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NOPSI 32342 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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NOPSI 400342 viewsNOPSI #400 assigned to Express 93 - Morrison in 1974. Collection of Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 251341 viewsNOPSI #251 assigned to the Express 80. Collection of Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 214333 viewsNOPSI #214 negotiates Canal Street on a charter in 1970. Photographer unknown; collection of Aaron Handy III.
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NORTA 232332 viewsThough you can't tell from the distance, NORTA #232, at the corner of Valmont Street and Saint Charles Avenue, is crammed to the hilt like sardines and prepares to shuttle her massive cargo of passengers downtown. Photograph taken April 9, 2011 by Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 251330 viewsA couple of young schoolgoers board NOPSI #251. Collection of Aaron Handy III.
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NORTA 97336323 viewsNORTA #97336, assigned to route 12 St. Charles, pulls up to the corner of Saint Charles and Jefferson Avenues in 1997, the Charley car having suffered a power outage that day. Photograph taken by Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 329310 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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NORTA 179308 viewsNORTA #179 assigned to route 15-Freret (run 2) on layover at the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library in Tulane University. Photograph taken by Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 1007307 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.
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NORTA 226303 viewsNORTA 226, assigned to route 11-Magazine, is decorated to promote Lotto. Photograph taken by Aaron Handy III.
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NOPSI 1866 & 1871298 viewsNOPSI #1866 & 1871 assigned to the first express routes, Express 70 and Express 71, in 1958. Collection of Aaron Handy III.
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