St. Charles Avenue Streetcar

The St. Charles Avenue Streetcar is a streetcar line in New Orleans, Louisiana. According to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, it is the oldest continuously operating street railway system in the world.

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Streetcar - New Orleans, Louisiana - American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Street railway

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The line starts uptown, an Carollton Avenue & Claiborne Avenue. It runs on Carrollton Avenue through the Carrollton neighborhood towards the Mississippi River, then near the river levee turns on to Saint Charles Avenue. It proceeds past entrances to Audubon Zoo, Tulane University and Loyola University New Orleans, continues through the Garden District, and ends at Canal Street in the New Orleans Central Business District at the edge of the French Quarter, a distance of about fifteen miles.

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Carrollton neighborhood - Mississippi River - Audubon Zoo - Tulane University - Loyola University New Orleans - Garden District - Canal Street - New Orleans Central Business District - French Quarter

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The line still uses streetcars which were common all over the United States in the early parts of the 20th century.

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United States - 20th century

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Most of the streetcars currently on the line are Perley Thomas cars dating from the 1920s. One 1890s vintage streetcar is still in running condition; it is used for maintenance and special uses.

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Perley Thomas - 1920s - 1890s

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