1. HX2756 ... London Diddler Trolleybus number 1, HX2756, originally bought by LUT in 1931
Photo taken Mon 7 May 2012, East Anglia Transport Museum, Carlton Colville

2. JN2086 ... This picture shows the two trolleybuses that Southend Corporation converted to mobile toilets in 1950 and which regularly appeared at events in the town thoughout the fifties and into the sixties - they were sold for scrap in 1967.

3. LJ7702 ... This picture shows the two trolleybuses that Southend Corporation converted to mobile toilets in 1950 and which regularly appeared at events in the town thoughout the fifties and into the sixties - they were sold for scrap in 1967.

4. LJ7702 ... This is a second picture of ex-Bournemouth AEC Trolley 69, LJ7702, which was converted by Southend Corporation into a mobile toilet in 1950.

5. KY8206 ... Bradford trolleybus 603, KY8206, painted in the original trolleybus livery for the 50th anniversary of BCPT trolleys and seen here on a special tour with two other trolleys. 603 was new in 1934, an AEC661T which was rebodied by NCB in the late 1940s.
Photo taken Sat 24 Jun 1961, Killinghall Road, Laisterdyke

6. KY8206 ... Bradford 603, KY8206, was an AEC 661T of 1934. Originally built with an English Electric body it was given a Northern Coachbuilders body in 1948.
Photo taken 1961, Thornbury Depot

7. RV4649 ... This is an uncredited photo from Roger's collection of Portsmouth 201 (the former no 1) RV4649 making its stately way along Kingston Road. This AEC 661T/English Electric H26/24R was new in 1934 and is of the model that Portsmouth adopted as standard.
Photo taken London Road, Portsmouth

8. RV4649 ... Another view of Portsmouth 201, RV4649, an AEC 661T/English Electric, taken by Roger in August 1958 (the final month that it was licenced for service) from the first floor of 180 Kingston Road.
Photo taken August 1958, opposite 180 Kingston Road, Portsmouth

9. RV4651 ... A broadside view at Canoe Lake, Portsmouth of Portsmouth 3, RV4651, when quite new, one of the initial AEC661T/English Electric trolleybuses supplied in 1934.
Photo taken c.1934/35, Canoe Lake, Southsea

10. RV4650 ... Portsmouth 202, RV4650, an AEC 661T/English Electric H26/24R at Cosham Compound (as the terminus at Cosham Railway Station seems to have been known by Roger) in 1949.
Photo taken 1949, Cosham Compound, Portsmouth

11. RV6376 ... Portsmouth 18, 16 & 19.
Photo taken October 1935, AEC Test Track, Southall

12. RV6376 ... In August 1934, Portsmouth put into service trolleybuses 1 - 15 with a mixture of makes - AEC, Leyland,Sunbeam & Karrier; some 2 axle, some 3 axle; mixture of motors - English Electric; British Thompson Houston and General Electric - some regenerative, some not; bodies by English Electric or Metro Cammell. Despite no more than 3 being alike, they all served a full life into the 1950s (with the exception of one, which never re-entered service with Portsmouth after a wartime loan to Pontypridd UDC).
Photo taken October 1935, AEC Test Track, Southall

13. RV6380 ... Portsmouth 22 RV6380. Included in Roger's collection are a delightful set of AEC Official photos showing street scenes. This is one of the 1935 batch of AEC 661T/English Electric H26/24R trolleybuses which entered service in 11/35 photographed at North End Junction.
Photo taken circa April 1936, North End Junction, Portsmouth

14. RV6382 ... Portsmouth 224, RV6382, was an AEC 661T with English Electric H26/24R body new as 24 in 1935, being renumbered in 1938. It had been exhibited at the 1935 Commercial Motor Show and did not enter service until April 1936.
Photo taken Sun 15 Jun 1958, Canoe Lake, Esplanade, Southsea

15. RV6382 ... Portsmouth 24, RV6382, was the final one of the 1935 batch of AEC 661T/English Electric H26/24R trolleybuses.
Photo taken April 1936, St.Mary's Church, Fratton Road, Portsmouth

