Edinburgh tram No. 35
An old photograph of Edinburgh Corporation Tramways (ECT) tram No. 35 showing '11 - Stanley Road' destination blinds.
A photo of No. 35 in Shrubhill Works is at:-
The photo reverse is stamped as it having been taken by (and/or the original neg is owned by) Robert F. Mack.
No. 35 was a domed roof Standard car built by ECT using a Hurst Nelson underframe at Shrubhill going into service in 1948, it seated 24/38 and ran on a Peckham P22 truck. It last ran in passenger service in Oct 1956 and was fortuitously saved from the scrap yard and preserved, now being on display in the Exhibition Hall at Crich.
The parts of the Edinburgh tramways system that had not already been withdrawn or transferred to bus operation closed in Nov 1956.
No. 35 is now at Crich, for a full description of its history please see:-
www.tramway.co.uk/trams/edinburgh-35/
If there are any errors in the above description please let me know. Thanks.
📷 Any photograph I post on Flickr is an original in my possession, nothing is ever copied/downloaded from another location. 📷
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Edinburgh tram No. 35
An old photograph of Edinburgh Corporation Tramways (ECT) tram No. 35 showing '11 - Stanley Road' destination blinds.
A photo of No. 35 in Shrubhill Works is at:-
The photo reverse is stamped as it having been taken by (and/or the original neg is owned by) Robert F. Mack.
No. 35 was a domed roof Standard car built by ECT using a Hurst Nelson underframe at Shrubhill going into service in 1948, it seated 24/38 and ran on a Peckham P22 truck. It last ran in passenger service in Oct 1956 and was fortuitously saved from the scrap yard and preserved, now being on display in the Exhibition Hall at Crich.
The parts of the Edinburgh tramways system that had not already been withdrawn or transferred to bus operation closed in Nov 1956.
No. 35 is now at Crich, for a full description of its history please see:-
www.tramway.co.uk/trams/edinburgh-35/
If there are any errors in the above description please let me know. Thanks.
📷 Any photograph I post on Flickr is an original in my possession, nothing is ever copied/downloaded from another location. 📷
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