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Single truck car 394 is passing an early bus, probably some time in the late teens.  It, too, is equipped with a Lord Baltimore truck.  This car was one of the last group of single truck cars ordered by a New Orleans company.  They were built by St. Louis Car Co. in 1910 as numbers 355-404, although cars 400-404 were eventually renumbered as 350-354.  They ran almost exclusively on the Prytania line, and were therefore usually referred to as “Prytania” cars, until they were succeeded by double truck cars of the 800 class in 1923.  Car 394 was probably scrapped at that time, although a few others of the class were retained for owl car service into the 1930s. — Collection of Earl Hampton

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