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FREE streetcar in Northern Minnesota

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Posted by Modelcar on Monday, September 15, 2008 9:05 AM

...It certainly is a more heavy duty "car" and most certainly looks to me to be a unit to use in interurban use.

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Posted by wjstix on Monday, September 15, 2008 7:57 AM

Technically this isn't really a streetcar the way you might picture one from that era. Mesaba Electric cars were more like heavy interurban cars. The railway connected several towns on the Iron Range together. Competition from automobiles and a local bus company which eventually became Greyhound lead to it's being abandoned.

There may not be much interest in the car, since it was such a small railroad. Plus the Minnesota Streetcar Museum already has one:

Mesaba Electric

Stix
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FREE streetcar in Northern Minnesota
Posted by Boyd on Sunday, September 14, 2008 11:32 PM

I just found this on craigslist.org. Maybe someone on here will take it or find someone to take it.

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/zip/840999354.html

 

Modeling the "Fargo Area Rapid Transit" in O scale 3 rail.

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