Cleethorpes 159 (aka Walsall 874), Sandtoft, N Lincs, 1993

Former Cleethorpes Transport trolleybus Corporation No159, preserved at the Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum in North Lincolnshire. New to Cleethorpes in 1950, the Northern Coachbuilder Builder's bodied British United Traction (BUT) trolleybus later became part of the Grimsby-Cleethorpes fleet, when the two councils merged their joint trolleybus services in 1957. Following the closure of the Grimsby-Cleethorpes system three years later in 1960, 159 became one of six trolleybuses sold to Walsall Corporation for further service. Of those six, four of them were NCB bodied BUT’s. Of the four BUT’s sold to Walsall, only 159 (now renumbered 874), remained in its original state, the others being lengthened and converted to forward entrance layout. 159 / 874 passed to WMPTE on 1st October 1969, technically its fourth owner/operator and was withdrawn later that month when the system trolleybus closed.

Purchased for preservation from WMPTE, 159 / 874 it has resided at Sandtoft ever since. The picture shows it on 25th July 1993, when stored outside with other trolley vehicles to make room on site for the annual Sandtoft Gathering that year.

Photo: 25th July 1993.

More about the Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum here
www.sandtoft.org.uk/

Taken on: April 10, 2012

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