Dieses Bild habe ich im Web gefunden - es ist ein Kleinserienmodell im
Massstab 1:48, gefertigt von einer russischen Firma, die viele PCC-Modelle
im Angebot hat. Diese Wagen wären fast für Wien gebraucht gekauft worden,
man entschloss sich dann aber doch für die DUEWAG-Lizenznachbauten (E/E1).
Hier Information in englisch von der Website:
In mid-50s, the Vienna tram system needed the new cars to replace the old
rolling stock. Between 1954 and 1959 the Wiener Stadtwerker Verkehrsbetriebe
acquired sixty large capacity motor cars and number of matching trailers,
rebuilt many old cars with new bodies and in 1957 received a first
articulated tram in Austria, built by Graf & Stift company, using parts from
old trams. In 1959 first two articulated trams, built by Austrian Lohner
company on Duwag license were delivered to Vienna. However, the company
still needed more cars to replace old trams, especially because it was
announced that the speed restrictions on cars without track brakes will be
entered in January 1961. In 1949 the company acquired 42 second-hand cars
from New York's Third Avenue Transit System (Type Z, 4201-4242 series) and
in August 1955 the Vienna delegation visited United States in order to study
the possible purchase the used PCCs. The Washington cars were the most
suitable because of its shorter length, however they were wider than regular
Vienna cars (2.5 m instead of regular 2.2 m Vienna standard; however ex-TARS
cars were already 2,494 m wide), but could be operated without problems in
the Floridsdorf area, where the ex-New York cars were already in service.
The front entrance and cente exit floor plan was non-standard for Vienna
with its rear entrance, front exit scheme, but it seems that in mid-50s the
company was almost ready to live with this and intended to buy at least 100
used PCCs from Washington, D.C. There were a number of additional
consultations and by end of 1950s the company already received the
authorization from Vienna Municipal Council to purchased 200 PCC trucks,
track brakes, motors and control gears from D.C Transit to be used on new
cars bodies, produced in Austria locally. These cars, called in Vienna as
"Halbamerikaners" should be produced started from 1961.
--
Harald A. Jahn
www.tramway.at
Letztes Update: 1.1.2006, Bildarchiv: Straßenbahn Paris
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