Getting a free ride on public transit is pretty cool. Getting a free ride on a 1934 Blackpool Boat Tram – a British-designed streetcar that looks like a pleasure ship, complete with illuminated masts and “Jolly Roger” flags — now that is something truly special.

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In an annual tradition that pleases folks of all ages, the Muni Heritage Weekend is back with a weekend full of transportation-loaded fun. Centered around the San Francisco Railway Museum, the bash features free rides on a number of historical vehicles from Muni’s barns. There’s Car 1, the first publicly owned streetcar in America, for instance, and a single-truck “Dinky” tram from 1896 (commuters rode these in the early days of Alameda Island).

A cable car that started life on Market St. in the 1880s will run o

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