Information for initial batch of tramcar | |
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Number built: | 25 |
Built: | 1903-04 |
Builder: | Brush |
Motor: | 2 British Thomson-Houston GE52 electric motors (DC OHLE) |
Power: | 54 hp (40 kW) |
The network grew gradually with the final extension opening in 1923 however as with most tramways after the First World War the condition of the vehicles and track was deteriorating fast and there was a lack of funds for renewal. From 1930 the tramway began to be converted to trolleybus operation with the final trams running until 1934 [2].
Only one Derby Corporation tram car (No. 1) survives today though this was the first one built, one of the initial batch of tramcars built by Brush. It and No. 2 were delivered in December 1903 and used for crew training before the opening of the tramway to passengers in July 1904 [5]. It continued in service until 1933 before being sold as a Summer house. It was preserved in 1962.
Preserved Tramcar No. 1 at Crich |
Derby Corporation tram car [3] |
Building of the tramway [4] |
[1] Colin Baker, Derby Tramways (Middleton Press, 2003) p. 4
[2] Baker p. 5
[3] "Recent electric road in Derby, England", Street Railway Journal Vol. XXIV No. 19 (Nov 1904) p. 834
[4] Street Railway Journal p. 835
[5] Baker Fig. 108