50 years of Transbay Service - A car #227

50 years ago to the day (September 16, 1974), A car 227 departed Fremont at 5:02 AM and an hour later, arrived at Daly City. It was the lead car of train 101, the first revenue train through the Transbay Tube.
Full consist: 227-676-576-629-669-593-681-630-233

Behind train 101 was train 361, the first Concord-Daly City (Yellow line) train through the tube. Full consist was: 219-557-583-516-519-517-510-513-141

The 227 was later rebuilt into A2 car 1227.

A special message was added to the car after it was retired from BART, and shortly before it was scrapped.