Picture 115.

Here is a closeup view of one of the 7-window 1894 Brill cars, like that seen in Picture 114.  This picture appears to date from the period 1894 to 1899, because the car is lettered “N. O. C. & L. R. [R.]”, i.e., New Orleans City & Lake Railroad.  This company, formed from the old New Orleans City RR in 1883, was from 1892 to 1899 one of the component companies of the New Orleans Traction Co.  Car 115 is still riding on its original Brill 22-E Maximum Traction trucks.  This is probably the original “as built” appearance of these cars.  The location is not known, but the tracks suggest that it is at a car barn, perhaps Canal Barn or Esplanade Barn.  Close inspection of the front clerestory reveals the route name Esplanade, which would have been housed at one of those car barns.  On the back of the picture, in contemporary handwriting, are the names of the people: Conductor Jackson, I. M. Kellogg, I. W. Ford, John Jacquet, ______ Thomas, J. L. Paine[?], and R. O'Brian (sic).  However, there is no indication of which person is which, except for the “conductor” (presumably the motorman, since no conductor is in sight).  Also, from another very similar photo, we know that the person at the far right is Robert “Bob” O'Brien, who came up through the ranks to become in 1914 superintendent of equipment.

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