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Back End Of The Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society Depot Museum |
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This is the back end of the Excelsior-Lake Minntonka Historical Society's depot museum in Excelsior. The lean-to was added on after the ELMHS acquired the second depot the Louie built in town. This being the structure which replaced the old wooden depot. A photo of which can be found inside the museum. |
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4/19/2009 Upload Date: 4/19/2009 11:43:24 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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Back End Of The Carbarn |
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The back end of the ESL's carbarn. Built to resemble the old wooden Louie depot that used to stand in town. |
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4/19/2009 Upload Date: 4/19/2009 11:36:42 PM |
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Excelsior, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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The Excelsior Boulevard End |
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This is the Excelsior Boulevard end of the MSM's Excelsior streetcar line. Ah what an oasis of rails it is in the otheriwse barren desert of the North Corridor of the Southwest LRT trail built upon the ex-Louie/North Western line from Hopkins to Norwood ... |
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4/19/2009 Upload Date: 4/19/2009 11:36:19 PM |
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Excelsior, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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| Title: |
The Sign Still Says "Excelsior" |
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The second -and last- depot the Minneapolis and St. Louis built in Excelsior remains to this day in the service of the ELMHS. The lean-to houses the historic flat-bottomed sailing vessel Onawa. |
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4/19/2009 Upload Date: 4/19/2009 11:43:51 PM |
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Excelsior, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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The Front Of The Carbarn |
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Housed within is single-truck Duluth Street Railways number 78, Twin Cities Rapid Transit gate car number 1239, and Winona Street Railways single-truck car number 10. The last of which is currently undergoing restoration. Mesaba Electric Railway number 10 is also stored here awaiting it's turn under the restoration scalpel. |
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4/19/2009 Upload Date: 4/19/2009 11:37:08 PM |
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Excelsior, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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| Title: |
The Morse Avenue Grade Crossing |
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Here is the ESL's grade crossing at Morse Avenue in Excelsior. How I loved to see rails and crossbucks return where they belonged to be: On a railway's ROW! Today you can ride on this line weekends, holidays, and the Thursdays when the Excelsior Farmers Market is in town. For more information, go to this link: http://www.trolleyride.org/ESL_Main/schedule.html |
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4/19/2009 Upload Date: 4/19/2009 11:50:03 PM |
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Excelsior, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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| Title: |
The Reborn Tootin' Louie |
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This used to be barren grade, then just a rail trail. Then in the late 1990's, the ESL was built. A sight for sore eyes to see, indeed! For a John Hill photo of a CNW Morton sub freight passing this location, go here: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=640512 We are looking upon the ESL from the Mill Street bridge with the Morse Avenue grade crossing just around the curve. |
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4/19/2009 Upload Date: 4/19/2009 11:49:12 PM |
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Excelsior, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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| Title: |
Steel Rail Oasis |
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The ESL carbarn as viewed from the Mill Street bridge. To think that after the CNW pulled out of town this portion of the ROW was barren as a desert. Now look at it. For a picture of a CNW Morton sub freight passing this location, taken by RR Picture Archives member John Hill, go here: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=640513 |
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4/19/2009 Upload Date: 4/19/2009 11:49:36 PM |
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Excelsior, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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| Title: |
The Water Street End |
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The Water Street end of the ESL with the ELMHS depot museum in the background. |
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4/19/2009 Upload Date: 4/19/2009 11:44:19 PM |
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Excelsior, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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| Title: |
Friendly Wave |
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The motorman gives me a friendly wave as Twin Cities Rapid Transit number 1239 comes to a stop at Morse Avenue in Excelsior to let traffic go by. |
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7/17/2010 Upload Date: 7/17/2010 8:41:06 PM |
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Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Krebes |
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TCRT 1239(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
Crossing The Avenue |
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With the way ahead clear, TCRT 1239 -one of two surviving Twin City Lines "gate" cars- rolls on down the old Minneapolis and St. Louis, treading right-of-way once stomped by steam locos and geeps. |
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7/17/2010 Upload Date: 7/17/2010 8:41:28 PM |
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Excelsior, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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TCRT 1239(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
TCRT On The Tootin' Louie |
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While the 2-man crew leads their sole fares -a young family- on a tour of the carbarn at right, TCRT "gate car" 1239 sits on the reborn Minneapolis and St. Louis awaiting their return. |
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7/30/2011 Upload Date: 7/30/2011 1:44:20 PM |
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Excelsior, MN |
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Richard Held |
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TCRT 1239(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
"To Minneapolis" Once Upon A Time |
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The Twin Cities Rapid Transit streetcar line to Excelsior was double-tracked and crossed above the Minneapolis and St. Louis where the current bridge stands in the background. From the end of streetcar service in 1932 to 2001 the original bridge that used to bear the weight of trolleys like the 1239 carried automobile traffic until, alas, it was replaced. |
