SCT '61 Photo Index
Karrier Trolleybus
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1. RV4657 ... Portsmouth 9, RV4657, was the only Karrier E4/English Electric H26/24R in the 1934 evaluation batch of trolleybuses. (1930s, Coach & Horses, London Road, Hilsea)
2. TV9333 ... Nottingham 67 (later 367), TV9333, was a Karrier E6 with Brush H34/30R body, new in 1934, and believed to be the oldest intact Nottingham trolleybus in existence. (Sat 27/7/02, Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum)
3. TV9333 ... Nottingham 67 (later 367), TV9333, was a Karrier E6 with Brush H34/30R body, new in 1934 and believed to be the oldest intact Nottingham trolleybus in existence. (Sat 27/7/13, Sandtoft)
4. RV4661 ... A fuzzy view of Portsmouth 211, RV4661, a Karrier E4/MetroCammell H26/24R at South Parade Pier in April 1949. (Aprl 1949, South Parade Pier Southsea)
5. CU3593 ... Recently restored ex-South Shields trolleybus 204, CU3593, a 1937 Karrier E4 with Weymann H29/26R body (Sun 26/6/05, Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum)
6. CU3593 ... South Shields Corporation 204, CU3593, a 1937 Weymann H29/26R bodied Karrier E4 / at Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum in July 2011. (Sat 30/7/11, Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum)
7. CU3593 ... South Shields 204, CU3593, is a Karrier E4 with Weymann H29/26R bodywork which entered service on 30 April 1937 and was withdrawn in February 1963. On a visit to Sandtoft in 2002 we were shocked to find 204 in a dreadful state. Little did we know…… (Sat 27/7/02, Sandtoft)
8. CU3593 ... South Shields 204, CU3593, is a Karrier E4 with Weymann H29/26R bodywork which entered service on 30 April 1937 and was withdrawn in February 1963. On a visit to Sandtoft in 2002 we were shocked to find 204 in a dreadful state. Little did we know…… (Sat 27/7/02, Sandtoft)
9. CU3593 ... Stephen Lockwood, commenting on the decline of the Shields trolleybuses during their final year, refers to the final compact network of circular services serving Tyne Dock, “Where trolleybuses lingered on, their numbers diminishing as new motorbuses became available, until they finally faded away.” One that didn’t “fade away”, however, was 204, CU3593, a Weymann H29/26R-bodied Karrier E4, which entered service on 30 April 1937 and was withdrawn in February 1963. Remarkably, in view of its condition less than three years earlier, its restoration was completed by 2005 and a rejuvenated 204 re-entered service at Sandtoft at the Spring Bank Holiday weekend that year. (Sat 25/7/15, Sandtoft)
10. CAK684 ... Bradford trolleybus 684, CAK684, a 1938 Karrier E4 with Weymann body, rebodied by Crossley H33/26R body in 1952. (Mon 22/4/57, Saltaire)
11. CAK687 ... Bradford 687, CAK687, a Karrier E4 with Weymann H30/26R body new in 1938, rebuilt by Samlesbury Engineering in 1950. It was withdrawn from service in 1962. (1961, Bottom of Church Bank, Bradford)
12. CAK688 ... Bradford Karrier trolleybus 688, CAK688, new in 1938, rebodied by Crossley in 1952. (Sat 19/4/52, Hall Ings)
13. BDT134 ... Doncaster Corporation 368, BDT134, was a Karrier E6 with Roe H32/28R body new in 1939. It was sold for scrap in November 1957. (Wed 31/7/57, Doncaster)
14. GHN403 ... Bradford CT 785, GHN403. A Karrier W, originally new in 1943 to Darlington Corporation as their no. 24 and fitted with a Brush B33C body, it was acquired by BCT in 1954 along with nine others. (Sun 7/3/71, Saltaire Terminus)
