Lake Harriet station after abandonment of the streetcar system. The view is looking south under the station canopy across 42nd Street. This section of the line has been preserved by the Minnesota Streetcar Museum.
The Lake Harriet station after abandonment of the streetcar system. This view shows the steps to the pedestrian underpass. This section of the right-of-way has been preserved by the Minnesota Streetcar Museum.
Motorman Ora Taylor and conductor Sam Westphal at Snelling Shops after taking the University of Minnesota switch car from the St. Paul Campus for scrapping.
Supervisor Bill Muckle trailing the University of Minnesota switch car at 4th Street SE and Central Avenue as it travels from the St. Paul Campus to Snelling Shops for scrapping.
Lake Harriet station at 42nd Street and Queen Avenue after streetcar abandonment and track removal. This is now the right-of-way for the Minnesota Streetcar Museum.
Looking west from the east edge of the Snelling Station yard at the yard full of streetcars. This photo was taken in the winter following the abandonment of streetcars use in the Twin Cities metro.
With the abandonment of streetcars in the Twin Cities, the 141 new PCC cars were sold. This one has been loaded onto a railroad flat car and is headed for Shaker Heights Rapid Transit in Cleveland, Ohio.
On June 19, 1954 the last two streetcars circle the turn loop at 15th Street and Pillsbury Avenue on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis campus.
On June 19, 1954, the last streetcars, chartered by the Minnesota Railfans Assn., stop on Washington Avenue SE in front of Coffman Union. The streetcar system had been abandoned the previous day.
June 18, 1954 was the last day of regularly scheduled streetcar service in the Twin Cities. A special streetcar parade, shown here on Hennepin Avenue at 6th Street, delivered the press and dignitaries to Snelling Shops, where a streetcar was ceremonially burned. Everyone returned to Minneapolis by bus.
A month before the end of service, a Como-Harriet streetcar stops at the Lake Harriet Station. In the foreground is the pedestrian underpass that remains in place today.
The photographer is riding on the University of Minnesota's electric work streetcar, as it makes its way to Snelling Shops for scrapping. The location is along Eustis Street, just north of Como Avenue.
Looking southeast from the roof of the East Side Station at streetcar 1298 on 1st Avenue Northeast. The switchman behind the streetcar is Charlie Fisher.
Viewed from the intersection of 1st Avenue NE and University Avenue, the East Side station (the last operating Twin Cities streetcar barn) is for sale.
Looking north at southbound streetcar on 4th Avenue South at 29th Street about to cross the bridge over the Milwaukee Road. The Minneapolis Honeywell plant is visible in the distance.