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December 5, 2004

Carrollton Station

Carrollton Station is the oldest RTA facility in the city. Built in 1893 by the New Orleans & Carrollton R.R. Co., it has serviced streetcars, trolley buses, and diesel buses. Today, Carrollton Station is the main service and construction facility for all three of RTA’s streetcar lines. The barn is located between Willow and Jeanette Streets, from Dublin to Dante Streets.

This Earl Hampton photo shows three Von Dullen cars at various stages of assembly in 2003. The cars were built from scratch at Carrollton Station, in the shop building closer to Dante Street. After being painted, the cars were then moved to the maintenance tracks in the main barn, which is where they are in this photo. Car 2008 has its trolley poles installed, but the monitor deck and A/C unit are not yet in place on the roof.

Now that the Von Dullen cars are in service, their home is the A. Philip Randolph SIS facility on Canal Street. Carrollton Station now looks more like it did in the 1970s, when all it serviced was the St. Charles Line. All of the “red ladies” of the Canal and Riverfront lines call Canal Street their permanent home. The 2000- and 400-series cars do come back to Carrollton Station for overhauls and major repairs, though.

Posted by Edward J. Branley at December 5, 2004 8:50 PM

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