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Postcard: Skjoldenæsholm standard gauge with railcar 575 at Tobaksmarken (2000)

Stop: Tobaksmarken.
Archive: Henrik Boye.
Publisher: Sporvejshistorisk Selskab (SHS).
Date: .
City: Skjoldenæsholm (Denmark).

Postcard: Skjoldenæsholm standard gauge with railcar 575 at Tobaksmarken (2000)

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Skjoldenæsholm railcar 575 (ex Copenhagen railcar 575), manufacturer Københavns Sporveje (KS), type Bogiemotorvogn, series 501-618, width 2.02 m, length 12.30 m, manufactured 1930-1941, with 28 seats and 39 standing places, signed line 16 Emdrupvej, interconnected with:
Skjoldenæsholm sidecar 1578 (ex Copenhagen sidecar 1578), manufacturer Københavns Sporveje (KS)/Scandia, type Bogiebivogn, series 1501-1583, width 2.20 m, length 12.30 m, manufactured 1930-1941, with 26 seats and 22 standing places, 4 axles.

In the years 1930-41, Copenhagen Trams and NESA were delivered a total of 118 motor cars and 83 side cars of a type designed by architect Ib Lunding. The very popular type of car was in traffic until 1972, when tram operations in Copenhagen ceased.
At the Skjoldenæsholm Tram Museum, three motor cars and five side cars of this type have been preserved. Among these are motor car no. 575 (KS 1938) and side car no. 1578 (KS 1941), which can be seen in the picture at the Tobeksmarken stop.

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