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NORTA 157326 viewsAt the corner of Canal and Carondelet, NORTA #157 prepares to shuttle for the temporarily cut back Saint Charles Streetcar. Photograph taken September 23, 2010 by Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 1007287 viewsNOPSI instituted the Vieux Carré route in 1974 to make up for the regular NOPSI buses forced to be rerouted to North Peters and North Rampart streets due to the damage the diesel vehicles were doing to the historic buildings in Da Quarter. Collection of Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 1200266 viewsNOPSI trackless trolley #1200, assigned to Tulane, makes a left across the Saint Charles streetcar tracks on South Carrollton Avenue, not far from where it crosses another "South" street, South Claiborne Avenue, as she heads outbound to The CBD. Photographer unknown; collection of Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 263324 viewsNOPSI #263, assigned to St. Bernard - Lake Terrace, takes on 2 young schoolgoers. Collection of Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 329279 viewsSame intersection, different era. 1967 Flxible #329, hard at work on the Express 80 (Lake Vista Via Canal Blvd.), picks up passengers and sports a new RTA decal, as does the Flx piggybacking it, after Regional Transit Authority's takeover from New Orleans Public Service Incorporated. Circa 1983; the 1967 Flxible (and remaining '65 GMC) Fishbowls had about 2 years' worth service left. Collection of Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 251320 viewsNOPSI #251, assigned to Express 80 (Lake Vista Via Canal Blvd.), takes on passengers in 1970. Collection of Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 1787258 viewsNOPSI #1787 travelling outbound on the South Claiborne Avenue overpass in 1958. Collection of Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 130259 viewsNOPSI #130 assigned to the Broad-Washington-Michoud line, heading outbound in 1961. Collection of Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 1866 & 1871278 viewsNOPSI #1866 & 1871 assigned to the first express routes, Express 70 and Express 71, in 1958. Collection of Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 282447 viewsSome more photos of the fatal crash of NOPSI #282, which claimed the life of its own driver, Joseph Washington, on Thursday, February 12, 1970 (40 years ago today). G.E. Arnold photos; collection of Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 282713 viewsThursday, February 12, 1970---a tragic, traumatic night during Carnivaltime '70 as 24 year-old NOPSI operator Joseph Washington, working on the Tchoupitoulas line that evening, ignobly became the victim of his own bus! While traveling outbound, Washington was ejected from NOPSI 282 in a collison with an automobile @ Jackson and Annunciation, thrown under a back wheel, and dragged to his death and crushed as his driverless bus careened forward, bounced over the Jackson Avenue neutral ground and slammed into a building across the street.
2 of his passengers survived, however, albeit one with slight injuries. Not exactly the WORST way to go, but horrible nonetheless!
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NOPSI 292B785 viewsOn April 21, 1983, NOPSI 292B collided with an oncoming vehicle which was in the wrong lane, and sickeningly smashed into a large oak tree at the intersection of Gentilly Boulevard and Iris Street, injuring 25 passengers and its driver. NOPSI photo by Danny Birtacci; courtesy of the Historic New Orleans Collection [http://www.hnoc.org], contributed by Aaron Handy III.
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