Peninsular Railway #52, an American Car Company Interurban Standard Coach, heads out on a run at the Western Railway Museum in Rio Vista, CA.

A rare look from inside the operator's cab of a brand new Light Rail Vehicle at the Siemens Manufacturing Plant in Sacramento, CA. This and the cars seen outside the window are going to the Twin C... (more)

MUNI 1016, a St. Louis Car Co. PCC, runs around the grounds at the Western Railway Museum in Rio Vista.

Key System Bridge Unit #187 rests inside Car Barn 1 at the Western Railway Museum in Rio Vista, CA. These cars get their name from their operations on the, at the time, new Bay Bridge. They are ar... (more)

Southern California once boasted one of the great interurban systems in the world—the mighty Pacific Electric (PE)—running from LA east to San Bernardino, west to Santa Monica, south to Long B... (more)

Muni car #1057 rolls along The Embarcadero in San Francisco during Muni Heritage Weekend 2013. This streetcar is painted to honor Cincinnati, which ran PCC streetcars from 1939 to 1951. Cincinnati... (more)

Muni car #1075 rolls along The Embarcadero in San Francisco during Muni Heritage Weekend 2013. This car is painted to honor Cleveland Transit System, which ran PCC streetcars from 1946 to 1953. Cl... (more)

This streetcar represents the last days of Muni’s original streetcar fleet. Streetcar No. 162 joined Muni’s fleet when automobiles were still a novelty, and was retired — the first time — ... (more)

Muni PCC #1080 and trolley #162 pass each other on the F-Line as they roll along The Embarcadero in San Francisco during Muni Heritage Weekend 2013.

Of all the streetcars in Muni's historic fleet, none turn heads faster than its two "boat trams" from Blackpool, England. They bring smiles to so many when they sail by -- nautical air whistle gai... (more)

Municipal Railway No. 1 is one of America's most historic streetcars, for it was the first publicly-owned big city streetcar in the United States. Early in the 20th Century, American transit syste... (more)

Muni car #1072 rolls along The Embarcadero in San Francisco during Muni Heritage Weekend 2013. This car is painted to honor Mexico City, which ran PCC streetcars from 1947 until 1984. Shortly afte... (more)

MUNI car #1059 rolls along the Embarcadero in San Francisco. MUNI 1059, built in 1948 by St. Louis Car Company, is painted to commemorate the Boston Elevated Railway Company era of PCC operation i... (more)

MUNI car #1072 rolls along the Embarcadero in San Francisco. This PCC streetcar, built by St. Louis Car Co. in 1946, is painted to honor Mexico City, Mexico, which operated PCC streetcars from 194... (more)