| Fleet Number |
Type |
Builder/Date |
History |
 1
 2
3-10
(BCT 126-135) |
Crossbench
("Old Opens") |
G.F.Milnes
1898 |
- nos. 126-128
and 132-133 and 135 later became Works Cars
- no. 127 was restored in 1960 and went to the National Tramway
Museum, Crich, in 1963 (it will briefly return to Blackpool for
the 1998 Tramroad Centenary)
|
11-13
(BCT 136-138) |
Crossbench
("Trailers") |
G.F.Milnes
1898 |
photo
wanted - can you help?
- trailers until about 1905 (later motorised)
- no. 137 later became a Works Car |
14-19
20-24
(BCT 106-111 and 101-105) |
Single deck
(Box Cars) |
G.F.Milnes
1898 |
- nos. 14-19
= 6-window Box
- nos. 20-24 = 8-window Box
postcard view of a BCT "Dreadnaught" (left) and an 8-window Tramroad
"Box" car at Gynn Square |
25-27
(BCT 139-141) |
Crossbench
("Old Opens") |
G.F.Milnes
1899 |
- no. 139
later became Works Car
- no. 141 was rebuilt into a Decorated Car in 1937 and became
Illuminated Car "Progress" in 1949 (scrapped 1958)
postcard view of an "Old Open" car at Norbreck (it could very well be
one of the first batch nos. 1-10) |
28-34
(BCT 116-122) |
Single deck
combination ("Yankees") |
ER&TCW
1899 |
photo
wanted - can you help?
nos. 116-117,119-121 were rebuilt as "Glasshouses" with enclosed
saloons in 1920-21 |
35-37
(BCT 123-125) |
Crossbench
("Vanguards") |
UEC 1910 |
photo
wanted - can you help?
|
38-39
40
41
(BCT 112-115) |
Single deck
("New Boxes") |
United
Electric Car 1914 |
- nos. 112 and
114 later became Works Cars
- no. 114 was restored in 1960 and went to the National Tramway
Museum, Crich, in 1963 (currently on loan to
Blackpool)
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