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title: "Muni heritage weekend"
date: "2026-09-20"
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I went to San Francisco for Muni Heritage Weekend 2026!
I stood by the tracks for three hours with my [line scan camera](/blog/2026-06-12-standalone-cnc-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).

# No. 1: Muni Streetcar 1 (1912)

[Muni No. 1](https://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1-1-muni-1912/) is the first publicly owned big city streetcar in the US.
Before then, all streetcars were privately owned.
It's pretty cool!

![Muni streetcar 1](https://i.dllu.net/2026-09-19-21-47-51_NECTA0000_6d669236092eb4c7972e4511d8e63111fe263276_238404890f138d2c.jpg)

# No. 162: Muni (1914-1950s)

[Muni No. 162](https://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/162-162-muni-1950s-livery/) 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.

![Muni 162](https://i.dllu.net/2026-09-19-20-59-45_NECTA0000_b53022d9bb8b4400b4a744d80c04a6a25e8db9d3_28f797a99da3ca5f.jpg)

# No. 233: Blackpool Boat Tram (1934)

The [Blackpool boat tram](https://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/228-228-233-blackpool-england/) is known for looking like a boat with its open top design.

![Boat tram](https://i.dllu.net/2026-09-19-20-50-31_NECTA0000_a0564ac1d7a5860952dcab417802414aab427fd5_42d328c09324c86d.jpg)

# No. 496: Melbourne Tram (1928)

The [Melbourne tram](https://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/496-496-melbourne-australia/) comes from Melbourne, Australia.
Like No. 162, it is green.

![Melbourne tram](https://i.dllu.net/2026-09-19-21-58-40_NECTA0000_4164f1b9c8b59c3b649d3fc0794b2ef4bb3378b0_3737c9a2ea934bc3.jpg)

# No. 578: Dinky (1896)

[Muni No. 578](https://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/578-578s-msry-dinky/) 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](https://hoodline.com/2014/04/how-devisadero-became-divisadero/), so it's a period-correct spelling, not a typo.

![Dinky](https://i.dllu.net/2026-09-19-20-49-30_NECTA0000_b8019d7d09e2c746df81bc1bc000e6120f159dc4_96a41af2a9531bdb.jpg)

# No. 1815: Milan Peter Witt (1928)

The [Milan tram](https://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1895-1895-milan-orange/) 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.

![Milan tram](https://i.dllu.net/2026-09-19-15-05-29_DSCF2471_d8de5375afcb78c90915c5e9cc144b9cfff10604_9654920c2a4e9bdc.jpg)

![Line scan photo but with a weird shadow and out of focus](https://i.dllu.net/2026-09-19-21-51-13_NECTA0000_10b7ae3e2d62bc31d2c543429fddfc879c1f20b4_0301cfbf750b556d.jpg)

# Other PCC streetcars

![No. 1061 Pacifc Electric](https://i.dllu.net/2026-09-19-21-15-54_NECTA0000_182f50e84711becb34fb1a270af48ac3dcef252d_bfc14759a5de981c.jpg)

![No. 1052 Los Angeles](https://i.dllu.net/2026-09-19-21-17-51_NECTA0000_9793637df92db88a6a9a34b8050ac5b7f9c10cb6_cd99213e78853a94.jpg)

![No. 1015 Illinois Terminal](https://i.dllu.net/2026-09-19-21-53-18_NECTA0000_97a67e12b7cd52fe50a474303f045580ad9f3efe_18d19dfd4e588a30.jpg)

![No. 1058 CTA](https://i.dllu.net/2026-09-19-21-54-05_NECTA0000_401275d05d79e1ae94218be0f1901ee7ba275f56_ba46f4b507378378.jpg)

# Random vehicles

![Line scan photo of Waymo Jaguar I-Pace](https://i.dllu.net/2026-09-19-20-33-11_NECTA0000_b5f80785bf0b1ef1b59d350db8971d854dbabf29_41a6be8853fbc035.jpg)

![Waymo Ojai passing by vintage buses](https://i.dllu.net/2026-09-19-15-22-30_DSCF2510_424f6ee5fc732206a24af58eaf7f924bd90490fa_19496247d495bb19.jpg)

![Cop car](https://i.dllu.net/2026-09-19-21-34-26_NECTA0000_d7f77892de868eaf51b5b1265b07a88c5639f5c0_cf9804222546e5d4.jpg)

# Behind the scenes

![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.)](IMG_9703_web.mp4)

Here are two pics of me taken by my friend Daniel Du. Our names are coincidentally similar but there is no relation lol.

![Me with the line scan camera. Hopefully nobody trips on it. Photo credit: Daniel Du](https://i.dllu.net/DSC00505_96942408e1a582d4.jpg)

![Totally not looking sus lmao. Photo credit: Daniel Du](https://i.dllu.net/DSC00488_6515f5dc22224c29.jpg)