Views from the Q

The QLine lights up Woodward as it makes its way north Wednesday evening.

WSU Wind Symphony trumpet player Moriah Sultes, 21, of Shelby Township, takes a break on The Roof at Hockeytown as the QLine Detroit street car stops at the southbound Woodward Montcolm Station.

A QLine train rolls south on Woodward near Little Caesars Arena.

A QLine street car navigates its way down Woodward near Grand Circus Park.

A QLine streetcar travels southbound along Woodward as testing continues Wednesday ahead of the QLine's official launch on Friday in Detroit.

The QLine heads southbound on Woodward.

A cyclist avoids a QLine car as it rolls north on Woodward near the Fox Theatre.

A QLine streetcar makes its way south down Woodward.

A QLine car heads northbound on Woodward as it passes a vacant lot at Edmund.

A QLine car rolls north on Woodward under the People Mover tracks near Grand Circus.

A QLine Detroit streetcar stops at the nouthbound Woodward Montcolm Station.

A QLine Detroit streetcar waits at a traffic light on the Woodward southbound bridge over Interstate 75.

A QLine streetcar heads north up Woodward in Detroit.

An unfamiliar site will soon be common place as Detroit's QLine streetcar system continues to test on Woodward. Opening day is May 12.

QLine streetcar operator Marcus Stewart makes his way south down Woodward.

The QLine makes its way past another streetcar testing down Woodward.

QLine streetcar operator Marcus Stewart waits at a light as he makes his way south down Woodward near Campus Martius.

The QLine passes by West Congress late afternoon in Detroit.

A bus passes along side the QLine rail on Woodward near New Center.

The QLine street car passes over Interstate 94 heading south down Woodward.

Despite heavy testing on Woodward, the QLine still turns heads as it makes it way down Woodward in the Cultural Center Historic District.

The QLine street car goes past Comerica Park on Woodward.

The QLine streetcar passes by Grand River late afternoon in Detroit.

Looking back down Woodward filled with cars as the QLine street car heads north.

A pedestrian makes his way down Woodward Ave. past Little Caesars Arena construction; the new home for the Detroit Red Wings and Pistons.

The QLine passes by the Detroit Institute of Arts heading South down Woodward.

A Detroit School District police car passes by the Q-Line rail on Woodward Ave. near the campus of Wayne State University.

QLine streetcar operator Marcus Stewart waits to head north down Woodward at the final south stop on Woodward before Jefferson.

The Q-Line street car passes by the future Little Caesars Arena heading north down Woodward.

A pedestrian heads down Woodward in the Cultural Center Historic District on a rainy overcast day in Detroit.

QLine streetcar operator Marcus Stewart waits at the light as he makes his way south down Woodward in the Campus Martius area.

Curious passengers stare at the new sight on Woodward, the QLine streetcar.