Nov. 2, 2023
The Perley A. Thomas streetcar began servicing the New Orleans RTA in the early 192os on the St. Charles Streetcar line, which is the oldest operating streetcar line in the World.
The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) hosted a block party on Oct. 28 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the use of the Perley A. Thomas streetcar, which was introduced on the
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Thanks, Dave, for the info. I didn’t hear anything about it locally. If any of the TV news programs mentioned it, I just missed it.
I had a lot of trouble getting into this site, too. Various errors and timeouts.
According to a recent issue of the magazine Mass Transit, Louisiana State Senatir, Jimmy Harris (D., New Orleans), introduced a bill requiring anyone usingv images of New Orleans streetcars on merchasndise for sale and/or for advertisements would pay fees to nthe Reginal Trasnsit vAuthority.
Images are widrely used on T-shirts and different souvenere items.