1. ... Cardiff Tramways 131 was a purpose built works car dating from 1905. It was used to clean the tracks and survived to the end of the system. It was the first car to arrive at Crich and was fully restored in time for the fiftieth anniversary celebrations in 2009
Photo taken Sun 24 May 2009, at Crich Tramway Museum

2. UH7175 ... New in 1929 this Leyland TD1, UH7175, had a Leyland L24/24R body and was initially on loan as a demonstrator for eighteen months before being purchased by Cardiff in April 1931 becoming number 66. It was renumbered to 52 in 1935 and, after withdrawal in 1945, passed to Southern Vectis as number 709.
Photo taken Sun 27 Apr 1958, East Street Coach Station, Manchester

3. UH7175 ... A second shot of UH7175 a Leyland TD1, new in 1929, which had a Leyland L24/24R body and was initially on loan as a demonstrator for eighteen months before being purchased by Cardiff in April 1931. After withdrawal in 1945, passed to Southern Vectis, was fitted with a new Eastern Coachworks L27/26R body in 1949 and passed to Autodrome as a staff bus in August 1955 and was withdrawn in May 1962. It is seen here in the East Street coach station operated by L.M.S. Coachways and the bus just visible on the extreme left is TK1854 another of the Autodrome vehicles with the third one, BDL101, in the left background.
Photo taken Sat 1 Nov 1958, East Street Coach Station, Manchester

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. CKG193 ... Cardiff 203 before final restoration showing how the wartime grey primer, in which it was delivered in 1942 and which it wore after initial restoration, was beginning to peel.
Photo taken c.2007, Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum

8. 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

9. CKG653 ... Cardiff Bristol 86, CKG653, a Park Royal H30/26R bodied Bristol K6A new in 1946, at Cardiff Bus Station, looks like a utility body with modernised windows.
Photo taken early 1960s, Cardiff Bus Station

10. ... Unidentified withdrawn Cardiff trolleybus in the depot yard with fleet name and number already painted over.
Photo taken Summer 1969, Roath Depot (?)

11. CUH375 ... Cardiff 99, CUH375, an AEC Regent II new in 1948 with Air Dispatch H30/26R body. It was one of six delivered in 1947/8 and was withdrawn later in 1962.
Photo taken Sun 12 Aug 1962, Cardiff

12. DBO471 ... Cardiff 211, DBO471, BUT 9641T with East Lancs H38/29R bodywork. New in 1948 and originally had an additional front entrance.
Photo taken Sun 24 Dec 1967, Roath Depot

13. DBO473 ... Cardiff 213, DBO473, a BUT 9641T with East Lancs H38/29R bodywork. New in 1948 and originally had an additional front entrance.
Photo taken Thu 25 Apr 1968, Havelock Street, Cardiff

14. DBO475 ... Cardiff Corporation 215 DBO475, a BUT 9641T with East Lancs H38/29R body, new in 1948.
Photo taken Sun 24 Jun 1984, at Cardiff Rally

15. DBO475 ... Rear view of Cardiff 215, DBO475, BUT 9641T with East Lancs H38/29R bodywork. New in 1948 and originally had an additional front entrance.
Photo taken Sun 11 Jan 1970, Newport Road, Cardiff

16. DBO475 ... Cardiff 215, DBO475, a BUT with East Lancs body seen during the closure of the Cardiff system.
Photo taken Sun 11 Jan 1970, MacDonald Road, Ely, Cardiff

17. DBO475 ... Cardiff 215, DBO475, at Ely on route 10b, a BUT 9641T with East Lancs body, new in 1948.
Photo taken Summer 1969, MacDonald Road, Ely

18. DBO480 ... The Christmas illuminations on 220, DBO480 show up rather better in this shot in the centre of Cardiff at Christmas 1968.
Photo taken December 1968, Havelock Street, Cardiff

19. DUH307 ... Cardiff Bristol KW6G 120, DUH307, with a Bruce H33/26R body, new in 1948.
Photo taken Mill Lane, Cardiff

20. DUH722 ... Cardiff 227, DUH722, a BUT 9641T with East Lancs H38/29R bodywork. New in 1948 and originally had an additional front entrance.
Photo taken Sat 13 Jul 1968, Roath Depot

