Yes, I know it's not a streetcar, but at least it's electric! This 1949 photo shows New Orleans City Councilman Walter Duffroc posing as a trolley bus goes by on the St. Claude line. The St. Claude streetcar was converted to bus service in 1948. In 1949, the buses were replaced by trolley coaches. The streetcars replaced were the Perley A. Thomas 1000-series, the last evolution of Mr. Thomas' arched-roof cars.
We had a request from a reader about streetcar operations below the Industrial Canal. I didn't have any photos of streetcars crossing the Industrial Canal, but then I remembered this trolley bus photo. Trolley buses ran in the city from 1929 to 1967.
