THE SHOWBUS AMERICA STREETCAR IMAGE GALLERY
MUNI - San Francisco Municipal Railway Rigid Trolleybuses
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 With the new Millennium a new fleet of trolleys was required, primarily to replace diesels. These were sourced from outside America. For the time the trolleys were unusual in being high floor, but some of San Francisco's abrupt incline changes at cross-sections are probably totally unsuitable for low floor vehicles. Disabled access is provided by the efficient doorway chair lifts common throughout North America. Trolley 5427 is seen in July 2002 near Ghiradelli Square.  |
 An offside view of trolley 5483. These buses are built in the Czech Republic by the ETI Corporation, with the trolley equipment built and installed by Skoda. The shells were then shipped to the US Midwest for further assembly, and the final assembly was done in San Francisco's Embarcadero. |
 ETI 5437 under the wires in Castro. The rainbow flags tell us that this is the heart of San Francisco's renowned gay community. |
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