Thomas Built Buses
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Thomas Built Buses, Inc. is an American bus manufacturer. Best known for its production of the first ever rear engine Type C school bus. Thomas produces other bus designs for a variety of usages. Currently, its production is concentrated on school buses and activity buses, along with their commercial derivatives.
Perley A. Thomas 900-Series streetcar in New Orleans (built 1923–1924)
1961 Thomas school bus on an International Harvester chassis
Late-1960s Thomas Saf-T-Liner body on GMC H6500 chassis (rare) in New York as a farm bus
1977–1983 Thomas Saf-T-Liner Conventional on Chevrolet chassis in North Carolina (retired)
Streetcars in New Orleans
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Streetcars in New Orleans have been an integral part of the city's public transportation network since the first half of the 19th century. The longest of New Orleans' streetcar lines, the St. Charles Avenue line, is the oldest continuously operating street railway system in the world. Today, the streetcars are operated by the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA).
Streetcars on the Canal Street line.
Fallen pole across St. Charles streetcar tracks.
The last 19th century Ford Bacon & Davis car (Ole 29), still in work car service on St. Charles Avenue, 2008.
Streetcar on Esplanade Avenue, 1921.