New Orleans
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It has just been announced that New Orleans has been approved for federal funding ($45 million) for a new streetcar line. Story from the paper:
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2...ll_co.html

The line is to run 1.5 miles along Loyola from the railway station to Canal Street. They hope to have it finished in 2 years. The grant does not cover cars as they plan to use surplus Canal Street cars.
They are also talking about building a loop from the junction at Canal around the French Quarter to the end of the Riverside line.
New Orleans currently has 3 lines with 3 car styles. The oldest cars date from 1923 are are national historic monuments, as is the St Charles line they run on. (This makes the cars contemporary with Toronto's Peter Witts.)
David
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Why so expensive for a mile and a half? Are they outfitting the trolley cars with outboards, pontoons and outriggers to survive the next hurricane? Big Grin Perhaps they are elevating it to be above the storm surge level. What would that be?... like 28 feet? Maybe they are modifying the trolley cars to be dual functional... kind of like a trolley submarine.
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