http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/ European Tram Pictures Sun, 19 May 2013 19:30:44 GMT Christof Henseler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60658 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60658 But they really missed the time to change to standard gauge which was about ten years ago. The introduction of underground sections which replaced surface Sun, 19 May 2013 16:28:16 GMT David Harries http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60657 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60657 Peter, Good photos. I have been to Wroclaw a couple of times and really didn't want to leave it. The thing to remember with the city is that it was flattened Sun, 19 May 2013 16:03:53 GMT Peter Makinson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60656 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60656 I could not leave Wroclaw without including a shot of one of the Skoda cars now in the fleet. Car 3116 is type 19T, of which there are 31 delivered in 2010/11. Sun, 19 May 2013 15:49:50 GMT Peter Makinson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60655 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60655 There are 26 of these nominally 6-axle articulated cars in the fleet, officially listed as far as I know as new vehicles delivered as Protram type 205Wr Sun, 19 May 2013 15:41:40 GMT Peter Makinson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60654 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60654 Another shot featuring consecutively numbers cars shows Konstal 105Na cars 2533 and 2534 (leading) in the Ulice Swidnicka in the city centre. The cars are Sun, 19 May 2013 15:29:37 GMT Peter Makinson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60653 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60653 The second full day of our trip was spent in Wroclaw which is a three hour rail trip from Katowice. My first image shows a pair of heavily rebuilt Konstal Sun, 19 May 2013 15:14:42 GMT Peter Makinson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60652 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60652 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:37:00 GMT +GF+ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60651 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60651 Oh my, isn’t that the truth.... Laughing all the way and cleaning his monitor.... +GF+ SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: Books may introduce unfamiliar or Sat, 18 May 2013 23:25:45 GMT Greg Sutherland http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60650 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60650 A "Sign of the Times" http://tdu.to/196501.msg?p=1 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:53:16 GMT Peter Makinson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60649 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60649 Sorry, forgot to attach the image ... From: Peter Makinson To: eurotrams@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 1:52 PM Subject: European Trip 2013 - Sat, 18 May 2013 12:51:32 GMT Peter Makinson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60648 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60648 My final offering for today features a car we found at the Zawodzie depot which is located on the "main" line between Sosnowiec and Katowice. Photography into Sat, 18 May 2013 12:45:13 GMT Peter Makinson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60647 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60647 By the time we reached Sosnowiec a real industrial gloom had settled in. Car 921 is one of the 6-axle articulated cars which have been acquired from Vienna. Sat, 18 May 2013 12:43:50 GMT Peter Makinson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60646 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60646 We travelled by tram from Dabrowa Gornicza as far as Bedzin, where there is a depot which serves the eastern section of the network. Car 667 is a rebuilt Sat, 18 May 2013 12:32:48 GMT Peter Makinson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60645 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60645 Returning from Czestochowa to Katowice we left the train at Dabrowa Gornicza which at the eastern end of the of the Upper Silesian network. We were pleased to Fri, 17 May 2013 22:26:15 GMT Tony Prescott http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60644 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotrams/message/60644 ... So getting rid of gearboxes removes one significant potential noise generator? Obviously an issue for some: