I love this article. We had to hang y'all onto today's Ladder. These are some of the Best streetcar photos I've ever seen.
As for taking the streetcar to work? I used to do it all the time, but sometimes it could get wookie. I always considered it a transit thing. It's quite alright that the tourist love it. What the hell.
But when I finally made it back to the city after the Flood... about 4 months, I got in on the train and walked over to the trolley line. Sadly, I had to keep walking to get to a bus line. But then, the driver wouldn't take my bus fare. She looked at me and said, "Welcome Home, Sugah! all the transit is free for a while. Sit down and relax them dogs."
When they did finally open the St Charles line, I heard that "Welcome home" again. I don't know, you're running machines that are nearly 100 years old. They make a lot of noise. They have window that you can open and smell the Oleander and Chrysanthemums. They don't have an exhaust. When you get to the end of the line, they flip each seat back the other direction.
My favorite pic above is the ones with them in the snow. The streetcars were unbelievably beautiful during that white surprise. That snowfall really tripped-out New Orelans, as you can imagine, and it is said that many many locals took to the streetcars to look at it. I suspect they dropped down the windows... but they didn't stick out their heads no! Hahahaha
New Orleans has an excellent new transit plan in the works that may address some of y'alls need for speed and networking and whatnots...hopefully more on the side of da'whatnots.
Thank you,
Editilla~New Orleans Ladder