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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 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 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 316356 viewsNOPSI #316 passes another 300-series Flxible New Look in the Canal Street bus lane one night in 1968. Collection of Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 400321 viewsNOPSI #400 assigned to Express 93 - Morrison in 1974. Collection of Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 408330 viewsNOPSI #408 assigned to Express 80 (Lake Vista via Canal Boulevard) in 1968. Collection of 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 568426 viewsHere is NOPSI GMC RTS #568, converted into a New Orleans Police Mobile Command unit, taken at the corner of Tchoupitoulas and Poydras Streets on Carnival 2004 (a good decade or so after the NORTA put the RTS coaches out to pasture). Photograph taken by Aaron Handy III.
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NORTA 778332 viewsChartered NORTA M.A.N. Americana bus #778 idles in the Canal Street bus zone (refurbished with new streetcar tracks!) during Carnival 1997. Photograph taken by Aaron Handy III.
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NORTA 97284385 viewsNORTA #97284 working route 12-St. Charles, normally a streetcar route, at Carondelet & Canal Streets. Photograpgh taken February 15, 2010 by Aaron Handy III.
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NORTA 97336299 viewsNORTA #97336, assigned to route 12 St. Charles, pulls up to the corner of Saint Charles and Jefferson Avenues in 1997, the Charley car having suffered a power outage that day. Photograph taken by Aaron Handy III.
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