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• compilation – Egypt Trams 2011 – this Photo Disc is available at tramshop.com
  

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• 2011 images taken by Daniel Joseph (animated by Eric Bronsky)
  

• 2011 images taken at B.B.D.Bag Terminus
  

• 2011 images taken on Behala – Joka line (showing both termini)
  

• 2011 images taken at Belgatchia Depot Terminus
  

• 2011 images taken at Bidhan Nagar Terminus
  

• 2011 images taken at Esplanade Terminus
  

• 2011 images taken at Galif Street Terminus
  

• 2011 images taken at Gariahat Depot Terminus
  

• 2011 images taken at Howrah Bridge Terminus
  

• 2011 images taken at Kalighat Depot Terminus
  

• 2011 images taken at Kidderpore Depot Terminus
  

• 2011 images taken in Lenin Saranio
  

• 2011 images taken at Nonapukur Workshops (and outside)
  

• 2011 images taken at Park Circus Depot Terminus
  

• 2011 images taken at Rajabazar Depot Terminus
  

• 2011 images taken at Shyambazar Terminus
  

• 2011 images taken at Tollygunge Depot Terminus
  

• 2011 images taken at various locations away from the main tram termini
  

• compilation – 2011 images taken at various locations – this Photo Disc is available for purchase at tramshop.com
  

• 1970s-90s images (historic images from our 35mm slide collection)
  

OK, here we go – this list deals with the current fleet (sorted by fleet number):

• 125 (M2s) “BALAK” CTC19?? (rebuilt from ?)
  
  seen: 125

• 201-206 (JM6s) “PAYE” CTC1965-67 (trucks and electrical equipment ex Bombay)
  

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  seen: 204, 205

• 207-281 (JM6s) (class code not known) Burn & Co.1982-83 – referred to as “new cars”; no.211 was prototype 601; no.225 burned in depot fire
  
  

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  seen: 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218#, 219, 220#, 221, 222, 224, 226, 227#, 228, 229, 232#, 234, 235#, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 244, 245, 247, 248, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 260, 262, 263, 265, 266, 267, 268, 270, 271, 274, 275, 276, 277#, 278, 279, 280, 281#

• 282-289 (J6Ms) (class code not known) CTC1950(ca.) – the bodies look like the flat fronted “K” class; some sources list these as 282-299 “new cars” but this can not be right (as no.290 was not seen I can only guess to which class this belongs…)
  
  

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  seen: 282, 283, 286, 287, 288, 289

• 290-299 (JM6s) (class code not known) Burn & Co.1986-87 – referred to as “new cars”); for no.290 see above
  
  

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  seen: 291, 292, 293, 295, 296, 297, 298

• just for info: 300-306 “J” = retired (one rebuilt into “N”)

• 307…489 (JM6s) “K” CTC1950(ca.) – about 30 rebuilt with lengthened bodies and tapered ends
  
  

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  seen: 323, 344, 370, 408, 410+, 416+, 427+, 429+, 439, 440, 442+, 449, 455, 456+, 458, 461#, 488
  + these cars have a “tapered” front

• 435 (JM6s) “SUNDARI” CTC1974 (prototype; rebuilt from “K” no.435)
  not (!) seen

• 490…559 (JM6s) “L” CTC1950(ca.) - some rebuilt with eliptical ends
  
  

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  seen: 490, 492, 497#, 498, 503#, 504, 506#, 507, 514#, 516#, 540, 545#

• 561-587 (JM6s) “S” CTC1974-76 (trucks and electrical equipment ex Bombay and “K” class)
  
  

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  seen: 561, 562, 563, 568+, 569, 570, 572, 573, 574, 575, 577, 582, 583, 585, 586, 587
  + this car rebuilt as “Heritage Ride” car – now used for private charters

• 600-659 (JM6s) “N” Burn & Co.1982-83 (trucks and electrical equipment ex “J/K/L@”)
  
  

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  seen: 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605#, 606, 607, 608, 609+, 610, 612, 613, 614, 616, 617#, 618, 619, 620, 621, 622, 623, 625, 626#, 627, 630, 633, 634, 635, 636#, 637, 638, 639, 641, 642, 643, 644, 645, 651, 652++, 653, 655++, 656, 658, 659
  @ 1 car ex “J”, 35 cars ex “K” and 24 cars ex “L” (all re-numbered into this series)
  + this car with modern front end (resembling Melbourne “B” class – the other car was no. 649 but this was not seen)
  ++ these cars have a more modern front

