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Friendly Volunteer |
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One of the 2 man MSM crew aboard DSR 78 today gives me a wave as the car rounds the curve between Mill Street and Morse Avenue. |
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8/11/2011 Upload Date: 8/11/2011 11:09:42 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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DSR 78(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
Old Streetcar On The New |
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Once the Twin Cities Rapid Transit passed over the Minneapolise & St. Louis at this location. Now DSR 78 plies the trolley rails that took over where once steamers, Alcos, and later geeps rumbled as the motorman gives a teenage couple a friendly wave. |
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8/11/2011 Upload Date: 8/12/2011 3:00:08 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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DSR 78(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
Look Before You Cross |
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Despite the RR crossing signs on Morse Avenue, crews on the Excelsior Streetcar Line always bring the car to a stop and see if the coast is clear before the appropriate bell signals are given and the car goes on its way. Here's Duluth Street Railways 78 stopped for the procedure. |
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8/11/2011 Upload Date: 8/12/2011 3:18:28 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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DSR 78(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
Tour Stop |
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While one passenger choses to skip it, DSR sits otherwise empty as the crew shows the rest of their fares around inside the ESL carbarn. According to the book "The Como-Harriet Story", DSR 78 is more a replication than a restoration because only half the original wood was re-used during the rebuild and the power truck is from Belguim. Nevertheless, she returned to her former glory and plied the Como-Harriet line until arriving at Excelsior in 1999. |
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8/11/2011 Upload Date: 8/12/2011 2:57:54 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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| Locomotives: |
DSR 78(Trolley) |
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168 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Passin' Under Mill Street |
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The MSM crew aboard Duluth Street Railways number 78 has a nice load of fares as the car passes under Mill Street on it's way back to the old Excelsior Minneapolis and St. Louis depot museum. |
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8/11/2011 Upload Date: 8/11/2011 11:05:51 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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| Locomotives: |
DSR 78(Trolley) |
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169 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Reboard Time |
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Tour over, the first passenger out the carbarn door nimbly climbs up the steps on DSR 78. Soon the whole flock will be here and reinforced by a couple moms and a gaggle of kids coming down the trail behind me giving the ESL crew more fares and funds for the day's work. |
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8/11/2011 Upload Date: 8/12/2011 3:23:59 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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| Locomotives: |
DSR 78(Trolley) |
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161 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
TCRT Minnehaha ready to Move |
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9/21/2013 Upload Date: 4/16/2014 8:17:44 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Andrew Goblirsch |
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Track |
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59 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
TCRT Minnehaha & ME infront |
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9/21/2013 Upload Date: 6/24/2014 12:45:26 AM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Andrew Goblirsch |
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Track |
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42 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Holly Trolley Is In! |
| Description: |
Today's "Holly Trolley" has just arrived at the former Minneapolis & St. Louis Excelsior depot which now houses the Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society. Soon another load of kids and adults will take a ride on the Tootin' Louie aboard Twin City Rapid Transit "gate" car 1239. |
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11/29/2014 Upload Date: 11/29/2014 7:38:42 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
| Categories: |
Station,Transit |
| Locomotives: |
TCRT 1239(Trolley) |
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167 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Trail Users Take Heed! |
| Description: |
Trail users in Excelsior will encounter this sign down by a small office building whose original parking lot occupied the old Minneapolis and St. Louis right-of-way after abandonment in 1980. It now provides some "street" for Minnesota Streetcar Museum trolleys to roll through. |
| Photo Date: |
11/29/2014 Upload Date: 11/29/2014 7:38:58 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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111 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
"Holly Trolley" In The "Street" |
| Description: |
The "Holley Trolley" heads through the "street" on the Excelsior Streetcar Line as it approaches the grade crossing on Morse Avenue. |
| Photo Date: |
11/29/2014 Upload Date: 11/29/2014 7:39:13 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
TCRT 1239(Trolley) |
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167 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Dig Those Decorations! |
| Description: |
The MSM crew pauses the "Holly Trolley" at the Morse Avenue grade crossing as per common streetcar rules of operation. I love how they dolled up TCRT 1239 for the season. |
| Photo Date: |
11/29/2014 Upload Date: 11/29/2014 7:39:28 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
TCRT 1239(Trolley) |
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152 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
TCRT MINNEHAHA ready to leave |
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6/7/2015 Upload Date: 6/23/2015 11:46:34 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Andrew Goblirsch |
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Track |
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65 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Depot Museum Is Now Dwarfed |
| Description: |
The former Minneapolis & St. Louis Excelsior depot - whose opening was graced by the presence of the legendary Lucian C. Sprague himself - later became home to the Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society's museum, which now is dwarfed - incredibly - by a townhome development which got squeezed onto a narrow strip of nearby land. |
| Photo Date: |
11/5/2015 Upload Date: 11/5/2015 5:16:53 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Station |
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123 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Improving Safety In The "Street" |
| Description: |
The former parking lot which occupied the former Minneapolis & St. Louis right-of-way after the Morton Sub was abandoned from Hopkins to Norwood in 1980 later had the trail and the Excelsior Streetcar Line routed through it, thus giving the ESL crews some actual "street" to run their cars through, just like during the glory days of the Twin Cities Rapid Transit System. Safety improvement work was underway where the orange cones are when I snapped this picture on a breezy Thursday afternoon which began warm but was turning chilly by the time I snapped this photo. Note the defiant fall color on the trees in the middle background. |
| Photo Date: |
11/5/2015 Upload Date: 11/5/2015 5:16:01 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Track |
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135 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Vintage Pavers |
| Description: |
These aren't any ordinary pavers down at the Water Street end of the Excelsior Streetcar Line. These are vintage 1906 pavers which were laid along Water Street itself when the Twin Cities Rapid Transit Company extended their interurban line to Excelsior. They now form a path from the Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society's museum (located in the former Minneapolis & St. Louis depot) to the new Hennepin County Excelsior library. The ESL thus has a little more "street" to run their cars in, counting the former parking lot down at Morse Avenue to the east. |
| Photo Date: |
11/5/2015 Upload Date: 11/5/2015 5:14:43 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Track |
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144 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The 78 Is In |
| Description: |
Volunteers Tom and Tim have brought the 78 up to the Water Street end of the Excelsior Streetcar Line and have boarded some new passengers for the next trip of the day. |
| Photo Date: |
8/7/2016 Upload Date: 8/7/2016 9:06:33 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Transit,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
DSR 78(Trolley) |
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138 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Duluth Street Railways 78 |
| Description: |
She sure is a beauty. Photo taken at Water Street end of Excelsior Streetcar Line. |
| Photo Date: |
8/7/2016 Upload Date: 8/7/2016 9:07:32 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster,Transit,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
DSR 78(Trolley) |
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152 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Through The Safe Zone |
| Description: |
Volunteer Tom takes 78 east through the new safety zone installed along the ESL's right-of-way on a glorious Sunday afternoon in August. |
| Photo Date: |
8/7/2016 Upload Date: 8/7/2016 9:08:25 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Transit,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
DSR 78(Trolley) |
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130 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Back At Water Street |
| Description: |
Volunteer Tom greets a new passenger after the MSM crew brought 78 into Water Street after their latest trip out on the line, a trip I partook of. Today was my first ride on the ESL in years. |
| Photo Date: |
8/7/2016 Upload Date: 8/7/2016 9:09:08 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Transit,Passenger,Action |
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64 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Carbarn Trackage |
| Description: |
A view from the westbound 78 of the trackage at the ESL's carbarn. |
| Photo Date: |
8/7/2016 Upload Date: 8/7/2016 9:09:56 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Track |
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60 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
I Wish I Could Take This Train |
| Description: |
A replica sign of a vintage advertisement for the Northern Pacific's Lake Superior Limited can be found aboard Duluth Street Railway 78. I wish I could take that train. (Sigh,) |
| Photo Date: |
8/7/2016 Upload Date: 8/7/2016 9:10:21 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
DSR 78(Trolley) |
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76 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
New Safety Zone |
| Description: |
Here is a new safety zone installed along the Excelsior Streetcar Line's right-of-way west of Morse Avenue. Work began last winter and was completed well within time for the ESL's operating season. Note DSR 78 at Water Street in the background. |
| Photo Date: |
8/7/2016 Upload Date: 8/7/2016 9:11:07 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
DSR 78(Trolley) |
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77 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pavers And Step Box |
| Description: |
The step box for ESL passengers provides a nice accompaniment to the vintage pavers installed at the Water Stret end of the ESL. As I have noted previously, these pavers were once installed in Water Street when the Twin Cities Rapid Transit operated in Excelsior. |
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8/7/2016 Upload Date: 8/7/2016 9:11:52 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Track |
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57 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Excelsior |
| Description: |
The former Minneapolis & Saint Louis depot in Excelsior, MN is now a museum. |
| Photo Date: |
6/17/2018 Upload Date: 3/21/2019 4:03:45 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Brian Long |
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Station |
