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canal st turntable note how all the lines converge to the center turntable so the bob tailed (one directional) horse car can be turned around for the return trip

turn off canal to st charles this turn is still made today by the st charles line heading back uptown, just as it was done when this photo was taken in the 1880's

canal st line 1880's canal and st charles streets the converging point of many lines at the time. note the small turntable located in front of the small ticket hut, the track looping around the statue of henry clay (removed about 1900). The present st charles line still makes its one block...

1900 car and riverfront car only one 1900 era car remains, it is used as a work car, single truck style, here it and a rebuilt riverfront car are at rest in the carbarn on willow st.

riverfront line a rebuilt car, when the orginal canal line was taken down in 1960's cars were sold or donated to other trolley museums in the country, this car and a few other riverfront cars were rebuilt using parts gathered up from those disbursed cars

St Charles exterior traveling in traffic in the downtown business district on st Charles

interior of a st charles car St Charles line cars were the prototype for the new Canal line cars, just add air conditioning and ADA requirements

Looking down Canal St at the end, outbound toward the river.

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I will keep ya'll posted on the new streetcars. Here are some photos of them

There is another fly in the ointment here with this grade crossing. This is in a Local and National Historic District where all building and structures that can be viewed from the public street must pass historic standards and puts bridging out of the question. These streetcar building...

I am interesed in getting some opinions on a situation that we have going on here in New Orleans. In 1964 the Canal St. streetcar line was removed and left the city with only the St. Charles line. Last Thursday, the first streetcar in 40 years ran a test run on the newly reinstalled Canal...

looking good realy like the results of that inda ink wash.....real good depth to the rocks. I have used black paint....but I am going to try that method next.....thanks for the info.....

one drop at a time that sounds like a good way of going......thanks for the insite guys, going to try to work with that and see what i can do..... best nick

I am working with some strip wood kits, building 72' Mt. Vernon style flatcars. I want to add some rivets for details. Any out there have a good way of making rows of rivets on a wood kit?

Blame it on a Book My dad would take me to the bookstores in the mall, that was in the late 60's early 70's when malls were a new thing down here. We would browse for hours, he with his automobile how to books. Not sure what the name of it was, but I came across a hard cover book "The...

best friend best friend, some how some of these photos got out of order, you should be able to figure which is 4501 and best friend.

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Best Friend Also found these photos of replica of Best Friend of Charlston that was doing some publicity runs here in New Orleans in the French Quarter along the steamboat landing at the river. Photos were taken in Nov 1984.

4501 running past