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NOPSI 927 |
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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 |
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Transit |
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NOPSI 927(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 952 |
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New Orleans Public Service CANAL LINE car 952 was outbound in the 1200-block of Canal Street. Visible above the car, between the Krauss Department Store on the left and the Hotel La Salle on the right, was a crane that was dismantling the former Southern Railway station which had been on the median of North Basin Street. The 952 was in service until the original CANAL car line was discontinued in 1964, and was then sold to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum. It was subsequently resold to the Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel, where it was used for several years, and returned to New Orleans in March 1990. Here, it was rebuilt, renumbered 456 and used on the new RIVERFRONT line until 1997, then it was restored as NOPSI 952 and sent to the San Francisco Municipal Railway in 1998 in exchange for cable car no. 59. |
| Photo Date: |
3/31/1955 Upload Date: 2/28/2021 5:56:12 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY image, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 903 |
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New Orleans Public Service CANAL LINE car 903 was outbound on Canal Street at Claiborne Avenue. The 17-story TEXACO BUILDING at 1501 Canal was completed in 1953 as the city’s first post-WWII skyscraper, and it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. 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: 2/28/2021 5:57:42 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY image, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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Transit |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 931 |
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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 |
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Transit |
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NOPSI 931(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI Canal Station |
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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 |
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Transit |
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NOPSI 930(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 909 |
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New Orleans Public Service car 909 was stopped at Lopez Street on the CANAL LINE. Car 909 had been built by the Perley A. Thomas Car Works in 1923 and was scrapped in June 1964, right after buses replaced streetcars on this line. The building visible on the other side of the car was Warren Easton High School, at 3019 Canal Street. |
| Photo Date: |
4/11/1955 Upload Date: 2/28/2021 5:53:46 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY image, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 918 |
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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 |
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Transit |
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NOPSI 918(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOS&WB 65 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board 4-wheel electric locomotive No. 65 was at the city’s water treatment plant with a GM&O covered hopper. The S&WB operated an 8-block-long line down the middle of Eagle Street from the water plant to a connection with the Illinois Central and the New Orleans Public Belt next to the Mississippi River. The 65 had been built by General Electric in 1910 as serial number 1985 for the Gulfport and Mississippi Coast Traction Co. and was purchased by the NOS&WB in the 1920’s. The Water Board ended electric operations in June 1959. |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1955 Upload Date: 9/15/2020 10:14:00 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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Transit |
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NOSWB 65(Unknown) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI Crane |
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New Orleans Public Service’s un-numbered crane was retired but still parked at the company’s NAPOLEON YARD, surrounded by retired White Model 788 gasoline-powered buses. The crane was built by the Brown Hoisting Machinery Co. in 1913 and originally had a trolley pole, but it could also be powered by an extension cord when on tracks without overhead trolley wires. |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1955 Upload Date: 1/24/2020 11:14:00 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William T. Harry photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
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| Title: |
NOS&WB 65 |
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New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board 4-wheel electric locomotive No. 65 was on Eagle Street at Birch with GM&O covered hopper 80091, on its way from the interchange with the Illinois Central and the New Orleans Public Belt to the city’s water treatment plant eight blocks away. The 65 had been built by General Electric in 1910 as serial number 1985 for the Gulfport and Mississippi Coast Traction Co. and was purchased by the NO&SWB in the 1920’s. The Water Board ended electric operations in 1959. |
| Photo Date: |
4/18/1955 Upload Date: 6/18/2019 5:33:49 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM HARRY photo |
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Scenic,Action |
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| Title: |
SP (T&NO) 4-6-0 695 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) T-28 class 4-6-0 number third 695 was stored at AVONDALE YARD, across the Mississippi River from New Orleans, in April 1955. The locomotive had been built by Baldwin (36422) in April 1911 as the 707, was renumbered 395 in 1920 and then third 695 in 1950. It was sold for scrap to Houston Compressed Steel on 15 July 1955, just three months after this photo was taken. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
4/24/1955 Upload Date: 6/28/2020 12:13:32 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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Roster,Steam |
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SP 695(4-6-0) TNO 695(4-6-0) |
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| Title: |
SP Avondale Yard |
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On 24 April 1955 elderly M-4 class Mogul 438 and T-28 Ten-Wheeler 695 were stored at Avondale Yard, just west of New Orleans, while 2-year-old F7A 373 was backing down onto train 241. The 2-6-0 had been built by Cooke in June 1900 as then 968, was renumbered 428 in 1901, then second 438 in August 1950, and was sold for scrap to Commercial Metals in Houston six months after this photo was taken. The 373 had been built in July 1953, was transferred to the Pacific Lines in November 1960 and was renumbered 6469, then it was retired in May 1968 and sold back to EMD; so the F7 was only on the roster for 15 years, while the Mogul lasted for 55! |
| Photo Date: |
4/24/1955 Upload Date: 12/16/2019 5:54:47 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
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SP 438(2-6-0) TNO 438(2-6-0) SP 373(F7A) TNO 373(F7A) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 836 |
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New Orleans Public Service car 836 was outbound on the ST. CHARLES line on St. Charles Avenue. It was passing Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church, which is surrounded by Tulane and Loyola universities. The car had been built by the Perley A. Thomas Car Works in 1922 and was sold to the Connecticut Electric Railway Association right after the CANAL line closed on 30 May 1964. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1955 Upload Date: 8/23/2020 12:41:43 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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Transit |
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NOPSI 836(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 816 and 866 |
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New Orleans Public Service ST. CHARLES line cars 816 and 866 were passing each other on St. Charles Avenue near Broadway. Both of these cars had been built by Brill in 1922 and were scrapped in June 1964. |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1955 Upload Date: 7/12/2020 10:48:27 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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Transit |
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NOPSI 816(Trolley) NOPSI 866(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
L&N Train No. 7 |
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Louisville & Nashville K-5 Pacific 269 was pulling train No. 7 into New Orleans along Ely„jan Fields Avenue. The engine was crossing Royal Street, and the photo was taken from the crossing tower at Dauphine Street. The 269 was built by Baldwin in 1923, and was retired on 7 July 1953. Train numzer 7 was discontinued in September 1953. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/17/2017 Upload Date: 2/17/2017 10:12:01 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William Harry photo |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
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LN 269(4-6-2) |
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