Postcard: Munich railcar 490 at Betriebshof West (Westendstraße) (1993)

Tram depot: Betriebshof West (Westendstraße).
Archive: Henrik Boye.
Photographer: Klaus Malchow.
Publisher: Freunde des Münchner Trambahnmuseums (FMTM).
Date: October 5, 1993.
City: Munich (Germany).

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Munich railcar 490, manufacturer Böker, type D 6.3, signed line 39 Michaelibad, painted Triebwagen ohne Schaffner Fahrsheinverkauf im Beiwagen, interconnected with:
Munich sidecar 1401, manufacturer Rathgeber, type f2.54.

Friends of the Munich Tram Museum
Society for Tram History
P.O. Box 15 14 21, 80048 Munich
Historic railcar 490 (Type D 6.3), rebuilt in 1955, Munich Transport Company, on a 1908 Böker chassis, with historic trailer 1401 (Type f2.54), built in 1930, manufactured by Rathgeber, on October 5, 1993, at the Westendstraße depot.

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