This is a great photo of the end of the line for the St. Charles Streetcar, at S. Carrollton and S. Claiborne Avenues. When "belt" service on St. Charles and Tulane lines was discontinued in 1951 (Tulane was converted to trackless trolleys that year), St. Charles was configured as point-to-loop operation. This was the point, at the uptown terminus, and the loop was Lee Circle to Carondelet to Canal, then turn back onto St. Charles for the outbound run.
Come reminisce with me a bit about New Orleans transit below the squiggle.
The terminal hasn't changed much in all that time, although the shelter in the middle is only a couple of years old.
The equipment running on St. Charles are the 35 900-series Perley A. Thomas cars that were kept by New Orleans Public Service, Incorporated (NOPSI) in 1964, when the Canal line went to bus service.
Carrollton and Claiborne has particularly fond memories for me, because this is where my daddy taught me how to ride public transit. I was a twelve-year-old, just starting eighth grade at Brother Martin High School in Gentilly. My daddy drove up to Napoleon Avenue and let me out with a token for one ride on the bus. I caught the Claiborne bus on my own to the terminal (buses end their runs on the cross-street from this photo), and picked me up there. Satisfied that I knew how it was done, I was all set to take the bus up to the University of New Orleans from school, where I would catch a ride home with him in the afternoons.
Happy Monday!