Postcard: Munich railcar 2462 at Betriebshof West (Westendstraße) (1992)

Tram depot: Betriebshof West (Westendstraße).
Archive: Henrik Boye.
Photographer: Thomas Mehlstäubler.
Publisher: Freunde des Münchner Trambahnmuseums (FMTM).
Date: December 1992.
City: Munich (Germany).

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Munich railcar 2462, manufacturer Rathgeber, type M4.65, signed line 25, with advertising of 'Jung aus Tradition', interconnected with:
Munich sidecar 3493, manufacturer Rathgeber, type m4.65, with advertising of 'Spaten Premium Lager Spaten'.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Friends of the Munich Tram Museum e. V.
Society for Tram History
P.O. Box 15 14 21, 80048 Munich
Christmas 1992 at the Westendstraße depot with the M 4.65-Tw 2462 (built in 1958, retired in 1994) and the M 4.65-Bw (built in 1959, retired in 1993).

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