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Subject: 
Vienna tram system now hauling freight (ie: Train Ideas!)
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Date: 
Mon, 23 May 2005 13:48:37 GMT
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Here’s some photos of the new freight service on Vienna’s tram lines. They’re aparently named “bims” because of the sound of their warning bell:







Link to original page in German



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  Re: Vienna tram system now hauling freight (ie: Train Ideas!)
 
(...) That's terrifically cute/bizarre! Thanks for finding this little gem! I think it would be a hilarious model (4 wide containers have a prototype after all!)... (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
  Re: Vienna tram system now hauling freight (ie: Train Ideas!)
 
Funny.... I have seen something similar in Riga. Sometimes there are single tracks (connected to either one or both of the tram tracks) going towards a large gate - probably not passenger traffic. I have only once seen a tanker-tram there, I am not (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: Vienna tram system now hauling freight (ie: Train Ideas!)
 
(...) It even seems have its own website where you can track it! (URL) (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.trains)

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