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ORLEANS RR Co. 5'2½" 1895

STDR 1-20 18' OB Lord Baltimore Brill ON 6364 23 Mar. 95 20 cars Brill photo #899

LGT seats, single sash. Exterior orange-ish red, amused people to name the O. RR. Co. “The Cream Cheese” Line. *Barn fire 22 July 1897 (DP 11/14/97 p. 9 follow up). Orig. order mentioned DP 3/23/95 p. 7. P - S p. 116 interior p. 117 exterior.

STDR 21-32 20' OB unknown St. Louis Car Co. ON —— Fall 1897 12 cars

DP 11/14/97 p. 9 “Twelve fine new cars” from “St. Louis Car Co. similar to C&C FB&D” — red sides, reversible cane seats, 14 seats. S - p. 215 - front end view in barn.

STDR 33-38* unknown Lord Baltimore St. Louis Car Co. ON —— Mid 1898 6 cars

Wireside body types. DP 8/5/98 p. 11 “Something better than the usual style of open cars ... new summer cars from St. Louis Car Co. ... 3 cars recently received ... trial run yesterday.” “Wire netting along sides ... waterproof curtains instead of doors ... weather shades at windows instead of slats.” Trucks named simply “Lord” — “single motor.” “Ceiling birds eye maple, veneered.” Interior wood — “polished oak & sash.” 2" wider than summer cars lately ordered (21-32) and 4" wider than “old cars” (1-20). “Seating 32.”

STDR 50-61* 20' OB unknown St. Louis Car Co. ON 245 Jan. 1902 12 cars FB&D design

*Note: No ORR Co. numbers from 39-49 encountered. These cars fitted with coupling for pulling trailers. P - S p. 215 cars 38 and 52 barn shot, head-on.
*Note: 1897 barn fire — More than 13 of the '95 Brills running after the fire, fewer than 7 destroyed.
1902 census: ORR owned 25 closed and 5 “closed and open cars.”
1907 — only 27 closed cars claimed.

1915_Hurricane-CarBarn03 Two “summer cars” of the Orleans RR sit amid the wreckage of a car barn, probably Poland Station, after the 1915 hurricane. Cars 33-38 were built in 1898 as “wireside” cars just before St. Louis Car Co. had its disastrous fire. Note the unusually wide windows. No other cars in New Orleans were quite like these. — George Friedman collection

SERVICE RECORD

1 FM 9/19/09 24 9/12/00

2 1/23/96, 1/4/00, FM 1/1/06 25 2/1/00, 4/13/01, 4/7/02

3 12/26/95, 1/12/00, BR 8/6/01 28 9/20/98, 8/11/99

4 12/11/95, 1/2/96, 12/28/97, 1/7/00, 1/21/00 30 FM 7/1/00, — 10/11/00

5 4/30/98 38 St. Peter St. 5/27/02, FM (on Dumaine) 5/9/04

6 5/16/97, FM 3/1/06 50 On Dumaine 1/30/04, BSJ 8/9/04, 1/12/05, 9/18/05, 5/12/06, — 9/23/07

7 1/2/96, 8/7/96 52 BR 11/23/02, 9/8/04, CP 1/13/14, CP&FM 3/18/16

8 2/12/98, 2/18/00, 3/5/00, 3/10/00 53 FM 4/30/11, BR 12/29/12

9 4/23/96, BSJ 9/11/96, 1/4/99 54 BR 10/18/05, BSJ 3/6/06

11 1/24/98, 5/26/98, 8/3/99, 2/1/01 55 “N. O. Line” 12/25/02, 2/4/03, on Bayou Rd. 7/23/03, BR 2/21/10

12 BSJ 7/26/97, — 2/10/98 56 BSJ 12/4/03, 7/30/07, 9/25/07, — 10/2/12, 9/15/20

13 12/21/97, 1/1/99, 1/14/99, 1/30/02 57 BSJ 4/2/04, Dumaine & St. Peter 12/6/04, BSJ 1/7/07, 11/14/18

