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11/3/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Michael Palmieri
Dates:1/1/1940 - 12/31/1999
Album Info:Images from the collection of Daniel Richard Toye
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NOPSI 411
Title:  NOPSI 411
Description:  New Orleans Public Service TULANE car 411 was outbound behind a newer car in the 500-block of Canal Street. Chartres Street was on the right side of the intersection while Common was on the left. The 411 had been built by the Southern Car Co. in 1915 and was retired in 1948. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:  1/1/1947  Upload Date: 8/13/2020 6:38:22 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  DANIEL RICHARD TOYE collection
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  NOPSI 411(Trolley)
Views:  499   Comments: 0
NOPSI 968
Title:  NOPSI 968
Description:  New Orleans Public Service Inc. car 968 was parked out behind the Arabella Barn on Magazine Street. (approximate month and day)
Photo Date:  1/1/1947  Upload Date: 8/18/2017 5:54:32 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  DANIEL R. TOYE
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  NOPSI 968(Trolley)
Views:  457   Comments: 0
NOPSI 833
Title:  NOPSI 833
Description:  New Orleans Public Service car 833 was outbound on Tulane Ave. as it approached South Broad St. The car was passing in front of the Luke Motor Co. Plymouth dealership. (unknown date)
Photo Date:  6/6/1949  Upload Date: 3/6/2017 4:01:49 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Rev. D.R. Toye S.J.
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  NOPSI 833(Trolley)
Views:  803   Comments: 0
NOPSI 811
Title:  NOPSI 811
Description:  New Orleans Public Service streetcar 811 was outbound on the TULANE BELT on Loyola Street (now South Saratoga Street) at Cleveland Avenue. TULANE cars operated on Loyola Street for two blocks, from Canal Street to Tulane Avenue, until they were replaced by trolleybuses on 8 January 1951. The large building behind the car was a part of the former Elks Lodge at 127 Elks Place, and originally contained an auditorium and a swimming pool; while the building on the very left was the Krauss Department Store at 1201 Canal Street. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:  1/1/1950  Upload Date: 7/23/2020 6:20:32 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  DANIEL RICHARD TOYE collection
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  NOPSI 811(Trolley)
Views:  500   Comments: 0
NOPSI 850
Title:  NOPSI 850
Description:  New Orleans Public Service ST. CHARLES BELT car 850 was crossing the New Basin Canal drawbridge on South Carrollton Avenue at Pontchartrain Boulevard. Pelican Stadium was on the other side of the canal. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:  1/1/1950  Upload Date: 7/23/2020 6:25:23 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  DANIEL RICHARD TOYE collection
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  NOPSI 850(Trolley)
Views:  660   Comments: 0
NOPSI 868 and 1746
Title:  NOPSI 868 and 1746
Description:  Two New Orleans Public Service vehicles were stopped on Willow Street at South Carrollton Avenue. LEONIDAS bus 1746 was a White Motor Co. MODEL 788 built in 1948 and was making a regular stop, while TULANE car 868 was on its way from the Carrollton Car Barn to South Carrollton Avenue. It had been built by the J.G. Brill Co. in 1922 and was scrapped in May 1952. Up until 6 December 1923 Willow Street had been named Poplar, which is why the theater on the left has that name. (unknown date of photo)
Photo Date:  1/1/1950  Upload Date: 7/23/2020 6:16:09 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  DANIEL RICHARD TOYE collection
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  NOPSI 868(Trolley) NOPSI 1748(UNKNOWN)
Views:  375   Comments: 0
NOPSI 809
Title:  NOPSI 809
Description:  New Orleans Public Service car 809 was outbound on Willow Street, on its way from CARROLLTON STATION to the outer end of the SOUTH CLAIBORNE line. The car had window screens, which had been added to some cars after WWII which typically ran on the TULANE and ST. CHARLES belts. The car had been built by the J.G. Brill Co. in 1922 and was scrapped in April 1953. (date of photo is unknown)
Photo Date:  1/1/1950  Upload Date: 9/6/2020 11:26:50 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  DANIEL RICHARD TOYE collection
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  NOPSI 809(Trolley)
Views:  574   Comments: 0
NOPSI 885
Title:  NOPSI 885
Description:  New Orleans Public Service car 885 was in the company’s NAPOLEON YARD, next to Tchoupitoulas Street and just across from the intersection with General Pershing. The car had been built by the J.G. Brill Co. in 1922 and was scrapped in May 1952. (unknown date of photo)
Photo Date:  1/1/1950  Upload Date: 8/2/2020 1:25:42 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  DANIEL RICHARD TOYE collection
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  NOPSI 885(Trolley)
Views:  527   Comments: 0
NOPSI 812
Title:  NOPSI 812
Description:  New Orleans Public Service car 812 was inbound on the ST. CHARLES BELT. The car had just turned left from Tulane Avenue onto South Liberty Street, and in two blocks it would turn right onto Canal Street. The bunting with the trophy on the corner building showed that it might have been SUGAR BOWL season! Much of the area in this photo is unrecognizable today; but the tall building in the background – the JUNG HOTEL at 1500 Canal Street – is still there. Car 812 had been built by the J.G. Brill Co. in 1922 and was scrapped in April 1953. (date of photo is unknown)
Photo Date:  1/1/1950  Upload Date: 9/6/2020 11:28:53 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  DANIEL RICHARD TOYE collection
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  NOPSI 812(Trolley)
