Tramcars of the Sheffield Tramway
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List of all electric tramcars of the Sheffield Corporation Tramways 4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge).
Opened 5 September 1899, closed 8 October 1960.
[edit] Cars built between 1899 and 1926
Car numbers | Type (as built) | Year built | Builder | Seats | Truck | Motors | Controllers |
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1-25 | Open top | 1899 | Milnes | 22/29 | Peckham Cantilever | BTH GE52 2x25hp | BTH B13 |
26-38 | Open top | 1900 | Milnes | 22/29 | Peckham cantilever | BTH GE52 2x25hp | BTH B13 |
39-50 | Single deck | 1899 | Milnes | 28 | Peckham cantilever | BTH GE52 2x25hp | BTH B6 |
51-52 | Single deck | 1899 | Milnes | 28 | Peckham cantilever | BTH GE52 2x25hp | BTH B13 |
53-58 | Single deck | 1900 | ER&TCW | 28 | Brill 21E | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH B13 |
59-73 | Open top | 1900 | ER&TCW | 22/29 | Peckham cantilever | BTH GE52 2x25hp | BTH13 |
74-88 | Open top | 1900 | ER&TCW | 22/29 | Brill 21E | BTH GE52 2x25hp | BTH13 |
88-103 | Single deck | 1900 | Brush | 28 | Brill 21E | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH13 |
104-123 | Open top | 1900-01 | Brush | 22/29 | Brill 21E | BTH GE52 2x25hp | BTH13 |
124-129 | Single deck | 1901 | SCT | 28 | Brill 23E | GTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH B13 |
130 | Water car | 1901 | SCT | Brill 21E | GTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH B13 | |
131-155 | Open top | 1901 | Milnes | 22/29 | Brill 21E | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH13 |
156-165 | single deck | 1902 | Cravens | 28 | Brill 21E | BTH GE52 2x35hp | BTH13 |
166 | Works car | 1874 (1902) | Starbuck | Brill 21E | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH13 | |
167-186 | Open top | 1902 | Cravens | 22/29 | Brill 21E | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH13 |
187-192 | Single deck | 1903 | Milnes | 28 | Milnes | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH13 |
193-198 | Open top | 1903 | SCT | 22/29 | Milnes | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH13 |
199 | Stores car | 1877 (1903) | unknown | Brill 21E | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH | |
200-211 | Single deck | 1903 | SCT | 28 | Brill 21E | BTH GE52 2x35hp | BTH13 |
212 | Water car | 1904 | SCT | Milnes | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH13 | |
213-218 | Open top | 1904 | SCT | 22/29 | Milnes | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH |
219-243 | Open top | 1904 | Brush | 22/29 | Brush A | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH |
244-245 | Open top | 1897 (1904) | Milnes | 22/29 | Brush A | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH |
246-257 | Short top cover | 1905 | SCT | 22/30 | Mills/Brush AA | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH13 |
258-272 | Balcony | 1907 | UEC | 22/36 | M&G Radial | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH13 |
273-280 | Snow-ploughs | 1906 | Milnes | Peckham Cantilever | BTH GE58 2x25hp | BTH13 | |
281-295 | Balcony | 1912 | SCT | 22-36 | Peckham | BTH RGE20 2x40hp | BTH18 |
296-345 | Balcony | 1913 | Brush | 22/36 | Peckham P22 | BTH RGE20 2x40hp | BTH18 |
346-355 | Balcony | 1913 | SCT | 22/36 | Peckham P22 | BTH RGE20 2x40hp | BTH18 |
367-369 | Enclosed | 1918-21 | SCT | 28/48 | Peckham P22 | BTH RGE203 2x40hp | BTH |
376-400 | Enclosed | 1921-22 | Brush | 28/48 | Peckham P22 | BTH RGE203 2x40hp | BTH |
401-450 | Enclosed | 1919-20 | SCT | 28/48 | Peckham P22 | BTH RGE203 2x40hp | BTH |
451-500 | Enclosed | 1926-27 | Cravens | 28/40 | Peckham P22 | MV 102D 2x50hp | BTH OK1B |
[edit] Cars built between 1927 and 1952
Car numbers | Type (as built) | Year built | Builder | Seats | Truck | Motors | Controllers |
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1 | Enclosed | 1927 | Cravens | 24/37 | Peckham P22 | MV 102 2x50hp | BTH B510 |
2-35 | Enclosed | 1928-30 | SCT | 24/37 | Peckham P22 | MV 102 2x50hp | BTH B510 |
36-60 | Enclosed | 1924-25 | Brush | Brush | Peckham P22 | BTH 503 2x40hp | BTH B510 |
61-130 | Enclosed | 1930-33 | SCT | 24/37 | Peckham P22 | MV 102DR 2x50hp | BTH B510 |
131-155 | Enclosed | 1929-30 | Hill | 24/37 | Peckham P22 | MV 102 2x50hp | BTH B510 |
156-230 | Enclosed | 1933-35 | SCT | 24/37 | Peckham P22 | MV 102DR 2x50hp | BTH B510 |
231-242 | Enclosed | 1936 | SCT | 24/37 | Peckham P22 | MV 102DR 2x50hp | BTH B510 |
243-248 | Enclosed | 1936 | SCT | 24/37 | Peckham P22 | WT 286 or MV 116DR 2x50hp | BTH B510 |
249-303 | Enclosed | 1936-39 | SCT | 24/37 | Peckham P22 | MV 102DR 2x50hp | BTH B510 |
336-350 | Enclosed | 1907 | UEC | 22/36 | Peckham P22 | various 2x40hp | BTH B510 |
352-365 | Snow-ploughs | various | various | Brill 21E | GE 58 2x35hp | various | |
311-324 | Enclosed | 1901 (1941) | Hurst Nelson | 24/36 | Brill 21E | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH B3 |
325-334 | Enclosed | 1920-21 (1943) | EE | 19/40 | Brill 21E | EE DK 31A 2x50hp | DK DB1 |
501 | Jubilee | 1946 | SCT | 26/36 | M&T588 | MV 102DR3 2x65hp | BTH B510 |
502-536 | Jubilee | 1950-52 | Roberts | 26/36 | M&T588 | MV 102DR3 2x65hp | BTH B510 |
[edit] Abbreviations of manufacturers
- BEC: British Electric Car Company, Manchester.
- Brill: J. G. Brill and Company, Philadelphia,
- BTH: British Thomson-Houston, Rugby.
- Brush: Brush Electrical Engineering, Loughborough.
- Cravens: Cravens Railway Carriage & Wagon company, Darnall, Sheffield.
- DK: Dick, Kerr & company, Preston.
- EE: English Electric, Preston.
- ER&TCW: Electric Railway & Tramway Carriage Works, Preston.
- GEC: General Electric company, Birmingham.
- Peckham: Peckham Truck & Engineering company.
- Roberts: Charles Roberts & company, Wakefield.
- SCT: Sheffield city Tramways, Queens Road Works.