Aging bus operated by Twin City Lines, ca. 1960s. Photo by the St. Paul Pioneer Press; used with permission.

Twin City Lines bus

Aging bus operated by Twin City Lines, ca. 1960s. Photo by the St. Paul Pioneer Press; used with permission.

Twin City Lines Strike, 1969

In 1969, members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005 called a strike against Twin City Lines (TCL), the metropolitan area’s largest privately owned bus company. Most union members and patrons probably didn’t realize it at the time, but that strike would prove to be a critical turning point for Twin Cities public transit. It would provide the opportunity for public acquisition of the company and dramatic service improvements.

Emergency exit door from a school bus made by the Blue Bird Corporation of Fort Valley, Georgia, circa 2007. The school bus was transporting a group of day camp students when it was involved in the collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis on August 1, 2007. The door is signed by all of the children and adults who were on the bus at that time.

Emergency exit door from school bus involved in I-35W bridge collapse

Emergency exit door from a school bus made by the Blue Bird Corporation of Fort Valley, Georgia, circa 2007. The school bus was transporting a group of day camp students when it was involved in the collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis on August 1, 2007. The door is signed by all of the children and adults who were on the bus at that time.

Great Northern Depot, Bemidji

Great Northern Depot, Bemidji

The Great Northern Depot, Bemidji, looking west, ca. 1960.
Beltrami County Historical Society, used with permission.

Great Northern Depot, Bemidji

Great Northern Depot, Bemidji

Great Northern Depot, Bemidji, ca. 1914

Beltrami County History Museum (Old Great Northern Depot, Bemidji)

Beltrami County History Museum (Old Great Northern Depot, Bemidji)

Old Great Northern Depot, Bemidji, the current home of the Beltrami County History Museum. Photo by Jeremiah D. Erickson, 2019.

Great Northern Depot, Bemidji

Bemidji’s Great Northern Depot—James J. Hill’s last commissioned depot—celebrated its grand opening in January of 1913. Replacing the first Great Northern Depot, a wooden structure built in 1898, this impressive brick and sandstone building provided space and modern amenities to accommodate the needs of the growing community.

Canadian Northern 347 train crossing the Ranier Bridge

Canadian Northern 347 train crossing the Ranier Bridge

CN train 347 crossing the International Bridge over the Rainy River on the east side of Fort Frances. Photograph by Bill Hooper, ca. 2018. All rights reserved.

Ranier Bridge

Ranier Bridge

International Bridge at Ranier, ca. 1950.

Rainer Bridge

Rainer Bridge

Draw Bridge, Ranier, ca. 1930.

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