SCT '61 Photo Index
Grimsby and Immingham
Grimsby and Immingham
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1.
Grimsby and Immingham tram 3, a single-deck bogie with Brush 72 seat body built in 1911.
Photo taken April 1961, Immingham Town
Grimsby and Immingham tram 3, a single-deck bogie with Brush 72 seat body built in 1911.
Photo taken April 1961, Immingham Town
2.
Grimsby & Immingham 4 & 15 at Immingham. Two of the original bogie cars, 4 dating from 1912 and 15 from 1915. The last tram to operate, on 1st July 1961, was number 4.
Photo taken Wednesday 16 April 1958, Immingham
Grimsby & Immingham 4 & 15 at Immingham. Two of the original bogie cars, 4 dating from 1912 and 15 from 1915. The last tram to operate, on 1st July 1961, was number 4.
Photo taken Wednesday 16 April 1958, Immingham
3.
Grimsby & Immingham 11 at the Grimsby terminus at Cleveland Bridge was one of the cars built in 1913 by Brush on Brush bogies.
Photo taken Wednesday 16 April 1958, Cleveland Bridge, Grimsby
Grimsby & Immingham 11 at the Grimsby terminus at Cleveland Bridge was one of the cars built in 1913 by Brush on Brush bogies.
Photo taken Wednesday 16 April 1958, Cleveland Bridge, Grimsby
4.
Grimsby & Immingham 12 from the second batch of cars new in 1913 seen at the Grimsby terminus at Cleveland Bridge with many ‘abandoned’ bicycles.
Photo taken Wednesday 16 April 1958, Cleveland Bridge, Grimsby
Grimsby & Immingham 12 from the second batch of cars new in 1913 seen at the Grimsby terminus at Cleveland Bridge with many ‘abandoned’ bicycles.
Photo taken Wednesday 16 April 1958, Cleveland Bridge, Grimsby
5.
In the nineteen fifites, British Railways was responsible for the inter-urban tramway between Grimsby and Immingham. To work this it bought a number of cars from the Gateshead system when that closed in 1951. One of these was Gateshead car 10 a 1920s saloon that became 26 in the Grimsby and Immingham fleet.
Photo taken Sunday 7 April 2013, Beamish Open Air Museum
In the nineteen fifites, British Railways was responsible for the inter-urban tramway between Grimsby and Immingham. To work this it bought a number of cars from the Gateshead system when that closed in 1951. One of these was Gateshead car 10 a 1920s saloon that became 26 in the Grimsby and Immingham fleet.
Photo taken Sunday 7 April 2013, Beamish Open Air Museum
7.
Grimsby & Immingham 17 & 4 at Immingham. 17 was one of the ex-Gateshead & District cars which were shorter than the Grimsby originals and was one of the 56-60 batch acquired in 1951 when the Gateshead tramway closed. Brush 48 seat bodywork was carried on Brill 39E Maximum traction trucks on these cars dating from 1921. All five were scrapped in 1961.
Photo taken Wednesday 16 April 1958, Immingham
Grimsby & Immingham 17 & 4 at Immingham. 17 was one of the ex-Gateshead & District cars which were shorter than the Grimsby originals and was one of the 56-60 batch acquired in 1951 when the Gateshead tramway closed. Brush 48 seat bodywork was carried on Brill 39E Maximum traction trucks on these cars dating from 1921. All five were scrapped in 1961.
Photo taken Wednesday 16 April 1958, Immingham
8.
Grimsby & Immingham 27 was ex-Gateshead 16 and was one of fourteen from the 1-20 batch acquired in 1951. It was a 48 seat car built by Gateshead on Brill 39E Maximum traction trucks and was scrapped in 1961. Two from the batch are preserved - Grimsby 20 (Gateshead 5) at Crich and Grimsby 26 (Gateshead 10) at Beamish both restored to Gateshead livery.
Photo taken Wednesday 16 April 1958, Immingham
Grimsby & Immingham 27 was ex-Gateshead 16 and was one of fourteen from the 1-20 batch acquired in 1951. It was a 48 seat car built by Gateshead on Brill 39E Maximum traction trucks and was scrapped in 1961. Two from the batch are preserved - Grimsby 20 (Gateshead 5) at Crich and Grimsby 26 (Gateshead 10) at Beamish both restored to Gateshead livery.
Photo taken Wednesday 16 April 1958, Immingham