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15 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Here Comes Winona 10! |
| Description: |
Winona 10's motorman pauses at Morse Avenue before crossing on the streetcar's debut day at the MSM. |
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6/17/2018 Upload Date: 6/17/2018 4:24:05 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Passenger,Action |
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73 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Winona 10 At Water Street |
| Description: |
Scott H. and another MSM member confer while Winona 10 is at Water Street down by the
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6/17/2018 Upload Date: 6/17/2018 4:25:22 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Station,Passenger,Action |
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| Title: |
Winona 10 Crossing Morse |
| Description: |
There goes ©hnona 10 across Morse Avenue, rolling where Alcos and Geeps once crossed hauling grain for the Minneapolis & St. Louis and the Chicago & North Western. |
| Photo Date: |
6/17/2018 Upload Date: 6/17/2018 4:26:16 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Passenger,Action |
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71 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Winona 10 |
| Description: |
Scott H. and his colleague chat while taking Winona 10 on another run on the Excelsior Streetcar Line. I remembeq when Winona 10 arrived at the ESL. She was a bit weathered, had not trucks, but was otherwise in good shape. Now look at her. |
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6/17/2018 Upload Date: 6/17/2018 4:25:53 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Passenger |
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71 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Winona 10 In The "Street" |
| Description: |
Winona 10 heads through the "street" west of Morse Avenue whkle en route to Water Street on the car's debut day. |
| Photo Date: |
6/17/2018 Upload Date: 6/17/2018 4:24:46 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
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73 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
TCRT 10 Left Side in Trolley Barn |
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| Photo Date: |
7/15/2018 Upload Date: 8/16/2018 4:38:23 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Andrew Goblirsch |
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Track |
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25 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
TCRT 10 Right Side |
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| Photo Date: |
7/15/2018 Upload Date: 11/29/2022 1:45:50 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Andrew Goblirsch |
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Track |
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| Title: |
TCRT 1239 Left Side |
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7/15/2018 Upload Date: 11/25/2018 11:36:54 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Andrew Goblirsch |
| Categories: |
Track |
| Locomotives: |
TCRT 1239(Trolley) TCRT 1239(Trolley) |
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93 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
TCRT 1239 Right Side |
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| Photo Date: |
7/15/2018 Upload Date: 7/27/2018 2:02:25 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Andrew Goblirsch |
| Categories: |
Track |
| Locomotives: |
TCRT 1239(Trolley) TCRT 1239(Trolley) |
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50 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
DSR 78 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
7/15/2018 Upload Date: 8/3/2018 11:23:50 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Andrew Goblirsch |
| Categories: |
Track |
| Locomotives: |
DSR 78(Trolley) DSR 78(Trolley) |
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85 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
A Streetcar Stopped Just For Me |
| Description: |
When I droppped by the Excelsior Streetcar Line on a gorgeous Saturday during Memorial Day weekend, I lucked out big time: I got to take a ride on Duluth 265 as the only passenger! I guess you could say a streetcar stopped just for me. :-) Former Minneapolis & St. Louis depot, now a museum, is in the left background. |
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5/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/27/2019 6:52:33 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Station,Transit,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
DSR 265(Trolley) |
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66 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Crossing Morse |
| Description: |
265's crew takes a group of passengers across Morse Avenue early on a Saturday afternoon. This is 265's first season at Excelsior, being swapped for Twin Cities Rapid Transit 1239, which is now at the Como-Harriet Streetcar Line. |
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5/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/27/2019 9:12:06 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Transit,Passenger,Action |
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38 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Under Mill Street |
| Description: |
The motoerman aboard Duluth 265 drives the car under the Mill Street bridge on the run back to Water Street. The destination sign makes me pine for Duluth. |
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5/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/27/2019 9:24:09 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Transit,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
DSR 265(Trolley) |
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62 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Back At Water Street |
| Description: |
Sure was nice to be the solo rider on a streetcar this run. Now back at Water Street, 265 is getting a flock of passengers while volunteer Jim V. makes notes in the car's passenger record. The pavers you see right behind the 265 are from Water Street, back in the glory days when streetcars from Twin Cities Rapid Transit rolled down that thuroughfare. |
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5/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/27/2019 9:11:14 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Transit,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
DSR 265(Trolley) |
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55 Comments: 1 |
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