21. DUH722 ... Cardiff 227, DUH722, a BUT 9641T with East Lancs H38/29R bodywork, approaching the Gabalfa terminus.
Photo taken Summer 1965, Gabalfa, Cardiff

22. DUH723 ... During the Christmas period some Cardiff trolleybuses carried appropriate illuminations. 228, DUH723, is in the Ely estate on route 10a at Christmas 1968. Note the board on the front giving route details because the destination blind is obscured.
Photo taken December 1968, MacDonald Road Terminus, Ely, Cardiff

23. DUH304 ... Cardiff 117, DUH304, was a Bristol KW6G with Bruce H33/26R body new in 1949.
Photo taken Sun 12 Aug 1962, Cardiff

24. EBO892 ... Cardiff trolley 239, EBO892, a 1949 B.U.T. 9641T with East Lancs B38R single-deck body.
Photo taken August 1962, Cardiff Docks

25. EBO897 ... Cardiff had a small number of Crossleys, such as 43, EBO897, seen here in Cardiff Bus Station. It was a DD42/5 with an Alexander L27/26R body new in 1949.
Photo taken Cardiff Bus Station

26. EBO900 ... An interior detail of Cardiff 46 showing the plate that caused all the confusion about who built the bodies.
Photo taken Sun 26 Jun 1983, Cardiff Rally

27. EBO900 ... Former Cardiff C.T. 46, EBO900, a Crossley DD42/5 with Alexander L27/26R body, new in 1949. Passing on withdrawal into preservation it is seen here at a rally in its home city.
Photo taken Sun 27 Jun 1976, Cardiff

28. EBO912 ... An interior shot of the upper saloon of Cardiff trolleybus 255. You have to look harder to see there's anything unusual but if you do you see the gap at the front nearside where the stairs descend and the rear-facing seat immediately behind that.

29. EBO916 ... Cardiff 259, EBO916, a BUT 9641T with Bruce H38/29R bodywork on East Lancs frames. New in 1949 and originally had an additional front entrance.
Photo taken Sun 7 Jan 1968, Roath Depot

30. EBO919 ... In abysmal weather conditions Cardiff's last trolleybuses line up in the City Centre for the farewell run with 262, EBO919 in the lead.
Photo taken Sun 11 Jan 1970, High Street, Cardiff

31. ... To complement the recent discussions regarding Cardiff trolleybuses, the interior lower deck is shown here with the front door removed and clearly showing the forward reversed staircase.
Photo taken August 1968, Cardiff

32. EBO912 ... Cardiff 255, EBO912, a BUT 9641T with Bruce H38/29R bodywork on East Lancs frames.
Photo taken Fri 26 Apr 1968, Central Square, Cardiff

33. EBO912 ... Lower saloon view of Cardiff trolleybus 255, EBO912, showing the arrangement after the forward entrance was closed off
Photo taken 1968

34. GKG52 ... Cardiff Corporation 135 and 134, GKG52 and GKG51, Leyland PSU1/15 Royal Tigers with East Lancs B44F bodywork, new in 1952.
Photo taken Sun 12 Aug 1962, Cardiff

35. ... On the final days of the Cardiff system, a trolleybus on the last day tour being towed over the bridge on the Ely route undergoing major reconstruction by an ex-Rotherham tower wagon. Note that all trolleybus overhead has been removed.
Photo taken January 1970, Ely Bridge, Cardiff

36. ... Second shot from the final days of the Cardiff system, a trolleybus on the last day tour being towed over the bridge on the Ely route undergoing major reconstruction by an ex-Rotherham tower wagon.
Photo taken January 1970, Ely Bridge, Cardiff

37. KBO951 ... Cardiff 278, KBO951, was a BUT 9641T with East Lancs H40/32R bodywork, one of the final batch of thirteen trolleybuses dating from 1955. These magnificent vehicles were purchased to facilitate the 4 mile extension from Victoria Park along Cowbridge Road West and Grand Avenue into the Ely housing estate.
Photo taken 1969, Havelock Street, Cardiff

38. KBO951 ... Cardiff 278, KBO951 on route 10b on the dual carriageway which runs through the Ely estate. Note that although this vehicle still has its original front windows and blind box, the latter has been masked to fit a rather more cramped blind layout.
Photo taken Summer 1969, Grand Avenue, Ely, Cardiff