• 681-700 (JM6s) (no class code known) Jessop & Co.1988
  
  

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  seen: 681, 684, 685, 686, 687, 690, 691, 692, 694, 695, 696, 697, 700

• 701-725 (JM6s) “N” Burn & Co.1988
  
  

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  seen: 701, 704, 705, 706, 707, 708, 709, 711, 713, 715, 716, 717, 718, 719, 720, 722, 723, 724, 725

• # these cars have received a new fibre glass body (218 has a more modern version) – 17 seen in total
  
  

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• Flat Wagon 2 (M2s)
  
  

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• Flat Wagon 3 (M2s)
  
  

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• Water Car “HOWRAH” (M2s)
  
  

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• Inspection Wagon 2 (M2s)
  

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• Rail Scrubber 1 (M2s)
  
  

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• Rail Scrubber 3 (M2s)
  
  

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• School Car 2 (JM6s)
  
  

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• School Car 4 (JM6s)
  
  

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• School Car 5 (JM6s)
  
  

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• Flat Cars (trailers) (two; not numbered) (B2d)
  
  

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Having problems reading those Bengali numerals?

• 2N1/2N2 Konstal

 

 1234 

• 5N/5N1/5ND Konstal

 

 4092 

 337 

 644 

• 122N PESA

 

 1851 

• 803N Konstal

 

 x 

• 803N Konstal (modernised)

 

 37 

• 805N/Na Konstal

 

 x 

• 805N/Na Konstal (modernised)

 

 3272 

• Cityrunner Bombardier

 

 1210 

• GT6/GT6ZR Duewag

 

 38 

 40 

 42 

 47 

 71 

 72 

 74 

 75 

 77 

 78 

 123 

 147 

• GT6 Lohner

 

 72 (Pawel Kacmierczak Photo) 

• GT8/GT8N/GT8ZR Duewag

 

 52 

 81 

 82 

 84 

 85 

 86 

 149 

 201 

 202 (D. J. Vigar Photo) 

 203 (D. J. Vigar Photo) 

 204 

 506 (D. J. Vigar Photo) 

 509 

 511 

 513 (D. J. Vigar Photo) 

 514 

 515 

• Herbrand GE

 

 71 

• Lilpop II/III

 

 48 

 158 

• M6S Duewag

 

 301 

 316 

 324 

 327 

• M8S Duewag

 

 61 

• Sanok

 

 17 

• Workscars (various types)

 

 101 

 103 

 105 

 108 

 3088 

 12011 

 12035 

 12050 

 12107 

 22101 

 22103 

 32102 

 32106 

 72012 

 92002 

 92003 

 92004 

 92013 

 92025 

 92031 

 92032 

 92096 

• Other Workscars and Unidentified Cars (can you prive any details?)

 

 Goods Van (Helenowek Depot) 

 Goods Van (Brus Depot) 

 Tower Car (Brus Depot) 

 898 Snow Plough (Chocianowice Depot) 

 Locomotor (Telefoniczna Depot) 

 Truck Transporter 358 (Telefoniczna Depot) 

 Truck Transporter ZKT-2 (Telefoniczna Depot) 

 Truck Transporter ZKT-3 (Chocianowice Depot) 

 body of old car (Helenowek Depot) 

 body of old car (Helenowek Depot) 

solid line = existing line

solid line with broken line underneath = closed line

broken line = planned line (never built)

During the German occupation in the 1940s the interurban lines were numbered 40 (Ozorkow), 41 (Zgierz), 50 (Aleksandrow), 60 (Lutomierks), 70 (Pabianice), 80 (Tuszyn) and 81 (Ruda – this is the short line shown on the map south of the line to Rzgow, Tuszyn & Kruszow). Between Tuszyn and Kruszow there was only a freight (goods) service. Route 45 is today run by MPK (the Lodz city tramway company) as route 16 and route 41 also by MPK (for a while carrying first number 11 and then “number” P). Half of the old line to Aleksandrow is still used by MPK (route 8 to Chochola). The old central interurban terminus in Lodz (Polnocna) is closed for business but still exists. The southern terminus (for old route 41) in Plac Niepodlegosci is today used by other MPK routes (but not as a terminus). MPK Lodz used to operate the whole network but in 199x the surviving lines 41, 43, 45 and 46 were heaved off to newly formed interurban tram companies (shareholders are the communities served): 41, 45 and 46 to MKT and 43 to TP. Line 45 was taken away from MKT by MPK later probably so MKT can continue operating in Lodz city streets (the MPK tickets are valid on this portion of the line) and the same applies to line 41.

