Ploiesti, Romania
<br><i>R.A.T.Ph. (Regia Autonoma de Transport Public Ploiesti)</i>
<br>ITB 1VU <b>#5060</b>
<br>The 1VU sno-plough trams were built by ITB (now RATB = Regia Autonoma de Transport Bucuresti)-URAC (Uzina de Reparatii ,,Atelierele Centrale" = Central Workshops), with trucks, wheelsets and electric motors from the old Thomson, V09 and V56 (?) cars. Originally, they had 2 axles and 2 DC motors and a Romanian Electroputere controller (12 steps) for them + another controller for the snow-plough. In Bucharest, the EP controllers were replaced by Thomson and AEG 8-steps controllers and different switches were installed for the snow-plough. In Ploiesti, the 2 units they have were heavily modified: one axle was replaced by a Timis motor bogie, and the controller is also taken from a Timis 2 car.
<p><a href="http://transportploiesti.trei.ro/Parc.htm">List of R.A.T.Ph.'s vehicles</a>.
<br>Photo by Dr2005 - transportbucuresti.trei(a)gmail.com; More photos are available at <a href="http://www.transportploiesti.trei.ro">www.transportploiesti.trei.ro</a>.