Postcard: Hannover railcar 21 at Rethen/Pattenser Straße (1972)

Terminus: Rethen/Pattenser Straße.
Archive: Henrik Boye.
Photographer: Riechers.
Publisher: Hannoversches Straßenbahn-Museum (HSM).
Date: 1972.
City: Hannover (Germany).

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Hannover railcar 21 (ex Reutlingen railcar 21), manufacturer Herbrand, type Reutlingen, signed line 3.

German Tramway Museum Hannover e.V.
Museum of Municipal Transport

Former Üstra tram depot site in Rethen in the late winter of 1972: Tramway workers unload the first tram for the German Tramway Museum Hannover (MfK) (transported by rail, the car has already been removed).
TW 21 from Reutlingen; the tram is now housed in the Wehmingen Museum.

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