Views:  404   Comments: 0
NOPSI at the New Basin Canal
Title:  NOPSI at the New Basin Canal
Description:  An unidentified New Orleans Public Service street car was crossing the NEW BASIN CANAL drawbridge on South Carrollton Avenue. This was a TULANE BELT car heading towards the Mississippi River. The streetcar line here was replaced by the TULANE trolleybus line on 8 January 1951, and the canal was filled in shortly after that. PELICAN STADIUM was on the other side of the canal; it was torn down in October 1957. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:  1/1/1950  Upload Date: 8/2/2020 1:32:52 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  DANIEL RICHARD TOYE collection
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  NOPSI 0000(UNKNOWN)
Views:  580   Comments: 0
NOPSI 968
Title:  NOPSI 968
Description:  New Orleans Public Service 968 was at the Mississippi River end of the NAPOLEON car line, on Napoleon Avenue at Tchoupitoulas Street. The 968 had been built by the Perley A. Thomas Car Works in 1924. The NAPOLEON car line was replaced with buses on 18 February 1953, but car 968 is still in operation on the ST. CHARLES line in 2020. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:  1/1/1950  Upload Date: 8/2/2020 1:38:20 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  DANIEL RICHARD TOYE collection
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  NOPSI 968(Trolley)
Views:  216   Comments: 0
NOPSI 856
Title:  NOPSI 856
Description:  New Orleans Public Service car 856 was wearing the window safety screens that were applied to some cars after the Second World War. The car was outbound on the TULANE line at the beginning of Canal Street. It had been built by Brill in 1922. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:  1/1/1950  Upload Date: 7/5/2020 6:45:42 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  DANIEL RICHARD TOYE collection
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  NOPSI 856(Trolley)
Views:  577   Comments: 0
NOPSI streetcar 933
Title:  NOPSI streetcar 933
Description:  New Orleans Public Service car 933 was at the outer end of the CANAL-CEMETERIES car line and just beginning its trip back to the Mississippi River as it turned from West End Boulevard onto City Park Avenue. Greenwood Cemetery is off to the right and Metairie Cemetery is in the right background. The New Basin Canal had been right behind the Acme Marble & Granite building at 101 City Park Avenue - on the other side of the street car - and had been recently filled in. The track here was abandoned on 20 August 1951, when the end of the line was moved to Canal Street at City Park Avenue. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:  1/1/1950  Upload Date: 6/27/2020 12:02:35 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Daniel Richard Toye
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  NOPSI 933(Trolley)
Views:  526   Comments: 0
NOPSI  853
Title:  NOPSI 853
Description:  New Orleans Public Service car 853 was about to turn from Tulane Avenue onto South Carrollton while running on the Tulane Belt. The streetcars on Tulane Avenue were replaced with gasoline buses on 8 January 1951 and these were replaced with electric buses from 1952 until 1964. (approximate date)
Photo Date:  6/15/1950  Upload Date: 3/8/2017 9:40:11 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Rev. D.R. Toye S.J.
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  NOPSI 853(Trolley)
Views:  563   Comments: 0
NOPSI 941
Title:  NOPSI 941
Description:  New Orleans Public Service CANAL LINE car 941 was just beginning its trip from the cemeteries to the Mississippi River as it turned off of West End Boulevard and onto City Park Avenue. Greenwood Cemetery was off to the left and the Acme Marble & Granite building was on the other side of the car. The track here was abandoned on 20 August 1951, when the end of the CANAL LINE was moved to Canal Street at City Park Avenue. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:  1/1/1951  Upload Date: 7/4/2020 5:53:35 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  DANIEL RICHARD TOYE collection
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  NOPSI 941(Trolley)
Views:  368   Comments: 0
NOPSI 941
Title:  NOPSI 941
Description:  New Orleans Public Service car 941 was at the outer end of the CANAL car line and about to begin its trip back to the Mississippi River. Greenwood Cemetery was off to the right, the New Basin Canal had been on the left but was recently filled in, and Metairie Cemetery was off to the left. Up until 15 January 1950 the WEST END line continued on from here to Lake Pontchartrain. The track here was abandoned on 20 August 1951, when the end of this line was moved to Canal Street at City Park Avenue. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:  1/1/1951  Upload Date: 7/4/2020 5:50:48 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  DANIEL RICHARD TOYE collection
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  NOPSI 941(Trolley)
Views:  380   Comments: 0
NOPSI 801
Title:  NOPSI 801
Description:  New Orleans Public Service car 801 was stopped at the temporary end of the ST. CHARLES car line, on South Carrollton Avenue at Dixon Street. The was the end of the line from 8 January 1951, when the ST. CHARLES / TULANE belt line was discontinued, until 10 August 1952, when it was relocated down South Carrollton to South Claiborne. JIM’S PLACE, a restaurant and bar known for its fried chicken, was right across the street at 3832 South Carrollton. The 801 had been built by Brill in 1922 and was scrapped in April 1953. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:  4/1/1951  Upload Date: 6/28/2020 12:19:11 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  DANIEL RICHARD TOYE collection
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  NOPSI 801(Trolley)
Views:  479   Comments: 1


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