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Streetcars

The St. Charles and Canal lines, in the barn and on the street. The number in each title is the number painted on the car. In 2006 one car, 461, was painted blue to try the color out for the Riverfront line. It did not stick.

23 photographs

Empty Canal streetcar 2018 at night, red wooden seats glowing under orange light — Inside 2018 Alone at NightBefore

Empty St. Charles streetcar 947, rows of wooden seats under bare warm bulbs — Streetcar 947 Desires PassengersBefore

Canal streetcar 2014 showing a Cemeteries roll sign, black and white, at City Park Avenue — 2014 at City Park Ave and CanalBefore

Raindrops on a streetcar window with green oaks blurred behind the glass — Rain on a Streetcar WindowBefore

Red and yellow Canal streetcar 2004 lit from inside at night — 2004 Canal's RubyBefore

Canal streetcar 2021 under oak trees, in sepia — 2021 Art in and of ItselfBefore

Red Canal streetcar 2005 head on with its headlight lit, downtown towers behind — 2005 at the Onset of DuskBefore

St. Charles streetcar 969 in the Carrollton barn with light pouring in behind it, in sepia — Streetcar 969 Backlit2005 · Before

A streetcar rounding Lee Circle among bare trees and overhead wires, in sepia — Streetcar 922 Old Lee Circle2005 · Before

Two streetcars parked side by side inside the Carrollton barn, in sepia — Streetcar 905 Sits Next to Palace Car2005 · Before

Canal streetcar 2014 head on inside the barn with Cemeteries on its roll sign, black and white — 2014 as a Cemetery Car2005 · Before

A St. Charles streetcar far down sand-covered tracks under a tunnel of oaks — Streetcar 921 on Sanded Tracks2005 · Before

Canal streetcar 2004 passing the Custom House and two palms, black and white — 2004 Passes Customs House2005 · Before

The gold Sanlin S framed by the red and yellow window of a Canal streetcar — Sanlin from Streetcar Window2005 · Before

Green St. Charles streetcar 965 with a Christmas garland running on Canal Street — Streetcar 965 Christmas 2005 on Canal2005 · The Storm

Streetcar tracks under oaks with a broken signal lying on the neutral ground — Storm Floods Barn2005 · The Storm

A lone streetcar on Canal Street with a Rebuilding a Greater New Orleans sign, black and white — Rebuilding Starts on Canal St2006 · One Year On

Canal Street tracks and palms seen from a streetcar window, black and white — Reticulation Canal Street2006 · One Year On

Green St. Charles streetcar 915 on a nearly empty Canal Street at dusk — Streetcar 915 Dusk on Canal2006 · One Year On

Inside a streetcar with polished wood benches, blue seats and brass poles — Inside New Blue2006 · One Year On

Streetcar 461 painted blue with yellow doors, on the tracks beside a green St. Charles car with downtown behind — Something Old Something Blue2006 · One Year On

The front corner of blue streetcar 461 and its headlight, with green car 920 parked behind it — Close Up on New Blue2006 · One Year On

Streetcar 923 seen from below with the Hibernia Bank tower above it — Streetcar 923 and Hibernia2015 · Ten Years On

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