39. KBO952 ... Cardiff 279, KBO952, a BUT 9641T with East Lancs H40/32R bodywork. New in 1955 and only fitted with a single staircase unlike the previous batches of BUT 9641Ts.
Photo taken Sun 7 Jul 1968, Roath Depot

40. KBO954 ... Cardiff East Lancs bodied BUT 281, KBO954 on route 10a. Again the blind box has been masked.
Photo taken Summer 1969, Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff

41. KBO955 ... Cardiff 282, KBO955, BUT 9641T with East Lancs H40/32R bodywork. New in 1955 and only fitted with a single staircase unlike the previous batches of BUT 9641Ts.
Photo taken Sun 21 Jan 1968, Royal Oak Terminus, Newport Road

42. KBO957 ... Cardiff 284, KBO957 at the head of the line in the depot. It was an East Lancs bodied BUT, part of the final batch of 13 trolleybuses new in 1955.
Photo taken Summer 1969, Roath Depot

43. KBO958 ... Cardiff 285, KBO958 pulls out of the depot yard. Another unidentified trolleybus parked on the right has had its front panel removed, suggesting that it has had to be towed in. 285 was a BUT with East Lancs body, new in 1955.
Photo taken Summer 1969, Roath Depot

44. KBO959 ... Cardiff 286, KBO959, a BUT 9641T with East Lancs H40/32R bodywork. New in 1955 and only fitted with a single staircase unlike the previous batches of BUT 9641Ts.
Photo taken Fri 5 Jan 1968, Roath Depot

45. KBO960 ... Cardiff 287, KBO960 on its way out of Cardiff on route 10a at Victoria Park in 1969. It was an East Lancs bodied BUT, part of the final batch of 13 trolleybuses new in 1955
Photo taken Summer 1969, Victoria Park, Cardiff

46. KBO960 ... Cardiff East Lancs bodied BUT 287, KBO960 on route 10a.
Photo taken Summer 1969, Cowbridge Road East

47. KBO960 ... That's how to do it!. As Cardiff Trolleybus 287, KBO960, the highest numbered BUT 9641T / East Lancs H40/32R in the fleet pulls away from a stop in Green Farm Road (?), nifty movement ensures that this passenger gets carried. The small trolley heads are apparent in this view.
Photo taken Aug 1968, MacDonald Road, Cardiff

48. LBO512 ... Seen in Cardiff Bus Station is Cardiff 302, LBO512, new in 1956, which was a Daimler CVG6 with an East Lancs H35/28R body.
Photo taken Tue 6 Jun 1967, Cardiff Bus Station

49. MUH319 ... Cardiff 319, MUH319, a 1956 Guy Arab IV with East Lancs H35/28R bodywork.
Photo taken Fri 31 Dec 1971, Cardiff Bus Station

50. ... Cardiff Corporation Transport Driver or Conductress.
Photo taken Cardiff

51. TUH363 ... In the first half of the 1970s, Prance of Cardiff could be relied to send something interesting on a trip to Weston - either ex Scarlet, Minehead AEC Regal III/Harrington KYD151 or this much newer ex Cardiff Corporation AEC Bridgmaster TUH363. TUH363 was new to Cardiff as no 363 in March 1960.
Photo taken 1974, Locking Road Coach Park, Weston-super-Mare

52. TUH365 ... Cardiff 365 (TUH365), an AEC Bridgemaster B3RA with Park Royal H41/27RD, new in March 1960
Photo taken Thu 6 Jan 1972, Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff

53. XUH370 ... Cardiff 370, XUH370, a Leyland Titan PD2A/30 with Metro-Cammell H36/28R body, new in 1961.
Photo taken c.Oct 1971, Tudor Street, Cardiff

54. XUH375 ... Cardiff 375, XUH375, was one of ten A.E.C. 2D3RV Regent V's with East Lancs H35/28R bodies new in 1961.
Photo taken Tue 6 Jun 1967, Cardiff Bus Station

55. XUH376 ... Cardiff AEC Regent V 376, XUH376, with an East Lancs H35/28R body, new in 1961.
Photo taken c. Oct 1971, Wood Street, Cardiff

56. 385BUH ... Cardiff 385, 385BUH, seen in Cardiff Bus Station, was an A.E.C. 2D3RA Regent V with an East Lancs H35/28R body, one of ten new in 1962.
Photo taken Tue 6 Jun 1967, Cardiff Bus Station

