Postcard: Alexandria railcar 1224 near El Mahkama (1974)

Stop: El Mahkama.
Archive: Henrik Boye.
Photographer: Ganz Hunslet.
Publisher: Top Card Kiadó.
Date: 1974.
City: Alexandria (Egypt).

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Alexandria railcar 1224, manufacturer Ganz/Duewag.

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

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