{"id":42768,"date":"2025-11-09T07:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T12:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=42768"},"modified":"2025-11-07T22:22:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T03:22:37","slug":"bye-bye-bredas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/bye-bye-bredas\/","title":{"rendered":"Bye Bye Bredas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After a 30 year run, San Francisco Muni’s Breda-built light rail vehicles are nearing the end of the line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My first encounter with one of these cars was in summer 1995, when I saw a brand new car being transported on a westward Southern Pacific freight near Utah’s Great Salt Lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the mid-2000s, I became familiar with the Bredas during visits to San Francisco. While I’d been partial to the Boeing-Vertol cars, and I generally preferred the classic PCCs, I traveled upon and made hundreds of photos of Muni’s Bredas over the years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s been quite some time since I last visited San Francisco, and with only days or hours left of their expected service it is improbable that I’ll ever see the Breda cars again in their home environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe I’ll shave with one in a few months time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In May 2008, a San Francisco Muni Breda LRV works a T-line service on 3rd street. Exposed on Fujichrome with a Canon EOS-3.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tracking the Light explores railroad photography!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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