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TMZ end of year photo tour
TMZ members and friends congregated at Gessnerallee at 10:00 for their end of year photo tour. Only one participant was missing, the tram itself. But finally the BDe4/4 12 and Bt 106 rounded the corner cautiously edging towards the eager photographers who immediately set about capturing the moment on film. The tour took us via Usteristrasse and Limmatquai to our first photo call between Scheuren and Neuhaus at a beautiful location overlooking Lake Greifensee and the snowclad Alps bathed in an unusually clear light. The crowd disembarking from the train directly onto the road and far from any stop or settlement quite confused at least one motorist. The next photo calls were at Esslingen and at Hinteregg. The latter has a single track, a simple wooden shelter and a genuine interurban feel to it. Inside Forch depot we were able to inspect the first of the new Be4/6 units (probably 61, but no numbers have been applied yet). This vehicle is still being commissioned and we must be among the first to have seen it. Everybody agreed that this vehicle has been turned out to a very high standard. Seats are three across (reminiscent of first class accomodation), tasteful and comfortable. From Forch our trip continued to Burgwies where we said farewell to our BDe4/4. These cars are soon to vanish from traffic, and their future is uncertain as no buyer has been identified yet (so if anybody needs any 1200V metre gauge BDe4/4 or Bt4s, please contact the Forchbahn ... soon ... ). We were able to visit the depot, the future tram museum. A number of works cars, non operational cars and assorted parts have been collected here. The newest arrivals are a pair of bogies from an ex Wehmingen, ex-Geneva car incorporating original Zürich TM11 motors which will one day see use on the replica 57 project. From Burgwies the tour continued with ZOS 1 and 176+455 via Bürkliplatz, Bahnhof Enge (photo call), Stockerstrasse, Stauffacher, Bahnhofplatz to Wartau. This was a wonderful tour which will long be remembered.
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