"Helmuts" in Lodz (Update 2019)

Lodz is one of my favorite travel destination these days. The “Helmut” cars (this is the local nickname for all ex West German cars that went to Poland) are of special interest to me. Unfortunately, the wounding-down of the Lodz interurban tram companies MKT and TP in 2012 resulted in the scrapping of a number of these second hand mostly Duewag built cars. Fortunately, some remain (not all in service and MPK scrapped a few recently) and here is an overview (this post originally appeared in late 2014 and has been brought up-to-date):

The cars are listed as follows (by fleet number carried):

fleet number
original operator (successive operators in brackets)
builder & date built (series)
remarks

All cars (except the ex Bielefeld M8C(N)s and works car 92002) are currently stationed at Telefoniczna (no. 1 – this number was taken over from the old Tramwajowa depot which was closed and now acts as the main workshops but is scheduled to be replaced by a new facility) tram depot and many carry a 1xxx number. The first digit of the fleet number in Lodz always donates the depot. Most of the cars taken over by MPK from MKT and TP clash with already existing Konstal cars of the same number and thus the leading digit is omitted there. The M8C cars at Chocianowice (no. 2 – originally no. 3 but re-numbered when Dabrowskiego depot closed a few years ago) also do not have the depot number as the first digit of the fleet number. All the M8C cars will be rebuilt with a low-floor centre section soon (MPK has started with the first car in 2014 – there was even talk about rebuilding the M6S cars like this but this now not going to happen) and the “new” M8CN cars get a new number. Workscars have a 5 digit number and the first digit donates the depot (not all cars are numbered correctly – this unfortunately seems to be long-standing tradition in Lodz!) followed by a 2xxx number; 92xxx donates cars allocated to Tramwajowa workshops or the permanent way/workscar depot which is almost opposite of the now demolished Dabrowskiego depot). So whenever a tram is moved (allocated) from one depot to another only the first digit of the fleet number changes (this has been done a lot with the remaining Konstal cars).

81 GT8ZR
Hagen GT6ZR #69 then GT8ZR #89 (Innsbruck GT8ZR #81 with new centre section from Bielefeld GT8 #805, MKT GT8ZR #81)
Duewag 1959/60
never used by MPK – scrapped
171-110-000081-12

86 GT8ZR
Hagen GT6ZR #64 (Innsbruck GT8ZR #86 with centre section from Bielefeld GT8 #811, MKT GT8ZR #86)
Duewag 1959/60
never used by MPK – scrapped
171-110-000086-13

149 GT8
Ludwigshafen #149, MKT #149)
Duewag 1962-67
never used by MPK – scrapped
171-110-000149-30

166 GT8N
Mannheim-Ludwigshafen GT6 #374 later Mannheim GT8N #510 later Helsinki GT8N #166
Duewag 1962
party car ⇓

202 GT8
Freiburg #202 (MKT #202)
Duewag 1971-72
never used by MPK – scrapped
202a

301 M6S
Bochum-Gelsenkirchen #301 (MKT #301)
Duewag 1976-77
to be scrapped soon ⇓
171-110-000301-09

302 M6S
Bochum-Gelsenkirchen #302 (MKT #302)
Duewag 1976-77
to be scrapped soon ⇓
171-110-000302-08

316 M6S
Bochum-Gelsenkirchen #316 (MKT #316)
Duewag 1976-77
to be scrapped soon ⇓
171-110-000316-03c

324 M6S
Bochum-Gelsenkirchen #324 (MKT #324)
Duewag 1976-77
to be scrapped soon ⇓
171-110-000324-18

327 M6S
Bochum-Gelsenkirchen #327 (MKT #327)
Duewag 1976-77
to be scrapped soon ⇓
171-110-000327-04

328 M6S
Bochum-Gelsenkirchen #328 (MKT #328)
Duewag 1976-77
to be scrapped soon ⇓
171-110-000328-05

506 GT8N
Mannheim-Ludwigshafen GT6 #363 later Mannheim GT6 #363 later Mannheim GT8N #506 (MKT #506)
Duewag 1962 ⇓
171-110-000506-05

509 GT8N
Mannheim-Ludwigshafen GT6 #373 later Mannheim GT6 #373 later Mannheim GT8N #509 (MKT #509)
Duewag 1962 ⇓
171-110-000509-10a

511 GT8N
Mannheim-Ludwigshafen GT6 #376 later Mannheim GT6 #376 later Mannheim GT8N #511 (MKT #511)
Duewag 1962 ⇓
171-110-000511-18

513 GT8N
Mannheim-Ludwigshafen GT6 #384 later Mannheim GT6 #384 later Mannheim GT8N #513 (MKT #513)
Duewag 1962 ⇓
171-110-000513-03

514 GT8N
Mannheim-Ludwigshafen GT6 #387 later Mannheim GT6 #387 later Mannheim GT8N #514 (MKT #514)
Duewag 1962 ⇓
171-110-000514-09

515 GT8N
Mannheim-Ludwigshafen GT6 #388 later Mannheim GT6 #388 later Mannheim GT8N #515 (MKT #515)
Duewag 1962 ⇓
171-110-000515-05

521 M8C
Bielefeld #521
Duewag 1982
rebuilt to M8CN 2499
2499 czerwona
522 M8C
Bielefeld #522
Duewag 1982
rebuilt to M8CN 2794
171-110-000522-03

