Streetcar Boneyard

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Unfinished History

The old Market Street Railway deposited decommissioned streetcars at its "boneyard" at Lincoln and Funston during the early 20th century.

Irving near 14th, 1930s, Market Street Railway boneyard.

Photo: courtesy OpenSFHistory.org wnp37.03285

Market Street Railway streetcar boneyard on block bounded by Lincoln Way, Funston Ave., 14th Ave., and Irving Street, 1940.

Photo: courtesy OpenSFHistory.org wnp37.04346

Video: from "Lost Landscapes 10, 2015" courtesy Prelinger Archive

Lincoln near 14th, c. 1940. Original St. Anne's Church in background, with Grand View Peak in distance.

Photo: courtesy OpenSFHistory.org wnp32.0213

Inner Sunset aerial view, August 15, 1948.

Photo: courtesy OpenSFHistory.org wnp31.1948.132

Trains in the Outside Lands

As part of Shaping San Francisco's ongoing 25th anniversary celebration in 2023, long-time friends and collaborators at the Western Neighborhoods Project join us to explore the deep transit history of the west side of San Francisco. A lively evening featured the inestimable Emiliano Echeverria, whose knowledge of San Francisco's transportation history is unmatched. Emiliano drew from his remarkable DVD publications on the Steam Railroads of San Francisco and the history of United Railroads to reveal the transit-driven process of "conquering" the outside lands.