October 27, 2005

Carrollton Station

One of the oldest streetcar barns in the country, Carrollton Station on Willow Street fared the storm pretty well:

The station, pretty much buttoned up. With those big doors pulled down and no flood waters in the Uptown area, the historic Perley Thomas 900-series streetcars were well protected from the storm. The wind was pretty intense in this area, though. Several of the big, roll-down doors on the back (Jeannette St.) side of the station were blown inward, off of their tracks.

A quick peek inside the station, before a security guard shooed me away. Yes, that's a San Francisco cable car in the barn. RTA got that car in exchange for a Perley Thomas car that was sent out to Market Street Railway, in a trade that's up there with the Cubs giving up Greg Maddux in terms of lop-sided.

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October 26, 2005

Randolph SIS

I didn't get really good shots of Randolph. They were moving a bunch of buses around, and even though the security gate wasn't manned, I didn't want to go in without permission.

Looking in from the Bienville Street entrance. Three 2000-series and one 400-series streetcars are visible in the barn. It appears that the neighborhood got 4'-6' of water, which means all of the cars in the barn would have been flooded. Flooding to that extent means a lot of damage to the Brookville and Tatra trucks, as well as the electrical systems in general.

This PT Cruiser is parked on Bienville St., right outside the Randolph wall. The water line on the car goes up to the top of the tail lights.

Two homes across the street from Randolph on Bienville. You can see the water line on the houses, and it appears that the cars were almost completely covered. Now, visualize the streetcars sitting in that much water.

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