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Buses And LRTs
Title:  Buses And LRTs
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  1/30/2012  Upload Date: 1/31/2012 2:03:16 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 101(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  452   Comments: 0
Shades Of The OPUS Station?
Title:  Shades Of The OPUS Station?
Description:  Trcffic on Crosstown compelled me to trade Fort Snelling for Bloomington Central on my latest trip downtown to see my mom at HCMC. As I stood waiting for this train, I thought of how this area resembles the plan for the Southwest LRT's OPUS campus station.
Photo Date:  5/20/2015  Upload Date: 5/20/2015 5:08:21 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MTC 102(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  334   Comments: 1
My Blue Line Access Point Of Choice
Title:  My Blue Line Access Point Of Choice
Description:  Here is a portrait of the "Extra HCMC" train I rode from downtown to Fort Snelling station today. This station is my access point of choice for the Blue Line (I love their parking options).
Photo Date:  5/11/2015  Upload Date: 5/11/2015 7:45:13 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MTC 103(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  296   Comments: 0
Northbound Is In!
Title:  Northbound Is In!
Description:  Passengers disembark from the northbound Route 55 at the Lindbergh Terminal Station.
Photo Date:  12/27/2012  Upload Date: 12/28/2012 2:38:08 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 106(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  255   Comments: 0
This Is The Big Apple?
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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 107(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  417   Comments: 0
Second Car
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.
Photo Date:  11/25/2012  Upload Date: 11/27/2012 12:50:23 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 107(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  256   Comments: 0
Almost To The Bumper Posts
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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 107(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  269   Comments: 0
MTC 108B at Warehouse District/Hennepin Avenue station.
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.
Photo Date:  8/5/2006  Upload Date: 10/16/2006 4:45:55 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 108(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  648   Comments: 1
Montana, Montana...
Title:  Montana, Montana...
Description:  I needed to take another "Extra HCMC" trip downtown today. On the northbound run, I rode in this LRV "wrapped" for the state of Montana. How I want to visit that state with my mom again (especially since the last time we were there was twenty years ago). Train is at Downtown East, the gateway to HCMC for light rail riders.
Photo Date:  5/11/2015  Upload Date: 5/11/2015 7:44:57 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MTC 109(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  246   Comments: 0
Northbound And Southbound at Downtown East
Title:  Northbound And Southbound at Downtown East
Description:  Northbound and southbound Blue Line trains meet at Downtown East station.
Photo Date:  5/15/2015  Upload Date: 5/18/2015 9:32:30 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MTC 219(LRV) MTC 109(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
"To Downtown Minneapolis"
Title:  "To Downtown Minneapolis"
Description:  The first car on a northbound two-car set stopped at Minnehaha Park/50th Street station on a grey but mild April afternoon. The platform sign in the center background makes an appropriate picture caption.
Photo Date:  4/8/2013  Upload Date: 4/9/2013 12:04:40 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MTC 110(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  275   Comments: 0
Departing 38th Street
Title:  Departing 38th Street
Description:  A northbound Blue Line train packed with commuters departs 38th Street station at 7:25 a.m.
Photo Date:  8/4/2015  Upload Date: 8/4/2015 5:50:45 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:  MTC 110(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  243   Comments: 0
Easing Up To The Signal
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.
Photo Date:  1/30/2012  Upload Date: 1/31/2012 2:03:35 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 111(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  401   Comments: 0
Southbound Is In!
Title:  Southbound Is In!
Description:  The scene just after a soubbound Route 55 arrived at Lindbergh Terminal. I had to take the shot quick so I could get aboard for my trip back to 28th Avenue Station where my car awaited me.
Photo Date:  12/27/2012  Upload Date: 12/28/2012 2:38:50 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 111(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  286   Comments: 0
"Golden Light" LRT
Title:  "Golden Light" LRT
Description:  The second LRT on a two-car northbound LRT beginning its departure from Minnehaha Park/50th Street is "wrapped" for Golden Light beer. The bright colors stand in stark contrast to the grey skies above.
Photo Date:  4/8/2013  Upload Date: 4/9/2013 12:05:26 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MTC 111(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  306   Comments: 0
Hello Again 111
Title:  Hello Again 111
Description:  The first LRT train I photographed this day turned out to be the one I would also ride from downtown Minneapolis back to Fort Snelling station. Here is another view of MTC 111.
