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Article #18Re: San Francisco PCCs
From: mulders_notpairnoid_nuff
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 00:00
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 00:00
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Silas Warner wrote: > > Robert Gordon wrote: > > > > A track map in the "Inside Muni" book shows wyes also at 30th & Judah > > on the N, 35th & Taraval on the L and Broad & Plymouth on the M > > (as of April 1981). These may still be there to wye a PCC out on those > > lines on fantrips, for instance. > > > THose wyes are still there. The Market Street Railway historic > preservation group used them when it was running the Trolley Festival > cars on Market Street (which developed into the F-line.) The wye at > Broad and Plymouth was the original M-line turnaround. The wye at > Church and 30th (the original J-line turnaround) is also still there. > > These wyes are never used in service. There are some short turns on > the N and J lines, but the short-turn LRVs simply switch at crossovers > and change ends. > > Silas Warner If anybody cares, there's an almost-wye out near the end of the L-Taravel at 46th. Yeah, yeah, I know, at that point the PCC (if one ever did stray out there) might as well go on to the Wawona loop. Nonetheless, a wye does exist at 46th & Taravel.
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