St. Charles Avenue
The situation on the St. Charles Line is opposite that of Canal Street. On Canal, the line is pretty much OK, with the neutral ground needing some cleaning, track clearing, and minor electrical work. The "Red Ladies" are a mess, though, since most of them got flooded.
On St. Charles, the Carrollton Station car barn protected the 80+ year old 900-series streetcars, but the high winds of the storm caused a good bit of damage on the line itself.
St. Charles Avenue at Amelia Street. (Rice fans will remember Amelia Street as the home of one of the branches of the Mayfair family from Anne's "witch" novels.) This tree hanging on the trolley wires is one of the more dramatic examples of the damage along the line.
A few blocks up the street. This scene is typical of most of the line--debris and dirt on the tracks, wires down here and there, trees and branches blocking the poles.
pre-Katrina track repairs at St. Charles and Elenore have been abandoned for the time being.
One small sign of the return to normalcy--the Roman Candy wagon, out on the street and open for business.