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Limited edition of
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1942 ATM Turin FIAT PCC Tramcar No. 3001
In
1942 FIAT built two first European PCC cars, one for home city of Turin
and one for Madrid, Spain. The first Italian PCC car was numbered 3001
in Turin and was painted in the traditional Italian two-tone green transit
livery. In 1943, FIAT built five more cars of 3002-3006 series of almost
same body design, but they were equipped with conventional Fiat 2045 trucks
instead of more expensive B2-type trucks. The life of car 3001 in Turin
was very short: at end of 1943 it was destroyed during the American air
raids. After the war, in 1948, the car was rebuilt with a new body (at
first with B-2 trucks, replaced in 1958 by TIBB-Brill 97E trucks). Between
1949 and 1958 FIAT built 125 trams for Turin (3100-3164 and 3165-3229
series) with bodies very similar to 3001 and also with remote controls.
Scale: 1:43
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REPRESENTATIVES
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1949/57 ATM Turin FIAT 3100-3164 series Tram.
In
1949 ATM Turin placed the order to FIAT Matefer for 125 new trams, which
were similar is design to the trams of 3002-3006 series, built in 1943/44.
First 25 trams were built in 1949 and they were numbered 3100-3124. They
were equipped with 97E trucks, built by Tibb uder Brill license. The second
batch of 20 cars was built in 1953 (3125-3144 series) and in 1957 twenty
more cars arrived, beign numbered 3145-3164 (these cars had a brighter
interiors with extensive use of the plastic matherials). Car 3164 was
fitted with Fiat 2045 trucks as a pilot model for next batch of trams.
In 1958 FIAT built 60 more trams for Turin, they were numbered into 3165-3224
series and had Fiat 2045 trucks, built under license of the Commonwealth
Steel Co. In 1958/59 thirty more cars of similar design were built (3250-3279
series), this time using an ATM Moncenisio trucks. This class of trams
was a mainstay of Turin tram fleet for many years, in 1976/77 they were
rebuilt by Viberti/Seac group.
Scale: 1:43
Available 2008/2009
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REPRESENTATIVES
Photo: Collection D.Penno
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DISCONTINUED MODELS
All these models are out of current production line.
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1928 Milan "Peter Witt" Tramcar
Electric
trams in Milan first appeared in 1893 and by 1900 all system was converted
to electric power. Between 1895 and 1931 all trams in the city were owned
by an Italian subsidiary of the Edison company. As a result of the change
of the rule of road from left-hand to right hand running in 1926 the opportunity
was the taken to replace old fleet with new cars built to American Peter
Witt specification. First two cars were built very soon and in 1928 a
large fleet of 500 cars was ordered. These cars, built to very high standard
of maintenance, were one of the most solidly-built of all European trams:
now, 70 years later, there are over 300 Peter Witt cars in regular daily
service in Milan. Car No.1834 was donated by citizens of Milan to San-Francisco
for the famous trolley festival.
Scale 1:43
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115a
1928 Milan "Peter Witt" Tramcar
(old ATM two-tone green livery)
Scale 1:43