The Del Monte departs San Francisco on its daily journey to Monterey. Apparently the usually assigned streamlined chair car was bad order, so a heavyweight Harriman sub was substituted to go thro... (more)

Track #14 at the Third & Townsend depot was the only track wich did not stub end but ran thru onto King St. Until the Daylight quit running, it had been the usual arrival track for long distance t... (more)

Ready to head down the Peninsula to San Jose with Train #124. On the next track over are lightweight cars on the last Del Monte which the advent of Amtrak the next day would pass into history.

Competing eras of varnish back down to receive passengers. The ones riding the silver bi-levels will stop at stations. Those riding the espee train will stop in the middle of nowhere for runbys.

PCC Car on MUNI's F Line reaches the terminus at Castro.

The driver of MUNI car 1007 prepares to hang a 'hard right' along the San Francisco Ferry Building at the Embarcadero. Our MUNI driver on this day was very entertaining, offering numerous anecdote... (more)

UP's South San Fransisco local enters Quint Street. The train has just pulled 20 loads of dirty dirt from the Port of San Fransisco Pier 96.

SP was power short in '78-'79 and leased Amtrak P30's so they could use the SDP45's and GP40P-2's on freights. Here leaving San Francisco Southbound at the beginning of the PM rush. None of the SP... (more)

A trio of Caltrain F40PHs sit in San Francisco waiting to power trains to San Jose.

Ex Amtrak F69PHAC's 450 & 451 (EMD/Siemans owned?) powering the ICE demo train when not under wire, San Francisco Caltrain depot.

While moving east along Market Street, the driver of MUNI PCC car 1007 makes an emergency stop, yielding to an oncoming fire truck. Apparently the MUNI driver wasn't fond of the siren's wail for h... (more)

Two forms of mass transit, both historic and contemporary meet at the intersection of California and Powell Streets in San Francisco.

MUNI cable car 60 passes a familiar sight along California Street, Grace Cathedral. Designed in French Gothic style, construction began in 1928 and was completed in 1964 as the third largest Episc... (more)

Having completed the climb from the financial district at Market up to Stockton Street, MUNI cable car #49 makes yet another journey west along the famous California Street line. Car 49's journey ... (more)

DEFY GRAVITY! My weekend visit to San Francisco happened to occur when the Broadway Musical "Wicked" opened. A rider, dawning a black ball cap anticipates the chance to 'Defy Gravity' up Powell St... (more)