Thanks to Olin Anderson for pointing out that Muni 1007 has finally entered service, some time after returning from a major rebuild at Brookville. (The above image is a frame from this video taken in late 2021 during testing.) The car now wears elaborate 1949-era Red Arrow colors rather than the simplified 1960s-era livery it formerly wore (visible on 1007's PNAERC page), which of course is a tremendous improvement. And with basically the same lines as actual Red Arrow 1949 "St. Louies," the car looks just right. Its status has been updated, and since it has presumably been rebuilt with Brookville standard PCC-type equipment, its former GE motor and control info has been removed.
Speaking of actual Red Arrow "St. Louies," the Market Street Railway blog post here sheds some light on the two cars of that series currently owned by Muni: Red Arrow cars 18 and 21. Both of these cars were owned by Branford from 1982 until 2017, at which time they were moved to Brookville, PA, where they remain in storage. The plan was to rebuild them - possibly with PCC trucks and equipment - as additional double-ended equipment for Muni service. However the blog post states that these plans will likely not happen because, due to differences in truck spacing compared with actual Muni PCCs, the two Red Arrow cars don't meet San Francisco clearance restrictions. There's no change to their PNAERC status, but it sounds very much like Muni may be looking to dispose of this pair at some point in the future.
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