The enormous Central Warehouse complex north of University Avenue and Vandalia Street was served by a complex network of electrified spur tracks, which were switched by this electric locomotive.
When built, all the Twin Cities streetcars had rear wire gates, where all passengers entered and exited. By 1949, few were left. This is a railfan trip at the west end of the Hopkins trestle at 8th Avenue.
The Minneapolis-St. Paul line via University Avenue was always called "the Interurban". One prepares to cross Hennepin Avenue on 5th Street next to the Lumber Exchange building.
Double-ended Fort Snelling shuttle streetcar #1230 meets the Minneapolis and St. Paul streetcars at Bridge Junction wye. Today this location is inside the reconstructed historic fort.
Twin City streetcar #1136 was never modified from its original 1905 appearance, the only car in the fleet never rebuilt. It served as the supervisor office at the State Fair and spent the rest of the year sitting at Snelling Station.
Twin City streetcar #1136 was never modified from its original 1905 appearance, the only car in the fleet never rebuilt. It served as the supervisor office at the Minnesota State Fair and spent the rest of the year sitting at Snelling Station.