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Leeds City Transport Horsfield Class

These double-decker trams were built for the large Leeds City Transport tramway fleet. They were known as Horsfield or Showboat trams, the latter due to the amount of lighting the trams had. The trams were built by Brush and had Peckham trucks and British Thomson Houston electrical equipment. As built they were equipped with trolly poles but were later retrofitted with Fischer bow collectors.

Information
Number built: 100
Built: 1931-2
Builder: Brush Traction
Motor: 2 British Thomson Houston 509 A12 electric motors (DC OHLE)
Power: 140 hp (104kW)

These trams survived to the end of Leeds' tram operations. The now preserved 180 took part in the last tram procession in 1959 before entering preservation. Now it is at Crich Tramway Museum.
Leeds 180 at Crich

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Front view