16. AAK427 ... This Bradford 1935 AEC 661T was new with an English Electric H60R body, altered to H58R about 1936, but was rebodied in 1947 with an NCB body seating H30/26R and carried fleet number 625, AAK427.
Photo taken Fri 26 Apr 1957, West Street, Bradford

17. CUL231 ... London Transport 231, CUL231, a C2 seen at Edgware High Street.
Photo taken Sat 8 Nov 1958, High Street, London Edgware

18. CUL260 ... Preserved ex-London Transport 260, CUL260, an AEC 664T with Metro-Cammell H40/30R body, new in July 1936
Photo taken Sun 10 Sep 2006, East Anglia Transport Museum, Carlton Colville

19. CUL260 ... London C2 class Trolleybus 260, CUL260, alongside C3 class 348, EXL348
Photo taken Mon 7 May 2012, East Anglia Transport Museum, Carlton Colville

20. CUL286 ... London Transport 286, CUL286, a C3 seen at Harrow Road, Sudbury.
Photo taken Sat 8 Nov 1958, Harrow Road, London Sudbury

21. CUL293 ... London Transport 293, CUL293, a C3 seen at Edgware High Street.
Photo taken Sat 8 Nov 1958, High Street, London Edgware

22. CUL342 ... London Transport Class C3 trolleybus 342, CUL342, at Letchford Gardens, Harlesden
Photo taken Sat 11 Apr 1959, Letchford Gardens, London Harlesden

23. KY8217 ... Bradford 614, KY8217, was new in 1934, an AEC 661T with an English Electric H60R body, altered to H58R about 1936, and was rebodied with an NCB H30/26R body in 1946.
Photo taken Sun 24 Jun 1956, Little Horton Lane, Bradford

24. RV8312 ... The remaining 76 pre-war trolleys for Portsmouth had Cravens H26/26R bodies on the favoured AEC 661T chassis and were numbered 25-54 RV8307-8336 and 55-100 RV9106-54 and were delivered between 8/36 and 7/37. 30, RV8312, is on Goldsmith Avenue at the Ruskin Rd stop as the (noticeably all male) football fans head up Frogmore Road to Fratton Park.
Photo taken December 1936, Goldsmith Avenue, Southsea

25. RV8320 ... Portsmouth 238, RV8320, had been numbered 38 until 1938. It was an AEC 661T with Cravens H26/26R body new in 1936 and is seen at The Hard in Portsmouth.
Photo taken Sun 15 Jun 1958, The Hard, Portsmouth

26. RV9106 ... Portsmouth 255, RV9106, had been number 55 until 1938. It was an AEC 661T with Cravens H26/26R body new in 1936 and is seen at The Hard in Portsmouth. The body was rebuilt by Portsmouth incorporating Metal Sections components in 1955.
Photo taken Sun 15 Jun 1958, The Hard, Portsmouth

27. RV9124 ... This is the lower and upper decks of Cravens all metal bodied AEC 661T 73, RV9124, new to Portsmouth in November 1936.
Photo taken c.October 1936

28. RV9129 ... Back ends of buses galore at The Hard, Portsmouth, featuring 78 RV9129 & 39 RV8321, both AEC 661T/Cravens H26/26R new 11/36 and 8/36 respectively.
Photo taken December 1936, The Hard, Portsmouth

29. RV9129 ... Another angle on Portsmouth 78, RV9129, an AEC 661T Cravens H26/26R trolleybus new 11/36.
Photo taken December 1936, The Hard, Portsmouth

30. RV9133 ... Portsmouth trolleybus 282, RV9133, an AEC661T with Cravens H26/26R body new in 1936 as fleet number 82 and renumbered two years later. It was withdrawn in 1961.
Photo taken emerging from the old depot into Gladys Avenue, Portsmouth

31. RV9141 ... Another street scene (and the back of a trolleybus) from Roger's collection. Portsmouth 1936 AEC 661T/ Cravens 90, RV9141, is stood in Commercial Road at the Surrey Street stop.
Photo taken December 1936, Commercial Road, Portsmouth

