At the time (1971) the latest acquisition of the Amsterdam tram company GVB was a Mercedes Unimog, here hooked up with the oldest tram chassis E1, the frame used to be a horsetram trailer.
The unique combination was undertaking maintenance work at night on the the overhead wires of line 17 where road bound vehicles had no access.
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During heavy snowfall the P trams came out to spray a nasty, heavily concentrated brine (pekel) on the tracks. This liquid was so potent it would dissolve the stitchings in your shoes if it would hit you.
The assistant on the photo had to manually move the switch, as it was blocked with snow and ice.
Kinkerbrug 17-2-1970
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Single articulated tram 587 and brine tram P15 on a driver training run at Amsterdam Amstelstation in the summer of 1968
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869 waiting under the Bijenkorf.
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Due to a tree damaging overhead wires heavy crane truck 75 tows trams out of the area where power has been disrupted.
Double articulated tram 622 is behind the Mack
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