Piedmont and Western Railroad Club
Presents
Traction in
New Orleans, Louisiana
PWRR webmaster at the controls of New Orleans Public Service Co."Desire Street" car #832. Photo taken in July 1982 at the Arden Trolley Museum in Washington, PA. Photos of car 832 were used in published articles about Tennesee William's play, "A Streetcar Named Desire." The car was built by the Perley Thomas Car Co. The Arden Trolley Museum is now known as the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum.
A similar New Orleans trolley operating on St. Charles St. in New Orleans, July 1982.
New Orleans "Perley Thomas" cars #910 and #945 on the St. Charles route in June 2002.
New Orleans "Perley Thomas" cars #968 and #969. Date unknown.
Car 968 on the St. Charles route
Car 969 on Canal Street. Photo by James Glen
New Orleans cars on the new Canal Street route in June 2005
shortly before the line was devistated by Hurricane Katrina.
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