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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.12/16/16 at 07:28TheDriver:  
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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!12/16/16 at 07:24TheDriver: Now that is sad
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NOPSI 111515 viewsWhether or not this can be attributed to bad shocks, the chassis of NOPSI #111, assigned to Palmer Park, slants painfully to the right as she rests on layover at Claiborne and Carrollton Avenues. Photographer unknown; collection of Aaron Handy III.12/12/16 at 05:37TheDriver: No it is not bad shocks. The front of the bus has ...
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NOPSI 4 & 58700 viewsRetired NOPSI 1960 GMC TDH-5301 "New Look" buses 4 and 58 sadly languish at an unknown location in the rain. Photograph taken November 23, 1975 by Donald Weiss; collection of Aaron Handy III.
12/11/16 at 21:01TheDriver: why did NOPSI put their mirrors up high on the lef...
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NOPSI 179508 viewsNOPSI #179 in February, 1965. Photograph taken by Joel Shanus; collection of Joe Testagrose.03/04/11 at 22:21AH3RD: Appears to me NOPSI hadn't finished painting i...
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NOPSI 4 & 58700 viewsRetired NOPSI 1960 GMC TDH-5301 "New Look" buses 4 and 58 sadly languish at an unknown location in the rain. Photograph taken November 23, 1975 by Donald Weiss; collection of Aaron Handy III.
01/25/11 at 12:45AH3RD: Yeah. I kinda figured that... 
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NOPSI 4 & 58700 viewsRetired NOPSI 1960 GMC TDH-5301 "New Look" buses 4 and 58 sadly languish at an unknown location in the rain. Photograph taken November 23, 1975 by Donald Weiss; collection of Aaron Handy III.
01/24/11 at 00:56B53RICH: Notice on bus #58 just above the standee windows,...
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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.02/03/10 at 01:11AH3RD: At least she didn't die in vain... 
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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.
01/30/10 at 20:31AH3RD: Ah...one of my own! (Er, BUSES, that is.) 
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