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A View From The Railfan's Seat |
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The "railfan seat" on an LRT or streetcar is the one directly behind the driver, in which you can get a view over their shoulder of the line ahead. In this shot, we are approaching the curve before the Bloomington Central station on a pleasant early October Saturday afternoon. |
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10/8/2005 Upload Date: 3/30/2008 8:58:11 PM |
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Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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Northbound LRT at Downtown East/Metrodome station |
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A northbound LRT makes it's stop at the Downtown East/Metrodome station. |
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10/22/2005 Upload Date: 3/30/2008 8:59:00 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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Title: |
Swinging Onto The Reborn Milwaukee Road |
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This southbound LRT departing Downtown East/ Metrodome Station is swinging onto where the tracks occupy the old Milwuakee Road passenger line right-of-way that once connected to the now-landlocked Milwuakee Road depot on Washington Avenue. Sure is nice to see this right-of-way sporting rails again! |
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10/22/2005 Upload Date: 3/30/2008 8:59:16 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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Title: |
Two-car LRT At Lake Street/Midtown Station |
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A two-car LRT set southbound for the airport and Mall of America gets ready to depart from the elevated Lake Street/ Midtown station at Lake street in southeast Minneapolis. |
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2/25/2006 Upload Date: 3/30/2008 9:08:49 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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Title: |
MTC 108B at Warehouse District/Hennepin Avenue station. |
Description: |
Here is MTC LRT 108B at the Warehouse District/Hennepin Avenue station on Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis on a gorgeous summer Saturday afternoon. |
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8/5/2006 Upload Date: 10/16/2006 4:45:55 PM |
Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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MTC 108(Flexity Swift LRT) |
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Title: |
Northbound twin LRT set at Government Plaza Station |
Description: |
Pausing at Government Plaza station is LRT 113A and a sister unit on a two car Route 55 train. The grey skies hint of an impending winter storm only an hour away as the train nears the end of it's northbound run from the Mall Of America. |
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12/30/2006 Upload Date: 12/30/2006 5:41:59 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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MTC 113A(Flexity Swift LRT) |
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466 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Arriving At The Soon-To-Be Second To Last Northbound Stop |
Description: |
A two car LRT set with a colorful one "wrapped" in a promotional paint job for Sun Country Airlines (apt, given the Hiawatha serves Mpls/St. Paul International) rolls in to the Warehouse District/Hennepin Avenue station. Soon to be the second-to-last stop when the extension to the Northstar Corridor (and, yes, that monstrosity known as Target Field) is completed. |
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4/23/2009 Upload Date: 4/23/2009 9:34:08 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
Author: |
Richard Krebes |
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MTC 114(Flexity Swift LRT) |
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254 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Plain Jane LRT |
Description: |
A plain Jane LRT and a more colorful one up front rest at Warehouse District/Hennepin Avenue after their journey north from the Mall of America. |
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4/23/2009 Upload Date: 4/23/2009 9:34:40 PM |
Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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Title: |
Come Fly With Me |
Description: |
Now there is a colorful LRT car. This one is all dolled-up promoting Sun Country airlines. It and a plainer LRT car behind it have just arrived at Warehouse District/Hennepin Avenue on a glorious late April afternoon. |
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4/23/2009 Upload Date: 4/23/2009 9:35:08 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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Title: |
Minneapolis Ho |
Description: |
The northbound LRT from the MOA comes into 28th Avenue two minutes after advertised on the schedule at the station (i.e. 11:06 as opposed to 11:03). I only planned to ride for a couple stops, though. |
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5/30/2011 Upload Date: 5/31/2011 10:39:48 PM |
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Bloomington, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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MTC 121(Flexity Swift LRT) |
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285 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Swinging Over 55 |
Description: |
A two-car Route 55 LRT heads across Highway 55 beneath unusually dreary late June skies. |
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6/25/2011 Upload Date: 6/26/2011 7:45:36 AM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Title: |
Unwrapped LRTs! |
Description: |
