To help service its Lake Minnetonka fleet of passenger carrying express boats, Twin City Rapid Transit built the tugboat "Hercules," shown here at the Excelsior docks.
Streetcar interior advertisement for transit service. "Lucky You! No parking problems, No traffic worries because today you travelled Transit. Ride Transit Regularly."
Streetcar interior advertisement for streetcar riding. "Take this Car on Your Shopping Trips - for Safety, for Certainty, for Comfort, for Convenience!"
Streetcar interior advertisement for the Twin Zephyrs passenger trains. "Morning or Afternoon, Twin Zephyrs to Chicago. Leave Minneapolis 8:00 a.m. or 4:00 p.m. Leave Saint Paul 8:25 a.m. or 4:30 p.m. Arrive chicago 2:55 p.m. or 11:00 p.m. Diesel Powered Stainless Steel."
Design drawing, incluidng plan and elevation of an early Twin City Rapid Transit double truck wood streetcar, rebuilt to operate "one-man" (with only a motorman and no conductor). This particular rebuild remained on the drawing board only and was never implemented.
Car 487 after being sold to the University of Minnesota. Sitting on a short piece of isolated track next to the Experimental Engineering building. The Armory is visible in the distance.
Twin Cities streetcars were built with a semi-open rear platform enclosed by wire gates, and were referred to as gate cars. This is the view an exiting passenger would have seen.
Looking from the Minnesota side at the interstate bridge between Wahpeton and Breckenridge. Across it traveled the shortest interstate streetcar line in the United States.
Trolley fans following a railfan excursion streetcar wait at Bryant Avenue and Minnehaha Parkway for it to cross the Minnehaha creek bridge toward them.
Streetcar interior advertisement for War Memorial Blood Bank. "Deposit Blood for your Family and Community! Deposit Blood... That Others Might Live. The Minneapolis War Memorial Blood Bank 1914 LaSalle Ave."
Looking northwest along Washington Avenue at the intersection of Nicollet Avenue Numerous streetcars and horse drawn wagons visible, plus the Nicollet Hotel.
Streetcar interior advertisement for Washington Shirt Company, located in both downtown St. Paul and Minneapolis. "Our Famous 'Senate' Shirt $1.65 Wear Washington Shirts, Promoted, Guaranteed, Tested, Lower Priced Highly Styled, Durotex Collar, Keenly Competitive, Advertised."