14 1/3/96, 11/1/99 58 BSJ 9/20/04

16 11/25/95, 1/5/96, BSJ 9/6/98, — 10/31/98, 12/8/99 59 BR 2/3/05, CP 2/21/10

17 1/17/98 60 BSJ 1/9/05, on Dumaine 4/14/05

18 1/6/96, 11/22/98, 1/14/02 61 On Dumaine 7/6/03, BSJ 5/18/09, CP 10/2/12

19 12/6/95, 6/8/97, 8/28/97, 8/19/99, 1/1/01 Sprinkler car 3/9/99

20 5/21/96, 8/11/97, 12/17/97, 5/16/98, 5/2/99, 12/26/00

21 2/10/98, 4/10/98, BSJ 8/29/99, — 10/22/99, 5/27/00

22 1/1/01

Cars Transferred to ORR from NOCRR-NORysCo-NORy&LtCo

Brill 80 — 3/23/98

Brill 89 BR 2/21/12

Brill 137 — 11/27/06

Brill 171 — 3/18/04, 2/8/05, 11/16/07, BSJ 11/2/08, FM 11/12/10

Brill 192 — 12/17/05

J&S(?) 252 BR 12/19/13 (poss. misprint, could be 352)

McGuire 326 BSJ 11/27/08, 11/29/08, 6/15/09

St. Louis 352 BR 11/9/11, 12/22/11, 4/22/12, 6/29/14, 6/29/17

St. Louis 354 BR 5/6/10, 11/9/11

ST. CHARLES STREET RR CO. 5'2½" 1895

STDR 1-40 18' OB McGuire Pullman ON 827 June 1895 40 cars

STDR 39 +
2 addl. 18' OB McGuire Pullman ON 850 1895 3 cars

All LGT seats. ON 850 repl. three destroyed cars fm. ON 827. P - N.
4/96 40 mot. cars - Pullman. Same 5/97. Ca. 1902-04 poss. 10 SLD to Natchez and Pascagoula street railway projects. Electric Ry. Review v. XVII no. 23 p. 753, 6/8/07 shows an article, W-P, of a 1-40 Pullman with “temporary hood for open platforms.” Photo evidence on detailed post cards of obviously 2nd hand Pullman in both Natchez and Pascagoula in author's collection, photocopied in N.

STDR 41-50 20' OB St. Louis 8 St. Louis Car Co. ON 88 7 Dec. 99 10 cars

Truck order: ON 5004 St. Louis Car Co. P - S p. 126. Cars had wide monitor like FB&D design, but differed in sash arrangement, 2 sash + upper slightly arched. Thought to be REN 300-301 per 1918 roster. P - S p. 127. Uncertain if REN orderly, car by car. Compare P in S pp. 126-127, cars 45 & 303.

STDR 51-80 20' OB Uncertain* St. Louis Car Co. ON 232 31 Oct. 01 30 cars

*Note: H-S does not indicate type which suggests truck BLT by other than carbuilder. P - N not clear enough to identify truck. NORy&LtCo 1918 roster assigns McGuire trucks to this series.
These were FB&D design. 1907 53 closed cars in use (13 Pullmans remaining).
REN ca. 1918 also uncertain if REN orderly as suggested: 51-300, 52-301, 53-302, 55-303, 56-304, 57-305, 58-306, 59-307, 60-308, 61-309, 65-317. The arched upper sash of REN 303 suggests the 300-308 REN RB group did not come from the 51-80 cars, as the 1918 roster claimed — yet carbuilders' artfulness and resourcefulness, anything — almost — is possible in a concerted RB program with so many ST cars.

SCSRR___1-bldr Builder's photo, at Pullman plant, 1895, ON 827. One of 40 cars. McGuire truck, 18' body. — Louis Hennick Collection of The Historic New Orleans Collection

SCSRR__39-bldr Three of the original 1895 Pullman order were destroyed in transit. This is the builder's photo of one of the replacements, ON 850. — Louis Hennick Collection of The Historic New Orleans Collection

SCSRR__39 The same car 39 on French Market Line, rebuilt circa 1905 with closed platforms. The Pullmans were sturdy cars and some were sold second-hand to Natchez and Pascagoula, Miss. operations, starting electric service there, circa 1906. One was left in revenue service in N. O. as late as 1918. — Louis Hennick Collection of The Historic New Orleans Collection

Pascagoula-01 Pascagoula-02 Second hand Pullman cars from New Orleans in service in Pascagoula and Natchez, Mississippi. These pictures are from picture postcards, and have postmarks or messages dated 1906.
(Upper left) Commerce Street in Pascagoula.
(Upper right) Car number 2, “First car in Pascagoula.”
(Lower left) A car at the loop in Pascagoula, with an electric freight train behind it.
(Lower right) A car at the steamboat landing, “Natchez under the hill.”