An "unwrapped" trio of LRT cars pauses at Ft. Snelling. I rode this baby up from the Lindbergh Terminal stop. Don't forget about the sign to the left, folks! |
Photo Date: |
12/4/2011 Upload Date: 12/4/2011 7:46:08 PM |
Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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MTC 118(Flexity Swift LRT) |
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241 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Says It All |
Description: |
This sign says "This must be the joint" to LRT travelers here. |
Photo Date: |
12/4/2011 Upload Date: 12/4/2011 7:27:37 PM |
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Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Title: |
Green Light Go! |
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A snow-speckled signal at the Ft. Snelling LRT depot shines green in anticipation of the arrival of the next northbound to downtown Minneapolis. |
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12/4/2011 Upload Date: 12/4/2011 7:21:50 PM |
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Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Title: |
Wow! |
Description: |
A look up the northbound track at the underground Lindbergh Terminal LRT station. |
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12/4/2011 Upload Date: 12/4/2011 7:27:59 PM |
Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Title: |
"Paid Fare Zone" |
Description: |
A sign gives out sage advice as a northbound LRT arrives at Ft. Snelling station. |
Photo Date: |
12/4/2011 Upload Date: 12/4/2011 7:34:38 PM |
Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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MTC 122(Flexity Swift LRT) |
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221 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
This Is The Big Apple? |
Description: |
In a scene fit for a New York City subway, a northbound LRT arrives at the Lindbergh Terminal station buried deep beneath the airport. |
Photo Date: |
12/4/2011 Upload Date: 12/4/2011 7:22:21 PM |
Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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MTC 107(Flexity Swift LRT) |
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Title: |
Coming Up For Air |
Description: |
A northbound LRT nears the end of the tunnel under the airport. |
Photo Date: |
12/4/2011 Upload Date: 12/4/2011 7:41:21 PM |
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Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Title: |
Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow |
Description: |
The train I rode up from Lindbergh Terminal after hopping a southbound at Ft. Snelling resumes its journey without me towards downtown. |
Photo Date: |
12/4/2011 Upload Date: 12/4/2011 7:46:30 PM |
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Bloomington, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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MTC 118(Flexity Swift LRT) |
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Title: |
Minneapolis Ho! |
Description: |
A plain-jane LRT brings up the rear of two "wrapped" for Qwest cars as the train hums north from Ft. Snelling. |
Photo Date: |
12/4/2011 Upload Date: 12/4/2011 7:35:20 PM |
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Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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MTC 125(Flexity Swift LRT) |
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Title: |
Qwest Cars |
Description: |
The first two cars on a three-car northbound LRT stopping at Ft. Snelling station are "wrapped" for Qwest ones. |
Photo Date: |
12/4/2011 Upload Date: 12/4/2011 7:34:58 PM |
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Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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MTC 119(Flexity Swift LRT) |
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Title: |
Farewell Fort Snelling |
Description: |
The driver of a southbound LRT just stopped for the Ft. Snelling station stop begins to accelerate away on the trip south to the mega mall on a cold, grey day fit for the Twin Cities in winter. |
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12/4/2011 Upload Date: 12/4/2011 7:15:20 PM |
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Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Title: |
Into The Tunnel |
Description: |
A southbound LRT plunges under the Minneapolis/St. Paul International airport. |
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12/4/2011 Upload Date: 12/4/2011 7:42:02 PM |
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Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Title: |
Southbound Through The Snow |
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A southbound LRT races away from the Ft. Snelling station through an urban winter scene painted in snow the night before. |
Photo Date: |
12/4/2011 Upload Date: 12/4/2011 7:16:00 PM |
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Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Title: |
Buses And LRTs |
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The second of a two-car LRT set awaits departure north to Minneapolis as a Minnesota Valley Transit Authority bus arrives at the Mall of America station in the left background. |
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1/30/2012 Upload Date: 1/31/2012 2:03:16 PM |
Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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MTC 101(Flexity Swift LRT) |
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279 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
National Guard Scheme |
Description: |
The first of a two-car LRT set arriving at Mall of America station is "wrapped" in a paint scheme promoting the National Guard. |
Photo Date: |
1/30/2012 Upload Date: 1/31/2012 1:53:54 PM |
Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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MTC 113(Flexity Swift LRT) |
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214 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
We're There |
Description: |
The southbound LRT stops at last at its final destination on its trip south from Target Field station in Minneapolis: the Mall of America. |
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1/30/2012 Upload Date: 1/31/2012 1:54:15 PM |
Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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MTC 124(Flexity Swift LRT) |
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Title: |
Almost There |
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This southbound LRT has but a few hundred more feet to go before it arrives at the Mall of America station as dusk descends outside in the background. |
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1/30/2012 Upload Date: 1/31/2012 1:50:52 PM |
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Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Title: |
Easing Up To The Signal |
Description: |
The driver of this northbound two-car LRT eases his train up to the red signal prior to departing north minutes before a southbound LRT arrives during the waning minutes of daylight on a remarkably mild second-to-last day of January. |
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1/30/2012 Upload Date: 1/31/2012 2:03:35 PM |
Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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MTC 111(Flexity Swift LRT) |
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Title: |
National Guard! |
Description: |
An LRT car wrapped for the national guard is tail end-Charlie on a three-car northbound LRT about to depart Bloomington Central as fast as it arrived. |
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2/7/2012 Upload Date: 2/9/2012 4:22:49 PM |
Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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MTC 113(Flexity Swift LRT) |
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235 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Healthy Living |
Description: |
The second LRT car of a three-car southbound LRT sports a colorful paint job promoting "healthy living" as it arrives at Bloomington Central. |
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2/7/2012 Upload Date: 2/9/2012 4:25:48 PM |
Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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MTC 115(Flexity Swift LRT) |
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229 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Southbound At Bloomington Central |
Description: |
A three-car LRT train arrives at Bloomington Central on the last miles to MOA station. |
Photo Date: |
2/7/2012 Upload Date: 2/9/2012 4:24:16 PM |
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Bloomington, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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MTC 117(Flexity Swift LRT) |
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Title: |
Into The Setting Sun |
Description: |
A portrait of the third LRT of a three LRT-car southbound light rail train as it arrives at Bloomington Central amidst the setting sun. |
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2/7/2012 Upload Date: 2/9/2012 4:26:07 PM |
Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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MTC 112(Flexity Swift LRT) |
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Title: |
Compensation For The Great Train Store |
Description: |
As the sun sets on a Tuesday evening, a two-car northbound LRT crosses 24th Avenue south as it departs Mall of America bound for Target Field station in Minneapolis. Picture was taken from the south side of the east parking ramp. Random thought: the LRT now calling here makes up for there no longer being a Great Train Store at MOA! |
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4/3/2012 Upload Date: 4/4/2012 3:27:35 PM |
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Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Title: |
Waiting For The Northbound To Clear |
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A three-car LRT train with the lead LRT in plain MTC paint and the trailing ones "wrapped" for the Mayo Clinic Healthy Living store at MOA and for an advertising campaign for Montana waits for a northbound two-car LRT to clear before proceeding into MOA station. |
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4/10/2012 Upload Date: 4/12/2012 8:35:55 AM |
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Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Title: |
Matched Sets! |
Description: |
A perfectly matched pair of two-car LRT lashups -the lead LRT's "wrapped" for American Family Insurance, the trailing ones in plain MTC paint- meet as the northbound of the pair departs MOA station crossing 24th avenue as it emerges from the transit center below the east parking ramp. |
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4/10/2012 Upload Date: 4/12/2012 8:37:30 AM |
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Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Title: |
Minneapolis Bound |
Description: |
After passing its southbound cousin, a two-car LRT with the lead car "wrapped" for American Family Insurace and a plain MTC paint one trailing heads up the line bound for Minneapolis from MOA station as viewed from the east parking ramp. |
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4/10/2012 Upload Date: 4/12/2012 8:37:44 AM |
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Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Title: |
Plain Duo |
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A two-car LRT set in plain MTC paint passes one of the many parking lots that can be found near Minneapolis/St. Paul International airport as it heads for downtown Minneapolis. |
