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NOPSI 307B626 viewsNOPSI #307B sporting Bus-O-Rama advertising signs. Photograph taken by Mike Strauch in 1982; collection of Mike Gallant.
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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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NOPSI 292B767 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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NOPSI 285 and 30446 viewsNOPSI #285 & 30, both assigned to the now-defunct Napoleon Via Melpomene (M.L. King) leg of the South Claiborne line, rest at the Napoleon terminal on South Claiborne Avenue, on October 21, 1973. Photograph taken by Elliot Kahn; collection of Aaron Handy.
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NOPSI 285 & 30310 viewsA different angle of NOPSI 1965 GMC #285 and NOPSI 1960 GMC #30, both resting at the terminus for the South Claiborne - Napoleon Via Melpomene route (ain't dere no more), offers a comparison of the front ends of the Fishbowl buses. Photograph taken by Elliot Kahn; 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 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 263324 viewsNOPSI #263, assigned to St. Bernard - Lake Terrace, takes on 2 young schoolgoers. 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 251304 viewsA couple of young schoolgoers board NOPSI #251. Collection of Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 251313 viewsNOPSI #251 assigned to the Express 80. Collection of Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 226260 viewsNOPSI #226, along with another New Look (facing riverbound), comes home to roost near The Rivergate at the foot of Canal Street. Collection of Aaron Handy III.
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