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News roundup (slightly belated) filed on: 26.09.2006 (26th Sep 2006) The lead article of the current edition of Tram magazine (Nr. 87/ 09.-11.2006) celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Mirage type tram (Be4/6 1601-1726). In the news section of the same magazine, the scrapping of 1702 and 1708 is reported. 1670 is withdrawn with accident damage. The list of vehicles scrapped to date is stated as 1617/54/90/1/1700 (in 2005) and 1702/8 this year. Furthermore 1670 and 1697 are stored — the latter since 2004. P16 type trams Be4/4 1418-20 and B4 771-4 are also out of use. The FFA three-door standard tram trailers B4 787-98 are currently undergoing bogie overhauls, suggesting that this type is set to last in service at least a little longer.
Schweizer Eisenbahn Revue (10/2006) also has a short article on BDWM's (formerly Bremgarten Dietikon) plans. BDWM intends to replace its entire fleet by new vehicles, with the newer low floor cars being transferred to WSB/AAR). The latter will refurbish these vehicles and its own similar cars, adding first class compartments. Low-floor driving trailers will also be acquired to work with the remaining high-floor cars. source: Tram magazine, Prellbock magazine Search news archive for Tram magazine, Prellbock magazine, Mirage, P16, standard tram, Lausanne Ficelle, Tango Basel, Cobra, Bombardier narrow gauge, BDWM, WSB.
This news item is from the 2006 newslog.
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