32. BAK934 ... Bradford trolley 634, BAK934, approaching Bolton Junction, having taken the wires to turn left to the terminal stop before returning to Bank Foot. It was an AEC 661T new in 1937 with an English Electric body and rebodied by East Lancs H35/28R in 1956. It was withdrawn in 1965.
Photo taken Tue 28 Jan 1964, Bolton Junction, Bradford

33. DLY554 ... London Transport Class E1 trolleybus 554, DLY554, numerically the first of it's class, at Letchford Gardens , Harlesden
Photo taken Sat 11 Apr 1959, Letchford Gardens, London Harlesden

34. DLY591 ... London Transport 591, DLY591, an E1 class AEC 664T with Brush body, new in 1937.
Photo taken Sat 16 May 1959, Stratford Broadway

35. DLY619 ... London Transport 619, DLY619, an E2 class AEC 664T with Weymann body, new in 1937.
Photo taken Sat 16 May 1959, Stratford Broadway

36. FW8990 ... Former Cleethorpes 54, FW8990, an AEC 661T with Park Royal H30/26R body, new in 1937.
Photo taken Sun 31 Jul 2016, Sandtoft

37. RV9144 ... RV9144 was number 293 in the Portsmouth fleet. It was one of ten A.E.C. 661T/English Electrics new in 1937 with Cravens H26/26R bodies, as numbers 91-100.
Photo taken Sun 15 Mar 1959, Cosham Station

38. RV9145 ... Two Portsmouth trolleybuses (and a motor bus STP997) at the Dockyard, the nearer being 234, RV9145, an AEC661T with Cravens H26/26R body, new in 1937.
Photo taken Dockyard, Portsmouth

39. RV9151 ... Portsmouth 297, RV9151, new in 1937 as 97 was renumbered in 1938. It was an AEC 661T with Cravens H26/26R body and is seen at The Hard in Portsmouth. The body was rebuilt by Portsmouth incorporating Metal Sections components in 1952.
Photo taken Sun 15 Jun 1958, The Hard, Portsmouth

40. CAK637 ... Bradford 637, CAK637, was a 1938 AEC with 1952 Crossley re-body seen outside Saltaire depot that had a small extra allocation for peak services and seen here for this purpose are two Crossley re-bodies.
Photo taken Saltaire Depot

41. CAK654 ... Bradford 654, CAK654, an AEC661T new in 1938 and rebodied in 1956 with an East Lancs H63R body.
Photo taken Thu 30 Jul 1964, Hall Ings, Bradford

42. CAK666 ... Rear view of Bradford Trolleys 666, CAK666 and 779, CBX909. 666 was a 1938 AEC661T re-bodied by East Lancs to H35/28R in 1956 while 779 was new to Llanelli in 1945, acquired by Bradford in 1953 and rebodied by East Lancs H35/28RD before entering service.
Photo taken Fri 19 Jun 1964, temporary run-round at Ritz Cinema, Broadway, Bradford

43. ELB966 ... London Transport trolleybus 966, ELB966, an AEC J2 class with Birmingham RC&W 70 seat bodywork built in 1938.
Photo taken Sun 12 Apr 1959, Edgware Road, Cricklewood

44. EXV35 ... London Transport 1035, EXV35, an AEC 664T with H40/30R body by Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon, new in 1938, runs down Holloway Road on its way to Kings Cross from North Finchley.
Photo taken Sun 14 Apr 1957, Holloway Road, Upper Holloway, London

45. ARD674 ... Reading 111, ARD674, was an A.E.C.661T with a Park Royal H30/26R body new in 1939.
Photo taken Sat 22 Aug 1959, Park Lane/Halls Road, Tilehurst, Reading

46. ARD694 ... The last of twenty-five A.E.C. 661Ts with Park Royal H30/26R bodies delivered in 1939, Reading 131, ARD694, was withdrawn in 1961 and passed to Stanley (dealer), Sindlesham.
Photo taken Sat 22 Aug 1959, Park Lane, Tilehurst, Reading