So we have three operators for 4 lines. Route 43 sees a short turn service (43bis) going only as far as Konstantynow triangle (wye) and route 46 also has a short 46A that runs from Chocianowice (IKEA) to depot only. Route 43 (and 43bis) is operated out of Brus depot and route 46 out of Helenowek depots.

Cash strapped MPK Lodz is currently again trying to save money by declaring that they no longer can afford to make payments to MKT and TP for the lines operated within the Lodz city limits (those tracks are also served by MPK services) and in a new twist MKT is also threatend because MPK would like to take over (take back really) the Helenowek depot. After closing the large Dabrowskiego depot in 2010 MPK is running out of space (and indeed has outstationed some of its historic vehicles at Brus depot). The MPK Chocianowice depot is the old depot for the Pabianice and Rzgow (Tuszyn) interurbans. MPK also has Telefoniczna depot and the central workshops in ul. Tramwajowa (to be closed). See the 2011 MPK map of services for details of the current routes.

MPK uses 805Na cars on lines 16 (usually two-car sets) and 41 (single cars only; Pabianice city only pays them for 5 trams an hour!). TP and MKT both use mostly ex German Duewag trams from various sources (plus the odd surviving 802Na cars; MKT modernised their cars by replacing the fronts and ends). A complete MPK/MKT/TP fleetlist follows in part II.
 
A photographic overview:
 

• Line 41 Lodz – Pabianice

 

 
above: MPK 3-564 in Pabianice, September 1988 (Matthias Mitdank Photo)
 

 
above: MPK 3-497 en-route (location not known), 29.8.1992
 

 
above: MKT 4 passing Chocianowice depot, 30.5.2003
 

 
above: MKT 13 passing Duzy Skred loop 30.5.2003
 

 
above: MPK 3-320 at Chicoanowice IKEA loop (whilst operated as line “P” with two-car sets), 8.11.2009 (Pawel Kazmierczak Photo)
 

• Line 42 Lodz – Rzgow

 

 
above: MPK 3-474 at Rzgow loop, 28.8.1992
 

 
above: the same car en-route (location not known), 28.8.1992
 

• Line 43 Lodz – Lutomiersk (also 43A Lodz – Konstantynow)

 

 
above: MPK 4-039 Stalingradu, 20.9.1988 (Matthias Mitdank Photo)
 

 
above: MPK 4-066 Lutomiersk loop, 17.5.1991 (Siegfried Wolf Photo)
 

 
above: TP 2 passing through Konstantynow, 29.5.2003
 

 
above: MPK 4-040 passing Brus depot, July 1991 (Jörg Harbrecht Photo)
 

 
above: TP 42 in Lutomiersk, 29.5.2003
 

• Line 44 Lodz – Aleksandrow

 

 
above: MPK 32 in Aleksandrow, September 1978
 

 
above: MPK 5-092 in Aleksandrow, 20.9.1988 (Matthias Mitdank Photo)
 

 
above: MPK 5-976 Zachodnia/Ogrodwa (Poznanski palace in background), June 1991 (Jörg Harbrecht Photo)
 

• Line 45 Lodz – Zgierz (today route 16)

 
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above: MPK 5-982 en-route (location not known), 29.8.1992
 

 
above: MPK 3-904 Plac Jana Kilinskiego loop, Zgierz, 17.2.2009 (Pawel Kazmierczak Photo)
 

• Line 46 Lodz – Ozorkow (also 46A Lodz – Helenowek)

 

 
above: MPK 101 Ozorkow, September 1978
 

 
above: MPK 5-062 Ozorkow, 22.5.1993 (Ole Iskov Photo)
 

 
01 ZETiT:
 

 
02 ZETiT:
 

 
05 ZETiT:
 

 
06 ZETiT:
 

 
P12 ZETiT:
 

 
2301 ZETiT:
 

 
2302 Wola:
 

 
2315 ZETiT:
 

 
2316 Wola:
 

 
2319 Wola:
 

 
2320 ZETiT:
 

 
2321 Wola:
 

 
2322 ZETiT:
 

 
2323 Wola:
 

 
2329 Wola:
 

 
(not numbered) Wola:
 

 
(not numbered) Wola:
 

 
(not numbered) R-1:
 

 
(not numbered) R-3:
 

 
Wola Works has three traversers (two indoors and one outdoor):
 

 

 

 
ZETiT has two turntables (I only managed to photograph one this time):_
 

Depots:

R-1 = Wola

R-2 = Praga

R-3 = Mokotow

R-4 = Zoliborz

Wola = Wola Workshops

ZETiT = Obozowa Permanent Way Yard

Here I want to show you the large fleet of workscars that still operates in Warsaw. Having the largest tram network in Poland Warsaw also has the largest fleet of work equipment (both steel wheel and rubber tyred). As with most systems in Poland proper workscars are still a mayor part of the fleet. In most Western Europen countries and indeed most of the tram networks around the world steel wheel workscars have disappeared in the last 10-20 years. They have largely been replaced by rubber tyred vans and lorries and Unimog type road/rail vehicles. In Central & Eastern Europe there are still many workscars around converted from old passenger cars (both motor cars and trailers) and also the odd purpose built vehicles. Warsaw so far has kept many of the workscars in daily use. During our visit we saw two or three in actual service running between depots and of course with a special permanent way depot housing a large fleet of both proper workscars and an even larger number of road and road/rail vehicles Warsaw has more workcars than some of the smaller tram systems I have visited around the world have passenger trams!

We were fortunate enough to visit all the Warsaw tram depots and the main workshops in one day using two charter trams so I think we saw all the vehicles that are owned (except maybe one or two that may have been hidden away in locked sheds) and we even managed to photograph those cars we saw during riding from depot to depot when they re-appeared in their home depots later. I had visited Warsaw during 2007/8 seeing all the depots (except the main workshops) then so in a separate posting I’ll also show photos of some vehicles that seem to have gone today.

Numbering of workscars is fairly hap-hazard in Warsaw. Many cars are numbered in the 2xxx series (or maybe have 2xxx numbers but the first digits are simply not shown) and others have a class code in front of the fleet number (i.e. S-7; with our without the hypen). Others have probably kept their original (ex passenger car) number or simply carry a “stock” number as they never leave the companies’ premises (looking at older slides most workscars seem to have this stock number and many previoulsy only displayed this number). Two little tower wagons (trailers) were spotted not carry any type of number (not even a stock number – though stock numbers can be found on nearly all the other mobile “machinery”).

12 Type 13N (1962) visiting Wola: this car is probably old #2412 now sporting a slightly rebuilt end

later that day the car is seen at home: R-2:

23 Type 13N (1962) ZETiT:

53 (ex 4-53) Type 13N (1964) R-4:

388 Type 13N (1967) ZETiT:

827 (stock number) ZETiT:

1022 Type 105Na ZETiT (photo by D. J. Vigar):

2002 (ex 450-1) Type K (1940) R-1:

2112″ (ex 423-1) Type K (1940) Wola:

2113 (ex 451-1) Type K (1940) ZETiT:

2115 (ex 436-1) Type K (1940) R-3:

2116 (ex 444-1) Type K (1940) ZETiT:

2117 (ex 407-1) Type K (1940) ZETiT:

2213 Type K (1940) ZETiT (photo by D. J. Vigar):

2215 (ex 444-1) Type K (1940) ZETiT:

2217 (ex 164?) Type N(?) (1951?) ZETiT:

2400 (ex 408) Type K (1940) R-4:

2406 (ex 431-1) Type K (1940) Wola:

2407 (ex 425-1) Type K (1940) Wola:

2411 (ex 446-1) Type K (1940) ZETiT:

2412 (ex 429-1) Type K (1940) ZETiT:

10642 (stock number) ZETiT:

P1 (carries number “V498″ on the side) Type 08-16 ZETiT (photo by D. J. Vigar):

P15 (ex 437-1) Type K (1940) R-2:

P16 (ex 439-1) Type K (1940) ZETiT:

P17 (ex 442-1) Type K (1940) ZETiT:

S1 Type SF50 (200x) ZETiT:

S6 Type K (1940) R-3:

S7 Type K (1940) ZETiT:

S9 (ex 410-1) Type K (1940) R-2:

S11 (ex 417-1) Type K (1940) R-2:

S12 (ex 433-1) Type K (1940) ZETZiT:

S15 (ex 291) Type 4N1 (1958-61) ZETiT – to be restored as passenger car 861:

S16 (ex 290) Type 4N1 (1958-61) visiting R-1:

later that day the car is seen at home: R-3

WCS-01 (ex 24XX) Type K (1940/1984) ZETiT:

  somehow I forgot to photograph the front of this car during this visit (this photo taken in 2007)

Depots:

R-1 = Wola

R-2 = Praga

R-3 = Mokotow

R-4 = Zoliborz

Wola = Wola Workshops

ZETiT = Obozowa Permanent Way Yard