15. GHN403 ... During the construction of Princes Way in Bradford, an inner city ring road which obliterated the Victoria Square roundabout, it was necessary to change the traffic flow in Little Horton Lane by making inbound traffic turn left and join Morley Street, whilst outbound traffic for Morley Street came up Little Horton Lane and turned right. This involved the creation of a short connecting road named Glydegate after Glyde House, just visible on the right, and which became (along with the last bit of Morley Street) the last roads in the UK to be newly wired for trolleybuses. (June 1969, Little Horton Lane/Glydegate junction Bradford)
16. CBX601 ... Bradford 778, CBX601, a Karrier W new in 1944 which was ex Llanelly & District 42 and was rebodied with the East Lancs H35/28R body in 1956 before entering service in Bradford. (Sun 6/5/56, Little Horton Lane, Bradford)
17. CDT312 ... CDT312 was Doncaster 369 and was a Karrier W which had been new in 1944 with a Park Royal H30/26R body, when it was numbered 69. (Thu 27/6/63, Doncaster)
18. GHN563 ... Bradford 786, GHN563, was a Karrier W4 with East Lancs H39/32F bodywork. It originated as a single-decker in Darlington with a Brush centre-entance body. New in 1944 as number 4, it survived until the final day of trolleybus operation in Darlington, Wednesday 31 July 1957. In its new guise it entered service in Bradford on 1 February 1959 and was the first of the 'Darlingtons' to be withdrawn, on 31 July 1970. (c.1969, Albion Road, Greengates, Bradford)
19. GHN563 ... Bradford 786, GHN563, was an ex-Darlington Karrier W4 dating from 1944 with an East Lancs body dating from 1959. (circa 1966, Five Lane Ends, Bradford)
20. GHN570 ... Bradford 790, GHN570, a Karrier W built in 1944 with Brush single deck bodywork and rebodied by East Lancashire H39/32F in 1958. (April 1968, Albion Road/Thorp Garth, Idle)
21. GHN570 ... Rear view of Bradford 790, GHN570, in Shipley, a Karrier W new to Darlington in 1944 and rebodied by East Lancashire H39/32F in 1958. (c.1970, Briggate, Shipley)
22. GHN574 ... Bradford trolley 792, GHN574, a Karrier W new to Darlington as a single-decker in 1944, bought by Bradford in 1957 and rebodied by East Lancs to H39/32F the following year. Re-seated to H39/31F in 1960. (January 1969, Leeds Road, Shipley)
23. GHN574 ... Bradford 792, GHN574, a Karrier W built in 1944 and rebodied H39/32F by East Lancashire in 1958. (April 1968, BCT Offices, Bolton Road, Bradford)
24. GHN574 ... Bradford 792, GHN574, the now-preserved ex-Darlington Karrier W, swings into Park Lane from Nursery Road, Clayton. (Fri 30/7/71, Park Lane/Nursery Road, Clayton)
25. GHN575 ... Bradford 793, GHN575, an ex-Darlington Karrier W of 1944, and rebodied by East Lancs in 1958. (1971, Thackley Corner, Bradford)
26. GHN575 ... Bradford C.T. 793, GHN575, a Karrier W with East Lancs. H39/31F body. (August 1970, Little Horton Lane (opposite Chester Street), Bradford)
27. CBX531 ... Bradford trolleybuses 776, CBX531, followed by 749, EKU749. (Mon 22/4/57, Bingley Road, Saltaire)
28. CBX912 ... Bradford 782, CBX912, was an ex-Llanelli Karrier W of 1945 and, in 1956, was one of the first of their many second-hand trolleybuses to be rebodied by East Lancashire. (May 1971, BCT Offices, Bolton Road, Bradford)
29. CBX912 ... Bradford 782, CBX912, an ex-Llanelli Karrier W of 1945, rebodied by East Lancs in 1956. (c. March 1969, Forster Square, Bradford)
