigan	In service.	Acquired by Muni from New Jersey Transit, Newark in 2004
1080	Los Angeles (National City Lines)	In service.	Acquired by Muni from New Jersey Transit, Newark in 2004

Inactive/retired streetcar fleet

10xx class

The following shows the cars acquired by Muni in the 1940s to 1952. One car in particular, car 1040, is the last PCC streetcar ever built in the United States.

PCC #	City/System Represented	Status	Notes	Image
1006	San Francisco (wings)	Undergoing restoration at Brookville, PA	This car was purchased in 1948 and ran in San Francisco until retirement in 1987. It is currently undergoing restoration at Brookville Equipment.
1008	San Francisco (wings)	Undergoing restoration at Brookville, PA	Purchased 1948 and ran in San Francisco until converted to wrecker service in 1982 to replace car #130. It is currently undergoing restoration at Brookville Equipment.
1009	Dallas Terminal & Railway	Undergoing restoration at Brookville, PA	This car was purchased in 1948 and ran in San Francisco until retirement in 1982. This car was stored in Pier 72 where it was damaged by arsonists. It is currently undergoing restoration at Brookville Equipment.
1011	San Francisco (Market Street Railway zip stripe)	Undergoing restoration at Brookville, PA	This car was purchased in 1948 and ran in San Francisco until retirement in 1982. This car was stored in Pier 72 where it was damaged by arsonists. It is currently undergoing restoration at Brookville Equipment.
1023	San Francisco	Stored
1026	San Francisco	Stored
1027	San Francisco	Stored
1028	San Francisco	Stored
1031	San Francisco	Stored
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. The car was reacquired in 2003 and is currently stored in Marin Division.
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 in Lake Tahoe. The car was reacquired in 2001 and is currently stored in Marin Division.
1038	San Francisco	Stored	Purchased 1952 as the third-to-last PCC streetcar ever built in the United States. Ran in San Francisco until retirement in 1982. After retirement, the car was stored in Pier 72 for a short while until moved to Marin Division.
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. The car was reacquired in 2003 and is currently stored in Marin Division.
1040	San Francisco (wings)	Undrgoing restoration	Purchased 1952 as the last PCC streetcar ever built in the United States. Ran in San Francisco until repainted to Landor livery in 1980. The car then ran for two more years and was repainted back to wings livery for the 1983 trolley festival. Stored out of service in 1987, then operated in tripper service in 1995 for a short time, then finally retired in 1997. 1040 left San Francisco on December 4, 2009 to undergo a full restoration at Brookville Equipment Company in Pennsylvania, and is currently undergoing burn-in testing.
1054	Philadelphia Transit Commission (PCC-1938 Livery)	Permanently out of service	Purchased in 1948 by Philidelphia Transportation Company as 2121 and ran until retirement in 1988. Sold to San Francisco Municipal Railway in 1992 and returned to service in 1995 until collision from a MUNI Metro Breda LRV 1541 on 11/16/03. Stored beyond repair in Marin Division.

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 most being sold off to Tahoe Valley Lines and then went to St. Charles, Missouri in 2007 for the planned St. Charles City Streetcar.

PCC #	City/System Represented	Status	Image
1103	San Francisco	Stored
1106	San Francisco
1108	San Francisco
1115	San Francisco
1125	San Francisco
1128	St. Louis Public Service
1130	San Francisco
1139	San Francisco
1140	San Francisco
1158	San Francisco
1160	San Francisco
1168	San Francisco

Boeing LRVs in storage

Main article: US Standard Light Rail Vehicle

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 and is popularly known as the Boeing LRV (not to be confused with that company's prior lunar roving vehicles for NASA) and is usually referred to as such. Both Muni and the MBTA (Boston) purchased the cars, but after a lawsuit with Boeing Vertol and MBTA, they had the ability to reject the last 40 cars. The cars sat in the storage yard, until Muni purchased 31 of them. Muni kept parts of the Boeing Vertol fleet until August 2007^{[citation needed]} and still has cars 1264 and 1320 on Muni property. One day, both 1264 and 1320 may be restored and run on the F Market & Wharves line. Boeing 1213 is preserved (since 2000) at the Oregon Electric Railway Museum while 1258, is preserved at Western Railway Museum.

