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NOPSI 111527 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.
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NOPSI 329284 viewsSame intersection, different era. 1967 Flxible #329, hard at work on the Express 80 (Lake Vista Via Canal Blvd.), picks up passengers and sports a new RTA decal, as does the Flx piggybacking it, after Regional Transit Authority's takeover from New Orleans Public Service Incorporated. Circa 1983; the 1967 Flxible (and remaining '65 GMC) Fishbowls had about 2 years' worth service left. Collection of Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 314 & 360271 views'63 NOPSI Flxible Demonstrator #314, the first of her batch equipped with roof A/C and assigned to Canal-Lakeshore (run #62), passes outbound '67 Flx Fishbowl 360 at the corner of Canal and St. Charles/Royal, with an outbound Charley streetcar and another Flx in the distance. Photographed by Gerald L. Squier; collection of Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 184337 viewsNOPSI #184 leaves the Canal Street route terminus, circa 1965. Photographer unknown; collection of Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 182339 viewsNOPSI 1963 Flxible #182, retrofitted with Busoramas, finishes up run #31 of the Canal - Lake Vista route, at Canal and Delta Streets. (A NOPSI GMC Fishbowl encroaches from far behind.) Collection of Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 179515 viewsNOPSI #179 in February, 1965. Photograph taken by Joel Shanus; collection of Joe Testagrose.
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NOPSI 148264 viewsNOPSI #148 assagned to the West End - Lake Vista line in 1961. Collection of Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 133276 viewsNOPSI #133, assigned to Canal - Lakeshore via Pontchartrain Blvd., approaches Canal & Carondelet Streets. Collection of Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 130265 viewsNOPSI #130 assigned to the Broad-Washington-Michoud line, heading outbound in 1961. Collection of Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 39272 viewsNOPSI #39, assigned to Express 71, takes on passengers. Collection of Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 39323 viewsNOPSI #39, assigned to Express 92 (Boutriline via Franklin), gets a washdown at Canal Station in 1961. (The line had since been rerouted to Leon C. Simon Boulevard.) Collection of Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 32320 views"Welcome Aboard"! NOPSI #32 on public inspection in 1961. (Notice the "lightning bolt" NOPSI logo decal hasn't been installed on the bus yet.) Collection of Aaron Handy III.
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