Pascagoula-loop Natchez-Steamboat_landing

NORys__74-Carondelet Car 74 is one of 30-car order from St. Louis, ON 232, for St. Charles St. RR Co. Ford, Bacon & Davis design, renowned for durability and reliable service. Original truck unknown, possibly Lord Baltimore, too dark to identify in picture. Some RT with McGuire by 1918. Three bars framing truck intended to control gallop, a bugbear for ST cars. — Louis Hennick Collection of The Historic New Orleans Collection

NOR+L__76 Car 76 is another of the 30 cars ordered by St. Charles Street RR Co. from St. Louis Car Co. ON 232 of 31 Oct. 01. Photo circa 1915 after rebuilding, sporting a Brill 21-E truck. In 1925, this was one of the cars NOPSI regauged to 4'8½" and sold to South New Orleans Lt. & Traction Co. after the 1924 Algiers car barn fire. See LaSR, vol. I, p. 26, for a photo of car 76 in Algiers, fitted with a Lord Baltimore truck. The truck change was probably required due to regauging. — Earl Hampton collection

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STDR	1-20	18' OB	Lord Baltimore	Brill	ON 6364	23 Mar. 95	20 cars	Brill photo #899
	LGT seats, single sash. Exterior orange-ish red, amused people to name the O. RR. Co. “The Cream Cheese” Line. *Barn fire 22 July 1897 (DP 11/14/97 p. 9 follow up). Orig. order mentioned DP 3/23/95 p. 7. P - S p. 116 interior p. 117 exterior.
STDR	21-32	20' OB	unknown	St. Louis Car Co.	ON ——	Fall 1897	12 cars
	DP 11/14/97 p. 9 “Twelve fine new cars” from “St. Louis Car Co. similar to C&C FB&D” — red sides, reversible cane seats, 14 seats. S - p. 215 - front end view in barn.
STDR	33-38*	unknown	Lord Baltimore	St. Louis Car Co.	ON ——	Mid 1898	6 cars
	Wireside body types. DP 8/5/98 p. 11 “Something better than the usual style of open cars ... new summer cars from St. Louis Car Co. ... 3 cars recently received ... trial run yesterday.” “Wire netting along sides ... waterproof curtains instead of doors ... weather shades at windows instead of slats.” Trucks named simply “Lord” — “single motor.” “Ceiling birds eye maple, veneered.” Interior wood — “polished oak & sash.” 2" wider than summer cars lately ordered (21-32) and 4" wider than “old cars” (1-20). “Seating 32.”
STDR	50-61*	20' OB	unknown	St. Louis Car Co.	ON 245	Jan. 1902	12 cars	FB&D design
	Note: No ORR Co. numbers from 39-49 encountered. These cars fitted with coupling for pulling trailers. P - S p. 215 cars 38 and 52 barn shot, head-on. Note: 1897 barn fire — More than 13 of the '95 Brills running after the fire, fewer than 7 destroyed. 1902 census: ORR owned 25 closed and 5 “closed and open cars.” 1907 — only 27 closed cars claimed.

SERVICE RECORD
1	FM 9/19/09	24	9/12/00
2	1/23/96, 1/4/00, FM 1/1/06	25	2/1/00, 4/13/01, 4/7/02
3	12/26/95, 1/12/00, BR 8/6/01	28	9/20/98, 8/11/99
4	12/11/95, 1/2/96, 12/28/97, 1/7/00, 1/21/00	30	FM 7/1/00, — 10/11/00
5	4/30/98	38	St. Peter St. 5/27/02, FM (on Dumaine) 5/9/04
6	5/16/97, FM 3/1/06	50	On Dumaine 1/30/04, BSJ 8/9/04, 1/12/05, 9/18/05, 5/12/06, — 9/23/07
7	1/2/96, 8/7/96	52	BR 11/23/02, 9/8/04, CP 1/13/14, CP&FM 3/18/16
8	2/12/98, 2/18/00, 3/5/00, 3/10/00	53	FM 4/30/11, BR 12/29/12
9	4/23/96, BSJ 9/11/96, 1/4/99	54	BR 10/18/05, BSJ 3/6/06
11	1/24/98, 5/26/98, 8/3/99, 2/1/01	55	“N. O. Line” 12/25/02, 2/4/03, on Bayou Rd. 7/23/03, BR 2/21/10
12	BSJ 7/26/97, — 2/10/98	56	BSJ 12/4/03, 7/30/07, 9/25/07, — 10/2/12, 9/15/20
13	12/21/97, 1/1/99, 1/14/99, 1/30/02	57	BSJ 4/2/04, Dumaine & St. Peter 12/6/04, BSJ 1/7/07, 11/14/18
14	1/3/96, 11/1/99	58	BSJ 9/20/04
16	11/25/95, 1/5/96, BSJ 9/6/98, — 10/31/98, 12/8/99	59	BR 2/3/05, CP 2/21/10
17	1/17/98	60	BSJ 1/9/05, on Dumaine 4/14/05
18	1/6/96, 11/22/98, 1/14/02	61	On Dumaine 7/6/03, BSJ 5/18/09, CP 10/2/12
19	12/6/95, 6/8/97, 8/28/97, 8/19/99, 1/1/01	Sprinkler car 3/9/99
20	5/21/96, 8/11/97, 12/17/97, 5/16/98, 5/2/99, 12/26/00
21	2/10/98, 4/10/98, BSJ 8/29/99, — 10/22/99, 5/27/00
22	1/1/01

