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Buenos Aires, 2-axle motor car # 258
  Buenos Aires2-axle motor car # 258 
Caballito, in front of Polvorín Depot

Author: EMMTR 277 · Rosario           Date: Sunday, April 13, 1986

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Buenos Aires, 2-axle motor car # 258

Operator/Facility:AAT (museum trams)
Since...:10.08.1980
Model:2-axle motor car
Built:1927
Current state:In operation
Purpose:Museum vehicle
Remarks:07.1980 ex Porto, 258
-Built in 1927 in Porto under a license from J.G. Brill from Philadelphia, USA.
-Acquired by the AAT in July 1980.
-Arrived at Buenos Aires on August 10th 1980.
-Restoration as a tram of the same model of the Lacroze Tramway Company started in October 1980.
-Opening of the Heritage Tramway of Buenos Aires with car #258 on November 15th 1980.
-General repairs between 1989-1994.
-Reopening of #258 on April 2011, after profound general repairs.
-Declared National Heritage Landmark in 2014.
-Interior floor change in 2019.

Nicknamed “Lacroze”

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