DIXIELAND TOURS:
Here's a postcard made for Dixieland Tours by F.L. Birou, Geiger Brothers of Maine. It shows GMC New Look buses
101, 110, and 111 in an unidentified parking lot. Two images added 04/05/19.
Dixieland Tours GMC 111 on the back of a souvenir book copyrighted by Harvey Press, Inc. in 1975. One photo added 03/26/17.
My aunt's husband was a driver for Dixieland Tours. This patch depicting a GMC New Look bus in
Dixieland Tours colors was a find at the former antiques store Trueblood in Ventura. I believe one would have been worn on
his uniform. Photo moved from another page 05/20/18.
Dixieland Tours GMC 109 parked at Decatur and St. Peter Sts. in the Vieux Carré on May 29, 1978.
I rode one of this series once on a commute from Slidell to New Orleans with my uncle; Dixieland Tours picked up
tourists from suburban motels to bring them on city tours.
Scan of an uncredited slide from my collection added 03/24/19.
Dixieland Tours GMC 111 follows a horse drawn carriage at Royal and St. Peter Sts. in February 1974.
Uncredited slide from my collection added 09/02/19.
Dixieland Tours GMC 111 at St. Charles Ave. and Calhoun St. in an unknown year. Scan from the 90mac collection added 06/12/20.
GRAY LINE:
Gray Line Beck Sightseer 112 at an unknown location (possibly City Park) in an unknown year. Scan of an uncredited slide from my collection
added 04/18/20.
Gray Line Aerocoach 123 at Canal and Basin Sts. in April 1973. Scan of an uncredited slide from my collection
added 03/11/20.
Gray Line Flxible Visicoach 105 parked at St. Charles and Canal Sts. in April 1973. Uncredited slide from my collection added 11/10/18.
Gray Line Crown 117 parked at Decatur and St. Ann Sts. (across from Jackson Square) in April 1973.
Uncredited slide from my collection added 04/04/19.
Perley Thomas streetcar 961 at St. Charles Ave. and State St. on October 13, 1967. Gray Line tour bus GMC 110 is in shot.
My collection. Three photos added 11/07/16.
Gray Line GMC 109 parked in front of Oliver's News Stand and Joan's Lingerie, next to the Fairmont (now Roosevelt) Hotel
on University Place (now Roosevelt Way) between Canal and Common Sts. in a Bruce Korusek slide dated June 1978.
One photo added 04/16/19.
Gray Line GMC 112 parked at the Fairmont Hotel on University Place on May 19, 1978.
Uncredited slide from my collection replaced another image 09/02/19.
Gray Line GMC 125, operating Commuter Services Inc. service to Slidell, on Gause Blvd. at the afternoon stop across from Days Inn
in the early 1980s. One photo added 11/06/16.
Gray Line MCI 127 (Commuter Services Inc. to Slidell) on Gause Blvd. at Days Inn in the early 1980s. One photo added 11/06/16.
Gray Line MCI 128 (operating for Commuter Services Inc. to Slidell) on Gause Blvd. at Lakewood Drive in the early 1980s. One photo added 11/06/16.
HOTARD COACHES, INC.:
Single door (possible suburban model or demo) Hotard RTS 8416 parked on the riverfront in December 1990. Uncredited slide from my collection added 09/02/19.
LOUISIANA MOTOR COACH:
Louisiana Motor Coach MCI LM 380 at Canal and South Peters Sts. on the evening of July 14, 2018.
One photo added 03/24/19.
Louisiana Motor Coach MCI LM 434 at South Peters and Canal Sts. on the evening of July 14, 2018.
Two photos added 03/24/19.
Louisiana Motor Coach MCI LM 435 at Canal and Tchoupitoulas Sts. on the evening of July 14, 2018.
One photo added 03/24/19.
Louisiana Motor Coach LM 818 on Decatur St. at Jackson Square on October 3, 2016. Two photos added 03/24/19.
ORLEANS TOURS:
An unidentified number Orleans Transportation Mercedes O309 bus at Royal and Conti Sts. in a slide dated August 1975.
One photo added 03/26/17.
Here's a postcard made for Orleans Transportation Service Inc. (Orleans Tours). Mercedes bus 1929
is parked on a grassy area. The caption on the rear of the card: "Tour the old, via the new. Orleans Tours takes
you to exciting historical locations in the French Quarter, Garden District and Lakefront, aboard
air-conditioned 16 passenger Mercedes-Benz buses. Your guides are attractive young ladies, expertly trained
in the fascinating history of New Orleans." Two images added 04/05/19.
NEW ORLEANS TOURS:
GMC 4502, a New Look modified with vertical windows and area under the windshield, at Decatur and Dumaine Sts. in September 1989. Scan of an uncredited slide from my collection added 03/16/20.
MCI 4706 at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in October 1993. Scan of an uncredited slide from my collection added 03/16/20.
MCI 4722 at Carondelet and Canal Sts. in January 1995. Slide from my collection added 04/07/19.
MCI 5594 on Canal St. on October 1, 2011. Two photos added 03/25/19.
MCI 5596 at Canal and Royal Sts. on October 2, 2016. Four photos added 11/06/16.
MCI 5601 crossing Canal St. from S. Peters to N. Peters on the evening of July 14, 2018.
Two photos added 03/24/19.
MCI 5608 at St. Claude and Elysian Fields Aves. on October 5, 2016. One photo added 11/06/16.
Neoplan 2333 on Canal St. at Canal Place on September 1, 1992. Scan of a slide by A.J. Reinschmidt from my collection added 03/16/20.
Starcraft SS-79 at Canal St. and Elk Place on October 2, 2016. Two photos added 11/06/16.
SOUTHERN TOURS:
Southern Tours GMC 108 at an unknown location, my guess is City Park, in April 1966. Scan of an uncredited slide from my
collection added 03/11/20.
Southern Tours GMC 109 at an unknown location on October 26, 1984. Scan of a Joe Caronetti slide from my
collection added 03/11/20.
Southern Tours GMC 121 at an unknown location in December 1983. Scan of an uncredited slide from my
collection added 03/11/20.
VIP BUS:
A VIP Bus school bus on Canal St. on October 1, 2011. Two photos added 03/25/19.
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