47. BHJ194 ... Southend No. 124, BHJ194, one of the 1939 batch of AEC/Strachan double deckers, heads east along Fairfax Drive on an Eastern Circular on 2nd October 1954.
Photo taken Sat 2 Oct 1954, Fairfax Drive, Southend

48. BHJ195 ... The archetypal Southend trolleybus/bus shot - many photos must have been taken in this location. 1939 AEC/Strachan double decker 125, BHJ195, stands outside Victoria railway station while working a Western Circular in September 1954.
Photo taken Sun 26 Sep 1954, Victoria Circus, Southend

49. BHJ196 ... Southend No.126, BHJ196, dumped at Shoebury in October 1954.
Photo taken Sat 9 Oct 1954, Corporation Yard, Shoebury

50. BHJ196 ... Southend No.126 was returned to the depot in connection with the proposed sale to Spain and the accident damage (probably not all that serious) repaired.
Photo taken Fri 24 Dec 1954, SCT Garage, London Road, Southend

51. BHJ196 ... Southend 126, BHJ196, one of the 1939 batch of AEC 661T/Strachan H30/26R double deckers.
Photo taken c.1951/2, London Road, Victoria Circus, Southend

52. BHJ197 ... A rear view of 1939 AEC/Strachan double decker 127, BHJ197, heading out of Southend and picking up at the stop outside the Golden Lion, Prittlewell.
Photo taken The Golden Lion, Prittlewell, Southend

53. BHJ197 ... Southend 1939 AEC/Strachans double decker 127, BHJ197, on the Western Circular.
Photo taken Sun 26 Sep 1954, Victoria Circus, Southend

54. BHJ199 ... Three withdrawn Southend trolleybuses parked in the garage in November 1954 after the end of the system. They are AEC/Strachan 129, BHJ199, and ex-Wolverhampton Sunbeam/Park Royal 146 and 152.
Photo taken Sun 14 Nov 1954, SCT Garage, London Road, Southend

55. BHJ199 ... 1939 AEC/Strachan double decker 129, BHJ199, heads into Southend with a Western Circular on 23rd October 1954 and stands at the stop on the Southend side of the Blue Boar junction.
Photo taken Sat 23 Oct 1954, The Blue Boar, Prittlewell, Southend

56. BHJ199 ... Southend 1939 AEC/Strachan double decker 129, BHJ199, on a Western Circular in Fairfax Drive, outside the Westcliff Depot, in October 1954.
Photo taken Sat 2 Oct 1954, Fairfax Drive, Southend

57. CAK664 ... Bradford 664, CAK664, was an AEC 661T dating from 1939 with English Electric body, rebodied in 1956 by East Lancs (H35/28R). It was withdrawn in February 1966.
Photo taken 1965, Hall Ings, Bradford

58. CAK667 ... Bradford trolleybus 667, CAK667, an AEC 661T with English Electric H30/26R body new in 1939, withdrawn in 1959.
Photo taken Mon 3 Sep 1951, Bradford Moor

59. CPM101 ... Brighton, Hove & District 344, CPM101, an A.E.C. 661T with a Weymann H28/26R body was one of eight delivered in 1939 but stored in flat undercoat during the war. They were registered and entered service in 1945/6 after being painted.
Photo taken Sat 31 Jan 1959, Chatham Place, New England Road, Brighton

60. CPM61 ... Rear shot of 1939 Brighton, Hove and District 6340, CPM61, an AEC 661T trolleybus with Weymann H28/26R body at Science Museum collection.
Photo taken Fri 15 Aug 2025, Science Museum Collection Wroughton

61. FUF12 ... Brighton Corporation 12, FUF12, seen at Carden Avenue, Hollingbury was one of forty-four A.E.C. 661Ts with Weymann H30/24R bodies new in 1939.
Photo taken Sat 31 Jan 1959, Carden Hill Terminus, Hollingbury

