By Anonymous The St. Charles Streetcar returns full-time beginning on Veterans Day Sunday. Veterans Day is always Nov. 11 but this year it's observed on Nov. 12. The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority's Perley Thomas streetcars will once again traverse St.

By BECKY BOHRER New Orleans' old streetcar line is operational again after the hurricane.

Some of New Orleans' historic wood-and-steel streetcars are back on track two years after Hurricane Katrina seriously damaged the line. The portion of the system running on St.

By Rick Jervis NEW ORLEANS -- To Mike Saccoliti, the St. Charles Avenue streetcar is more than just a tourist draw. It's a way to get from the French Quarter to the Columns Hotel for a bloody mary. Or to Tipitina's for a live jazz show. Or his friend's house for a crawfish boil.

By BECKY BOHRER NEW ORLEANS - Amid a Carnival-like atmosphere, streetcars began rolling past the historic mansions of this city's Garden District Saturday for the first time since Hurricane Katrina halted the St. Charles Avenue line more than two years ago.