Cars Transferred to ORR from NOCRR-NORysCo-NORy&LtCo
Brill	80	— 3/23/98
Brill	89	BR 2/21/12
Brill	137	— 11/27/06
Brill	171	— 3/18/04, 2/8/05, 11/16/07, BSJ 11/2/08, FM 11/12/10
Brill	192	— 12/17/05
J&S(?)	252	BR 12/19/13 (poss. misprint, could be 352)
McGuire	326	BSJ 11/27/08, 11/29/08, 6/15/09
St. Louis	352	BR 11/9/11, 12/22/11, 4/22/12, 6/29/14, 6/29/17
St. Louis	354	BR 5/6/10, 11/9/11

STDR	1-40	18' OB	McGuire	Pullman	ON 827	June 1895	40 cars
STDR	39 + 2 addl.	18' OB	McGuire	Pullman	ON 850	1895	3 cars
	All LGT seats. ON 850 repl. three destroyed cars fm. ON 827. P - N. 4/96 40 mot. cars - Pullman. Same 5/97. Ca. 1902-04 poss. 10 SLD to Natchez and Pascagoula street railway projects. Electric Ry. Review v. XVII no. 23 p. 753, 6/8/07 shows an article, W-P, of a 1-40 Pullman with “temporary hood for open platforms.” Photo evidence on detailed post cards of obviously 2nd hand Pullman in both Natchez and Pascagoula in author's collection, photocopied in N.
STDR	41-50	20' OB	St. Louis 8	St. Louis Car Co.	ON 88	7 Dec. 99	10 cars
	Truck order: ON 5004 St. Louis Car Co. P - S p. 126. Cars had wide monitor like FB&D design, but differed in sash arrangement, 2 sash + upper slightly arched. Thought to be REN 300-301 per 1918 roster. P - S p. 127. Uncertain if REN orderly, car by car. Compare P in S pp. 126-127, cars 45 & 303.
STDR	51-80	20' OB	Uncertain*	St. Louis Car Co.	ON 232	31 Oct. 01	30 cars
	*Note: H-S does not indicate type which suggests truck BLT by other than carbuilder. P - N not clear enough to identify truck. NORy&LtCo 1918 roster assigns McGuire trucks to this series. These were FB&D design. 1907 53 closed cars in use (13 Pullmans remaining). REN ca. 1918 also uncertain if REN orderly as suggested: 51-300, 52-301, 53-302, 55-303, 56-304, 57-305, 58-306, 59-307, 60-308, 61-309, 65-317. The arched upper sash of REN 303 suggests the 300-308 REN RB group did not come from the 51-80 cars, as the 1918 roster claimed — yet carbuilders' artfulness and resourcefulness, anything — almost — is possible in a concerted RB program with so many ST cars.

		Second hand Pullman cars from New Orleans in service in Pascagoula and Natchez, Mississippi. These pictures are from picture postcards, and have postmarks or messages dated 1906. (Upper left) Commerce Street in Pascagoula. (Upper right) Car number 2, “First car in Pascagoula.” (Lower left) A car at the loop in Pascagoula, with an electric freight train behind it. (Lower right) A car at the steamboat landing, “Natchez under the hill.”