57. 387BUH ... Cardiff 387, 387BUH, an AEC Regent V 2D3RA with East Lancs H35/28R bodywork.
Photo taken Mon 20 Aug 1973, Cardiff Bus Station

58. 391BUH ... Cardiff 391, 391BUH, last of a batch of 10 AEC Regent V with East Lancs H35/28R bodies, delivered in 1962
Photo taken Sept 1972, Cardiff Bus Station

59. 397BUH ... Cardiff 397, 397BUH, a Leyland PD2A/30 with East Lancs H37/28R body, new in 1963.
Photo taken c.Oct 1971, Tudor Street/Ninian Park Road, Cardiff

60. 397BUH ... Seen in Cardiff Bus Station is Cardiff 397, 397BUH, new in 1963, which was a Leyland PD2A/30 with an East Lancs H37/28R body.
Photo taken Tue 6 Jun 1967, Cardiff Bus Station

61. 402CKG ... East Lancs H38/32R bodywork was carried by a batch of Leyland PD3A/1 delivered to Cardiff in 1963. Seen here in Cardiff bus station is 402, 402CKG.
Photo taken Sat 6 Sep 1969, Cardiff Bus Station

62. 410DBO ... Cardiff 410, 410DBO, was one of seven new in 1963, with the balance of the order for twelve following in 1964. They were A.E.C. 2D3RA Regent Vs with East Lancs H35/28R bodies.
Photo taken Tue 6 Jun 1967, Cardiff Bus Station

63. 415DBO ... Cardiff 415, 415DBO, an AEC Regent V with East Lancs H33/28R body, new in 1963
Photo taken 1976, Cardiff Bus Station

64. ABO422B ... Cardiff 422, ABO422B, was a Guy Arab V (6LW) with a Neepsend H38/32R body, new in 1964.
Photo taken Tue 6 Jun 1967, Cardiff Bus Station

65. ABO423B ... Cardiff 423, ABO423B, a Guy Arab V with Neepsend H38/32R bodywork. New in 1964.
Photo taken Sat 30 Jun 1979, Cardiff Bus Station

66. ABO431B ... Cardiff C.T. 431, ABO431B, a Guy Arab V 6LW with Neepsend H37/28R body, new in 1964.
Photo taken Sun 27 Jun 1976, Duke Street, Cardiff

67. ABO434B ... ABO434B, a 1964 Guy Arab/Neepsend open top. New to Cardiff Corporation as their 434 and converted to open top in 1976 for City Sightseeing Tours. Donated to the Welsh Maritime and Industrial Museum in 1984 and now in the care of CTPG.
Photo taken Sun 9 Sep 2012, Merthyr Tydfil

68. ABO427C ... Rear view of Cardiff 427, ABO427C, a Guy Arab V with East Lancs H37/28R body, new in 1965.
Photo taken 1970s, Cardiff Bus Station

69. ETN89C ... Cardiff 515, ETN89C, a Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 with Weymann H44/34F body, new to Newcastle as no. 89 in May 1965.
Photo taken 1978, Cardiff Central Bus Station

70. EUH439D ... City of Cardiff 439, EUH439D, a Guy Arab V with Alexander H38/32R body, new early in 1966.
Photo taken c. Oct 1971, Cardiff Bus Station

71. EUH454D ... Seen in Cardiff Bus Station is Cardiff 454, EUH454D, a Guy Arab V (6LW) with an Alexander H37/28R body which was one of thirty-seven new in 1966.
Photo taken Tue 6 Jun 1967, Cardiff Bus Station

72. EUH455D ... Cardiff 455, EUH455D, a Guy Arab V with Alexander H37/28R body, new in 1966.
Photo taken 1970s, Cardiff Bus Station

73. EUH457D ... A third major hire saw some of the 1965 batch of Southend PD3s and some Fleetlines hired to Cardiff City Transport in 1977. Southend 334, CJN434C, is seen here, overtaking Cardiff 457, EUH457D, a Guy Arab V from 1966 with Alexander H65R bodywork
Photo taken Tue 16 Aug 1977, Cardiff Bus Station

74. EUH460D ... Cardiff C.T. 460, EUH460D, a Guy Arab V 6LW with Alexander H37/28R body, new in 1966.
Photo taken Sun 27 Jun 1976, Cardiff Bus Station

