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Overhead wire maintenance car DBAG class 709.0 in Dresden-Neustadt. Only three units were built 1993/1994 for the DR by Plasser & Theurer, derived from the ÖBB X 552, as a successor of class 708. Later the DB decided for two cheaper types (class 711.0 by Windhoff and 711.1 by Gleisbaumechanik Brandenburg). 2001-07-15. Photo: tobias b köhler

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Overhead wire maintenance car DBAG class 709.0 in Dresden-Neustadt, near the turntable. You can see that it has a crane on one end. 2001-07-15. Photo: tobias b köhler

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Overhead wire maintenance car class 709 in Dresden-Neustadt, seen from the ramp of the old auto train terminal (out of use today). You can see the measurement pantograph from this side. 2001-08-04. Photo: tobias b köhler

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Builder's plate of the overhead wire maintenance car class 709, made by Plasser & Theurer (Austria) in 1993. It is of the type MTW-100 (MTW = Motorturmwagen). Dresden-Neustadt, 2001-08-04. Photo: tobias b köhler

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Overhead wire maintenance car class 709, seen from the rear end with crane. The number is not written anywhere on this vehicle. Dresden-Neustadt, 2001-08-04. Photo: tobias b köhler

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Five orange guys on a class 709 catenary repair car are working on the overhead wires under the Nossener Brücke in Dresden. 2001-09-26. Photo: tobias b köhler