30. CBX912 ... Bradford 782, CBX912, was an ex-Llanelli Karrier W of 1945 which in 1956 became one of their first second-hand trolleybuses to be rebodied by East Lancashire. (June 1971, Bolton Junction, Bradford)
31. CDT625 ... CDT625, Doncaster 373, a Karrier W, had been new as 73 in 1945, when it had a Brush H30/26R body. (Thu 27/6/63, Doncaster)
32. CDT636 ... Doncaster Corporation CDT636 was a 1945 Karrier W delivered with Park Royal bodywork, numbered 75 when new, renumbered 375 in 1948. In 1955 it received a new Roe body as seen here. It was withdrawn in 1963 at the closure of the trolleybus system. (1995, Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum)
33. CDT636 ... Doncaster Corporation 375, CDT636, a 1945 Karrier W with a Roe H34/28R body at the 1971 Doncaster St. Leger Rally. The trolleybus was new as no. 75 with a Park Royal H30/26R body & was renumbered to 375 in 1948 and rebodied in 1955. It was withdrawn on closure of the Doncaster system in 1963. (Sun 13/6/71, St Leger Bus Rally)
34. CDT636 ... Doncaster 375, CDT636, is the preserved Roe-bodied Karrier, seen during its first years of preservation. (Sun 13/6/71, St Leger Bus Rally)
35. CDT636 ... CDT636 is Doncaster 375, a Karrier W4 with Roe (1955) H34/28R body. (Sat 27/7/19, Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum)
36. CDT636 ... Former Doncaster trolleybus 375, CDT636, is a Karrier W4 with Roe H34/28R bodywork and was Doncaster’s last trolleybus on 14 December 1963. (Sat 28/7/18, Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum)
37. DKY703 ... Bradford 703, DKY703, a Karrier W with East Lancs H37/29F body. New in 1945 and rebodied in 1960. (Thu 30/7/64, Hall Ings)
38. DKY703 ... Bradford 703, DKY703, a Karrier W with East Lancs H37/29F body, new in 1945 and rebodied in 1960. (1972, Town Hall Square Roundabout, Bradford)
39. DKY703 ... Bradford 703, DKY703, a Karrier W of 1945, rebodied in 1960 with an East Lancs H37/29F body, was saved for preservation. (Sun 26/3/72, Thornton Road, Bradford)
40. DKY703 ... Bradford 703, DKY703, was a Karrier W which entered service on 4 May 1945 with a Roe UH30/26R body. After re-bodying by East Lancs to H37/29F and fitting with trolley-retrievers, it re-entered service on 30 March 1960. It survived until the final day of the system. (c.1969, Thornton Terminus)
41. DKY703 ... Bradford 703, DKY703, had just arrived at Thornbury on the final special tour. Unsurprisingly, of the total of six tours which operated over the Saturday and Sunday, this last tour justified seven vehicles and 703 was the last to book. (Sun 26/3/72, Thornbury)
42. DKY704 ... Seen in Bradford, passing the end of Chester Street as it climbs Little Horton Lane on its way to Wibsey is Bradford 704, DKY704, a Karrier W with a Roe H30/26R body. (Sun 13/5/56, Little Horton Lane, Bradford)
43. DKY704 ... The picture shows the turning arrangements at Thornton with Bardford trolley 704, DKY704, stood with its trolleys down, presumably having failed. (c. 1965/6, Thornton)
44. DKY706 ... Bradford 706, DKY706, a Karrier W new in 1945 and rebodied by East Lancs H37/29F in 1960. (October 1971, Thornton Terminus)
45. DKY706 ... Bradford 706, DKY706, is one of the trolleybuses preserved by the Bradford Trolleybus Association and is now at Sandtofts. (1971, St Enoch's Road Top, Wibsey)
