Looking west from the south side of the tracks at the pedestrian footbridge next to the Como Park Station. The Lexington Avenue bridge is in the distance.
A streetcar built in 1911 sits on Superior Street outside the car house (at right). The wire basket was called a fender, a safety device designed to scoop up a pedestrian and prevent death under the wheels.
Passengers boarded both Duluth and Twin Cities streetcars through these rear gates. Streetcar 265 survives today, and operates in Minneapolis on the Minnesota Streetcar Museum's Como-Harriet Line. The photograph location is Superior Street at 13th Avenue East.
Every streetcar company employed work cars designed to haul materials and perform other maintenance functions. Car #1 was built in 1901 and is shown at the car house on West Superior Street.
Streetcar built in the Snelling Shops for Grand Rapids, Michigan parked on Snelling Avenue, south of Hewitt. Hamline University's Old Main building is visible in the background.