Fridge magnet: Alexandria articulated tram 875 (2023)

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Archive: Henrik Boye.
Publisher: Sporvejshistorisk Selskab (SHS).
Date: 2023.
City: Alexandria (Egypt).

Fridge magnet: Alexandria articulated tram 875 (2023)

Alexandria Passengers Transport Authority (APTA)
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Alexandria articulated tram 875 (ex Copenhagen articulated tram 875), manufacturer Düwag (Düsseldorfer Waggonfabrik AG), series 801-900, width 2.20 m, length 19.10 m, manufactured 1960-1968, with 36 seats and 119 standing places, 6 axles.

German-built "Düsseldorfter" tram, acquired from Copenhagen in 1971. Still in operation in Alexandria in 2023

Alex-01 Pictofix Made in Denmark

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Fridge magnet: Alexandria articulated tram 869 (2023)German-built "Düsseldorfter" tram, taken over from Copenhagen in 1971. Still in operation in Alexandria in 2023 Alex-02 Pictofix Made in Denmark

Alexandria on Abd El-Moneim El-Sharkawy (2002)Articulated type Düwag must wait behind a mule cart in the narrow street.By Henrik Boye - February 2002.

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The two trams from Alexandria return - TV-Lorry (2001)It was a shame that Washington, DC's streetcars were eliminated from September 1958 to January 1962. Had the Washington streetcars been kept, the 99 Copenhagen Duwag streetcars could have been bought by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in 1969 and served from 1970 to 2015. Then, two former Copenhagen Streetcars could have been transported back from Washington, DC, to Copenhagen via the Antonov 225, the world's largest freight plane. I recall the streetcars in Copenhagen from my visit to the city in 1969-1970 when I was 7 years old. I am too young to remember the Washington, D.C., streetcars in their first guise. Very ambitious. I'm sure D.C. would've ordered trams/streetcars a bit closer to home. The problem, I reckon, was that, like the railroads, there was an increasing interest in cars, which unfortunately killed most of the streetcar lines around the US. I think it was Detroit where General Motors bought the entire network, only to close it and eventually force people into cars. But it's not a big shame. Watching, I see the Düsseldorf cars were abandoned at the same period. In Brazil, Rio de Janeiro has a significant number of parked vehicles that are left stopped and abandoned in the weather after work. This is a real big shame! Egypt was a strong presence in this field, as it began operating the Alexandria tram in 1863 AD and started using electricity in 1902 AD. It operates in the tram network of the city of Alexandria, including the sand line known as the Blue Tram, the city center line, and is an icon that starts from the branch lines, such as the line west of the city, called the Yellow Tram. The government's e-mail continued the development of the city's tram network. More information and pictures: https://alymousa.blogspot.com/2019/11/blog-post_26.htmlBy Peter Andersen - 2001.

Postcard: Alexandria railcar 1224 near El Mahkama (1974)Tram number 1224 in Alexandria at Said Zaghlúl Pasa Square, in the early 1980s, on a line that has since been discontinued. Strassenbahn Nr. 1224 in Alexandria. Manufacturer/Manufacturer: Ganz - MÁVAG, Budapest 104By Ganz Hunslet, Henrik Boye, Top Card Kiadó - 1974.

Alexandria on Omar Lofty (2002)By Henrik Boye.
February 2002.

Alexandria on Amoud Al Sawari (2002)Have just driven past the stalls, which are returned to their room for the next coach coming.By Henrik Boye - February 2002.

Sign: Wagon signs for an articulated wagon for line 2 in a short run (2002)Given by a referral worker in Depot Karmus.By Alexandria Passengers Transport Authority (APTA), Henrik Boye - February 2002.

Alexandria tower wagon 702 on Esmat Om El-Bahareya (2002)At the sign on the house wall are traces weighed cord department. Tower wagon is no longer used.By Henrik Boye - February 2002.

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Tram in Alexandria (2008)Is this one of them who drove in Copenhagen before 1972?By Amfica - March 22, 2008.

Alexandria track cleaning tram 409 on Moharram Bek (1977)By Henrik Boye, Torben Liebst.
1977.

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