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Posts in Category: Retro Transit

Staff preserving transit of today and yesterday

Posted by Drew Kerr | July 7, 2016

Mike Miller was studying electronics when he paid his first visit to the newly-opened Como-Harriet Streetcar Line in south Minneapolis. Immediately intrigued, he began working alongside volunteers committed to keeping Streetcar No. 1300, a [...]

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A half-century later, career comes to a close

Posted by Drew Kerr | June 6, 2016

Silas “Sy” Sharp never shied away from work. After serving in the Korean War, he spent his days as a heavy equipment operator with the City of Minneapolis and his nights at the Minneapolis Athletic Club, full-time jobs that took 16 hours of his [...]

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Jan Homan: 40 years of service and a legacy that will last a lifetime

Posted by Drew Kerr | March 23, 2016

The first night Jan Homan reported for work – Christmas Eve 1975 – he was asked to do nothing more than keep an eye on the new Shingle Creek bus garage. A warehouse that would eventually be home to buses, mechanics and operators was for the [...]

Retro Transit Transit Information

The bus stops here

Posted by Drew Kerr | March 3, 2015

When Sheila Miller began working as a bus operator in 1977, she thought it would be a temporary stay that would hold her over as she decided on a career path. When she discovered she liked the job, the short-term plan turned into a 20-year tenure [...]

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Rail returns to the Central Corridor

| June 11, 2014

Aaron Isaacs worked at Metro Transit from 1973 to 2006. A historian with the Minnesota Streetcar Museum, Isaacs is the co-author of Twin Cities by Trolley and author of Twin Ports by Trolley, which will be released in September. Isaacs also edits [...]

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