Minneapolis & St. Paul Streetcar Interior

Twin City Rapid Transit Co.1267 (Minneapolis and St. Paul ) at Seashore Trolley Museum

The interior of Minneapolis & St. Paul streetcar 1267. Twin City Rapid Transit (also known as Twin City Lines) was formed in 1891 in the merger of the streetcar systems of Minneapolis and St. Paul. TCRT decided that the various streetcar builders could not produce cars to withstand Minnesota?s severe winters. So, between 1898 and 1917, Twin City Rapid Transit?s own shops, using the name Transit Supply Co., built 1140 cars for its fleet, producing the nation?s largest home-built trolley fleet. TCRT began acquiring new PCC cars in 1945, but older cars continued operating. In the early 1950s, the company decided to rapidly convert to buses. The last streetcar ran in 1954. Days after its last run, Twin City Rapid Transit donated No. 1267 to Seashore Trolley Museum.