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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 |
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Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NOPSI 930(Trolley) |
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L&A 2-8-2 555 |
| Description: |
Louisiana & Arkansas 555 was one of two Mikados (555, 556) built by Baldwin in January 1927. In this April 1951 photo it was parked next to the new engine house at WEST YARD, just outside of New Orleans. The loco was scrapped by the railroad at Pittsburg, Kansas in July 1953. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1951 Upload Date: 12/15/2019 4:03:04 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William T. Harry photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
LA 555(2-8-2) |
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L&A 4-6-0 505 |
| Description: |
Louisiana & Arkansas 505 was the last of four Ten-Wheelers (502-505) built by Baldwin in April 1920, and when this photo was taken next to the new engine house at WEST YARD in April 1951 - just outside of New Orleans - it was the only one still on the roster. It was scrapped by the railroad at Pittsburg, Kansas in December 1953. In the background to the left of the tender was a KCS passenger car, because this is where KCS passenger trains were serviced between 1950 and the opening on New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal in 1954. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1951 Upload Date: 12/15/2019 4:09:27 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William T. Harry photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
LA 505(4-6-0) |
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