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7/30/2011 Upload Date: 7/30/2011 1:47:53 PM |
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Excelsior, MN |
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Richard Held |
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TCRT 1239(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
Gate End View |
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TCRT 1239 is a "gate car" in that passengers boarded and detrained via the gated end you see here. Crewmembers had the option of boarding via a door up front. The 1239 no doubt once traveled the original streetcar rails to Lake Minnetonka between 1906-1932, when trolleys gave way to buses beyond Hopkins, MN. |
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7/30/2011 Upload Date: 7/30/2011 1:49:36 PM |
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Excelsior, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Hello Excelsior Blvd |
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Duluth Street Railways 78 arrives at the Excelsior Blvd end of the Excelsior Streetcar Line. After a brief stop, the crew will reverse the pole and head back to Water Street. |
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8/11/2011 Upload Date: 8/12/2011 3:02:25 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
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Richard Held |
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DSR 78(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
Safe To Proceed |
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True to the old time streetcar operating practice, the crew aboard DSR 78 takes their charge across Morse Avenue after stopping to make sure no traffic was coming. |
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8/11/2011 Upload Date: 8/12/2011 3:21:17 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
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Richard Held |
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DSR 78(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
Leavin' Water Street |
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DSR 78 hums away from the former Minneapolis & St. Louis depot bound for the Excelsior Blvd end with a car barn tour en route for the passengers. SOP on the ESL these days. |
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8/11/2011 Upload Date: 8/11/2011 11:12:47 PM |
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Excelsior, MN |
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Richard Held |
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DSR 78(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
Almost There |
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DSR hums towards the Water Street end of the Excelsior Streetcar Line. The parking lot in the foreground used to belong to a small officer building on Morse Avenue. Cars now park for the same building at a new one off to the left, leaving some "street" for the ESL to pass through! |
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8/11/2011 Upload Date: 8/12/2011 3:06:13 PM |
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Excelsior, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
On Some Street! |
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The office building to the left put its parking lot right on the right of way of the CNW ex-M&ST.L. Morton sub after abandonment. Cars now park in the new lot to the right, leaving some "street" for ESL's treasures to traverse. Today Duluth Street Railways 78 does so as the crew takes their latest passengers up the line for a carbarn tour and then on to the Excelsior Blvd end and back to Water Street. |
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8/11/2011 Upload Date: 8/12/2011 3:06:44 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
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Richard Held |
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DSR 78(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Richard Held |
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DSR 78(Trolley) |
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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 |
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Richard Held |
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DSR 78(Trolley) |
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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 |
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Excelsior, MN |
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Richard Held |
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DSR 78(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
On The Archery Curve |
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Twin Cities Rapid Transit car number 1300 rounds the archery cruve as a blowing wind off Lake Calhoun keeps things brisk early on a Sunday afternoon. Note the "Lake Calhoun" destination sign in the front window. |
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10/16/2011 Upload Date: 10/16/2011 6:19:16 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Held |
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TCRT 1300(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
Lake Harriet Depot Display |
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This interpretive marker can be found on the telephone pole across from the Linden Hills depot. Restroom buildings mentioned are over near the Lake Harriet bandshell. |
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10/16/2011 Upload Date: 10/16/2011 6:19:47 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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| Title: |
CHSL Depot Display |
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Another sign devoted to the later depot at this location. Can be found on the grounds of the operating replica of the original depot at Linden Hills. |
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10/16/2011 Upload Date: 10/16/2011 6:20:06 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Minnesota Historical Society CHSL Plaque |
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This plaque was put up by the Minnesota Historical Society early on in the history of the Como-Harriet Streetcar Line. It still stands today, accompanied now by new signs also featured in this album. |
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10/16/2011 Upload Date: 10/16/2011 6:20:32 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Duluth Street Railways 265 At Linden Hills Depot |
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A volunteer motorman awaits fares after the 265s arrival at Linden Hills depot. |
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10/16/2011 Upload Date: 10/16/2011 6:37:10 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Crossing 42nd Street |
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Duluth Street Railways car number 265 crosses 42nd street about to pull onto the siding at the Linden Hills depot. Nearby, a young family prepares to head over to get tokens to ride. |
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10/16/2011 Upload Date: 10/16/2011 6:20:55 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Held |
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DSR 265(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
Lake Harriet Bound |
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After a trip up to the Lake Calhoun platform, DSR 265 runs in reverse back towards Lake Harriet around the archery range curve on the CHSL. |
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10/16/2011 Upload Date: 10/16/2011 6:36:08 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Held |
