First Light Rail Train in Minneapolis

Opening day June 26, 2004. Only "dignitaries" rode this very first scheduled train.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• light
• rail
• train
• Minneapolis
• first
• streetcar
• tram

[actioncap81]

Beautiful Trains~!~ Congrats Minn.

[reluctantpopstar]

This is great. Once they finish the construction and people start to ride the thing, people like it, and all the people complaining that the idea was a waste of money vanish back into the woodwork they came out of. Look, with gasoline getting so expensive, we need this as an alternative to cars. We should not have to depend on oil and gasoline from the Middle East (countries that don't like our way of life) for national security reasons. And these can be run on solar or wind power.

[ipdben]

very bulky for a light rail

[getmoneystayreal]

i agree,every american metro area should use this method as prime transportation...instead of using (money) it to fund wars or giving it to israel!

[DRdisaster007]

beautiful I have to rife it one day they should build more every were in the metro

[Rstegs]

I would have preferred higher taxes for a subway system instead. Such a bad idea to have the train exposed to the elements and harsh MN winters. Even the stations are outdoors.

[trainz675]

not to long ago. there really nice. iv been on one before...

[USAGiant]

Thanks for link Jim. Minneapolis did it at the perfect time to start light rail service in the twin cities area.

Those cars look almost the same as those used in North New Jersey(Metro NYC area)used on the Bergen-Hoboken-Jersey City light rail line.

[quackduck]

where did they put the substations ?

[drnone88]

Minneapolis and the Twin Cities once had a much more extensive street car system but the greedy people in the late '40s, including one guy who later went to jail for fraud sold the tracks and burned the street cars!!! Believe it or not, the surviving Minneapolis street cars can now be found in Mexico City!!!!