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Mack & Mercedes tow trucks by railfan3

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Mack & Mercedes tow trucks

Ex Canadian Army Mack heavy wrecker next to Mercedes Unimog light wrecker. GVB Centrale werkplaats 1970. (c)Henk Graalman

Big Mack on tow duty by railfan3

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Big Mack on tow duty

In April 1969 a tree came down on top the 665. Ex Canadian aAllied Forces Mack 75 had to tow the tram away. Also note the spare bow collector on top of the roof of the Mack. Car 665 has been preserved for future refurbishment. (c)Henk Graalman 7052 12-4-69

GVB Kraanwagens by railfan3

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GVB Kraanwagens

Massive ex Canadian Army heavy wrecker 75 next to the modern addition to the fleet, Unimog 58. Also note the old and current logo on the truck doors. © Henk Graalman 3020

No assistance required by railfan3

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No assistance required

Tram 663 had been cut off by a truck and finished up rear ending it. As it turned out the tram coped better with the impact than the truck and although heavy Mack salvage crane GVB 75 was despatched to the crash scene no assistance was required. The 663 could be retuned to service after inspection on the Plantage Kerklaan siding. © Henk Graalman September 1969 (6938)

Ballenwagen by railfan3

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Ballenwagen

Amsterdam celebrating 700 years of city rights in 1975 by commissioning artist Marte Röling to paint 700 red dots on tramcar 700. The livery caused the tram to be labeled with some very colorful nicknames...
© Henk Graalman 4912

Tram zonder halte by railfan3

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Tram zonder halte

In 1975 the city of Amsterdam celebrated the 700 anniversary; the public transport Authority (GVB) celebrated the 75 year of electric trams. This tram had been chartered to move a group of high office holders around. "Histor geeft u kleurenmoed"???
© Henk Graalman 6658

Tran on tow by railfan3

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Tran on tow

The tram behind heavy Mack wrecker 75 is towed away after breaking the pantograph. © Henk Graalman 30May69

Metro bus proefmodel by railfan3

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Metro bus proefmodel

Fraai stukje huisvlijt van het GVB om een metrowagen in een station rondom standaardbus 481 te presenteren.
As part of the 'GVB 75' cavalcade this weird looking contraption symbolized a metrocar exiting a station build around bus 481. Lucky to actually catch it on rails.....
© Henk Graalman 2459B

Amsterdam: 'Old Mack' comes to rescue (1971) by Amsterdam RAIL

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Amsterdam: 'Old Mack' comes to rescue (1971)

Het is zomer 1971.
GVB-kraanwagen 75 is aan komen rijden om de defect geraakte 602 van lijn 4 weg van het 'wachtwagenspoor' weg te slepen. De dienstdoende chef houdt de bestuurder van de 607 tegen met een effectief gebaar omdat één van de monteurs met een lange stok bezig is iets op het dak van de defecte tram in orde te brengen.
Het toeval wil dat zowel tram 602 als de kraanwagen nog steeds bestaan.

Good old GVB 602 at the point of being towed away from an inconvenient spot.
The Mack towing truck originally was a WWII Canedian army vehicle.
Both tram 602 as Mack 75 are preserved.

Amsterdam, Prins Hendrikkade - zomer /Summer 1971

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Pantograaf Problemen by railfan3

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Pantograaf  Problemen

Op de Hortus hefbrug waren nog wel eens problemen met de bovenleidingsovergang van brug naar de vaste wal.
The Hortusbrug in Amsterdam had tricky connections on this bridge causing the pantographs to get hooked and get damaged of some trams. Mack heavy wrecker 75 is ready to tow the tram backwards against the flow of the traffic.
© Henk Graalman 4703

Ballenbus naar Badhoevedorp by railfan3

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Ballenbus naar Badhoevedorp

Bus op de voormalige tramhalte van lijn 16.
Festive livery for an Amsterdam bus to celebrate the 75 th anniversary of the Amsterdam Public Transport Authority GVB
© Henk Graalman 4781

Optocht 'GVB 75' (1975) by Amsterdam RAIL

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Optocht 'GVB 75' (1975)

GVB 532 (de oorspronkelijke 112) maakte deel uit van de optocht in het kader van 75 JAAR GVB. Duizenden mensen langs de route zagen ook deze bus voorbij komen. Niet veel later vond hij echter een roemloos einde op een sloperij in Soest.
Beter liep het af met de erachter rijdende railreiniger Rr3, die - in oude luister hersteld - tegenwoordig te zien is bij het Nederlands Open Luchtmuseum.

