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requirements for building new rail were too high compared to the potential ridership. Building rails to service these areas was cost prohibitive. Buses though could be profitable on such routes. More so other streetcar lines without connection to NCL also converted to buses, frequently having done so long before the TCRT began the process.
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operations. The doors on the streetcars were modified to allow easier boarding in front. So-called "gate cars" which had used open grating on the rear of the cars mostly disappeared from the lines. The transition from two-man to one-man operation was taking place on many streetcar lines across the country around this time.
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Minneapolis. The leftover vehicles were burned to recover the scrap metal they contained. The last streetcar was famously photographed alight behind Fred Ossanna and James Towley as Towley presented Ossanna with
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across the area were originally laid out to target passengers of the rail lines with advertising. Many of these billboards remained for decades afterward, despite the fact that automobile traffic frequently favored different routes. These finally disappeared due to city beautification efforts in the
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Green took control of the company in 1949 and quickly started dismantling the railway system, announcing that the company would completely switch to buses by 1958. The system's PCCs were sold to Mexico City (91), Newark NJ (30) and Shaker
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TCRT built some of the largest streetcars in the country. The Twin City Rapid
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Charles Green bought 6000 shares of TCRT stock. He expected to quickly gain profit, but found he had purchased stock just as the company decided to set forth on some major construction. Knowing this would demolish his anticipated dividends, Green contacted other shareholders and urged them to vote
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in St. Paul was a steep climb and was a place where cable cars were used in the late 19th century before Selby Hill Tunnel was constructed in 1905 to provide a more gradual incline. The tunnel still exists, but the ends have been blocked off, and as of July 2022 has largely become a
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again grew angry after TCRT cut off electricity to the streetcars in downtown St. Paul, making it impossible for many people to return home. Over the following days, many were arrested and the strike was effectively broken. 800 people were eventually replaced by non-union workers.
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and citizens' efforts to conserve resources made automobile use rather un-patriotic. However, the restrictions also hit TCRT itself since they could not afford to build many new streetcars. The company was forced to add more buses to shore up the system's various routes.
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of the lines. Starting in the late-1880s, electric streetcars began moving in both
Minneapolis and St. Paul. Cable cars quickly lost favor as they struggled through snowy Minnesota winters and the public quickly grew weary of slow horsecars.
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was grade-separated in many areas. The vast majority of the older wooden streetcars, mostly built by TCRT itself, were destroyed. Out of 1240 built by the company, only five have survived to be restored and operated by rail museums.
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ascended to head the company the next year. Ossanna held off on the teardown for a short while, but soon announced that the process would be accelerated. Lines would be removed and replaced by buses in two years.
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2158:List of cancelled transit projects in Minnesota
1595:Streetcarring in the 1930s: A personal account.
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1037:Relevant discussion may be found on the
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581:Streetcar in downtown Minneapolis, 1939.
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1259:Brooklyn Historic Railway Association
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2236:Passenger rail projects in Minnesota
2119:Intercity rail projects in Minnesota
1279:National Register of Historic Places
2088:Commuter rail projects in Minnesota
1624:with the infamous burning car photo
1593:Robert E. and Ruth Linsley Forman.
1577:. Retrieved May 25, 2004, from the
1556:. Retrieved January 30, 2004, from
1545:. Retrieved January 29, 2004, from
1415:General Motors streetcar conspiracy
2177:Counties Transit Improvement Board
1751:Minnesota Valley Transit Authority
1569:The Electric Railways of Minnesota
1201:East Troy Electric Railroad Museum
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1232:Minnesota Transportation Museum
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735:Industrial Workers of the World
404:Twin City Rapid Transit Company
104:, Horace Lowry, Charles Green,
2303:Electric railways in Minnesota
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1558:The Shore Line Trolley Museum
1482:University of Minnesota Press
1289:generators were installed at
2147:Minneapolis Modern Streetcar
1579:Minnesota Historical Society
1459:Kieffer, Stephen A. (1958).
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819:Company takeover and decline
782:Competition from automobiles
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1766:University of Minnesota PTS
1649:East Troy Electric Railroad
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1335:Legacy to 21st century rail
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1562:East Haven, Connecticut
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2182:Nice Ride Minnesota
2113:Chicago Hub Network
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1746:Maple Grove Transit
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1977:Riverview Corridor
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106:Fred Ossanna
102:Thomas Lowry
86:Headquarters
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2048:Purple Line
1827:Orange Line
1529:January 14,
1505:"CONTENTdm"
1446:The 1940s's
1265:to prevent
1151:(91 cars),
1149:Mexico City
1129:Carl Pohlad
1097:Minneapolis
990:information
838:Wall Street
836:. In 1948,
687:World War I
672:ferry boats
510:cobblestone
495:real-estate
475:Minneapolis
330:Track gauge
278:Propulsion
259:Track gauge
218:Operator(s)
110:Carl Pohlad
2252:Categories
2169:Historical
1946:Light rail
1801:Green Line
1706:Go-To card
1431:References
1349:light rail
1328:Billboards
1313:Selby Hill
1125:imprisoned
918:neutrality
881:improve it
841:speculator
813:air brakes
792:automobile
694:Stillwater
528:cable cars
451:light rail
439:steamboats
420:streetcars
120:streetcars
97:Key people
2134:Cancelled
2036:Gold Line
1938:Expansion
1792:Blue Line
1543:Get Rail!
1519:"History"
1399:Southeast
1376:Northstar
1368:Blue Line
1267:corrosion
1228:Minnehaha
1205:Wisconsin
1169:Cleveland
1155:(30) and
1039:talk page
978:contains
929:talk page
887:talk page
834:dividends
800:rationing
786:With the
729:In 1917,
676:Excelsior
564:snowplows
431:Minnesota
313:Owner(s)
280:system(s)
250:Owner(s)
235:cable car
171:Operation
76:Successor
1915:Borealis
1836:Red Line
1548:The Rake
1409:See also
1197:Superior
1032:disputed
922:disputed
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629:thermite
609: in
591:upgraded
491:St. Paul
449:bus and
435:taxicabs
349: in
308:Defunct
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210:Owner(s)
116:Products
44:Industry
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1353:subways
1331:1990s.
1177:railfan
708:⁄
644:Hopkins
633:asphalt
604:⁄
517:buggies
344:⁄
305:Status
284:Horses
245:Merged
242:Status
205:defunct
157:Company
126:, buses
60:Defunct
52:Founded
2228:Trails
2060:G Line
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2012:E Line
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2000:B Line
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176:Locale
142:Parent
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194:Close
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