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NOPSI 292B836 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 282763 viewsThursday, February 12, 1970---a tragic, traumatic night during Carnivaltime '70 as 24 year-old NOPSI operator Joseph Washington, working on the Tchoupitoulas line that evening, ignobly became the victim of his own bus! While traveling outbound, Washington was ejected from NOPSI 282 in a collison with an automobile @ Jackson and Annunciation, thrown under a back wheel, and dragged to his death and crushed as his driverless bus careened forward, bounced over the Jackson Avenue neutral ground and slammed into a building across the street.
2 of his passengers survived, however, albeit one with slight injuries. Not exactly the WORST way to go, but horrible nonetheless!Jan 31, 2010
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NOPSI 1866 & 1871296 viewsNOPSI #1866 & 1871 assigned to the first express routes, Express 70 and Express 71, in 1958. Collection of Aaron Handy III.Jan 31, 2010
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NOPSI 184354 viewsNOPSI #184 leaves the Canal Street route terminus, circa 1965. Photographer unknown; collection of Aaron Handy III.
Jan 31, 2010
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NOPSI 316382 viewsNOPSI #316 passes another 300-series Flxible New Look in the Canal Street bus lane one night in 1968. Collection of Aaron Handy III.
Jan 31, 2010
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NOPSI 1350270 viewsNOPSI trackless trolley #1350, assigned to Freret Street, hangs a right on Louisiana Avenue as it heads inbound to the CBD on June 9, 1963. Buses superceded the Freret trackless trolleys the very next day. Collection of Aaron Handy III.Jan 31, 2010
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NOPSI 2381 viewsNOPSI #2, assigned to Express 71 (Nashville Via Earhart), takes on passengers at the inbound terminus at Canal & Baronne Streets in 1966. Collection of Aaron Handy III.Jan 31, 2010
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NOPSI 39339 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.Jan 31, 2010
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NOPSI 148277 viewsNOPSI #148 assagned to the West End - Lake Vista line in 1961. Collection of Aaron Handy III.Jan 31, 2010
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NOPSI 307B673 viewsNOPSI #307B sporting Bus-O-Rama advertising signs. Photograph taken by Mike Strauch in 1982; collection of Mike Gallant.
May 31, 2007
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