Postcard: Munich museum tram 256 at Betriebshof West (Westendstraße) (1998)

Tram depot: Betriebshof West (Westendstraße).
Archive: Henrik Boye.
Photographer: Thomas Mehlstäubler.
Publisher: Freunde des Münchner Trambahnmuseums (FMTM).
Date: July 20, 1998.
City: Munich (Germany).

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Munich museum tram 256 (ex Munich railcar 256), manufacturer Rathgeber, type A2.2 Rekostruktion, signed line 3 Kölner Platz.

Friends of the Munich Tram Museum 10 years.

Friends of the Munich Tram Museum 10 years.

Friends of the Munich Tram Museum 10 years.
Society for Tram History
P.O. Box 15 14 21, 80048 Munich
Historic tramcar 256 in the Westendstraße depot, July 20, 1998. Type A 2.2, manufacturer Rathgeber, 1901, reconstructed in 1925.

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