46. DKY711 ... Bradford 711, DKY711, a Karrier W, rebodied by East Lancs H37/29F in 1960, seen at the semi-rural terminus of the 7 route at Thornton. (Sat 18/3/72, Thornton Terminus)
47. DKY711 ... Ex Bradford East Lancs bodied Karrier DKY711 seen in the yard of Shamrock Buses in Dorset. One of a pair in the care of Bournemouth Heritage Transport and awaiting restoration. (Mon 15/10/07, Shamrock Buses, Dorset)
48. DKY711 ... Bradford 711, DKY711, a Karrier W trolley built in 1945 and rebodied H37/29F by East Lancs in 1960. (April 1968, Tyrrel Street, turning into Sunbridge Road, Bradford)
49. DKY711 ... Bradford 711, DKY711, was a Karrier W dating from 1945 and rebodied with an East Lancs H37/29F body in 1960. (Sun 26/3/72, Thornbury)
50. DKY712 ... Bradford trolley 712, DKY712, a 1945 Karrier W, rebodied by East Lancs in 1960 (February 1972, Leeds Road/Amberley Street, Bradford)
51. DKY712 ... Ex Bradford 712, DKY712, an East Lancs bodied Karrier. Also in the care of Bournemouth Heritage Transport and awaiting restoration. (Mon 15/10/07, Shamrock Buses, Dorset)
52. DKY712 ... Bradford 712, DKY712, made a fine sight at it accelerated across Four Lane Ends Junction with an evening peak service to Thornton. Note the wiring diverging to the left which was the depot-only connection up to Duckworth Lane. (Fri 30/7/71, Four Lane Ends, Thornton Road)
53. DKY713 ... Bradford 713, DKY713, a Karrier W new in 1945 and rebodied by East Lancs H37/29F in 1960. (October 1971, Thornton Road, Hill Top)
54. DKY713 ... Bradford trolley 713, DKY713, a 1945 Karrier W, rebodied by East Lancs in 1960 (February 1972, Duckworth Lane Depot)
55. DKY713 ... Bradford 713, DKY713, is seen here at the conclusion of Tour 6 (duty E) which was the last of the special tours on the last two days of special trolleybus operation. (Sun 26/3/72, The Tyrls, Bradford)
56. DKY714 ... Bradford trolley 714, DKY714, a 1945 Karrier W, rebodied by East Lancs in 1959 (January 1969, Allerton Terminus)
57. DKY714 ... Thought this shot of Bradford 714, DKY714, a 1945 Karrier W rebodied by East Lancs in 1959 in Town Hall Square with the conductor operating the point might be of interest. (spring/summer 1971, Town Hall Square, Bradford)
58. DKY717 ... Bradford 717, DKY717, is seen entering Otley Road junction in Shipley on the last day of the Saltaire via Thackley route. (Wed 30/6/71, Commercial Street, Shipley)
59. DKY719 ... Bradford 719, DKY719, a 1945 Karrier W, rebodied by East Lancs in 1957. It is seen running under the cobweb of wires at Bolton Junction. (1971, Idle Road/Bolton Road, Bradford)
60. GHN574 ... Bradford 792, GHN574, is a former Darlington Karrier W, rebodied by East Lancs, now preserved at Sandtofts. (Fri 30/7/71, Pasture Lane, Bradford)
61. GHN574 ... Bradford 792, GHN574 is now a regular runner at Sandtoft's Open Days. (Fri 31/7/09, Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum)
62. GTV659 ... Nottingham 459, GTV659, was a Karrier W with a Roe H30/26R body new in March 1945. (Sat 6/10/62, Wilford Road, Nottingham)
63. PV6895 ... Ipswich 95, PV6895, a Karrier W with Park Royal utility H56R body, new in 1945. It lasted until 1960. (Sat 1/11/58, Electric House, Ipswich)
64. PV6953 ... Ipswich 100, PV6953, a Karrier W with Park Royal utility H56R body, new in 1945. It lasted until 1961. (Sat 1/11/58, Electric House, Ipswich)
