New Orleans Railway and Light Co. - Specimen Stock Certificate

Specimen Stock printed by American Bank Note Company, New York. New Orleans, Louisiana. Rare! The consolidation of operations among the six companies commenced in the 1880s and 1890s, initiated by the establishment of the New Orleans Traction Company. This company assumed control of the New Orleans City and Lake Railroad, which had been renamed from the New Orleans City Railroad in 1883, as well as the Crescent City Railroad in 1892. In 1899, New Orleans Traction was rebranded as the New Orleans City Railroad, marking the second instance of a company adopting that name. The Canal and Claiborne Company was integrated into the New Orleans and Carrollton in 1899. Subsequently, in 1902, the New Orleans Railways Company began managing all city streetcar operations, and by 1905, the operating entity was renamed the New Orleans Railway and Light Company. The ultimate consolidation of both ownership and operations was achieved in 1922 with the creation of New Orleans Public Service Incorporated, commonly referred to as NOPSI, and never as NOPS.