62. FUF18 ... At the Hollingbury terminus is Brighton Corporation 18, FUF18, one of the forty-four A.E.C. 661Ts with Weymann H30/24R bodies new in 1939.
Photo taken Sat 31 Jan 1959, Carden Hill Terminus, Hollingbury

63. FUF24 ... Seen at Old Steine was Brighton Corporation 24, FUF24, an A.E.C 661T with a Weymann H30/24R body new in 1939.
Photo taken Sat 31 Jan 1959, Old Steine, Brighton

64. FUF25 ... An A.E.C. line up at Old Steine headed by Brighton Corporation 25, FUF25, one of the forty-four A.E.C. 661Ts with Weymann H30/24R bodies new in 1939.
Photo taken Sat 31 Jan 1959, Old Steine, Brighton

65. FUF30 ... FUF30 was number 30 in the Brighton Corporation fleet and was an AEC 661T with a Weymann H30/24R body new in 1939 seen at Old Steine.
Photo taken Sat 31 Jan 1959, Old Steine, Brighton

66. FUF34 ... Preparing for a trip to Preston Drove from Old Steine is Brighton Corporation 34, FUF34, an A.E.C. 661T with Weymann H30/24R body new in 1939.
Photo taken Sat 31 Jan 1959, Old Steine, Brighton

67. FUF36 ... Brighton Corporation 36, FUF36, a 1939 AEC 661T with Weymann H30/26R body.
Photo taken Sat 30 Mar 1957, Old Steine, Brighton

68. FUF37 ... Awaiting its next trip from Old Steine is Brighton Corporation 37, FUF37, an AEC 661T with a Weymann H30/24R body new in 1939.
Photo taken Sat 31 Jan 1959, Old Steine, Brighton

69. FUF42 ... Two of the Brighton Corporation A.E.C. 661Ts new in 1939 with Weymann H30/24R bodies, 30 and 42, FUF30 and FUF42, seen at the terminus at Old Steine.
Photo taken Sat 31 Jan 1959, Old Steine, Brighton

70. FUF6 ... FUF6, Brighton Corporation 6, an A.E.C. 661T with a Weymann H30/24R body new in 1939 seen at Carden Avenue, Hollingbury.
Photo taken Sat 31 Jan 1959, Carden Hill Terminus, Hollingbury

71. FUF8 ... Brighton Corporation 8, FUF8, an A.E.C. 661T with a Weymann H30/24R body new in 1939.
Photo taken Sat 31 Jan 1959, Carden Hill Terminus, Hollingbury

72. FXH357 ... London Transport L1 Class trolleybus 1357, FXH357. This class, introduced in 1939, was "chassisless" having AEC running units, Metrovick Motors and Metro-Cammell bodies. 1357's days are numbered as withdrawal of the route took place on 31st January 1961. The general murk on the edge of the City is clear. Sub surface Underground trains could clearly be heard running underneath at this location, even if they could not be seen.
Photo taken January 1961, (City of) London Aldgate Trolleybus and Green Line Coach Station (as the sign there described it)

73. FXH404 ... London Transport 1404, FXH404, an L3 class Metro Cammell chassisless with AEC units, new in 1939/40.
Photo taken Sat 16 May 1959, Stratford Broadway

74. FXH452 ... There was a trolleybus turning circle at the back of Islington Green, here occupied by London Class L3 trolleybus 1452, FXH452, waiting to return to Barnet.
Photo taken Sun 5 Nov 1961, London Islington Green

75. FXH472 ... The driver of London Class L3 trolleybus 1472, FXH472, surveys the result of a spectacular dewirement at Holloway while working route 609.
Photo taken Sun 5 Nov 1961, Nag's Head Junction, Holloway Road/Seven Sisters Road, London Holloway

76. FXH539 ... London Class M1 trolleybus 1539, FXH539, at Archway heading for Moorgate on route 609, while L3 1466, FXH466, on the same route in the opposite direction heads for Barnet.
Photo taken Sun 5 Nov 1961, Holloway Road, London Archway

