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NOPSI 130307 viewsNOPSI #130 assigned to the Broad-Washington-Michoud line, heading outbound in 1961. Collection of Aaron Handy III.
Jan 31, 2010
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NOPSI 251386 viewsNOPSI #251, assigned to Express 80 (Lake Vista Via Canal Blvd.), takes on passengers in 1970. Collection of Aaron Handy III.Jan 31, 2010
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NOPSI Safti-Sighter174 viewsNOPSI's Safti-Sighter mirror, safely guiding Canal buses out of the bus lane in 1966. The original was square; a later mirror was round.Jan 31, 2010
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NOPSI 1787305 viewsNOPSI #1787 travelling outbound on the South Claiborne Avenue overpass in 1958. Collection of Aaron Handy III.Jan 31, 2010
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NOPSI GMC New Look Parade197 viewsThe Krewe Of New Looks! GMC's brand-spankin' New Look buses, NOPSI's latest acquisition for its ever-changing transit fleet, parade down Canal Street in October 1961.
Jan 31, 2010
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NOPSI 1007341 viewsNOPSI instituted the Vieux Carré route in 1974 to make up for the regular NOPSI buses forced to be rerouted to North Peters and North Rampart streets due to the damage the diesel vehicles were doing to the historic buildings in Da Quarter. Collection of Aaron Handy III.Jan 31, 2010
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NOPSI 400370 viewsNOPSI #400 assigned to Express 93 - Morrison in 1974. Collection of Aaron Handy III.Jan 31, 2010
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NOPSI 408378 viewsNOPSI #408 assigned to Express 80 (Lake Vista via Canal Boulevard) in 1968. Collection of Aaron Handy III.Jan 31, 2010
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America's Bicentennial In Jackson Square149 viewsNew Orleanians flock to Jackson Square by the thousandfold to observe America's Bicentennial on Sunday, July 4, 1976, with Old Glory-painted NOPSI 276 shuttling most of them to the action. :)Jan 31, 2010
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NOPSI 292B879 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.Jan 31, 2010
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NOPSI 292B884 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.Jan 31, 2010
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Birth Of Canal Bus Line202 viewsBlack Sunday morning, May 31, 1964. A door closes and another opens in downtown New Orleans and New Orleans transit, as the 103 year-old streetcar line on Canal Street becomes the last in The Big Easy to be discontinued and "bustituted" (leaving the venerable St. Charles line), with a fleet of New Looks buses (GMC and Flxible) ready to roll. Notice construction workers uprooting the original streetcar rails @ the foot of Canal.Jan 31, 2010
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