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Leeds 108 followed by Feltham 501.
108 was one of the seventy-five Chamberlain trams with English Electric bodies (76-150) seating 46/26, on E.M.B. Pivotal trucks, and entered service on 5th April 1927. In November 1945 the E.M.B. Pivotal trucks were replaced by a Peckham P.35 truck. It was withdrawn from service on 5th March 1956 and scrapped at Low Fields Road yard on 9th April 1956.

501 had been London Transport 2099 (previously M.E,T. number 355) and came to Leeds in October 1949, for trials, running in service with its London number. It was renumbered to 501 in August 1950 and had a Union Construction Co. body which seated 42/22 in London and 42/28 in Leeds, mounted on E.M.B. Maximum Traction bogies. It was last used in service on 7th November 1959 and was sold to the British Transport Commission Museum, Clapham, London.

Photo taken by Bill Dickie, Saturday 1 September 1951, City Square, Leeds

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