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Énergie Cairo #112
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| Name | Énergie Cairo (Énergie) /Miscellaneous 2-axle tram | |
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| ? | EMPC جيزة (al-Gīza) | |
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| Year Of Get | Year Of Remove | Vehicle Number |
| ? | 112 / EMPC جيزة (al-Gīza) | |
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16 february 2010 - Egypt Media Production City (EMPC), 6th of October City, Egypt. In 1979 the erstwhile president Anwar Sadat decreed the creation of a new city in the desert off Giza. The 'city' consists mainly of different kinds of universities, but also houses one of the world's largest film studios. The EMPC holds many different kinds of film locations, including this Egyptian street from the first half of the 20th Century. It comes complete with fake houses, a fake mosque and 200m of tram track, including this ex-Cairo tram of Belgian origin. The car is in an abysmal condition - the first notch is missing, the body is bent like an EU-regulations banana, and the brakes locked themselves when we rode it. In the picture the helper of the driver is reversing the trolley pole at the southern end of the line. The manufacturer's plate of this tram looks something like this:
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Author: straphan
Author: straphan
Comments: 3
16 february 2010 - Egypt Media Production City, 6th October City. And as a short interlude to let you relax a little after Helwan - another picture of the ancient film prop at the end of its line.
Author: straphan
Author: straphan
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16 february 2010 - Giza (EG) - Media City. A wooden tram in a wooden street. All the buildings are totally false - one of several purpose-built film sets built here in the desert near Cairo. The electric tramway here was specially created a few years ago as part of an area representing old Alexandria. It uses this typical 1930s Belgian-built tram from Cairo, which is in working order (or was, until we broke it). It's one of the very few historic trams left in Egypt.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
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16 february 2010 - Giza (EG) – Media City. The old 1920s tram that operates on the private line at the Media City film studios, situated in the desert near Cairo. Painted to resemble an Alexandria tram, it was built by Societe Anonyme de Energie in Marcinelle, Belgium and worked its whole life in Cairo. The fleet number is probably fictitious.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
16 february 2010 - Giza (EG) – Media City. All the buildings here are just a film set – you can tell they aren’t real because the streets are clean! This is how the city of Alexandria looked in the 1920s.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
16 february 2010 - Giza (EG) – Media City. Inside Cairo tram #112. The separate front compartment would have been for ladies only. The city tramway still has a similar tram stored in their depot, but it doesn’t appear to come out and I only saw it from a distance. These trams were used right up until the early 1980s.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
16 february 2010 - Egypt – Al Giza, Media City. The preserved, ex-Cairo four-wheeler in action along the short tram line laid within this vast film studio complex, recreating a street in old Alexandria. This tram is a miraculous survivor, although it lives out of doors and the bodywork is becoming a little ‘tired’ from long exposure to the wind and sun in this desert area.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
Comments: 3
16 february 2010 - Egypt - Giza, Media City: Rarely seen by enthusiasts (who have probably never actually ridden on it) is this short tram line at a purpose-built film set in the desert near Cairo. All the buildings here are artificial, made of wood and concrete to represent an old Egyptian town. To complete the picture, an ex-Cairo tram of the 1920s has been placed on a track about 300 metres long. At my request, special arrangements were made for a small group to visit and see the tram working. Here it is seen about halfway along the track - although the gauge is incorrect, the scene is intended to represent old Alexandria and is very convincing. The tram has seen better days, standing outside in the hot sun for many years, but can still run.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar