Photo Diary: Crossed Signals
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We’re always looking for great photos of public transportation! Let us know what you see.
Author: eugenia
Eugenia Chien has been eavesdropping on the 47, 49, or 1 lines since the mid-90's. She lives by the adage, "Anything can happen on Muni" (and also, "That's not water.")
Photo Diary: New Muni Cuts
Hot day, POTUS in town, and what else do we have? Muni cuts (off the roof). Via @okayokay on Instagram.
Let us know what you caught with your small computer phone by tagging it Muni or tweeting it to us @munidiaries.
Are you in this Muni music video?
Watch the video for a party on the 49 that really gets rolling at 2:04. Think the partiers are Pinched Nerve friends or lucky passengers on their way to YouTube Vimeo stardom? You tell me.
Hat Tip: Bernalwood, home of the best local blog masthead ever.
The Pope Has Landed at Castro Street Station
Muni delays due to derailed N Judah at Church and Duboce
Photo by Jerold Chinn
Update:
SF Public Press reporter Jerold Chinn reports that service actually didn’t return until around 1 a.m. the next morning.
The Examiner reports that light rail service returned to the tracks around 8:20 p.m.
Update 8:04 p.m.
Check out SFMTA’s alternative routes.
Original post:
Our Twitter followers and Transit511 alerts us that the J and N lines are delayed due to a derailed outbound N-Judah train at Church and Duboce this evening. “Outbound service on the light-rail lines was being terminated in the subway at Van Ness station,” reports The Examiner. Shuttle services are running outbound past the derailment.
SF Public Press reporter Jerold Chinn tweeted that he is on the scene watching mechanics on top of the derailed train. No injuries were reported.
According to Transit511:
On Monday, October 24th at 6:54 pm, SF Muni reports delays on the J- and N- Lines at Church and Duboce Streets due to a derailment of the N-Judah outbound. The J-Line is switching back at 16th and Church Streets, and the N-Line is switching back at Carl St. and Hillway Ave. Shuttles are in place on the J-Line going to Balboa, and on the N-Line heading to Ocean Beach.
More photos from Twitter. We’ll keep you updated.
Photo by @kdotcdot
Photo by @lachtaylor
Cameron Beach, in his daughter’s own words
Photo by Todd Lappin
Tomorrow, the Geneva Yard (where the historic streetcars reside) will be officially renamed in honor of Cameron Beach, who served on the MTA governing board until he died in March at age 62. We got in touch with his daughter, Lynn Beach O’Neill, to get to know more about the well-loved man who was a streetcar aficionado and city historian. The dedication ceremony is set for 10 a.m. on Tuesday.
Cameron Beach on Lynn’s wedding day
You really could ask my dad anything about San Francisco and he’d know the answer, particularly when it came to public transportation. He could recite the street names from north to south and east to west. He knew every bus and Muni streetcar line—and the timetables—by heart!
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