523 M8C
Bielefeld #523
Duewag 1982
rebuilt to M8CN 2798
171-110-000523-04

525 M8C
Bielefeld #525
Duewag 1982
rebuilt to M8CN 2979
171-110-000525-15

526 M8C
Bielefeld #526
Duewag 1982
rebuilt to M8CN 2697
171-110-000526-02a

528 M8C
Bielefeld #528
Duewag 1982
rebuilt to M8CN 2698
171-110-000528-01

529 M8C
Bielefeld #529
Duewag 1982
to be rebuilt to M8CN ⇓
171-110-000529-04a

530 M8C
Bielefeld #530
Duewag 1983
rebuilt to M8CN 2795
2014-08-30-10-34-59a

531 M8C
Bielefeld #531
Duewag 1983
rebuilt to M8CN 2796
171-110-000531-02

532 M8C
Bielefeld #532
Duewag 1983
rebuilt to M8CN 2899
171-110-000532-07

533 M8C
Bielefeld #533
Duewag 1983
to be rebuilt to M8CN ⇓
171-110-000533-04

534 M8C
Bielefeld #534
Duewag 1983
to be rebuilt to M8CN ⇓
171-110-000534-03

536 M8C
Bielefeld #536
Duewag 1983
rebuilt to M8CN 2699
171-110-000536-10

537 M8C
Bielefeld #537
Duewag 1983
rebuilt to M8CN 2799
171-110-000537-07

1038 GT6
Bielefeld GT6 #255 later Bielefeld GT8 #805 (Innsbruck GT6 #38, MKT GT6 #38)
Duewag 1957-63
to be retired soon (KMST is interested in acquiring this vehicle) ⇓
171-110-000038-09

1042 GT6
Bielefeld #827
Duewag 1957-63 (MPK #4042, TP #42)
now retired and stored at Brus museum depot – sister car TP #47 scrapped ⇓
171-110-000042-62a

1071 GT6
Mannheim #423 (Grudziadz #71, TP #71)
Duewag 1964
to be scrapped soon ⇓
171-110-000071-34

1072 GT6
Mannheim #425 (Grudziadz #72, TP #72)
Duewag 1964
to be scrapped soon ⇓
171-110-000072-15a

1074 GT6
Hagen GT6ZR #70 (Wuerzburg GT6 #270, Grudziadz GT6 #74, TP GT6 #74)
Duewag 1962
scrapped – sister 1075′ scrapped after accident (which happened on first day of service with MPK) ⇓
171-110-000074-18

1075″ GT6
Bielefeld GT6 #243 later Bielefeld GT8 #843 later Bielefeld GT8 #813 (Innsbruck GT6 #40, MKT GT6 #40)
Duewag 1957-63
sold to scrap man by MKT but swapped with accident victim 1075′ and thus re-activated – to be scrapped soon ⇓
171-110-000075-11

1077 GT6ZR
Hagen #78 (Wuerzburg #278, Grudziadz #77, TP #77)
Duewag 1962/63
scrapped
171-110-000077-17

1078 GT6ZR
Hagen #81 (Wuerzburg #281, Grudziadz #78, TP #78 but never used in service)
Duewag 1962/63
scrapped
171-110-000078-13a

1084 GT8ZR
Hagen GT6ZR #64 (Innsbruck GT8ZR #84 with centre section from Bielefeld GT8 #813, MKT GT8ZR #84)
Duewag 1959/60
first stored but then re-activated by MPK – scrapped
171-110-000084-10

1085 GT8ZR
Hagen GT6ZR #65 (Innsbruck GT8ZR #85 with centre section from Bielefeld GT8 #810, MKT GT8ZR #85)
Duewag 1959/60
scrapped
171-110-000085-23a

1147 GT6
Ludwigshafen #147, MKT #147)
Duewag 1962-67
sister car #123 scrapped – to be scrapped soon ⇓
171-110-000147-16a

1512 GT8N
Mannheim-Ludwigshafen GT6 #434 later Ludwigshafen GT6 #146 later Mannheim GT8N #509 later Helsinki GT8N #163
Duewag 1964 ⇓
lars-richter-1512-lodz-2014-08-29-11-42-19b

1519 GT8N
Mannheim-Ludwigshafen GT6 #366 later Ludwigshafen GT6 #146 later Mannheim GT8N #507 later Helsinki GT8N #165
Duewag 1962 ⇓
lars-richter-lodz-1519-2014-09-01-10-22-59

1521 GT8N
Mannheim GT6 #429 later Mannheim GT8N #519 later Helsinki GT8N #162
Duewag 1964 ⇓
1521 wlokn

1522 GT8N
Mannheim GT6 #354 later Mannheim GT8N #503 later Helsinki GT8N #164
Duewag 1962 ⇓
1522 czment1751

Bochum MGTD #441
Duewag 1994 ⇓

1861
Bochum MGTD #403
Duewag 1992
(photo to follow)

1862
Bochum MGTD #405
Duewag 1992
(photo to follow)

1863
Bochum MGTD #402
Duewag 1992 ⇓

1864
Bochum MGTD #406
Duewag 1992 ⇓

1865
Bochum MGTD #408
Duewag 1992 ⇓

1866
Bochum MGTD #412
Duewag 1992 ⇓

1867
Bochum MGTD #409
Duewag 1992 ⇓

1868
Bochum MGTD #426
Duewag 1993
(photo to follow)

1869
Bochum MGTD #411
Duewag 1992
(photo to follow)

1870
Bochum MGTD #428
Duewag 1993
(photo to follow)

1871
Bochum MGTD #4xx
Duewag 1992
(photo to follow)

1872
Bochum MGTD #414
Duewag 1992
(photo to follow)

92002 GT6ZR “works car”
Bielefeld #509 (rebuilt in Bielefeld with front ends of GT6 #830 and #839)
Duewag 1960 ⇓