Nostalgic rides around town
Minneapolis, MN 55101
+1 651 228 0263
http://www.mtmuseum.org/
Review © 2009, Wcities
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Nostalgic rides around town |
193 Pennsylvania Ave East Minneapolis, MN 55101 +1 651 228 0263 http://www.mtmuseum.org/ |
A collection of working locomotives, steamships, train depots, roundhouses, trolleys and motor coaches brings the history of local transportation alive. The MTM has five exhibit sites in and around the Twin Cities area that are visited by more than 100,000 people annually. The various restored depots and roundhouse allow visitors to travel back to the golden age of the railroads.The most popular exhibit is the Como-Harriet Streetcar Line, a rebuilt portion of what used to be the nation's largest urban rail service that was a 500-mile system in its heyday. Restored cars dating from the late 1800s and early 1900s run a two-mile round trip course between Lakes Harriet and Calhoun in South Minneapolis. Cars run every 15 minutes and passengers can board at the Linden Hills Station or the Lakewood Cemetery platform. The museum's other big draw is the Minnehaha, a 1906 steamboat which used to ferry streetcar passengers all over Lake Minnetonka. Back from a watery grave, the restored steamboat is as good as new and spruced up with a snazzy maroon and gold paint job. Review © 2009, Wcities |
 Minnesota Transportation Museum Photo: Michael Hicks |
 Minnesota Transportation Museum Photo: John Fladung |
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