In August 1996 when returning
home from a holiday in Scotland we paid a visit to the Beamish Open Air Museum
in County Durham and this is one of the photographs I took there.
This tramcar began service for Sheffield Corporation Tramways in 1907 and this is what Beamish Transport Online says about it:
264 is one of 15 double deck
balcony cars delivered in 1907 to Sheffield Corporation Tramways by the United
Electric Car Company of Preston. The
body has wooden seats for 54 passengers, and is mounted on a 4-wheel Peckham
P22 truck with two Metrovick 102DR 60hp motors operated by BTH B510
controllers. The braking systems
comprise a handbrake acting on all wheels, an electric brake for emergency use
and a hand-wheel operated track brake.
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