Annual Conventions
2017
Atlanta & New Orleans July 1–July 5

2017 Convention | Atlanta
MARTA’s Armour Maintenance Facility provides running repairs on all three types of cars in the fleet. The yard and shop are located alongside the Red and Gold lines north of downtown
John Pappas (July 1–3, 2017)
2017 Convention | Atlanta
Viewing the width of the shop along the requisite shop track used to get car trucks to their disassembly and repair area
John Pappas (July 1–3, 2017)
2017 Convention | Atlanta
Car 601 is the first of 102 Breda built cars delivered beginning in 2001
John Pappas (July 1–3, 2017)
2017 Convention | Atlanta
Overall view of Armour maintenance shop showing inspection pits
John Pappas (July 1–3, 2017)
2017 Convention | Atlanta
Inspection pits in Atlanta Streetcar’s Operations and Maintenance facility located under I-85 near King Memorial neighborhood
John Pappas (July 1–3, 2017)
2017 Convention | Atlanta
The fourth of four Siemens short S-70 model streetcars in the yard under the I-85 expressway. Normally two cars are required to provide the 15 minute service
John Pappas (July 1–3, 2017)
2017 Convention | Atlanta
Atlanta Streetcar 1001 turns from Peachtree Street into Ellis near the MARTA Peachtree Center subway station on its route to Centennial Olympic Park at the northwestern end of its route
John Pappas (July 1–3, 2017)
2017 Convention | Atlanta
MARTA 287 and train, built by Hitachi in 1984-85, enter the bare rock walled Peachtree Center station, which is the deepest on the system at 120 feet below the surface of Peachtree Street
John Pappas (July 1–3, 2017)
2017 Convention | Atlanta
Former Savannah & Atlanta (originally Florida East Coast) 4-6-2 locomotive from 1910 at the Southeastern Railway Museum
John Pappas (July 1–3, 2017)
2017 Convention | Atlanta
Southeastern Railway Museum train ride consisting of GE 50 Ton locomotive 101, former Southern transfer caboose XC7871 and Norfolk & Western caboose 500837, built in 1940
John Pappas (July 1–3, 2017)
2017 Convention | Atlanta
Armco Steel Baldwin-Westinghouse box cab diesel locomotive. First diesel commercially sold (1929). Undergoing restoration in the back shop at Southeastern Railway Museum
John Pappas (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | MARTA
CQ312 approaching East Lake station
Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)
2017 Convention | MARTA
CQ311 approaching Dunwoody South Bound
Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)
2017 Convention | MARTA
CQ310 at Dunwoody South Bound
Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)
2017 Convention | MARTA
CQ311 at Lindberg Center North Bound
Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)
2017 Convention | MARTA
MARTA CQ310s passing at Kensington
Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)
2017 Convention | MARTA
CQ312 at Kensington East Bound
Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)
2017 Convention | MARTA
CQ311 at Peachtree Center South Bound
Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)
2017 Convention | MARTA
CQ311 at Peachtree Center South Bound
Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)
2017 Convention | MARTA
ERA Welcome Sign
Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)
2017 Convention | MARTA
CQ311 class car built 1984–1987 by Hitachi, rebuilt 2006 by Alstom at Armour Shops
Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)
2017 Convention | MARTA
CQ312 at Armour Shop
Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)
2017 Convention | MARTA
CQ312 class car interior, built by Breda 2001–2005
Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)
2017 Convention | MARTA
CQ310 Operator’s Console
Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | Atlanta Streetcar
Olympic Centennial Park
Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)
2017 Convention | Atlanta Streetcar
Woodruff Park station
Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)
2017 Convention | Atlanta Streetcar
Woodruff Park station
Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)
2017 Convention | Atlanta Streetcar
Carnegie at Spring station
Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)
2017 Convention | Atlanta Streetcar
Ellis St and Carnegie Way
Ron Yee (July 1–3, 2017)

