Muni heritage weekend

2026-09-20 I went to San Francisco for Muni Heritage Weekend 2026! I stood by the tracks for three hours with my line scan camera, scanning trams. Tram pics are freely licensed under CC-By-SA 4.0 (I’ve also uploaded a bunch to Wikimedia Commons). 1 No. 1: Muni Streetcar 1 (1912) Muni No. 1 is the first publicly owned big city streetcar in the US. Before then, all streetcars were privately owned. It’s pretty cool! Show figure 1 detailsClose figure 1 detailsMuni streetcar 1 2 No. 162: Muni (1914-1950s) Muni No. 162 started out from 1914 and served until 1958. It’s making its first Muni Heritage Weekend appearance since a 2014 collision. Sorry, there was a car in the background and someone bumped my camera, causing some vibrations. Show figure 2 detailsClose figure 2 detailsMuni 162 3 No. 233: Blackpool Boat Tram (1934) The Blackpool boat tram is known for looking like a boat with its open top design. Show figure 3 detailsClose figure 3 detailsBoat tram 4 No. 496: Melbourne Tram (1928) The Melbourne tram comes from Melbourne, Australia. Like No. 162, it is green. Show figure 4 detailsClose figure 4 detailsMelbourne tram 5 No. 578: Dinky (1896) Muni No. 578 is probably the oldest one. It looks like a cable car but it is electrically powered rather than being powered by a cable. Note that up until 1909, Divisadero Street used to be called Devisadero Street, so it’s a period-correct spelling, not a typo. Show figure 5 detailsClose figure 5 detailsDinky 6 No. 1815: Milan Peter Witt (1928) The Milan tram was designed by Peter Witts so that it has more doors for rapid boarding. I didn’t get a good line scan photo of this despite three attempts, which failed due to: out of focus, occluded by car, slightly out of focus and has a weird shadow on it. However, I did get a great pic with Pier 1 in the background. Show figure 6 detailsClose figure 6 detailsMilan tram Show figure 7 detailsClose figure 7 detailsLine scan photo but with a weird shadow and out of focus 7 Other PCC streetcars Show figure 8 detailsClose figure 8 detailsNo. 1061 Pacifc Electric Show figure 9 detailsClose figure 9 detailsNo. 1052 Los Angeles Show figure 10 detailsClose figure 10 detailsNo. 1015 Illinois Terminal Show figure 11 detailsClose figure 11 detailsNo. 1058 CTA 8 Random vehicles Show figure 12 detailsClose figure 12 detailsLine scan photo of Waymo Jaguar I-Pace Show figure 13 detailsClose figure 13 detailsWaymo Ojai passing by vintage buses Show figure 14 detailsClose figure 14 detailsCop car 9 Behind the scenes FIGURE 15 Scanning the Muni No. 1 (earlier attempt, later I lined up the camera with a blue light pole for cooler background and less likelihood of annoying cars behind.)Downloadoriginal Here are two pics of me taken by my friend Daniel Du. Our names are coincidentally similar but there is no relation lol. Show figure 16 detailsClose figure 16 detailsMe with the line scan camera. Hopefully nobody trips on it. Photo credit: Daniel Du Show figure 17 detailsClose figure 17 detailsTotally not looking sus lmao. Photo credit: Daniel Du