Minnesota Transportation Museum
The Minnesota Transportation Museum is a transportation museum in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States.
The Minnesota Transportation Museum's Jackson Street Roundhouse
The Minnehaha Depot in Minnehaha Park
The Minnesota Transportation Museum pressed this classic General Motors bus back into service as part of the Blue Line light rail opening in June 2004.
An older Mack bus behind the Jackson Street Roundhouse
Twin City Rapid Transit Company
The Twin City Rapid Transit Company (TCRT), also known as Twin City Lines (TCL), was a transportation company that operated streetcars and buses in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Other types of transportation were tested including taxicabs and steamboats, along with the operation of some destination sites such as amusement parks. It existed under the TCRT name from a merger in the 1890s until it was purchased in 1962. At its height in the early 20th century, the company operated an intercity streetcar system that was believed to be one of the best in the United States. It is a predecessor of the current Metro Transit bus and light rail system that operates in the metro area.
TCRT commissioned water-color painting of the streetcar system in the Twin Cities, originally completed in 1904; updated 1916.
Streetcar in downtown Minneapolis, 1939.
"Streetcar boat" Hopkins on Lake Minnetonka
Snowplow streetcar, 1939.