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Feltham 506 rounds the curve in Templenewsam Road, after leaving the Plantation Avenue stop, before the climb to the terminus at Templenewsam. It had been new in 1930 as Metropolitan Electric Tramways 319, later becoming London Passenger Transport Board 2066, and entered service in Leeds on 6th November 1950 having been repainted the previous day.
It had a body having an overall length of 40' 6" built by the Union Construction Company, Feltham, Middlesex on E.M.B. Maximum Traction bogies and weighed 18 tons 6 cwt. In London it seated 42/22 whilst in Leeds it was 42/28. Last used in service on 14th May 1959, it was broken up in Swinegate depot on 28th January 1960 by J.W. Hinchliffe Ltd (scrap merchants), Leeds.

Photo taken by John Kaye, Sunday 16 June 1957, Templenewsam Road, Leeds

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