Car #	City/System Represented	Status	Image
1264	San Francisco (Landor)	Unknown
1320	San Francisco (Landor-simplified livery)

Milan "Peter Witt" trams

See also: Peter Witt streetcar

All of these were originally in service in Milan, Italy. This origin can still be seen in the cars, as all the original Italian signs and notices are still in place. In the meantime, additional signs in English were added.

Car #	Livery	Status	Image
1807	Milan, Italy (Orange)	Operational
1811	Milan, Italy (Yellow/White)	Operational
1814	Milan, Italy (Orange)	Under Repair. Seriously damaged in accident on 2/18/2010 by Muni Breda LRV.
1815	Milan, Italy (Orange)	Under Repair. Rear-ended by Muni LRV 1512 while entering service via J-line July 11, 2011.
1818	Milan, Italy (Two-tone green)	Operational
1834	Milan, Italy (Orange)	Training Only
1856	Milan, Italy (Orange)	Operational
1859	Milan, Italy (Orange)	Operational
1888	Milan, Italy (Two-tone green)	Undergoing overhaul
1893	Milan, Italy (Orange)	Operational
1895	Milan, Italy (Orange)	Operational

Historic Trams

Car #	City From (Tram Paint Colors)	Status	Notes	Image
1	San Francisco (Battleship Gray)	Operational, restoration complete.	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 Company for a complete restoration at a cost of $1.8 million. This streetcar is currently undergoing burn-in testing.
106	Moscow/Orel, Russia (Red)	Awaiting restoration
130	San Francisco (Blue/Gold)	Under repair
151	Osaka, Japan	Stored
162	San Francisco (Wings)	Operational	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 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.
189	Porto, Portugal	Undergoing restoration
228	Blackpool, England (Green/White)	Operational
496	Melbourne, Australia (Green/Beige)	Operational
578-J	Kobe/Hiroshima, Japan	Undergoing restoration
578-S	Market Street Railway	Charter service only
586	Melbourne, Australia (Green/Beige)	Out of service
737 (7037)	Brussels, Belgium	Under repair	This car was operating in Brussels, Belgium, but was repainted in the blue-and-white colors in use by the Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich. Zurich, Switzerland, is a sister city of San Francisco. The streetcars of Zurich use meter gauge, which means that they can't run on San Francisco's tracks.
798	Market Street Railway (Whiplash Green/White)	Undergoing restoration at Curtis E. Green complex.
913	New Orleans, Louisiana (Green)	Awaiting overhaul
916	Melbourne, Australia (Green)	Undergoing restoration	SW6 Class. Awaiting modifications necessary to operate on E and F line.
952	New Orleans, Louisiana (Green)	Under repair
2133	Philidelphia, Pennsylvania	Stored	This was SEPTA's demonstration streetcar before the F-line's inception.
2147	Philidelphia, Pennsylvania	Stored
3557	Hamburg, Germany (Brown/White)	Stored awaiting overhaul at Marin Division	Acquired for parts, 1990s. Complete but with different propulsion system than other SEPTA cars. Not likely to be restored.
4008	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Stored	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 was being rebuilt and modernized in the 1980's, 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 this car 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, 4008 and 4009 are stored and require re-gauging as well as modifications to make them ADA-Compliant.
4009	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Awaiting Overhaul	Purchased at auction in 2001, along with 4008. See 4008 above.

See also

• Peter Witt streetcar
• US Standard Light Rail Vehicle
• Muni Metro
• Perley A. Thomas
• Jewett Car Company
• W.L. Holman Car Company

External links

• Market Street Railway: Historic Streetcar Fleet Guide
• Market Street Railway: F-Line Fleet Roster & Operational Status
• Travel-Report about the F-Market & Wharves Line