Photo Date:  4/21/2015  Upload Date: 4/22/2015 10:52:01 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MTC 111(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  255   Comments: 0
MTC 111
Title:  MTC 111
Description:  Second of three LRT units assigned to a southbound Blue Line I caught at Fort Snelling Station.
Photo Date:  4/21/2015  Upload Date: 4/22/2015 6:14:49 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MTC 111(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  255   Comments: 0
Another "Extra HCMC" Train
Title:  Another "Extra HCMC" Train
Description:  My latest HCMC-related train has just arrived at Ft. Snelling after taking me back from downtown after seenng my poor mom, who had a stroke last month and is stuck at HCMC due to red tape slowing up her admission to a rehab/care facility.
Photo Date:  5/15/2015  Upload Date: 5/18/2015 9:34:03 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MTC 111(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  254   Comments: 0
Northbound Blue Line Arriving In The Grain Elevator's Shadow
Title:  Northbound Blue Line Arriving In The Grain Elevator's Shadow
Description:  The grain elevator across the street from East 38th Street station blocks most of the morning sun, resulting in the camera flash you see here. I hope I did not blind the driver. Meanwhile the commuters on the platform are lost in their own thoughts prior to boarding the train.
Photo Date:  8/4/2015  Upload Date: 8/4/2015 5:51:34 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MTC 111(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  300   Comments: 0
Into The Setting Sun
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.
Photo Date:  2/7/2012  Upload Date: 2/9/2012 4:26:07 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 112(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  439   Comments: 0
Here Comes My Train
Title:  Here Comes My Train
Description:  I rode the LRT today in part to go see my mother at HCMC. Rather than endure the hassle of parking in downtown Minneapolis, I rode the LRT from Fort Snelling Station instead.
Photo Date:  4/21/2015  Upload Date: 4/22/2015 6:15:28 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MTC 112(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  277   Comments: 0
Northbound twin LRT set at Government Plaza Station
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.
Photo Date:  12/30/2006  Upload Date: 12/30/2006 5:41:59 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 113A(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  627   Comments: 1
National Guard Scheme
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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 113(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  388   Comments: 0
National Guard!
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.
Photo Date:  2/7/2012  Upload Date: 2/9/2012 4:22:49 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 113(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  403   Comments: 0
LRT At MOA Transit Center
Title:  LRT At MOA Transit Center
Description:  A view from the third-unit of a southbound Route 55 just after it arrived at the MOA Transjt center. Meanwhile the driver for the northbound trip to Target Field takes their post.
Photo Date:  11/26/2012  Upload Date: 11/27/2012 12:50:49 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 113(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  312   Comments: 0
Arriving At The Soon-To-Be Second To Last Northbound Stop
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.
Photo Date:  4/23/2009  Upload Date: 4/23/2009 9:34:08 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 114(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  426   Comments: 0
Until Next Time, Fort Snelling Station
Title:  Until Next Time, Fort Snelling Station
Description:  A southbound Blue Line train departs Fort Snelling station just before noon on a fine Tuesday in August. Soon this set will arrive at the station as a northbound train after arriving at Fort Snelling station.
Photo Date:  8/4/2015  Upload Date: 8/4/2015 5:52:51 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MTC 114(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  287   Comments: 0
Healthy Living
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.
Photo Date:  2/7/2012  Upload Date: 2/9/2012 4:25:48 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 115(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  385   Comments: 0
Another Day, Another "Extra HCMC"
Title:  Another Day, Another "Extra HCMC"
Description:  I took the train downtown to see my mother once more. Today I chose to find some nearby street parking and board the train at 38th Street station.
Photo Date:  5/18/2015  Upload Date: 5/18/2015 5:03:40 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MTC 115(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  300   Comments: 0
Southbound At Bloomington Central
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
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 117(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  374   Comments: 0
Unwrapped LRTs!
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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 118(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  413   Comments: 0
Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow
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
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 118(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  386   Comments: 0
Southbound At Fort Snelling
Title:  Southbound At Fort Snelling
Description:  A southbound Blue Line train arrived at Fort Snelling Station late on a gray, windy April morning.
Photo Date:  4/21/2015  Upload Date: 4/22/2015 6:13:31 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MTC 118(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  264   Comments: 0
MTC 118 Front
Title:  MTC 118 Front
Description:  Front end of this colorful LRT.
