Fleet Number
from 1968 |
Fleet Number
before 1968 |
Class
& Builder/Date |
History |
14
24
34
44
54
64
74
84
94
104
114
124
133 |
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
|
OMO
BCT 1972-1975 |


-
ex English Electric Railcoach of 1936
- nos. 1-5 rebuilt 1972 ex 616,620,610,608,609
- nos. 6-7 rebuilt 1973 ex 617,619 (see also Vanguard Replica
619")
- nos. 8-9 rebuilt 1974 ex 612,613
- nos. 10-12 rebuilt 1975 ex 614,615,611
- no. 11 scrapped early September 2000 - until January 1997 this
was a test car for the Tram Power concept tram fitted with an
experimental bogie, a/c motor and control equipment at the
rebuilt end only
- no. 13 rebuilt 1976 ex 618
surviving
cars:
- no. 5 moved into storage at Clay Cross (National Tramway
Museum, Crich) in June 2000 - not in service since January
1993
- no. 8 (non-runner / stored) hopefully to be restored by
Lancastrian Transport Trust
|
600
601
602
603
XXX
604
XXX
XXX
605
XXX
606
607 |
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236 |
Boat
English Electric 1934 |



(2
Photos from San Francisco © Mick Smith)
- no. 600 (as no. 225 at Heaton Park, Manchester, from
1985-1997
- no. 601 (as no. 226) at the Western Railway Museum, Rio Vista
Junction, California/USA since 1971 (operating in San Francisco
for a year or two)
- no. 603 (as no. 228) at the San Francisco Municipal Railway/USA
since 1985 (operating in Philadelphia for a while before going to
California)
- no. 606 was sent to Trolleyville USA (Olmstead Falls near
Cleveland/Ohio) in exchange for Standard car 147 during September
2000
|
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
(608)
(609)
XXX
XXX
610
611
612
613
614
615
616
617
618
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
619
620 |
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283 |
English
Electric Railcoach
English Electric 1933-35 |


-
20 scrapped 1961-1967
- nos. 209 and 222 see Illuminated Cars 733 and 735
- fleet nos. 608 and 609 never applied (no. 221 was PW Car 5 from
1965-71)
- nos. 608-620 see OMO Cars 1-13
- no. 611 rebuilt with end designs similar to the Twin Cars in
196?
- no. 618 rebuilt with tapered ends and lengthened in 1968
- nos. 272-281 see Twin Cars 671-680
|
(=?) 6112 |
 |
Roadliner
Pullman Design and Fabrication Ltd. 1996-97 |



(2
photos at Hopton Road © Alan Williams)
- prototype arrived at Rigby Road on 23rd July 1997 and departed
again on 17th August 2000 (for its birthplace in Cardiff)
- the car has only been used on the line for a few test runs
(without passengers)
- originally to tour several British networks but now seems
likely to have been used as a source of parts for a more advanced
prototype (the project seems to be dead) |
6192 |
 |
Vanguard
Replica
Bolton Trams 1987 |

ex
OMO 7
|
621
622
623
624
625
626
627
628
629
630
631
632
633
634
635
636
637
XXX
638 |
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302 |
Brush
Railcoach
Brush 1937 |

-
nos. 624 and 628 see Works Cars 2592 and
2602
- nos. 626, 630, 631 modernised in 1994/1996/1995
- no. 633 stored since 1999 - in 2001 it was converted into new
Illuminated Tram (Fisherman's Friend Trawler) no. 633 - no. 635 at Mode
Wheel, Salford, since 1985
- no. 638 rebuilt for One Man Operation in 1970 (scrapped
1984) |
641
642
643
644
645
646
647
648
649
XXX
650
651
652
653
654
655
656
657
658
659
660
661
662
663
664 |
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328 |
Coronation
Charles Roberts 1952-53 |


-
no. 304/641 (owned by Lancastrian Transport Trust) at St. Helens
Transport Museum 1986-2002. On 9.6.2002 it was delivered back to Rigby
Road and restored with the help of the TV show "Salvage Squad". It is
the only 'Vambac' (Variable Automatic Multinotch Braking and
Acceleration Control) equipped car in Blackpool.
- no. 660 operating in Blackpool
- no. 663 at the St. Helens Transport Museum between 1995 and 2003
(owned by Lancastrian Transport Trust since 2002), stored at the LTT's
Marton "Depot" since 2003
- remaining cars scrapped 1968-70 |
641
- 6482 |
 |
Centenary
East Lancashire Coachbuilders 1984-88 |

-
no. 641 refurbished 1998 (enlarged destination box)
- no. 642 refurbished 1999/2000 (enlarged destination box)
- no. 648 renumbered from 651 (the second prototype) was in
service until 1985 as no. 651 - since 1990 it is identical to the
rest of the class |
6512 |
 |
Centenary
(Prototype)
East Lancashire Coachbuilders 1985 |

-
in service until 1985
- since 1990 identical to the rest of the class (renumbered
648) |
671
- 677 |
281,272-77 |
Trailer Towing
(Twin Car)
BCT 1960-62 |

-
ex English Electric Railcoach of 1936
- trailers 681-87 permanently coupled
- prototype no. 676 was built in 1958 together with ex prototype
trailer no 675 before the rest of the class
|
678
- 680 |
278-80 |
Ex-Trailer
Towing
BCT 1960-61 |

-
ex English Electric Railcoach of 1936
- after withdrawal of trailers T8-10 in 1972 all received a
second cab
|
681
-687 |
T1-7 |
Control
Trailer
(Twin Car)
Metropolitan Cammell-Weymann 1960 |

towing
motor cars 671-77 permanently coupled
|
688 -690 |
T8-10 |
Control
Trailer
(Twin Car)
Metropolitan Cammell-Weymann 1961 |
photo
wanted - can you help?
-
towing motor cars 678-80 permanently coupled until withdrawal of
trailers in 1972
- all stored until 1981/82
- no. 688 scrapped in 1982
- nos. 689 & 690 sold to G.E.C. Traction in 1981 as test beds
for driverless control equipment - operating on old railway
tracks at the former Kearsley Power Station near Bolton - (later
both went to the West Yorkshire Transport Museum in Bradford but
were scrapped in 1989 due to the lack of storage
space) |
700
701
702
703
704
705
706
707
708
709
710
711
712
713
714
715
716
717
718
719
720
721
722
723
724
725
726 |
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263 |
Balloon
English Electric 1934-35 |



(Photo of 706 © AndyB)
-
double deck
- no. 237 delivered as no. 226
- nos. 237-249 delivered as Open-Toppers (enclosed 1941/42)
- no. 700 heritage internal refurbishment completed 1997
- nos. 701,723,711 internal refurbishment in 1990/1993/1994
- no. 706 "Princess Alice" (open top again since 1985)
- no. 707 heavy modernisation with flat fronts completed 1998
- no. 709 heavy modernisation with flat fronts completed 2000
- no. 710 on loan to the National Tramway Museum, Crich, from 1984-85
in exchange for Glasgow no. 1297
- no. 713 is currently stored for heavy modernisation
- nos. 714 and 725 see Jubilee Cars 761-62
- no. 718 heavy modernisation with flat fronts completed 2002
- no. 719 Ice-cream Parlour 1996-1998 (lower deck ice cream counter out
of use after 1996 and removed 1998)
- no. 724 heavy modernisation with flat fronts completed 1998
|
761
- 762 |
 |
Jubilee
BCT 1979/1982 |

-
double deck
- ex Balloons 725 (now 761) and 714 (now 762)
- no. 761 without centre doors
|