Historic tram No. 117 (length 9.75 m, width 2 m, wheelbase 2.4 m, empty weight 10.5 t, 18 seats, room for 36 standing passengers). Built 1909 by Grazer Waggon- und Maschinenfabrik AG (the predecessor of SGP) as GTG No. 87, rebuilt in 1918 with new running gear, new pantograph installed in 1939, renamed to GVB No. 117 in 1951, rebuilt with new carbody in 1952, retired in 1963, restored in 1970.

Graz Hauptbahnhof, 2002-12-24. Temperature near freezing, fine drizzle. What a weather for christmas eve ....

photo: tobias b köhler