From 2004, a bit of a fast-forward from last week's Feature Photo. The streetcar service and storage areas at Canal Station were converted entirely to bus operations in 1964. By the 1990s, the facility needed a total upgrade, so the original station buildings were torn down and the Randolph SIS constructed on the site. When RTA brought streetcars back to Canal, a new barn had to be built.
The new barn is behind the 1990s-vintage Randolph SIS facility. Streetcars enter on the side of the SIS building near N. Gayoso St. The tracks are on RTA property rather than actually on Gayoso, and there's a wall separating the facility from Warren Easton High School. The entrance is double-track, one going in, one coming out. The incoming track curves to the rear of the barn, and the streetcars exit from the front.
This shot is of the rear of the barn, with four 2000-series Von Dullen streetcars lined up on storage tracks. The 2000s are still in storage there, awaiting funds to begin the repair/rebuild process.
NOTE: The Feature Photo is late this week because I was up at the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, F&AM.
