Great Northern Railway Petrol Rail Motor Coach

As well as steam motor coaches, the Great Northern Railway purchased this petrol motor coach for evaluation in the early 1900s. The motor coach did not enter regular service and was withdrawn in 1908.

At Doncaster [1]

Information
Number built:	1
Built:	1904
Builder:	Dick, Kerr
Motor:	2 Daimler 4-cylinder petrol engines
Power:	70 hp (52 kW)

The motor coach used Daimler motor equipment, with a pair of motors (one at each end of the motor car) driving the wheels via a clutch.

At Grantham [1]

[1] Philip Dawson, "The use of independent motor cars on railways", Street Railway Journal Vol XXIV No. 19 (November 5 1904) p. 822

City of Carlisle Electric Tramways

City of Carlisle Electric Tramways operated between 1900 and 1931. The service began with six lines to 1, 067mm gauge radiating from Carlisle railway station. This remained the tramway's network, plans for new routes could not be afforded. The company began operating motorbuses in the early 1920s and changed it's name to the Carlisle & District Transport Company in 1926. The company was purchased by the Carlisle Corporation in 1931, the tram system was closed.

One of the single decker trams [1]

Information for original tram cars
Number built:	15
Built:	1900
Builder:	United Electric Car Company
Motor:	Dick, Kerr electric motors (DC OHLE)

The company began operations with a fleet of 15 United Electric Car Company trams (12 double decker and 3 single decker), these were replaced by 12 new trams from the same manufacturer in 1912 after Ballfour Beatty bought the tramway company. Three other trams from other sources were also added to the fleet in the 1920s.

Two open-topped double deckers

Tram shed

Two of the double deckers

[1] "The electric tramway system of Carlisle, England", Street Railway Journal (Vol. XVI No. 41 October 13 1900) p. 986

LMS Leyland Articulated Railcar

The LMS built this railcar, which consisted of three articulated sections each with two motors, at it's Derby Works in 1938. The railcar was based mechanically on railcars built for the LMS Northern Counties Railway in Northern Ireland in 1933. The two driving cars had a streamlined design and were 19.51m long, the middle section being shorter (15.85m).

The Leyland Articulated Railcar [2]

Information
Number built:	1
Built:	1938
Builder:	LMS Derby
Motor:	6 Leyland diesels
Power:	750 hp (559 kW)

Dspite a number of technical issues during testing, the railcar entered service in 1939, based at Bedford sometimes working a London St Pancras to Nottingham service [1] and also on the Varsity Line [3]. 

However, it's working life was short as it was withdrawn at the start of the Second World War. The railcar never re-entered revenue earning service. The two driving ends were converted into an overhead line maintenance train. The streamlined cabs were replaced by flat ends. It remained in this role until 1959 and then languished in a derelict state until final disposal in 1967.

[1] Colin J Marsden, DMU and EMU Recognition Guide (Ian Allan, 2013) p. 12

[2] "British streamlined diesel train", Meccano Magazine (June 1938) p. 316

[3] Brian Haresnape, Diesel Multiple Units: The First Generation (Ian Allan, 1985) p. 10