AEC-Veheul GVB 112 (later 532) is een component van de eerste serie bussen met luchtvering. Het waren halfautomaten en het was niet elke chauffeur gegeven soepeltjes met deze bussen te schakelen. Nadat alle bussen naar de sloper waren gegaan is door particulier initiatief seriegenoot 115 gered door deze alsnog te completeren en te kopen van de sloper. Hij werd uiteengenomen om hem weer te restaureren in de verschijningsvorm van de jaren '60. Zover heeft het niet mogen komen. Het karkas + motor en chassis bestaan overigens nog. Deze bus zal als replica van een GTW-bus terugkeren op de weg in Oost-Nederland.

Amsterdam, Amsteldijk - 20 september 1975

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Feestbus - Ballenbus by railfan3

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Feestbus - Ballenbus

The celebrate the 700th anniversary of Amsterdam bus 75 (and tram 700) were kitted out in pink wih 75 white dots It was rumoured that this bus did not service the nightbus network as the sight of a big pink dotted bus may potentially very much startle alcohol affected people in the street. .
© Henk Graalman 11006

Amsterdam 113 in 1975 by Amsterdam RAIL

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Amsterdam 113 in 1975

Op zijn achtste dag in dienst is de splinternieuwe GVB 113 op lijn 29 onderweg naar het eindpunt Czaar Peterstraat in het jubileumjaar 1975 (GVB 75/Amsterdam 700).

Brand new GVB 113 on route 29 is on his way to the Czaar Peterstraat terminus. The balloon sticker indicates that this is the Jubilee Year 'GVB 75'

GVB 113 29-1 [64-80-AB] DAF-Hainje


Amsterdam, Kamperbrug (Centraak Station) - 29 maart 1975 / March 29, 1975

Original by Mr Max Velthuis † - Nowadays part of the Amsterdam RAIL Collection

Amsterdam "GVB 75" HO scale jubilee model by Amsterdam RAIL

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Amsterdam "GVB 75" HO scale jubilee model

Limited eition HO scale Dutch DAF-Hainje standard city bus in "GVB 75" jubilee version (1975).

Een zeer beperkte oplage DAF-Hainje standaard stadsbus die in 1975 op straat reed ter gelegenheid van de festiviteiten "GVB 75".

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Men at work by railfan3

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Men at work

Bovenleidingsperikelen op de Hortusbrug. Heavy towtruck Mack 75 is ready to hook op with the 627, however the overhead wire repairtruck blocks the way.
The Mack 75 will have to tow the tram away against the traffic.
© Henk Graalman 7495

Tram op sleep by railfan3

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Tram op sleep

Due to a tree damaging overhead wires heavy crane truck 75 tows trams out of the area where power has been disrupted.
Double articulated tram 622 is behind the Mack
© Henk Graalman 12927 4-69

GVB 75 by Tim Boric

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GVB 75

After World War II, the Amsterdam public transport company (GVB) bought two Mack trucks from the Canadian Army. They were used to tow away broken down trams and buses

Towing away a broken down tram by Tim Boric

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Towing away a broken down tram

After World War II, the Amsterdam public transport company (GVB) bought two Mack trucks from the Canadian Army. They were used into the 1980s to tow away broken down trams and buses, like GVB 75 with no. 602 in this picture on Dam square in 1971

Schadetram 689 en Mack 75 by railfan3

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Schadetram 689 en Mack 75

Looks like the wrecker 75 just reversed into the 689...
In fact, the 75 came to collect this badly damaged tram from the Central workshops for a tow job to the remise Lekstraat
© Henk Graalman 12926