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DSR 265(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
"Read As You Ride" |
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Love that red sign on the front of the 265! Here the car is rounding the archery range curve at Lake Calhoun. |
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10/16/2011 Upload Date: 10/16/2011 6:36:41 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Held |
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DSR 265(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
CHSL Old TCRT Underpass Marker |
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Interpretive display on original TCRT overpass back in use thanks to the CHSL line. |
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10/16/2011 Upload Date: 10/16/2011 6:48:01 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Rehabbed TCRT Underpass |
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The recently refurbished TCRT underpass on the CHSL looks never better; however, just around the left corner, youths have tagged the structure. Ignorant kids. Hey CHSL, get rid of their work! |
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10/16/2011 Upload Date: 10/16/2011 6:48:58 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
The Linden Hills Depot |
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A view of the depot as a volunter gussies up the place for their Halloween trolley event. Note the "car stop" sign in the right foreground. |
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10/16/2011 Upload Date: 10/16/2011 6:55:44 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Second Old TCRT Undepass Display |
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The other historic display at the historic TCRT underpass on the CHSL. |
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10/16/2011 Upload Date: 10/16/2011 6:56:05 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Historic TCRT Underpass With Track |
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A view of the current tracks on the historic structure which used to carry a double-track line but now just a main and siding for logistical reasons. |
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10/16/2011 Upload Date: 10/16/2011 6:56:28 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Approaching the Archery Range curve |
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Here comes TCRT streetcar 1300 -the streetcar that started now not one but two museums- approaching the Arhcery Range curve on the Como-Harriet line. Note the venerable William Berry Road bridge in the background |
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6/8/2013 Upload Date: 6/8/2013 7:35:45 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Transit,Action |
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TCRT 1300(Trolley) |
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TCRT 1300 rounds the curve |
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The MSM crew has a farily full compliemnt of passengers aboard TCRT 1300 on this early Saturday afternoon. Away they go around the Archery Range curve at Lake Calhoun on the Como-Harriet line. |
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6/8/2013 Upload Date: 6/8/2013 7:36:35 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Transit,Action |
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TCRT 1300(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
The Holly Trolley Is In! |
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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 |
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Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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Station,Transit |
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TCRT 1239(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
Trail Users Take Heed! |
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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. |
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11/29/2014 Upload Date: 11/29/2014 7:38:58 PM |
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Excelsior, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
"Holly Trolley" In The "Street" |
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The "Holley Trolley" heads through the "street" on the Excelsior Streetcar Line as it approaches the grade crossing on Morse Avenue. |
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11/29/2014 Upload Date: 11/29/2014 7:39:13 PM |
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Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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Transit |
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TCRT 1239(Trolley) |
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Dig Those Decorations! |
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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. |
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11/29/2014 Upload Date: 11/29/2014 7:39:28 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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Transit |
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TCRT 1239(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
The Depot Museum Is Now Dwarfed |
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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. |
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11/5/2015 Upload Date: 11/5/2015 5:16:53 PM |
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Excelsior, MN |
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Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Improving Safety In The "Street" |
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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. |
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11/5/2015 Upload Date: 11/5/2015 5:16:01 PM |
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Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Vintage Pavers |
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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. |
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11/5/2015 Upload Date: 11/5/2015 5:14:43 PM |
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Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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The 78 Is In |
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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. |
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8/7/2016 Upload Date: 8/7/2016 9:06:33 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Transit,Passenger,Action |
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DSR 78(Trolley) |
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Duluth Street Railways 78 |
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She sure is a beauty. Photo taken at Water Street end of Excelsior Streetcar Line. |
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8/7/2016 Upload Date: 8/7/2016 9:07:32 PM |
| Location: |
Excelsior, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Roster,Transit,Passenger |
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DSR 78(Trolley) |
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Through The Safe Zone |
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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. |
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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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