65. CBX912 ... Bradford 782, CBX912, stands outside Saltaire depot. It was new in 1946 to Llanelli (the Llanelly and District Electricity Supply Company as it was then) as their 46, one of a batch of twelve; following the nationalisation of the electricity industry in 1948 ownership passed to the South Wales Electricity Board who, four years later, sold it on to the local bus company, South Wales Transport. The system was in a poor condition by then and trolleybuses ran for the last time on 8 November 1952. Whilst Maidstone took two of the batch as complete vehicles, Bradford acquired the remaining ten as chassis only and had new East Lancs H35/28R bodies fitted. (c.1970, Saltaire Depot)
66. CBX912 ... Bradford CT 782, CBX912, a Karrier W with East Lancs H35/28RD body. (August 1970, Thornton Road, Bradford)
67. DKY720 ... Bradford No.720, DKY720, arriving at Clayton terminus (top of the Avenue) on a cold December day (December 1968, Clayton Terminus)
68. DKY721 ... Bradford CT 721, DKY721, a Karrier W with East Lancs. H37/28F body. New in 1946 with a Park Royal body it was rebodied as shown in 1959. Withdrawn in 1971 it passed to a Barnsley breaker in 1973. (August 1970, Bank Street, Bradford)
69. DKY722 ... Bradford CT 722, DKY722, a Karrier W of 1946, rebodied by East Lancs in 1958, squeezes under the former Bradford-Queensbury-Halifax/Keighley railway en-route to Clayton. (1971, Pasture Lane, Bradford)
70. DKY722 ... Bradford 722, DKY722, was a Karrier dating from 1946, rebodied by East Lancs in 1957. (circa 1968, Buttershaw)
71. DKY726 ... Bradford 726, DKY726, a Karrier W new in 1946 rebodied H37/28F in 1959. (c. March 1969, Tyrrel Street, Bradford)
72. DKY727 ... Three eras in one. Bradford 727, DKY727, 788, GHN566, and 792, GHN574, were all Karrier Ws with newer East Lancs bodies. (Fri 30/7/71, Thornbury Depot)
73. DKY728 ... Bradford CT 728, DKY728, a Karrier W with East Lancs. H37/28F body. New in 1946 with a Park Royal body, it was rebodied as shown in 1959. Withdrawn in 1971, its disposal was not traced by the PSV Circle. (August 1970, Tyrrel Street, turning into Sunbridge Road, Bradford)
74. DKY728 ... Bradford 728, DKY728, was Karrier W dating from 1946 rebuilt with an East Lancs body in 1959. (c.1966)
75. DKY731 ... Bradford 731, DKY731 a 1946 Karrier W trolleybus rebodied in 1959 by East Lancs H37/28F. (c. 1970/1, Westgate, Bradford)
76. DKY732 ... Bradford 732, DKY732, a 1946 Karrier W with a 1959 East/Lancs H37/28F body, seen descending Westgate, Bradford on an inbound working from Duckworth Lane. (c. 1970, Westgate, Bradford)
77. DKY733 ... Bradford 733, DKY733, rests at Thornbury (Bradford Moor) terminus during its last year in service. (Fri 30/7/71, Leeds Old Road, Thornbury)
78. DKY733 ... Bradford 733, DKY733, stands in torrential rain at the Thornbury (Bradford Moor) terminus of service 7. (c.1970, Leeds Old Road, Thornbury)
79. DKY734 ... Bradford 734, DKY734, a Karrier W, new in 1946 and rebodied by East Lancs in 1959. (c. March 1969, Thornton Terminus)
80. DKY735 ... Britain's last trolleybus system was at Bradford and featured many rebodied vehicles, like 735, DKY735, a 1946 Karrier W with 1959 East Lancs front-entrance body. (Sat 10/6/06, at Black Country Living Museum, Dudley)
81. DKY735 ... A second view of Bradford 735 at the Black Country Living Museum, Dudley, on June 10, 2006. (Sat 10/6/06, at Black Country Living Museum, Dudley)
82. DKY735 ... Bradford trolley 735, DKY735, a 1946 Karrier W with 1959 East Lancs front-entrance body. (February 1972, Tyrrel Street, Bradford)
