Mayor Michael Nutter will marry a couple around Valentine’s Day aboard the Market-Frankford El as it rumbles through West Philly as part of a tour of Market Street rooftop murals known collectively as “A Love Letter for You.”

SEPTA and the Mural Arts Program run tours of the murals from aboard the train – the best viewing spot – each Saturday. These tours have included at least one marriage proposal in the past. In February, Nutter will marry a couple chosen in a contest sponsored by SEPTA and the Mural Arts Program.

This is from the Mural Arts Program website:

Tell us why you would be the perfect couple to be married on the Love Train. Attach a video, a photo, a poem…be creative, be artistic! The winner will be selected by City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program and SEPTA. To enter, email: events@muralarts.org

West Philly native Steve Powers and a collection of artists created the murals in the summer of 2009. Love Letter is a series of 50 rooftop murals running along the El tracks from 45th to 63rd Streets. The murals have also been captured in book form.

Here is a partial “map” of the murals (click to enlarge):