Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 8/28/84; site lll-crg.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!gymble!lll-crg!muffy From: muffy@lll-crg.ARPA (Muffy Barkocy) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: Mistakes(?) in the Movies Message-ID: <661@lll-crg.ARPA> Date: Wed, 26-Jun-85 03:21:15 EDT Article-I.D.: lll-crg.661 Posted: Wed Jun 26 03:21:15 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Jun-85 00:19:14 EDT References: <1016@druxj.UUCP> <688@vortex.UUCP> Reply-To: muffy@lll-crg.UUCP (Muffy Barkocy) Organization: Lawrence Livermore Labs, CRG group Lines: 17 In article <688@vortex.UUCP> lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) writes: >I believe that AVTAK was filmed in S.F. during the period when >the cable car system was down for repairs. Over that period, >the city ran "cable car buses" instead. Can't blame the movie >for that! > >--Lauren-- Yes, *but*...the "cable car buses" were actual MUNI buses which took over the routes of the cable cars. They did *not* look like cable cars. The "wheeled cable cars" are still going, even though the cable cars are back in service. The MUNI replacement lines are, however, gone. Muffy