Shiny trains from the future rule St. Paul

As one who grew up reading science fiction and worshipping shiny vehicles that go whoosh, I was thrilled today when St. Paul’s decades-in-the-planning Green Line light-rail route finally opened after years of construction and months of of trial runs.

I shot this video for the Pioneer Press. I wasn’t ordered or scheduled to do so, I just did.

I also shot these photos during Saturday’s Green Line launch events.

And I took these photos months earlier during a tour of Metro Transit’s maintenance depot in downtown St. Paul:

I’ve also written several articles and blog posts about the Green Line. One of those articles was reinterpreted as the following infographic (courtesy of C.J. Sinner):

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