{"id":8943,"date":"2014-11-15T02:31:51","date_gmt":"2014-11-15T07:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=8943"},"modified":"2014-11-15T08:45:10","modified_gmt":"2014-11-15T13:45:10","slug":"san-francisco-muni-in-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/san-francisco-muni-in-color\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Muni in Color."},"content":{"rendered":"

Endless Opportunities for Photography.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Muni<\/a>
On July 1, 1995, a vintage PCC dressed in Boston’s MTA orange passes one of the Boeing-Vertol LRVs on Church Street. I’m probably in the minority, but I always liked the Boeing cars. This photo is a little ironic, because only Boston and San Francisco bought the Boeings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Over the years, I’ve made hundreds of images of San Francisco Muni’s streetcars. There’s a great of variety of\u00a0equipment from the famous cable-cars to historic and colorfully painted PCCs and other vintage equipment, plus modern European designed trams. The setting is stunning and the weather can be cosmic with wafts of Pacific fog coming over Twin Peaks.<\/p>\n

Here’s a sample of a few favorite Muni images.<\/p>\n

\"Cable<\/a>
Cable cars ascend Nob Hill at sunset.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Interior<\/a>
Interior of an F-line PCC exposed in May 2008.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Cosmic<\/a>
Cosmic light: an F-line PCC at the foot of Market Street with dense fog flowing over Twin Peaks. Exposed on Fujichrome using a Canon EOS 3\u00a0with 200mm lens, September 2009.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Muni<\/a>
Muni tracks at 17th and Church Streets.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Wild<\/a>
Wild fires make for great sunrises! Cable car tracks at sunrise with the Trans America Pyramid. No filters, no photoshop. Canon EOS 3\u00a0with 100-400mm lens on Fujichrome slide film.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"California<\/a>
California Street Cable Car at Market Street late on weekday evening. May 2008.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Breda<\/a>
Breda LRVs on Duboce Street, September 2, 2009.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Muni<\/a>
Muni N-line service on the Embarcedero, October 2003.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

San Francisco is among the many cities featured in my new book\u00a0Streetcars of America<\/a>, co-authored with John Gruber. The book is now available through\u00a0Amazon<\/a>\u00a0and other retailers. John and I wrote this compact 64-page soft-cover volume in 2013. It is priced at under $10.<\/p>\n

\"This<\/a>
This is among the modern images featured in the book. It pictures two eras of Italian cars on the streets of San Francisco. The majority of the images in Streetcars of America are vintage photos from the 1940s to the 1970s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tracking the Light posts new material every day!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Streetcars of America<\/a>\u00a0is available through\u00a0Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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