Postcard: Mainz sidecar 284 at Depot Kreyßigstraße (1973)

Tram depot: Depot Kreyßigstraße.
Archive: Henrik Boye.
Photographer: Harald Neise.
Publisher: Mainzer Verkehrsgesellschaft (MVG).
Date: 1973.
City: Mainz (Germany).

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Mainz sidecar 284 (ex Mainz sidecar 184), manufacturer Westwaggon, length 10.00 m, manufactured 1925, signed E Berliner Siedl, painted Stadtwerke Mainz AG, with advertising of 'IDEE - KAFFE'.

Stadtwerke Mainz AG / Verkehrsbetribe
Trailer 284
(1966 ex 184; Westwaggon 1925/rebuilt 1950; converted from railcar 80II; length 10,900 mm; retired 1973, scrapped 1974)

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