The world famous F-line streetcars in San Francisco

[Sean117Ply]

Did I just a see a Melbourne tram?

[swankrecords]

The bright colored street cars in San Francisco are absolutely gorgeous.

[wonderglory]

I used to ride those streetcars a lot when I was a little girl.

[jemdude22]

"Without us, it would be a bus."

[SOYUZ1968]

The orange bus comes from my city....The Great Milan!

[luvseinfeld]

I just went on one this past weekend;it was the milan italy one,fun and beautiful inside but the driver was a little grumpy that day.

[lasalleman]

I remember riding the same-type cars in Los Angeles in the 1950s. Taken out in 1962. Now we have light rail. Gonna take years to equal what we had then....

[nema1218]

One of the many reasons why San Francisco is unique!

[BeeRich33]

Uh, Toronto had them as well.

[jimbo7348]

These old street cars were awesome. We had em' here in pittsburgh P.A. up until about 6 or 7 years ago I think? (maybe a bit longer). I think they were called "PCC'S" PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION CARS. They were more reliable than the newer light rail vehicles. The new LRV's kept breaking down alot. They would go so fast that Port Authority Transit here in PGH PA put pegs under the accelerators to keep the conductors from speeding.

[savtasaba]

Great video!

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[jemdude22]

I am just glad the use of trolley poles is retained on these vintage streetcars in San Francisco. It's disheartening to see pantographs have replaced trolley poles in Melbourne's historic trams. Vintage trams and modern single-armed pantographs belong to very different eras and should not be seen in one picture!!

[trombones76]

How do they meet the ADA requirements?

[dreamexecution]

it's just the looks

[Tubes12AX7k]

@trombones76 The PCC trolley cars in Philadelphia have wheelchair lifts folded up neatly next to the middle doors.

[hjebone]

Great video! I have been trying to get out there for years, and this is a great sampler! Great to see the cars in regular service as they were intended. Keep up the great work!

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[sigfridmetrotren]

Awesome!

Trolleys 4EVER!!

[daddycool9]

FANTASTIC...

[newflyer500]

great video love to see more videos made of trolleys.

[redoctober90]

Nice video :) We used to have those PCC cars in Pittsburgh until PAT's 47D Drake Line closed for good in 1999. I used to ride that line for fun (it was a single-rail, backwoods line that shuttled people between the southernmost point of the line and the main system to downtown.

Right now the three remaining PCC's are on display: one at a car house in Upper St. Clair, PA, one in Bethel Park PA at a museum, and one being fixed up at the PA Trolley Museum in Washington, PA.

[newflyer500]

pittsburg should of rebuilt their fleet and kept them running 15 more years, than rebuilt them again. good idea. san francisco should buy the fleet nft metro has of pcc cars. they never got used for a rapid transitn extension. muni would rebuild them and put them on another trolley line.

[redoctober90]

Yea, I wish they would too. Anyways, at the time the Drake was running, the fleet was 3 cars and pretty much no one was riding them (it only ran about a 1.5 mile route). The Port Authority here thought that the cost was too high to allow it to run, no matter the sentimental value of it. I liked riding it, but since the rest of the line was built for high-floor cars, it was inevitable they would have to either adapt the platforms or decommission them. :)