Restored Streetcar Looks Strangely Like "a Rolling Howard Johnson's"

Photos: Telstar Logistics

There's a brand-new old streetcar roaming the streets of San Franicsco. 

Built in 1946 for Minneapolis-St. Paul, PCC streetcar No. 1076 later carried passengers in Newark, New Jersey. Upon retirement, it was sold to San Francisco, restored to join the city's vintage streetcar fleet, and given the  turquoise-and-orange 1950s livery of Washington DC Transit. We've already heard several locals say 1076 has become one of their favorites. 

But, this being San Francisco, there are others who dissent. As one wag quipped today, No. 1076 looks like "a rolling Howard Johnson's."

It's funny... because it's true!

Comments

[steve palmer]

Todd,

Do they serve clam cakes aboard that streetcar?