The Baby Grands were the last of a series of streamlined trams built at the Liverpool Corporation Edge Lane works in the 1930s and early 1940s to modernise the Corporation's fleet. The Baby Grands were a simpler, smaller (and therefore cheaper) single truck (which was EMB built) version of the double bogie
Streamliner tram which had a high power consumption [1].
The Baby Grand fleet mostly survived until the end of Liverpool Corporation Tramway in 1957.
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| 245 at the Wirral Tramway Museum |
| Information |
| Number built: |
100 |
| Built: |
1937-42 |
| Builder: |
Liverpool Corporation |
| Motor: |
2 BTH 116 electric motors (550v DC OHLE) |
| Power: |
120 hp (89 kW) |
Two Baby Grands has been preserved, 245 was one of the trams which took part in the final parade before Liverpool's tram system shut down. It has now been restored back to running order by the Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society. Tram 293, which made the final trips on the tram network, is at the Seashore Trolley Museum in the USA.
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| 245 alongside slightly older trams |
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| Another view of 245 |
[1] Martin Jenkins & Charles Roberts, Merseyside Transport Recalled (Ian Allan, 2014) p. 27
