Streetcar Operations 1913

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Streetcar operations on S. Carrollton Avenue in 1913 weren't all that different than they are today. Streetcar Operations 1913 New Orleans Railway and Light Company (NORwy&Lt) #383, outbound on St. Charles Avenue, 1913. Workers surround the car as they do street repairs. The streetcar heads to Carrollton Station as it ends a run on the Prytania line. NORwy&Lt #383 is a single-truck, Ford, Bacon, and Davis (FB&D) streetcar. So these streetcars dominated street rail in New Orleans from 1894, through the 1920s. One FB&D streetcar remains, NORTA #29, the "sand car." If you see a streetcar running on the St....