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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:  254   Comments: 0
Shades Of The OPUS Station?
Title:  Shades Of The OPUS Station?
Description:  Traffic 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:  139   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:  116   Comments: 0
Star Tribune Southbound
Title:  Star Tribune Southbound
Description:  A two-car southbound LRT arrives at Bloomington Central station at 6:14 P.M. on a warm Monday evening in late July. The lead car is wrapped for the Star Tribune; trailing car for Mayo Clinic.
Photo Date:  7/30/2012  Upload Date: 7/31/2012 9:18:18 AM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 105(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  153   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:  95   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:  227   Comments: 0
Second Car
Title:  Second Car
Description:  Here is the second LRT on a southbound three-unit Route 55 just after it arrived at the Mall of America.
Photo Date:  11/26/2012  Upload Date: 11/27/2012 12:50:23 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 107(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  88   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:  93   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:  418   Comments: 1
Qwest advertising MTC 108B and plain LRT sister.
Title:  Qwest advertising MTC 108B and plain LRT sister.
Description:  Awaiting departure for Mall of America on this cold December Saturday is this colorful two LRT car train at Warehouse/Henneopin Avenue station in Minneapolis at the north end of the Hiawatha LRT line.
Photo Date:  12/2/2006  Upload Date: 12/2/2006 5:36:01 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 108(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  384   Comments: 1
Southbound By Health Partners
Title:  Southbound By Health Partners
Description:  The driver of a two-car southbound LRT in plain MTC paint leaves the Health Partners building behind as it arrives at 28th Avenue after departing Bloomington Central.
Photo Date:  10/28/2012  Upload Date: 10/28/2012 5:38:06 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 108(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  142   Comments: 0
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:  92   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:  141   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:  139   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:  106   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:  202   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:  84   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:  121   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:  112   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:  98   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 seeing 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:  90   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:  114   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:  255   Comments: 0
Northbound At 28th Avenue
Title:  Northbound At 28th Avenue
Description:  A two-car northbound LRT crosses 28th avenue (and East 82nd street) as it pulls into 28th Avenue station.
Photo Date:  8/13/2012  Upload Date: 8/14/2012 1:49:27 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 112(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  124   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:  121   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:  437   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:  186   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:  209   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 Transit 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:  140   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:  229   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:  122   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:  203   Comments: 0
Health Rides The Rails
Title:  Health Rides The Rails
Description:  The trailing LRT on a two-car southbound at Bloomington Central is decked out for the Mayo Clinic.
Photo Date:  7/30/2012  Upload Date: 7/31/2012 1:48:58 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 115(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  92   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:  153   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:  190   Comments: 0
South Platform American Boulevard Station
Title:  South Platform American Boulevard Station
Description:  The second car of the two-car Mall of America bound Route 55 train is captured at the south platform of the American Blvd station. From here I rode back to my car at 28th Avenue after taking the train from there to save the hassle of trying to find at place to park at Fort Snelling National Cemetery this Memorial Day.
Photo Date:  5/30/2011  Upload Date: 6/4/2011 10:42:20 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 118(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  210   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:  214   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:  197   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:  88   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:  75   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:  83   Comments: 0
Plain Paint
Title:  Plain Paint
Description:  The second LRT car of a MOA-bound train wears the plain paint that used to be seen more often than the "wrapped" car ahead of it. Train is at 28th Avenue station.
Photo Date:  5/30/2011  Upload Date: 6/4/2011 10:29:37 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 119(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  199   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:  213   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:  99   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:  153   Comments: 0
MTC 120 at Nicollet Mall station.
Title:  MTC 120 at Nicollet Mall station.
Description:  A portrait from the Hiawatha Line in downtown Minneapolis.
Photo Date:  10/22/2005  Upload Date: 10/14/2006 2:12:02 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 120(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  432   Comments: 1
Right On Cue
Title:  Right On Cue
Description:  A two car plain MTC paint LRT train glides into American Boulevard station as the flash from my camera is reflected in the windshield. I deliberately composed this shot to include the sign on the right.
Photo Date:  5/30/2011  Upload Date: 6/4/2011 10:38:46 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTC 120(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:  215   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:  118   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:  89   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:  260   Comments: 0


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