RailPictures.Net Photo: MUNI 1807 San Francisco Municipal Railway Carminati & Toselli (Italy) at San Francisco, California by James Belmont
 
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» Church and Market Streets, MUNI J-Line & F-Line 
» San Francisco, California, USA (more..)
» October 20, 2012
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The second most common type of streetcar in MUNI's historic fleet is an American classic with an Italian accent. This type of car is named for Cleveland street railway commissioner Peter Witt, who designed it for his Ohio city around 1915. The concept was to speed loading by putting the conductor in the middle of the car, letting crowds board through the front door and paying as they passed the conductor. "Peter Witts" ran in 15 U.S. cities, including New York, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, Detroit, and Los Angeles (though not, in that era, in San Francisco). The design was also exported to world cities such as Toronto, Mexico City, Madrid, and three Italian cities, Naples, Turin, and Milan. Milan, Italy car 1807 accelerates from a stop across Church Street where the F and J Lines intersect at grade on Market Street in San Francisco. Stop light meets with contemporary AnsaldoBreda Light Rail Vehicles at Church & Market are common.
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