75. EUH465D ... Cardiff 465, EUH465D, a Guy Arab V with Alexander H37/28R bodywork.
Photo taken Sat 30 Jun 1979, Central Square, Cardiff

76. EUH470D ... One of a batch of Guy Arab Vs for Cardiff with Alexander H37/28R bodywork new in 1966, 470, EUH470D, stands in Cardiff Bus Station.
Photo taken Sat 6 Sep 1969, Cardiff Bus Station

77. EUH472D ... Cardiff 472, EUH472D, was a Guy Arab V with Alexander H37/28R bodywork, new in April 1966. It is seen waiting to depart for Snowden Road in the Ely district of the city and only a short walk from Grand Avenue on the 10A and 10B trolleybus routes.
Photo taken 1969, Cardiff Bus Station

78. JKG488F ... City of Cardiff 488, JKG488F, a Daimler Fleetline with MCW H42/33F body, new in late 1967.
Photo taken c. Oct 1971, Wood Street/Central Square, Cardiff

79. JKG497F ... JKG497F, a Cardiff City Transport Daimler Fleetline CRG6LX with H42/33F Park Royal body was new in 1/68 as part of a batch numbered 490-505.
Photo taken Sun 8 Jun 2014, Barry Bus Museum

80. JKG505F ... Cardiff 505, JKG505F, a Daimler Fleetline with Park Royal H42/33F body, new in Jan/Feb 1968.
Photo taken c. Oct 1971, Cardiff Bus Station

81. MBO509F ... General, Chester-le-Street, 4, MBO509F, an AEC Swift MP2R built in 1968 with Alexander W B47D bodywork.
Photo taken April 1982, Chester-le-Street Bus Station

82. MBO509F ... Tappin, Didcot, MBO509F, an AEC Swift MP2R, new to Cardiff City Transport as fleet number 509, new in 1968 with Alexander B47D body.
Photo taken April 1980, Tappin Depot, Didcot

83. MBO510F ... Cardiff 510, MBO510F, an AEC Swift with Alexander B47D body, delivered in Summer 1968.
Photo taken c. Oct 1971, Cardiff Bus Station

84. MBO513F ... Cardiff 513, MBO513F, an AEC Swift with Alexander body; a rather poor shot at Roath Depot when new.
Photo taken Aug 1968, Roath Depot

85. MBO522F ... Cardiff 522, MBO522F, an A.E.C. MP2R Swift with an Alexander 'W' B47D body seen at the R.T.I.T.B. at High Ercall.
Photo taken Sun 30 Sep 1973, High Ercall

86. MBO523F ... Brewers, Caerau from right to left DTG676C, a 1965 AEC Reliance/Willowbrook, next 278TNY, a 1963 AEC Reliance/Weymann, and finally MBO523F, a 1968 AEC Swift/Alexander new to Cardiff.
Photo taken Wed 30 Mar 1983, Maesteg

87. PKG533H ... Cardiff 533, PKG533H, a Daimler Fleetline with Willowbrook H44/30D body, one of a batch of 25 delivered in late 1969.
Photo taken c. Oct 1971, Tudor Street, Cardiff

88. PKG550H ... Cardiff Daimler Fleetline 550, PKG550H, with Willowbrook H44/30D body, one of a batch of 25 delivered in late 1969, about 10 of which were used to replace the final Cardiff trolleybuses.
Photo taken c.Oct 1971, Cardiff

89. PKG550H ... Cardiff 550, PKG550H, was a Daimler Fleetline CRG6LX with Willowbrook H44/30D bodywork which was new in 1969. It is seen carrying an all-over advertising livery more details of which are given under Andrew Green's photograph of 550 which can also be viewed on the website.
Photo taken 1970, Cardiff Bus Station

90. PKG550H ... Cardiff 550, PKG550H, was the last of twenty-five Willowbrook H44/30D bodied Daimler CRG6LX Fleetlines delivered in 1969/70.
Photo taken Sun 1 Aug 1971, Cardiff Bus Station

91. PKG547H ... Cardiff Transport 547, PKG547H, a Daimler Fleetline CRG6LX-30 built in 1970 with Willowbrook H44/30D bodywork.
Photo taken June 1978, Cardiff Bus Station