83. DKY737 ... Bradford 737, DKY737, a Karrier W built in 1946 and rebodied H37/29F by East Lancashire in 1959. (April 1968, Sunbridge Road, Bradford)
84. DKY737 ... Bradford CT 737, DKY737, was one of their Karrier W's dating from 1946, and given new East Lancs bodies in 1959. (circa 1966, Duckworth Lane terminus)
85. DKY737 ... Bradford 737, DKY737, is preserved at the Bradford Industrial Museum and shares a very restricted exhibition area with Bradford tram 104. (Sat 16/12/23, Bradford Industrial Museum)
86. DKY739 ... Bradford 739, DKY739, is seen here climbing Little Horton Lane past Chester Street. It is a Karrier W new in 1946 with a Roe H30/26R body later reseated to H33/26R. (Sun 6/5/56, Little Horton Lane)
87. DKY739 ... Bradford 739, DKY739, enters the turning circle at Duckworth Lane. (1971, Duckworth Lane Terminus, Bradford)
88. DKY739 ... 1946 Karrier W with 1959 East Lancs. H37/28F body, no 739, DKY739. (c. 1970, Squire Lane/Duckworth Lane Terminus)
89. DKY739 ... Bradford 739, DKY739, at the Allerton terminus of route 16. It was a Karrier W new in 1946, later rebodied by East Lancs. with a Roe H30/26R body later reseated to H33/26R. (c.1970, Allerton Terminus)
90. HAU169 ... Nottingham 469, HAU169, was a Karrier W with a Park Royal H30/26R body new in March 1946. (Sat 6/10/62, Wilford Road, Nottingham)
91. HAU177 ... Nottingham 477, HAU177, was a Karrier W with a Park Royal H30/26R body new in April 1946. (Sat 6/10/62, Wilford Road, Nottingham)
92. HAU178 ... The last of ten new in 1946, Nottingham City Transport 478, HAU178, was a Karrier W with a Park Royal H30/26R body. (Sun 12/7/64, South Parade, Nottingham)
93. CU4716 ... South Shields 246, CU4716, a 1947 Karrier with Northern Coachbuilders H30/26R body (August 1963, South Shields Market Place)
94. CVH741 ... Ex Huddersfield Corporation Karrier MS2 trolleybus 541, CVH741, with Park Royal H40/30R body new in 1947. Photographed here at the Sandtoft 'Six Wheeler Weekend' event minutes after having been launched into service after a 17 year, £52000 restoration. (Sun 29/8/10, Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum)
95. HTD863 ... South Lancashire 66, HTD863, was a Karrier MS2 with a Weymann H34/30R body new in 1947 and was the first of the last batch of six trolleybuses to enter service with S.L.T. (Sat 30/8/58, Spinning Jenny Street, Leigh)
96. HTD863 ... South Lancashire 66, HTD863, was a Karrier MS2 with a Weymann H34/30R body new in 1947 and was one of six, these being the last new vehicles added to the fleet. (Sat 30/8/58, Atherton Cenotaph)
97. CDT624 ... CDT624 was Doncaster 372, and was a Karrier W which had been new in 1945 with a Brush H30/26R body, when it was numbered 72. (Thu 27/6/63, Doncaster)
98. PV8269 ... Ipswich 104, PV8269, a Karrier F4 with Park Royal H56R body, new in 1948. It lasted until 1961. (Sat 1/11/58, Electric House, Ipswich)
99. PV8270 ... Karrier W trolleybus with Park Royal body, Ipswich 105, PV8270, was delivered early in 1948. Painstaking restoration has recently been completed at Ipswich Transport Museum, including wartime pattern wooden slatted seats! (Sun 10/11/13, Ipswich Transport Museum)
100. PV8270 ... Ipswich Trolleybus 105, PV8270, owned by Ipswich Transport Museum at work at East Anglia Transport Museum. (Sun 1/1/23, East Anglia Transport Museum)
101. PV8866 ... Ipswich 109, PV8866, a Karrier F4 with Park Royal H56R body, new in 1949. It lasted until 1963. (Sat 1/11/58, Electric House, Ipswich)