77. FXH587 ... London Transport 1587A, FXH587, an N1 seen at Edgware High Street. 1587 was reconditioned and rebodied by Weymann in 1942 after war damage; it retained its original number but with the A suffix added.
Photo taken Sat 8 Nov 1958, High Street, London Edgware

78. FXH590 ... London Transport 1590, FXH590, an N1 class AEC 664T with BRCW body, new in 1939/40
Photo taken Sat 16 May 1959, Wangey Road, Chadwell Heath

79. FXH630 ... There were very few places on the London system where trolleybuses turned on batteries. One was at Holly Park, a short distance north of Golders Green. N1 Class Trolleybus 1630, FXH630, on route 660 has backed into a side road and delays a car (an Austin A30?) while waiting to turn out onto the main road.
Photo taken Fri 22 Dec 1961, Fitzalan Road, off Regents Park Road, London Finchley

80. BDY783 ... BDY783, new in 1940 as Hastings & District 8, an A.E.C. 661T with a Weymann H28/26R body, had become Maidstone & District 8 in October 1957. 1-10 were Weymann bodied whilst 11-20 had Park Royal bodies.
Photo taken Sat 21 Feb 1959, Cambridge Road, Hastings

81. BDY789 ... New in 1940 as Hastings & District 14, an A.E.C. 661T with a Park Royal H28/26R body, BDY789 had become Maidstone & District 14 in October 1957.
Photo taken Sat 21 Feb 1959, Robertson Street, Hastings

82. FXH513 ... London Transport trolleybus believed to be 1513, FXH513, a L3 class
Photo taken Autumn 1961, City of London Finsbury Square, Moorgate

83. FXH521 ... Rear view of London L3 class Trolleybus 1521, FXH521
Photo taken Mon 7 May 2012, East Anglia Transport Museum, Carlton Colville

84. HNU970 ... Bradford 592, HNU970, an AEC 661T with East Lancs H35/28R body. New in 1942 to Notts and Derby, into service with Bradford in 1954 and rebodied in 1958.
Photo taken Thu 30 Jul 1964, Hall Ings, Bradford

85. CKG193 ... Cardiff 203, CKG193 a 1942 AEC 664T with NCME H38/32R body. This trolleybus has been recently refurbished to a very high standard.
Photo taken Sun 25 Jul 2010, Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum

86. CKG193 ... Cardiff 203, CKG193, again pictured at Sandtoft alongside the amazing Aachen 22, AC-L-379, a Henschell 562E with Ludewig RB17/44T body which has to be seen to be believed. In one and a half decks it incorporates almost every seating configuration known to man and can be better appreciated by looking at the photo of it on the Sandtoft website. It's worth a visit to Sandtoft on its own!
Photo taken c.2007, Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum

87. CKG193 ... Preserved Cardiff trolleybus CKG193, seen at Smith's garage in Reading, a 1942 AEC 664T with NCME H38/32R body.
Photo taken Sun 27 Mar 1966, Smith's Garage, Reading

88. GLB757 ... London Transport 1757, GLB757, a SA3 class trolleybus seen on route 691, with another SA3, 1764, behind. It was an 8' wide AEC 664T with a Metro Cammell 72 seat body, new in January 1943, part of an order for Johannesburg but diverted to London because of shipping difficulties.
Photo taken Sat 16 May 1959, Horns Road, Ilford

89. GLB761 ... London Transport 1761, GLB761, a SA3 class trolleybus seen on route 693. It was an 8' wide AEC 664T with a Metro Cammell 72 seat body, new in March 1943, part of an order for Johannesburg but diverted to London because of shipping difficulties.
Photo taken Sat 16 May 1959, Wangey Road, Chadwell Heath

90. CKG193 ... Cardiff 203, CKG193, seen at Sandtoft during the years before its final glorious restoration. It was an AEC664T with Northern Counties H38/32R bodywork which was new on 1 March 1942 and withdrawn in December 1962. It is wearing the wartime grey primer in which this batch of trolleybuses were delivered. In 1946 is was repainted into the crimson lake livery which it currently carries, but by 1950 it had been repainted again, this time into standard motorbus colours.
Photo taken c.2006, Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum