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NOPSI 903 |
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New Orleans Public Service CANAL LINE car 903 had just run around the loop at the foot of Canal Street. The photo was taken from the pedestrian viaduct which crossed several railroad tracks and provided unobstructed access to the ferry landing on the Mississippi River. The black sedan with the white circular emblem that was parked to the left of the 903 belonged to a NOPSI supervisor who was overseeing operations at this end of the line. Car 903 was built by the Perley A. Thomas Car Works in 1923 and was still in operation on the ST. CHARLES LINE in 2021. |
| Photo Date: |
3/31/1955 Upload Date: 2/24/2021 4:19:51 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY image, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Transit |
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NOPSI 903(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 906 |
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New Orleans Public Service, Inc. (NOPSI) streetcar 906 was outbound on St. Charles Avenue at Felicity Street. The streetcar, and a 1967 Chevy IMPALA 4-door hardtop, were passing Nu-Idea’s Decorative Center. |
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2/8/1967 Upload Date: 10/18/2021 9:42:41 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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Transit |
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NOPSI 906(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 913 |
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New Orleans Public Service car 913 was laying over on the CANAL line at the foot of Canal Street. The car had been built by the Perley A. Thomas Car Works in 1924. After the CANAL line was discontinued on 30 May 1964, the 913 was sold to the Orange Empire Trolley Museum in California and then resold to the San Francisco Municipal Railway in May 2005. In the background on the left was the Coca-Cola District Factory, on the right was the pedestrian overpass to the Canal Street-Algiers ferry landing, and behind that was the trainshed at the Louisville & Nashville railroad station. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1952 Upload Date: 8/23/2020 12:41:02 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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Transit |
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NOPSI 913(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 916 |
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New Orleans Public Service, Inc. car 916 was outbound on the JACKSON LINE on Dryades Street approaching Jackson Avenue. Overhead was a maze of wires for both streetcars and the new trackless trolleys which were about to replace them. The JACKSON cars were replaced by gasoline-powered buses on 19 May 1947, and these were replaced by electric buses on 2 October 1947. The double overhead wires here would be used by both JACKSON and FRERET route trackless trolleys. The 3-story brick building in the background was the Spaulding Business College. It had been built for the Louisiana Industrial Life Insurance Co., and it was still standing in 2020. |
| Photo Date: |
5/6/1947 Upload Date: 1/30/2020 9:55:57 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
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Transit |
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NOPSI 916(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 918 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service cars 915 and 918 were at the outer end of the original CANAL car line, on Canal Street at City Park Avenue. Both of the cars had been built by the Perley A. Thomas Car Works in 1924. The 915 is still in service on the ST. CHARLES line in 2020, while the 918 was sold to the Greater High Point Civic Center & Museum Corporation in North Carolina right after the CANAL car line was discontinued in 1964. The Perley Thomas cars had been built in High Point and there was a plan to display the car there; but this never happened and the car was donated to the North Carolina Transportation Museum near Salisbury in 1978. |
| Photo Date: |
4/11/1955 Upload Date: 9/6/2020 11:36:20 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NOPSI 918(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI Streetcars |
| Description: |
There were no less than four New Orleans Public Service Inc. streetcars in this view at the foot of Canal Street, which was then the city's main thoroughfare. This was the end of the line, where the cars turned and awaited their next run. The elevated walkway behind the cars provided pedestrian access over Southern Pacific, Louisville & Nashville and New Orleans Public Belt tracks to the Mississippi River ferry landing. The turret on the other side of the walkway was on the L&N station and the roof next to it was the L&N trainshed. The opening scene of the 1951 movie A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, where Blanche DuBois gets off of a train, was filmed at this station. (approximate month and day) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1952 Upload Date: 9/17/2016 4:18:05 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William Harry photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Track |
| Locomotives: |
NOPSI 927(Trolley) NOPSI 922(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 927 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service car 927 was outbound on the CANAL line on Canal Street. It was stopped at the intersection with Burgundy Street on the left and University Place on the right, with the Maison Blanche Building on the other side of the car. At that time, there were still four tracks on the median of Canal Street from the Mississippi River to Rampart Street, even though there were only two car lines left. The 927 had been built by the Perley A. Thomas Car Works in 1924 and was scrapped on 12 June 1964, right after the CANAL car line had been replaced with buses. The white light on the traffic signal indicated that streetcars could cross the intersection. |
| Photo Date: |
3/31/1955 Upload Date: 8/23/2020 12:42:08 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NOPSI 927(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI Canal Station |
| Description: |
This land is still used to store streetcars, but it doesn’t look like this anymore! The New Orleans Public Service, Inc. (NOPSI) CANAL STATION and BUS GARAGE was in the 2900-block of Canal Street. (STATION was the NOPSI name for its vehicle service and storage facilities.) This property is now used by the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority to service and store modern street cars, but this is what it looked like on 31 March 1955. Perley Thomas car 930 is parked outside with several of its siblings, while an unidentified new diesel-powered GM Model TDH-5105 and prewar gasoline-powered White Model 788 1459 are in the carbarn. |
| Photo Date: |
3/31/1955 Upload Date: 12/15/2019 4:00:35 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NOPSI 930(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 931 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service car 931 was inbound on the CANAL line, in front of the Krauss Department Store at 1201 Canal Street. The car had been built by the Perley A. Thomas Car Works in 1924 and was scrapped in June 1964, right after the CANAL car line was replaced with buses. |
| Photo Date: |
3/31/1955 Upload Date: 9/6/2020 11:40:01 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NOPSI 931(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 932 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service CANAL LINE car 932 had just run around the loop at the foot of Canal Street. The photo was taken from the pedestrian viaduct which crossed several railroad tracks and provided unobstructed access to the ferry landing on the Mississippi River. The black sedan with the white circular emblem that was parked to the left of the 932 belonged to a NOPSI supervisor who was overseeing operations at this end of the line, while the automobiles on the left were waiting to get on the ferry. Car 932 was built by the Perley A. Thomas Car Works in 1924 and was still in operation on the ST. CHARLES LINE line in 2021. |
| Photo Date: |
3/31/1955 Upload Date: 2/24/2021 4:22:18 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY image, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NOPSI 932(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI streetcar 933 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service car 933 was at the outer end of the CANAL-CEMETERIES car line and just beginning its trip back to the Mississippi River as it turned from West End Boulevard onto City Park Avenue. Greenwood Cemetery is off to the right and Metairie Cemetery is in the right background. The New Basin Canal had been right behind the Acme Marble & Granite building at 101 City Park Avenue - on the other side of the street car - and had been recently filled in. The track here was abandoned on 20 August 1951, when the end of the line was moved to Canal Street at City Park Avenue. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1950 Upload Date: 6/27/2020 12:02:35 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Daniel Richard Toye |
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Transit |
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NOPSI 933(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 941 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service CANAL LINE car 941 was just beginning its trip from the cemeteries to the Mississippi River as it turned off of West End Boulevard and onto City Park Avenue. Greenwood Cemetery was off to the left and the Acme Marble & Granite building was on the other side of the car. The track here was abandoned on 20 August 1951, when the end of the CANAL LINE was moved to Canal Street at City Park Avenue. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1951 Upload Date: 7/4/2020 5:53:35 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
DANIEL RICHARD TOYE collection |
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Transit |
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NOPSI 941(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 941 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service car 941 was at the outer end of the CANAL car line and about to begin its trip back to the Mississippi River. Greenwood Cemetery was off to the right, the New Basin Canal had been on the left but was recently filled in, and Metairie Cemetery was off to the left. Up until 15 January 1950 the WEST END line continued on from here to Lake Pontchartrain. The track here was abandoned on 20 August 1951, when the end of this line was moved to Canal Street at City Park Avenue. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1951 Upload Date: 7/4/2020 5:50:48 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
DANIEL RICHARD TOYE collection |
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Transit |
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NOPSI 941(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 942 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service streetcar 942 and another car were parked on the lay-over tracks at the foot of Canal Street, awaiting their next runs. The 942 had been built by the Perley A. Thomas Car Works in 1924 and was scrapped in June 1964, right after the original CANAL car line was replaced with diesel buses. Notice the end of the boxcar at the right end of the 942. It was parked on a New Orleans Public Belt siding on North Front Street, next to the Coca-Cola branch factory. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1952 Upload Date: 10/8/2022 8:19:07 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY image, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Transit |
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NOPSI 942(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 944 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service streetcar 944 was outbound on the CLAIBORNE car line in the 2100-block of South Claiborne Avenue, between Josephine Street and Jackson Avenue. The property on the left was the M. Feitel House Wrecking Co. on Jackson Avenue. The Gibbons Feeds building in the right background was next to Union Station. |
| Photo Date: |
10/30/1949 Upload Date: 2/11/2020 9:03:30 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Willian T. Harry photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
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Transit |
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NOPSI 944(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 947 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service streetcar 947 was inbound on the CLAIBORNE car line in the 2100-block of South Claiborne Avenue, between Jackson Avenue and Josephine Street. A couple of tall buildings in the central business district – the car’s destination – can be seen above the Texaco sign. |
| Photo Date: |
10/30/1949 Upload Date: 2/11/2020 9:06:01 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William T. Harry photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
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Transit |
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NOPSI 947(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 950 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service CANAL LINE car 950 was running around the loop at the foot of Canal Street. Barely visible on the right was the LIBERTY MONUMENT, which was subsequently removed. The photo was taken from the pedestrian viaduct which crossed several railroad tracks and provided unobstructed access to the ferry landing on the Mississippi River. Car 950 was built by the Perley A. Thomas Car Works in 1924 and was scrapped in May 1964, right before the original CANAL car line closed. |
| Photo Date: |
3/31/1955 Upload Date: 2/24/2021 4:17:09 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY image, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NOPSI 950(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 954 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service car 954 was parked at the outer end of the CLAIBORNE line, on South Claiborne Avenue at South Carrollton. This car line was replaced with buses on 5 January 1953. The 954 had been built by the Perley A. Thomas Car Works in 1924 and is still in use on the St. CHARLES line in 2020. |
| Photo Date: |
10/30/1949 Upload Date: 8/2/2020 1:29:47 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Transit |
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NOPSI 954(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 961 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service, Inc. JACKSON LINE car 961 was inbound in the 100-block of South Rampart Street. This photo was taken shortly before the JACKSON cars were replaced gasoline-powered buses on 19 May 1947, and these were replaced with electric buses on 2 October 1947. Those trackless trolleys are long gone, but car 961 was still in service on the ST. CHARLES LINE in 2020. The Higgins Industries Building in the background was actually the PYTHIAN TEMPLE at 234 Loyola, which Higgins leased during WWII. |
| Photo Date: |
5/4/1947 Upload Date: 1/30/2020 10:06:05 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
| Categories: |
Transit |
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NOPSI 961(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 962 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service, Inc. car 962 was outbound on the CLAIBORNE line as it turned from Clio Street onto the median of South Claiborne Avenue. The 962 had been built by the Perley A. Thomas Car Works in 1924. Buses replaced streetcars on this line on 5 January 1953, but the 962 is still in operation on the ST. CHARLES line in 2020. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1952 Upload Date: 8/7/2020 6:25:55 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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Transit |
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NOPSI 962(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI Carrollton Station |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service streetcars 832, 806 and 965, and trolley bus 1208 were parked at Carrollton Station in May 1954. Car 832 had been built by the Perley A. Thomas Car Works in 1922 and was sold to the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum in May 1964, right after the original CANAL car line was discontinued. The 806 was built by Brill in 1922 and was scrapped in February 1955, less than a year after this photo was taken. Car 965 was built by Perley Thomas in 1924 and has never been retired. Bus 1208 had been built by the St. Louis Car Co. in February 1952 for the new TULANE line and was among the last NOPSI trolley buses in service. It was one of 33 SLC buses retired in March 1967 and sold for operation in Mexico City. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1954 Upload Date: 5/22/2022 10:43:30 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY image, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NOPSI 965(Trolley) NOPSI 1208(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI Carrollton Station |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service ST. CHARLES line streetcars 806 and 965, and TULANE line trolley buses 1171, 1202 and 1189 were parked at Carrollton Station in May 1954. Car 806 had been built by Brill in 1922 and was scrapped in February 1955, less than a year after this photo was taken; while car 965 was built by Perley Thomas in 1924 and has never been retired. The buses had been built by the St. Louis Car Co. in early 1952 for the new TULANE line and was among the last NOPSI trolley buses in service. The 1171 was retired in December 1964, when diesel buses took over the last two trolley bus lines (TULANE and CITY PARK); but the other two were not retired until March 1967 and were among 33 SLC trolley buses sold for operation in Mexico City. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1954 Upload Date: 5/22/2022 10:47:46 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY image, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NOPSI 806(Trolley) NOPSI 965(Trolley) NOPSI 1171(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 965 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service ST. CHARLES line car 965 was rolling along Willow Street on its way from the CARROLLTON car barn to South Carrollton Avenue. In the parking lot on the right were some of the 44 trolleybuses which had been built by St. Louis Car Co. in 1951-52 for service on the TULANE line. Thirty-three of these buses, including the five shown here, were sold to Mexico City in 1967. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1954 Upload Date: 3/24/2020 12:15:37 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William T. Harry photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NOPSI 965(Trolley) |
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755 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOPS 966 |
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10/22/2010 Upload Date: 10/29/2010 7:44:20 PM |
| Location: |
Lowell, MA |
| Author: |
Kevin Painter |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
NOPSI 966(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
Yes it really IS the "Streetcar Named Desire" |
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10/22/2010 Upload Date: 10/29/2010 7:44:17 PM |
| Location: |
North Billerica, MA |
| Author: |
Kevin Painter |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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NOPSI 966(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 968 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service Inc. car 968 was parked out behind the Arabella Barn on Magazine Street. (approximate month and day) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1947 Upload Date: 8/18/2017 5:54:32 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
DANIEL R. TOYE |
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Transit |
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NOPSI 968(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 968 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service 968 was at the Mississippi River end of the NAPOLEON car line, on Napoleon Avenue at Tchoupitoulas Street. The 968 had been built by the Perley A. Thomas Car Works in 1924. The NAPOLEON car line was replaced with buses on 18 February 1953, but car 968 is still in operation on the ST. CHARLES line in 2020. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1950 Upload Date: 8/2/2020 1:38:20 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
DANIEL RICHARD TOYE collection |
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Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NOPSI 968(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 1008 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service ST. CLAUDE LINE car 1008 was on North Rampart Street at Conti on the line’s last day of streetcar operation. This was one of 20 cars which arrived in 1926, and they were the last streetcars purchased by NOPSI. Unlike most of NOPSI’s cars – which only had two motors – cars 1000-1019 had four. These cars were used on several lines until April 1935 when they were assigned exclusively to the ST. CLAUDE LINE, and all 20 were scrapped soon after they were replaced by buses on the day after this photo was taken. Mossy Oldsmobile was at 420 North Rampart from 1934 until 1956, when it moved to 1331 South Broad Street |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/1948 Upload Date: 2/11/2020 9:20:29 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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Transit |
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NOPSI 1008(Trolley) |
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