| Perley A. Thomas Car Works |
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The company built many of the wooden electric Overhead-trolley powered streetcars used throughout the United States primarily in the first half of the 20th century. However, known of their workmanship and durability, some of the cars built by Perley A. Thomas Car Works in the early 1920s are still operating today in New Orleans. A famous ''. The Perley A. Thomas Car Works was reorganized as Thomas Built Buses, Inc. , and became one of the three principal builders of large School Bus es in the United States by the end of the 20th century. It is still based in High Point, and is part of the Freightliner Group of DaimlerChrysler ]. Perley A. Thomas, who died in 1958 , was inducted into the North Carolina Hall Of Fame . Perley Thomas cars continue to run on New Orleans' historic St. Charles Avenue Streetcar line. One of these cars, #966, is preserved at the Seashore Trolley Museum . EXTERNAL LINKS
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