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PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday |
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Posted by chuchubob on Tue Sep 1 22:52:22 2015 Perley Thomas 907 at Lee Circle Canal Street between Charondelet Street/Bourbon Street and Saint Charles/Royal (different names on opposite sides of Canal Street)     Riverfront Line   That's SW1500 NOPB 1502  Loyola/UPT at Union Passenger Terminal (Amtrak Station)  926 at Lee Circle, named for one of the sons of Revolutionary War hero Light Horse Harry Lee  end of Canal Street Line at Cemeteries   The Saint Charles Line was stinkbuggied (bustituted) between State and Webster. 937 and 904 waiting at State for the next buses from Webster  end of the line on Carrollton at Claiborne  963 from Claiborne terminated at Webster  926 
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Posted by fdtutf on Tue Sep 1 23:58:41 2015, in response to PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday, posted by chuchubob on Tue Sep 1 22:52:22 2015. Great shots! I love it there.What was the reason for the bustitution on the St. Charles line? |
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Posted by NIMBYkiller on Wed Sep 2 01:09:54 2015, in response to PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday, posted by chuchubob on Tue Sep 1 22:52:22 2015. I was down in New Orleans in January and stayed in the Garden District. I took the St Charles streetcar several times and I'll be honest, the reliability is horrendous. Major bunching followed by 45+ minutes of nothing. I imagine they lost a good amount of the fleet in Katrina, but damn, can we get a tracking device on these things at least so customers can look on their phone how long til the next one? That being said, it was a really neat little throwback. |
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Posted by milantram on Wed Sep 2 01:38:28 2015, in response to PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday, posted by chuchubob on Tue Sep 1 22:52:22 2015. Ahh, New Orleans. My kind of town. Thanks for the nice pics, Bob. Glad to see the Riverfront 400s are back! |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Sep 2 02:44:38 2015, in response to PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday, posted by chuchubob on Tue Sep 1 22:52:22 2015. nice photos |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Wed Sep 2 06:51:26 2015, in response to PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday, posted by chuchubob on Tue Sep 1 22:52:22 2015. Your photos are excellent. I have a video of a ride on The St. Charles Line, it's a Ron Carson (R.I.P) production. It's wild how those cars operate, my hand would fall off turning that controller all day and working those brakes and doors. On the video, you can hear the compressors, I think he held the video-cam out the window...... |
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Posted by Dave on Wed Sep 2 07:19:12 2015, in response to PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday, posted by chuchubob on Tue Sep 1 22:52:22 2015. Nice shots, Bob. Whatcha doin' in Nawlins? |
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Posted by chuchubob on Wed Sep 2 07:20:21 2015, in response to Re: PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday, posted by fdtutf on Tue Sep 1 23:58:41 2015. major MOW work on the street and on the streetcar line |
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Posted by chuchubob on Wed Sep 2 07:22:33 2015, in response to Re: PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday, posted by Dave on Wed Sep 2 07:19:12 2015. On my way to Houston for the ERA convention. |
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Posted by fdtutf on Wed Sep 2 09:44:40 2015, in response to Re: PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday, posted by NIMBYkiller on Wed Sep 2 01:09:54 2015. If you're worried about reliability, New Orleans is not your town.Anybody who's familiar knows I mean that in two senses. |
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Posted by Jon Bell on Wed Sep 2 09:56:41 2015, in response to Re: PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday, posted by NIMBYkiller on Wed Sep 2 01:09:54 2015. Major bunching followed by 45+ minutes of nothing.Or the other way around! 
