Twin City Rapid Transit Company streetcar No. 1300.
The original streetcar of MTM and still a favorite of mine.
There are so many people that worked hard to make this site happen and keep it running so well that I couldn't begin to name them all but I think back to the 70s and I remember the Sandbergs, Bensons, Bill Cordes, Dave Norman (who was there tonight!) and Scott Heiderich who spent so many hours on this effort. But most of all, the late George Isaacs was the visionary that really made this happen. My hats off to all of them and the people who keep it running today. This is one of our city's great treasures
From Wkipedia:
The first streetcar operated by the Minnesota Transportation Museum was Twin City Rapid Transit Company streetcar No. 1300. The car, which now appears much like it did in the 1930s-1950s era, was built by Twin City Rapid Transit as a fast interurban streetcar in 1908, with a top speed of about 35 miles per hour (56.35 km/h). When in operation for Twin City Lines TCRT No. 1300 was based at the East Minneapolis Station (carbarn) and often operated on the original Como-Harriet route.
The museum eventually split into different groups and the Streetcars are now found at:
Twin City Rapid Transit Company streetcar No. 1300.
The original streetcar of MTM and still a favorite of mine.
There are so many people that worked hard to make this site happen and keep it running so well that I couldn't begin to name them all but I think back to the 70s and I remember the Sandbergs, Bensons, Bill Cordes, Dave Norman (who was there tonight!) and Scott Heiderich who spent so many hours on this effort. But most of all, the late George Isaacs was the visionary that really made this happen. My hats off to all of them and the people who keep it running today. This is one of our city's great treasures
From Wkipedia:
The first streetcar operated by the Minnesota Transportation Museum was Twin City Rapid Transit Company streetcar No. 1300. The car, which now appears much like it did in the 1930s-1950s era, was built by Twin City Rapid Transit as a fast interurban streetcar in 1908, with a top speed of about 35 miles per hour (56.35 km/h). When in operation for Twin City Lines TCRT No. 1300 was based at the East Minneapolis Station (carbarn) and often operated on the original Como-Harriet route.
The museum eventually split into different groups and the Streetcars are now found at: