Potsdam, Škoda 14Tr (2)
The Skoda 14TRCar no 978 (formerly 408) was new to Weimar in 1983, and was later in service in service in Almaty Kazakhstan as no. 1218, later 3052 until the end of 2005, after a spell in Ostrava.. Identical Potsdam car no 976 is preserved in Berlin. These 1983-4 vehicles were purchased for the 3 remaining DDR trolleybus systems of Potsdam, Eberswalde and Weimar due to fears relating to the oil crisis of the 1970s. Eberswalde is now the only system still operating in the former GDR territory. The sad end of 978 can be seen here. It seems that there is quite a bit of local interest in transport in in Almaty..The site can be explored from these links. Potsdam 14Trs no 972/974/973 became Zlin 402/4//3 and eventually Chernivtsi 333-5 in Ukraine.
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