April 08, 2025

Podcast 50 – Double-Truck Streetcars

26 minutes

In Podcast 50 we discuss the other double-truck streetcars that ran in New Orleans.

Brill semi-convertible streetcar, 1916

“Other” Double-Truck Streetcars

Part 4 of our 4-part series on early electric streetcars in New Orleans presents the other double-truck models. This includes the Pullman Company, “1899” Americans, Brill Semi-convertibles, Barney & Smith, and Morris cars.

PDF here.

The Pod

Pullman Streetcars

The St. Charles Street Railroad Company purchased Pullman double-trucks. They operated them on the Clio line, when that line crossed Canal. The line originated at the St. Charles Hotel and ran to the Pontchartrain Railroad terminal on Elysian Fields Avenue. Note this company is not the New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad Company that ran the Carrollton/St. Charles line.

“1899” Americans

The “1899” streetcars by American Car Company were operated by the New Orleans City Railroad Comany (NOCRR – second incarnation).

Blueprints

Brill Semi-Convertibles

Morris Cars, named for Master Mechanic E. J. Morris at the Canal Shops.

“500 Series” streetcars

Books

Stretcars of New Orleans by Hennick and Charlton

The Streetcars of New Orleans: 1964–Present

New Orleans: The Canal Streetcar Line

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