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Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Wed Sep 2 10:24:34 2015, in response to PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday, posted by chuchubob on Tue Sep 1 22:52:22 2015. AWESOME! Please come to Chicago and do a CERA program. |
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Posted by terRAPIN station on Wed Sep 2 13:20:02 2015, in response to Re: PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday, posted by Jon Bell on Wed Sep 2 09:56:41 2015. Great shot. |
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Posted by milantram on Wed Sep 2 14:54:36 2015, in response to Re: PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday, posted by Jon Bell on Wed Sep 2 09:56:41 2015. Beautiful photo, Jon, great symmetry! |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Sep 2 15:00:43 2015, in response to Re: PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday, posted by Jon Bell on Wed Sep 2 09:56:41 2015. good shotlots of green |
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Posted by randyo on Wed Sep 2 15:30:31 2015, in response to Re: PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday, posted by TransitChuckG on Wed Sep 2 06:51:26 2015. The manual controller, brake and door working were pretty much state of the art for streetcars until the introduction of the PCC. Even M/M on the IRT Hi-Vs and Manhattan el cars had to deal with similar operation, minus of course the doors. |
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Posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Wed Sep 2 16:20:23 2015, in response to PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday, posted by chuchubob on Tue Sep 1 22:52:22 2015. Beautiful pictures of beautiful vehicles!wayne |
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Posted by Mark S. Feinman on Wed Sep 2 16:26:41 2015, in response to Re: PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday, posted by chuchubob on Wed Sep 2 07:20:21 2015. At least when you were there, most of the lines were back in operation. When I was there at the beginning of August, only a small part of the St Charles streetcar line was running, and the Waterfront line was running, and that was it. Although I didn't miss the red Dress Run :)--mark |
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Posted by Mark S. Feinman on Wed Sep 2 16:27:25 2015, in response to Re: PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday, posted by Jon Bell on Wed Sep 2 09:56:41 2015. Wow!!--mark |
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Posted by chuchubob on Wed Sep 2 20:49:24 2015, in response to Re: PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday, posted by ChicagoMotorman on Wed Sep 2 10:24:34 2015. I will resume giving consideration to that thought. |
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Posted by Express Rider on Thu Sep 3 01:46:27 2015, in response to PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday, posted by chuchubob on Tue Sep 1 22:52:22 2015. Very nice pictures. I rode the green cars in 1990 or '91. It was great to ride vintage cars in regular revenue service rather than at a museum. |
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Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Thu Sep 3 09:59:14 2015, in response to Re: PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday, posted by chuchubob on Wed Sep 2 20:49:24 2015. OK, you have my email. Stay in touch. |
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Posted by Jon Bell on Thu Sep 3 10:15:30 2015, in response to Re: PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday, posted by chuchubob on Wed Sep 2 07:22:33 2015. So can we expect a report on the newly-opened light rail lines in Houston? :-) |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Sep 3 20:35:07 2015, in response to Re: PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday, posted by Express Rider on Thu Sep 3 01:46:27 2015. I rode on the Pearly Thomas cars in 1994 along with the Riverfront line, which was still standard gauge at the time. |
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Posted by chuchubob on Thu Sep 3 23:03:51 2015, in response to Re: PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday, posted by Jon Bell on Thu Sep 3 10:15:30 2015. Certainly |
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Posted by Express Rider on Thu Sep 3 23:21:16 2015, in response to Re: PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Sep 3 20:35:07 2015. I didn't ride the Riverfront Line - I was there with a group of friends in 1991, but did get a picture of one of the cars with its red livery.The Pearly Thomas cars? Is that the proper name for the green cars? I described them by color in my other post, since I never did any further reading or research about them. I'd wanted to take an afternoon and go over to the shops, but didn't have time, it was just a weekend visit. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Sep 4 20:18:44 2015, in response to Re: PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday, posted by Express Rider on Thu Sep 3 23:21:16 2015. Yes, those green New Orleans cars are known as Pearly Thomas cars. |
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Posted by Express Rider on Fri Sep 4 23:50:55 2015, in response to Re: PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Sep 4 20:18:44 2015. Thanks. |
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Posted by merrick1 on Sat Sep 5 08:55:16 2015, in response to Re: PHOTOS of New Orleans streetcars Tuesday, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Sep 4 20:18:44 2015. The cars were built by the Perley A. Thomas Car Works in Highpoint NC.The company still exists as Thomas Built Buses, Inc. which is owned by Daimler Benz |
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