2017 Convention | Amtrak Crescent
Heritage Dining Car 8507
Ron Yee (July 4, 2017)
2017 Convention | Amtrak Crescent
Sasha Ivanoff, Bob Newhouser, John Pappas and Mike Glikin in Dining Car 8507
Ron Yee (July 4, 2017)
2017 Convention | Amtrak Crescent
Amtrak P42DC 196 on Train #19 at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal
Ron Yee (July 4, 2017)

2017 Convention | New Orleans
New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (NORTA) sand car/rail grinder 29 on display at Carrollton carhouse. Last Ford, Bacon & Davis car to exist, built in 1896 by St. Louis Car Co. The car was used on the last ERA visit to New Orleans in 1961
John Pappas (July 4–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | New Orleans
The back shops at Carrollton, where streetcar magic is made. Perley Thomas 921 sits alongside a Riverfront replica car built in this very space
John Pappas (July 4–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | New Orleans
Perley Thomas car 926 benefits from two types of modern floor jacks which make relatively easy work of dropping its trucks for maintenance
John Pappas (July 4–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | New Orleans
Car 937, the prototype for the late-1980s reconstruction of the Perley Thomas fleet, gets its wheels trued
John Pappas (July 4–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | New Orleans
NORTA Carrollton Station (carhouse) general repair area
John Pappas (July 4–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | New Orleans
Inner terminal of the St. Charles Line at Carondelet & Canal. This car served as our ERA fantrip car while on St. Charles
John Pappas (July 4–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | New Orleans
Car 2011, one of 24 replica cars built new at Carrollton beginning in 2000, passes its regular home, the A. Phillip Randolph (Canal Street) carhouse, while outbound to Cemetaries
John Pappas (July 4–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | New Orleans
Replica car 2019 changes ends at the current terminal of the Rampart-St. Claude line at Elysian Fields Avenue before returning to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal via Loyola on the newest stretch of the streetcar system
John Pappas (July 4–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | NORTA
ERA Group Picture at Carrollton Shop
Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | NORTA
St Charles line streetcar on lifts
Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | NORTA
#29 single truck work car
Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | NORTA
Riverfront line streetcar operators console and farebox
Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | NORTA
Riverfront streetcar interior with ADA lift
Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | NORTA
Riverfront line Streetcar approaching Tolouse St station
Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | NORTA
Canal St line streetcars at Peter’s Street
Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | NORTA
Canal St line streetcar nearing Salcedo St outbound
Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | NORTA
Riverfront Streetcar departing Touluse St, JAX Brewery
Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | NORTA
Loyola Rampart Streetcar departing Ursalines
Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | NORTA
Loyola Rampart line streetcar at Julia
Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | NORTA
Loyola Rampart Streetcar at Loyola and Howard St leaving Union Passenger Terminal
Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | NORTA
Canal St Streetcar at Harrah’s Casino
Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | NORTA
St Charles line streetcar at Walnut St near Loyola University
Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | NORTA
St Charles line streetcar on St Charles at Lafayette
Ron Yee (July 4–5, 2017)

2017 Convention | People
Attendees enjoying Atlanta and New Orleans
Lily Yee (July 1–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | People
Attendees enjoying Atlanta and New Orleans
Lily Yee (July 1–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | People
Attendees enjoying Atlanta and New Orleans
Lily Yee (July 1–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | People
Attendees enjoying Atlanta and New Orleans
Lily Yee (July 1–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | People
Attendees enjoying Atlanta and New Orleans
Lily Yee (July 1–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | People
Attendees enjoying Atlanta and New Orleans
Lily Yee (July 1–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | People
Attendees enjoying Atlanta and New Orleans
Lily Yee (July 1–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | People
Attendees enjoying Atlanta and New Orleans
Lily Yee (July 1–5, 2017)
2017 Convention | People
Attendees enjoying Atlanta and New Orleans
Lily Yee (July 1–5, 2017)