Photo Date:  5/4/2015  Upload Date: 5/6/2015 3:28:45 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MTC 118(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
MTC 118 Back
Title:  MTC 118 Back
Description:  Back end of this colorful LRT vehicle. I wound up riding this from downtown Minneapolis back to Fort Snelling station (where I took these roster pics of it before boarding a northbound Blue LIne).
Photo Date:  5/6/2015  Upload Date: 5/6/2015 3:28:59 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MTC 118(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  261   Comments: 0
Qwest Cars
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
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 119(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  400   Comments: 0
Disembarking at Humphrey Terminal Station
Title:  Disembarking at Humphrey Terminal Station
Description:  Passengers aboard the second LRV on this southbound MOA-bound train disembark at the Humphrey Terminal station on Memorial Day 2013.
Photo Date:  5/27/2013  Upload Date: 5/28/2013 3:33:22 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Transit,Action
Locomotives:  MTC 119(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  291   Comments: 0
Blue And Green
Title:  Blue And Green
Description:  A westbound Green Line train passes a southbound Blue Line train at Downtown East station.
Photo Date:  8/4/2015  Upload Date: 8/4/2015 5:52:14 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MTC 119(Flexity Swift LRT) MTC 202(LRV) MTC 207(LRV)
Views:  353   Comments: 0
MTC 120
Title:  MTC 120
Description:  Another view of this LRV vehicle.
Photo Date:  4/21/2015  Upload Date: 4/22/2015 10:52:26 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MTC 120(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  275   Comments: 0
Departing Fort Snelling
Title:  Departing Fort Snelling
Description:  A southbound Blue Line train departs Fort Snelling station on a gloomy April morning.
Photo Date:  4/21/2015  Upload Date: 4/22/2015 6:15:13 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MTC 120(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  261   Comments: 0
Minneapolis Ho
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.
Photo Date:  5/30/2011  Upload Date: 5/31/2011 10:39:48 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 121(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  448   Comments: 0
Morning Rush
Title:  Morning Rush
Description:  A northbound Blue Line train approaches Fort Snelling station during the morning rush hour.
Photo Date:  8/4/2015  Upload Date: 8/4/2015 5:49:36 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MTC 121(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
"Paid Fare Zone"
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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 122(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  378   Comments: 0
Southbound "HCMC Express"
Title:  Southbound "HCMC Express"
Description:  I have taken the Blue Line to visit my mom at HCMC in downtown Minneapolis. I thus dubbed the trains I rode "The HCMC Express." Here the southbound I rode from downtown is just about done with its station stop at Fort Snelling before proceeding on down the line.
Photo Date:  4/27/2015  Upload Date: 5/2/2015 3:00:54 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MTC 122(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  303   Comments: 0
We're There
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.
Photo Date:  1/30/2012  Upload Date: 1/31/2012 1:54:15 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 124(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  383   Comments: 0
Minneapolis Ho!
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
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 125(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  400   Comments: 0
"Extra HCMC South" at Fort Snelling
Title:  "Extra HCMC South" at Fort Snelling
Description:  Here is a view of the lead LRV on the last "Extra HCMC South" I rode from downtown Minneapolis to Fort Snelling after visiting my mom at HCMC (hence my nickname for the train). Behind the 125 is the 118, a car I had photographed earlier at Ft. Snelling while awaiting "Extra HCMC North" (whose portrait I recorded at Downtown East station).
Photo Date:  5/4/2015  Upload Date: 5/6/2015 3:29:34 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MTC 125(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  273   Comments: 0
Stopped Just Shy O` Downtown East
Title:  Stopped Just Shy O` Downtown East
Description:  The advent of the Green and Blue lines sharing the same tracks in downtown Minneapolis has led to staggered train schedules. Here a southbound Blue Line train waits for an eastbound Green Line train to depart Downtown East Station.
Photo Date:  5/15/2015  Upload Date: 5/18/2015 9:34:19 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MTC 125(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  269   Comments: 0
Older models at Humphrey
Title:  Older models at Humphrey
Description:  Here comes a MOA-bound LRT made up of two of the older Flexity Swift LRV's arriving at Humphrey Terminal.
Photo Date:  5/27/2013  Upload Date: 5/28/2013 3:32:57 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MTC 126(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  259   Comments: 0


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