Saturday, July 24, 2010

Viennese Tramways

N/n Type was the most technically advanced streetcar in the interbellum Vienna. It was a development of the pre-WWI type designed for Pressburg (today Bratislava). Otto Wagner, the greatest Austrian architect, took part in the Pressburg project.
In 1925 Vienna Municipality ordered 330 N/n type streetcars.
That's how they looked like in 1927 and 1929.
After the WWII the type underwent extensive modernization. The cars were fitted with brand-new bodywork but retained their original platforms and engines. This train, N1 - n2 - N1, was rebuilt in 1954.

Tramway Museum, Vienna

photo by Lord K
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4 comments:

  1. PTA Transit AuthorityJuly 24, 2010 at 4:23 PM

    Great Trains. They are beautiful!

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  2. Lord KJuly 24, 2010 at 4:32 PM

    Great museum, very spacious. Every type of streetcars preserved, since 1867. Nice vintage buses, too.

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  3. Pablo J. ÁlvarezJuly 25, 2010 at 7:00 AM

    Viena, what's a wonderful place, with all the old things we like and look for.

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  4. Lord KJuly 25, 2010 at 7:09 AM

    Exactly!

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