Halifax Corporation Tramways began operations in 1898 with a 1068mm gauge electric tram system, within a few years they had over sixty kilometres of track and nearly one hundred tram cars. The steep gradients of the town made operating a tram difficult, and some accidents were caused thought to attributed to the use of narrow gauge trams. In the early 1920s the network reached it's maximum extent and the Corporation began constructing it's own tramcars. However, in the next decade the motor bus began to replace the tram and in 1939 the system was shut down.
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| G.F. Milnes built 14 [2] |
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| Number built: |
4 |
| Built: |
1928-29 |
| Builder: |
Halifax Corporation Tramways |
Early tramcars were built by G.F. Milnes and Brush Traction. From 1925 Halifax Corporation began to build it's own Standard Cars. Halifax used it's own version of the Peckham 8A truck, only one other tram in the country used this design [1]. Many tram cars were built as open top double deckers though later received a top cover. No trams received covers for the top balconies.
[1] R.W. Rush, British Electric Tramcar Design 1885-1950 (Oxford Publishing, 1976) p. 109 [2] Alexander Hume Ford, "Trolly cars in other climes", The Electric Age Vol XXXIII No. 2 (August 1904) p. 88
