A Streetcar class Peter Witt (built under license in Milan around the late 1920) through the Piazza di Porta Nuova Garibaldi, in the background the new skyline of Milan.
The Peter Witt Streetcars from Milano have been built some eighty years ago, but they are still in daily use today. The #1582 is advertising for an for an Andy Warhol exhibition in the Palazzo Rea... (more)
More than 80 years and still in use. Amazing! Here near "Galleria VIttorio Emanuele II", Milan. [SONY DSC-WX50]
Milan is the city in Italy where they are still in service a number of tireless tram bogie "Peter Witt" built in the 30s like this one in the photo, along with obviously more modern streetcar.
TTC's sole Witt still on the property makes occasional forays outside the shops, always trailing a PCC and followed by a CLRV (here 4041, newly-air-conditioned) as the brakes are not fully trusted... (more)
This square in the heart of Milan once had one of the world's most complex grand unions, with six tracks side by side. The center pair in each direction had straight diamond crossings - all curve... (more)
Now well know in North America with several cars ooperating in San Francisco, the Milan Peter Witt cars have ioperated continuously since 1928.
