The emergency crossover on the "M" just beyond SF State College is known as "Banbury". Night tours on Taraval on the "L" were supplemented by Champagne rescued from an automobile trunk that had been positioned in advance. Like running backwards on the M-Line on the wrong track and all kinds of stuff. We used to do a lot of crazy stuff on BAERA excursions when we had "Art Curtis" as the operator. Every April 18, a local historic group and the Fire Department have a repainting ceremony, a true San Francisco tradition! When most of the City's fireplugs were rendered dry and useless by damaged water mains, this one had a reliable water supply, and gave the fire fighters a chance to save the neighborhood. This otherwise ordinary piece of infrastructure dates back to the Earthquake and Fire in 1906.
It's on the southeast corner of 20th & Church. to photograph cars climbing up through the park, be sure to check out a uniquely San Franciscan landmark: The Golden Fire Hydrant. Another time I was on a car that was pulling in and the operator asked me whether I was SURE I wanted to go all the way back to the yard. Those two traction motors were really working. One time I did this on New Orleans 952, which never had to deal with hills like SF's in its native city. During my visits to MuniLand, I try to get at least one pull-out or pull-in trip. Yes, the "J" extension is how the vintage cars get back to Geneva. Someday I'll ride and find out.Įdited 2 time(s). It's a good ride and I'd guess this is the route used to deadhead the F-MARKET historical cars in and out of service. No longer are there deadheads to get cars on or off the route the terminal is at the yard. Muni Metro light rail extended the J-CHURCH well beyond 30th St., running through Bernal Cut (just like the original SP main line did), and out San Jose Ave. Cars then ran via Duboce and Church, a minor detour that's the way it is today leaving the subway. and Castro (east portal of Twin Peaks Tunnel) when subway construction began in the 1970s. The first major route change came with the shutdown of rail service on Market St. The J-CHURCH has endured for many years, the only surviving car route (except for the new F-line) not to run through a tunnel. Maybe I'll snap one the view is as good now as it was back in the day. Once that car gets to 20th St., there is a great view of downtown San Francisco from that location. The right of way photo shows possibly the very same car on the curve between 22nd and 21st Streets. J-Church and N-Judah pull-outs and turn-ins would run to Eleventh & Market and wye there to backtrack a bit and get on their respective routes. However, in the PCC-era, there was just one: Geneva. I don't recall which carbarn the J-line ran out of.
They were "service" stations then as an attendant checked oil, tire pressure and washed windshields all while pumping gasoline. I like that old time Chevron sign as the service station. Paul's church is the steeple in the distance at 29th St.
The buildings in the photo remain today, but have been spruced up a bit. This was before the wye was constructed to enable single-end PCC car service on the J-line. Outbound cars come to the end of track, take their spot time, then head inbound via a crossover. The first two are at 30th & Church, end of the line. These photos show the iron monster two-man cars taken in the mid-1950s. (California, I case you're wondering.) It's an old route and used to be complete street running except for the section between 22nd Street and 18th Street which ran behind backyards and through Dolores Park to ease the climb over a hill. The J-CHURCH streetcar line was built to connect the Mission District with downtown San Francisco. So maybe you get 'em twice brand new for first time viewers. I don't recall if I posted these before or not.
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