| San Francisco MUNI "F-Line" Streetcar 1053 is painted to honor Brooklyn, which ran PCC streetcars from 1936 to 1956. Built in 1947 by the St. Louis Car Company for Philadelphia as car No. 7271, this car was acquired by Muni from SEPTA in 1992. The trolleys left Brooklyn in 1956, one year ahead of the baseball team named for them. Brooklyn PCCs sported two unusual paint schemes. The original was called pachyderm gray, almost coppery in the sun, with a scarlet stripe under the windows. In 1946, after the City of New York took over the operation, this light green and silver livery replaced it. |