NJTFAN1235! wrote: ↑15 Mar 2024, 15:12
So it's a Hofstad food tram? Why would they do that, even though there are food places, our U.S has restaurants.
Because it's not usual to have a restaurant tram in your city. Also that restaurant tram can be a good tourist attraction. It's not unusual, that transport companies uses some of it's vehicles as a tourist attractions. The Prague has these tram-related tourist attractions as well. These are:
1st: Retro tram lines 23, 41 and 42.
2nd: A Lubricating tram, which drives around the Prague tram network. Although this tram is a service tram. It's considered a tourist attraction because of it's design, purpose and due to being unique in the Czechia (and possibly in the Europe).
3rd: The ability to rent a historic/modified trams for a private ride around the Prague. The trams, you can rent, are:
A: The Ringhoffer tram - either motor car itself, or a pair motorcar - trailercar.
B: Tatra T1 - The 2nd prototype[1] of Tatra T1 with bort number 5002, made in the early 50's.
C: Tatra T2 - The 2 prototypes[2] of Tatra T2, both made in late 50's.
D: Tatra T3 - The prototype of Tatra T3 (also called "The prototype of a legend")[3] with bort number 6102, made in the early 60's.
E: Tatra T3 "Little Moon" ("Měsíček" in Czech) - A Tatra T3 tramcar modified for sightseeing in a child-friendly livery, primarily used for sightseeing
rides for children.
F: Tatra T4 "Sunny" ("Sluníčko" in Czech) - The prototype of Tatra T4 with bort number 5500, modified for sightseeing also in a child-friendly livery, and also primarily used for sightseeing rides for children.
G: Tatra T3 Coupé - A heavilly modified Tatra T3 tramcar with panoramatic windows on the roof, also used for sightseeing. This one is quite new, it was made in mid 2018.
Notes:
There was an ability to rent a Tatra K2 for private ride, but AFAIK, this tram is temporarily out of order and it's being repaired.
There's also a Ringhoffer tram in motorcar - trailercar pair configuration in Wenceslas square, which serves as a café, but unlike Hoftrammm, this Ringoffer pair is completely stationary and completely separated from tram network.
Footnotes:
1 - The 1st prototype of Tatra T1 with bort number 5001 is being exhibited in Prague transport company museum in Střešovice depot. Unlike the 2nd prototype, the 1st prototype is completely inoperable and it's also equipped with trolley pole for historical reasons, making it unsuitable to run on catenary without wire-frogs (the 2nd prototype was modified and equipped with panto to make it compatible with the catenary).
2 - The prototypes of Tatra T2 can be distinguished by their front masks. The 1st prototype with bort number 6003 has a mask resembling a PCC tram, although there's a chrome plated ornament around the front headlight. The 2nd prototype with bort number 6004 has a mask resembling a Tatra T3, although the mask of the 2nd prototype seems to be bulkier than the Tatra T3's mask.
3 - The prototype of Tatra T3 got this nickname around the early 80's when the Tatra T3 tram was widely spread around the Eastern European block incl. Soviet Russia.