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4/10/2012 Upload Date: 4/12/2012 8:37:55 AM |
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Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Title: |
Crossing 24th Avenue |
Description: |
The plain MTC paint lead LRT of a three LRT set departing northbound for Minneapolis eases across 24th Avenue on a mild Monday evening in late May. |
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5/21/2012 Upload Date: 5/21/2012 10:46:53 PM |
Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Title: |
Wrapped LRT In The Middle |
Description: |
A beer brand-wrapped LRT is sandwhiched between two plain-painted ones on this northbound train just out of the Mall of America. |
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5/21/2012 Upload Date: 5/21/2012 10:49:22 PM |
Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Title: |
Amidst The Hotels |
Description: |
A wrapped LRT and a plain-painted compatriot make up this two-car southbound LRT about to stop at the American Blvd station nestled amidst the hotels near the airport. |
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6/13/2012 Upload Date: 6/14/2012 7:55:18 AM |
Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Title: |
Rolling Around The Curve |
Description: |
A two-car southbound LRT -lead car wrapped, trailing car plain MTC paint- arriving at the Mall of America as viewed from the New York level of the MOA's east parking garage. |
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7/23/2012 Upload Date: 7/24/2012 11:27:20 AM |
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Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Title: |
LRT And Bus |
Description: |
Once upon a time, the likes of buses such as the one operated by MVTA in the right foreground banished the streetcar. Now the successor to the streetcar co-exists with the bus in harmony thanks to clear-headed thinking on the part of transit planners as opposed to the rank greed and short sightedness (IMO) which sent the Twin City streetcar system to Valhalla in the 1950s. This two-car LRT is crossing 24th avenue about to arrive at the MOA transit center. The car wrapped for TCF bank is a colorful contrast to the plain paint of the car ahead. |
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8/21/2012 Upload Date: 8/22/2012 5:21:19 PM |
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Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Title: |
There's My Old Employer Again |
Description: |
The day before I had caught this LRT wrapped for Cub Foods (my old employer) on the curve east of MOA station, and then I caught it again a day later (probably still coupled to the same plain paint LRT trailing it) as it arrived at 28th Avenue station on another northbound run to Minneapolis. Wish the clouds had been out a bit more so it wasn't so backlit. |
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8/21/2012 Upload Date: 8/22/2012 5:21:38 PM |
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Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Title: |
Backlit LRTs |
Description: |
I caught this two car southbound LRT accelerating out of the 28th avenue station. Alas, because of not much cloud cover my vantage point of the parking garage here was something of a double-edged sword that cut both ways as evidenced by how the LRTs are backlit. Still is a good vantage point for LRT photography, though! |
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8/21/2012 Upload Date: 8/22/2012 5:22:10 PM |
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Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Title: |
Working On The Railroad |
Description: |
Service from 28th Street to the Mall of America was replaced by buses due to work being done. Kere a crew attends to its repair work beneath grey skies that would brighten by noon. Note the dazzling fall color on the tree to the left of the pickup truck. |
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10/14/2012 Upload Date: 10/14/2012 2:41:14 PM |
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Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Title: |
Second Car |
Description: |
Kere is the second LRT on a southbound three-unit Route 55 just after it arrived at the Mall of America. |
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11/25/2012 Upload Date: 11/27/2012 12:50:23 PM |
Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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MTC 107(Flexity Swift LRT) |
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Title: |
Well That Is New |
Description: |
A northbound Route 55 rounds the curve near MOA almost to 28th Avenue station. The trailing "wrapped" car is promoting the musical based on the 2003 flick "Elf" that is in production at the Ordway. |
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11/26/2012 Upload Date: 11/27/2012 6:45:04 AM |
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Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Title: |
Almost To The Bumper Posts |
Description: |
Here comes a three-LRT Route 55 as the driver eases it up to the bumper posts at the Mall of America transit center. |
Photo Date: |
11/26/2012 Upload Date: 11/27/2012 12:50:04 PM |
Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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MTC 107(Flexity Swift LRT) |
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116 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Just Out Of 28th Avenue |
Description: |
A southbound 2-car Route 55 is captured just out of 28th Avenue on its last southbound lap. |
Photo Date: |
11/26/2012 Upload Date: 11/27/2012 6:44:44 AM |
Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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43 Comments: 0 |
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