| Fleet Number |
Type |
Builder/Date |
History |
Gas
Trams 1-4 |
|
Ashbury
Railway Carriage & Iron Co. 1896 |
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wanted - can you help?
- some destroyed through collapse of the depot in 1903 after strong
gales
- all survivors sold to Provincial Gas Traction Co. in Neath (Wales)
after operation ended in 1903
- one unidentified Neath car was restored (without engine) after 1984 |
Gas Trams
5-20 |
|
Lancaster
Carriage & Wagon Co. 1897 |
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wanted - can you help?
- some survivors sold to Provincial Gas Traction Co. in Neath (Wales)
after operation ended in 1903 (see above) |
Horse
trams (22 cars) |
|
|
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- bought in 1900 ex Farnworth Urban District Council
- gone from the fleet by 1901
- 17 were double-deck Eades patent reversible cars and the remainder
steam tram trailers ex Blackburn & Over Darwen Tramways Co. |
1-30 |
Open top |
BEC 1903 |
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- nos. 21-30 rebuilt by UEC with cross-bench lower decks in 1906
- the lower deck of no. 23 survived as a bus shelter until 1977
- no. 26 became sweeper/grinder in 1930 |
31-40 |
Open
top/crossbench |
Brush 1905 |
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41-42
43
44-50 |
Balcony |
EE 1924 |
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- the lower body of no. 43 survives dismantled at the West Lancashire
Light Railway but restoration into its original form seems unlikely |
51-54 |
Single deck |
EE 1924 |
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- bought in 1933 ex Dearne District Light Railway |
55 |
Enclosed |
Brush 1915 |
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- bought in 1933 ex Accrington Corporation |
56 |
Enclosed |
Preston
Corporation 1928/1929 |
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- bought in 1934 ex Preston Corporation |