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NOPSI 816 |
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New Orleans Public Service car 816 was inbound on the ST. CHARLES LINE at Lee Circle. This view is looking down Howard Avenue towards the Mississippi River. The white building on the left was the headquarters of the Standard Fruit & Steamship Co., and to the right of that was the Howard Memorial Library building which was then the offices of radio station WTPS. When this photo was taken only about 20 of the 800-series cars were still around, as most had been scrapped because many NOPSI streetcar lines were discontinued after WWII. The 816 operated until the original CANAL LINE closed in 1964, and was scrapped that June. |
| Photo Date: |
3/31/1955 Upload Date: 3/16/2021 6:19:55 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY image, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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Transit |
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NOPSI 816(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 934 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service car 934 was outbound on the CANAL line in the 1000-block of Canal Street, approaching Rampart Street. The car had been built by the Perley A. Thomas Car Works in 1924 and was still in service in 2020 on the ST. CHARLES line. |
| Photo Date: |
3/31/1955 Upload Date: 8/26/2020 10:42:06 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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Transit |
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NOPSI 934(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI CANAL STATION |
| Description: |
A collection of New Orleans Public Service streetcars was parked at NOPSI’s CANAL STATION and BUS GARAGE in the 2800-block of Canal Street. By the time this photo was taken, these would have all been CANAL line cars, as this was the only car line which operated out of here. The cars which can be identified were the 912, 907, 922, 920 and 906, which had been built by the Perley A. Thomas Car Works in 1923 and 1924. The 912 was scrapped in June 1964, right after the CANAL car line was replaced with buses; but all of the other cars were still in service in 2020 on the ST. CHARLES line. |
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3/31/1955 Upload Date: 8/26/2020 10:42:25 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NOPSI 912(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 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 871 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service ST. CHARLES line car 871 was outbound on St. Charles Avenue at Melpomene Street. The car had been built by the J.G. Brill Co. in 1922 and was scrapped in June 1964, right after the original CANAL car line was replaced with buses. The tall building in the background was the new New Orleanian Hotel at 1205 St. Charles., which later became a condominium. |
| Photo Date: |
3/31/1955 Upload Date: 7/12/2020 9:40:33 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NOPSI 871(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 838 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service car 838 was turning from Canal Street onto St. Charles Avenue as it began another trip over the ST. CHARLES LINE. A CANAL LINE car was barely visible on the other side of the 838, while a Gray Line tour bus was on the left. The 838 was scrapped in June 1957. |
| Photo Date: |
3/31/1955 Upload Date: 3/29/2020 10:50:44 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William T. Harry photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NOPSI 838(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
T&NO MW1386 |
| Description: |
Texas & New Orleans 6500-gallon water car MW1386 was parked off of the turntable at AVONDALE YARD, just west of New Orleans. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1955 Upload Date: 7/7/2020 10:00:38 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
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| Title: |
SP (T&NO) Locomotives |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) M-10 class Moguls 462 and 463 and S-13 class 0-6-0 138 were parked next to the roundhouse at AVONDALE YARD, across the Mississippi River from New Orleans. The 138 was recently retired and would be sold for scrap three months later, while the 462 lasted another year and the 463 survived until January 1957. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1955 Upload Date: 4/22/2020 5:38:22 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
William T. Harry photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SP 138(0-6-0) TNO 138(0-6-0) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 909 |
| Description: |
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 |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NOPSI 909(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: |
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 |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NOSWB 65(Unknown) |
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547 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOPSI Crane |
| Description: |
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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Transit |
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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 GM&O covered hopper 80091. 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 NO&SWB in the 1920’s. The Water Board ended electric operations in June 1959. |
| Photo Date: |
4/18/1955 Upload Date: 7/23/2020 5:57:55 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NOSWB 65(Unknown) |
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| Title: |
NOS&WB 65 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board 4-wheel electric locomotive No. 65 was pulling a loaded GM&O covered hopper along Eagle Street at Willow Street, 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 June 1959. |
| Photo Date: |
4/18/1955 Upload Date: 7/23/2020 6:02:51 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NOSWB 65(Unknown) |
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| Title: |
NOS&WB 65 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board 4-wheel electric locomotive No. 65 was pushing some empty cars across Oak Street and Leake Avenue onto the interchange with the Illinois Central and the New Orleans Public Belt. This little train had just run down the middle of Eagle Street for eight blocks from the city’s water treatment plant. 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 June 1959. |
| Photo Date: |
4/18/1955 Upload Date: 7/23/2020 6:04:59 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NOSWB 65(Unknown) |
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| Title: |
NOSWB 65 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board 4-wheel electric locomotive No. 65 was heading up Eagle Street with loaded GM&O covered hopper 80043, 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 June 1959. |
| Photo Date: |
4/18/1955 Upload Date: 7/23/2020 6:06:43 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NOSWB 65(Unknown) |
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349 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOS&WB 65 |
| Description: |
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 |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NOSWB 65(Unknown) |
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717 Comments: 0 |
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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 |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SP 695(4-6-0) TNO 695(4-6-0) |
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224 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP Avondale Yard |
| Description: |
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 |
| Locomotives: |
SP 438(2-6-0) TNO 438(2-6-0) SP 373(F7A) TNO 373(F7A) |
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| Title: |
SP (T&NO) 2-6-0 438 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) M-4 class 2-6-0 number second 438 was stored at AVONDALE YARD, across the Mississippi River from New Orleans, on 24 April 1954. The locomotive had been built by Cooke (2546) in June 1900 as the 968, was renumbered 428 in 1901, then second 438 on 30 August 1950 and was sold for scrap to Commercial Metals in Houston on 30 September 1955. |
| Photo Date: |
4/24/1955 Upload Date: 7/7/2020 8:24:18 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SP 438(2-6-0) TNO 438(2-6-0) |
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495 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 836 |
| Description: |
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 |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NOPSI 836(Trolley) |
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235 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP (T&NP) 0-6-0 138 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) S-13 class 0-6-0 138 was parked off of the turntable at AVONDALE YARD, just west of New Orleans. “VACATED 1955” was stenciled under the number on its cab, showing that it had already been retired. The locomotive had been built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works (54220) in December 1920 and was sold for scrap to Commercial Metals in Houston three months after this photo, on 27 July 1955. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1955 Upload Date: 7/10/2020 10:32:01 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SP 138(0-6-0) TNO 138(0-6-0) |
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219 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 816 and 866 |
| Description: |
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 |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NOPSI 816(Trolley) NOPSI 866(Trolley) |
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195 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP (T&NO) 0-6-0 842 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific 0-6-0 842 was switching cars along the Mississippi River levee, at the north end (railroad east) of Algiers Yard. The locomotive had been built by Lima (6772) in March 1924 as the 156 and was renumbered second 842 in October 1953. It was sold to Standard Sand & Gravel Co. in January 1956 (10 months after this photo) and it still exists. It moved to the Casey Jones Museum in Vaughn, Mississippi in March 1984 and then to Terry, Mississippi in May 2005. (correct month, approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1955 Upload Date: 12/21/2019 6:19:15 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William T. Harry photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SP 842(0-6-0) TNO 842(0-6-0) |
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944 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 842 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service ST. CHARLES LINE car 842 was outbound on St. Charles Avenue at Lee Circle. When this photo was taken only about 20 of the 800-series cars were still around, as most had been scrapped because many NOPSI streetcar lines were discontinued after WWII, and the 842 was scrapped in June 1957. |
| Photo Date: |
5/15/1955 Upload Date: 3/16/2021 6:21:36 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY image, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NOPSI 842(Trolley) |
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525 Comments: 0 |
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