Wuppertal tram (1- 4)
YouTube name: Tram Aktuell.
Language: German.
Date: 1970 - 2016.
City: Wuppertal (Germany).
The video shows
Wuppertaler Stadtwerke (WSW)
Closed
Wuppertal regional line 25: Dönberg - Sudberg
Closed
Wuppertal regional line 5: Neumarkt - Solingen
Closed
Wuppertal tram line 21: Wieden - Morianstr.
Closed
Wuppertal tram line 601: Wieden - Betriebshof (ex 1)
Closed
Bergischen Museumsbahnen (BMB)
Open regularly
Wuppertal BMB: Betriebshof Kohlfurther Brücke - Greuel
Operational
Wuppertal railcar 105, manufacturer Gustav Talbot & Co Eisenbahnwagen, series 102-114, width 2.10 m, length 9.80 m, weight 15.5 t, manufactured 1927, with 20 seats and 48 standing places, 2 axles, 2 engines, power output 55 kW, signed line 33 Grenze-Jagdhaus.
Wuppertal railcar 337 (ex Hagen railcar 337), manufacturer Düwag, type T2 - 4xGr-ZR Verbandstype, signed line 11 Hagen Markt.
Description
In 1970, the last meter-gauge tram in Wuppertal was retired and the former Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Johannes Rau, took the opportunity to badmouth this old-fashioned, disruptive object - true to the SPD motto of the time: "Free travel for free citizens." But the standard-gauge tram did not fit into the concept either, because 20 years earlier, trams were abolished in the major model states, in the USA.
Here you can see footage from the good old tram days, when protecting our environment played no role. The car industry ultimately wanted everyone over the age of 18 to drive a car.....
The Bergische Museum Railways were able to preserve at least part of the former Kohlfurt route and now occasionally offer museum operations here.
However, there was a major setback due to the theft of the overhead line in 2015 and 2016....
Here you can see excerpts from the purchase DVD.
Andreas Herr wishes you lots of fun with Strassenbahnvideos.de
