20th Bergisches Tram Festival / Bergisches Museum Railway (2012)

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Date: May 27, 2012 - May 28, 2012.
City: Wuppertal (Germany).

20th Bergisches Tram Festival / Bergisches Museum Railway (2012) — The video shows
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Wuppertal BMB: Betriebshof Kohlfurther Brücke - Greuel
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Wuppertal railcar 107 (ex Düsseldorf railcar 107), manufacturer Düwag (Düsseldorfer Waggonfabrik AG), type Stahlaufbau, series 106-119, width 2.20 m, length 11.78 m, weight 17.6 t, manufactured 1936, with 32 seats and 19 standing places, 4 engines, power output 55 kW, signed line V Wt-Vohwinkel.

Wuppertal railcar 337 (ex Hagen railcar 337), manufacturer Düwag (Düsseldorfer Waggonfabrik AG), type Stahlaufbau, series 314 – 340, width 2.20 m, length 10.76 m, weight 13.4 t, manufactured 1954-1957, with 22 seats and 66 standing places, 2 engines, power output 56 kW, signed line 11 Hagen Markt.

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 3 Stadthalle.

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Wuppertal tram 1-4 (1970-2016)In 1970, Wuppertal's last meter-gauge tram was retired, and Johannes Rau, the then-Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia, seized the opportunity to criticize this outdated, disruptive mode of transportation, staying true to the SPD motto of the time: "Free travel for free citizens." But the standard-gauge tram didn't fit the concept either, because 20 years earlier, trams had also been abolished in the major model countries, the USA. Here you can see footage from the good old tram days when environmental protection played no role. After all, the auto industry wanted everyone over 18 to drive a car... The Bergische Museum Railways (Bergische Museum Railways) managed to preserve at least part of the former Kohlfurt line and now occasionally offers museum operations there. However, the theft of the overhead line in 2015 and 2016 caused a major setback... Here you can see excerpts from the purchase DVD. Andreas Herr and Strassenbahnvideos.de wish you lots of fun. In 1969, just before the last Wuppertal meter lanes were built, the Bergische Museumsbahn association was established. The goal was to preserve the ausle, specifically on a section between Kronberg Möschenborn and the Kohlfurt Bridge, to support regular museum traffic. In 1992, the first passenger service between the Kohlfurt Bridge and the Friedrichshammer stop was launched. The 20 J, now known as museum car 105 of the Bergisches Museumsbahn, was still under construction in Lienverkehr and is now also owned by the Bergisches Museumsbahn—specifically, it features sliding platforms for trams. The tram needs to be removed. The bus must come in. Today's pizza and kebab were disappointing. If anyone wants a glass of authentic tram, we’ll check again afterward. The meter-long tram lines, along with the standard tram, kept their stops until 1987. With the Schlebeb for the BU, this is car 3831, formerly from Dortmund, taken over from Karls. The south wing track was early. The fully lane-driven tram went straight down the meter lane in Obertal, but it's unclear if all lines will still be set up today. Car 105, which was seen earlier, leaves the new hall of the Bergisches Museumsbahn and has moved to the site of the BMW from the same collection—266 Vierachser from Ahen. The railcar from Remscheid, built in 1932, was scrapped by 1981 in favor of car 342 on the fixed tram. The four-axle two-way vehicle, built in 1982 at DUB in Düsseldorf, looks great from the outside. It is GT6, replacing the old Schleiflocks Loog 615 and the 610 from BMW. The structure was built together with Stuttgart in Esslingen. The Exhagner Wagen 318 Max was also decommissioned in 1994, and the car was moved to Schwerte along with other vehicles. It first stood at the freight station in Schwerte. On its axis, it was dragged from the railway wagon. Innsbruck was sold and performed well in Austria until the turn of the millennium. There, they expanded from Austria with a middle section of Achtachs to Romania and also sent some to Belgrade in former Yugoslavia. I heard your protest at this point — a few shots from Hagen Central Station, you didn’t want to give it up if it wasn’t expensive, even if it was costly. Back then, because scrap prices were low, the 1275 received an HU instead of being scrapped and was passed on to the BMB in a slightly deteriorated condition. Now, several tram enthusiasts take an interest in the GT6 annually, and with car 105, we’re heading back to the Kürter Brücke with videos. I’ve always had the German Federal Railway deliver wagons since 1980. The Wuppertaler Bahn, contrary to 1985, took over the entire system in Wuppertal in 1987. Many tram enthusiasts, numbering several hundred, wanted to experience the tram’s carnival traffic firsthand at least once. Without Sch Rupertal, only a single Duwack — the closely decorated Wuppertal Zxer — made the farewell rides. Car 3825 was the only Wuppertal car still in operation, carrying a few passengers that day. Still, they'd like to sell all of them, even for scrap. However, they were 10 cm too wide for traffic lights and other obstacles. They could have made the tram much more attractive on the outer routes. Driving the Wuppertal GT8 P should evoke the same feeling as being in a big movie, from lines 1 to 611, and also include a vehicle chronicle on a large DVD. You can also see the removal from the road to Graz. Is there a nearby streetcar stop where I can ride with you? If you like forest railway tracks, our DVD about the tram from Gotha and the Thuringian Forest Railway is perfect. It shows the development of the tram from 1990 to 2015, including city routes and forest railways in detail, seamlessly, and in order. There's a streetcar stop nearby so that I can ride with you. The streetcar comes to a halt so I can join you. Can you come closer to the streetcar stop so I can ride with you? The tram stops so I can join you. It connects the road with nature, halts, and then all the stones come out of the streetcar stop so that I can get off again. Streetcar, come stop at beautiful Mon Dorerstraßenbah.By TRAM AKTUELL - 1970 - 2016.

Postcard: Wuppertal BMB with railcar 53 on Bergischen Museumsbahnen (1995)Wuppertal Kohlfuth-Cronenberg Museum Tram Trebwagen 53, ex-Reutlingen tram, built in 1928, Esslinger Maschinenfabrik. Bergische Museum Railways Association P.O. Box 13 19 36 5600 Wuppertal 1By Albrecht Sappel, Der Bahnladen, Henrik Boye - 1995.

Postcard: Wuppertal BMB with railcar 105 at Schulkohlfurth (1985)Wuppertal Kohlfuth-Cronenberg Museum Tram Motor car 105, ex Wuppertaler Stadtwerke AG, ex Bergische Kleinbahnen AG, built in 1927, Talbot, Aachen Bergische Museum Railways Association P.O. Box 131 557 5600 Wuppertal 1By Bergischen Museumsbahnen (BMB), Henrik Boye - 1985.

Postcard: Wuppertal BMB with railcar 329 at Schulkohlfurth (1995)Wuppertal Kohlfuth-Cronenberg Museum Tram Motor car no. 329, ex-Hagener Straßenbahn AG, built in 1956. DÜWAG, Düsseldorf Bergische Museumsbahnen e.V. P.O. Box 131 557 5600 Wuppertal 1By Bergischen Museumsbahnen (BMB), Henrik Boye - 1995.

Postcard: Wuppertal BMB with railcar 342 on Bergischen Museumsbahnen (1995)Wuppertal Kohlfuth-Cronenberg Museum Tram Motor car No. 96, ex Bochum-Gelsenkirchener-Straßenbahnen AG. Built in 1948. Waggonfabrik Fuchs, Heidelberg Bergische Museum Railways Association P.O. Box 131 557 5600 Wuppertal 1By Bergischen Museumsbahnen (BMB), Henrik Boye - 1995.

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