Postcard: Zürich tram line 2 with railcar 1543 at Depot Oerlikon (1982)

Tram depot: Depot Oerlikon.
Archive: Henrik Boye.
Photographer: Reto Walaulta.
Publisher: Ernst B. Leutwiler Verlag.
Date: March 13, 1982.
City: Zürich (Switzerland).

Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VBZ)
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Zürich tram line 2: Bahnhof Tiefenbrunnen - Geissweid
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Zürich railcar 1543, manufacturer SWS/BBC, type Pedaler Be 4/4, signed Tiefenbrunnnen, interconnected with:
Zürich sidecar 797, manufacturer FFA/SIG, type B4.

Zürich railcar 32, type Ce 2/3 32, signed line 8 Bahnhof Oerlikon.

Zurich Transport Company (VBZ): In commemoration of the first generation of "Pedaler" trams (Be 4/4 1543+B 797, 10.83 station Farbhof-above) and the prototype Be 2/3 1032 "Geissbock" with an SLM steering axle chassis from 1939 (as Ce 2/3 32 for the Verkehrshaus-below), which introduced the "passenger flow" system in Switzerland. Oerlikon Depot, March 13, 1982
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