Doncaster trolleybus No. 398 - a photo on Flickriver

            An old photograph of Doncaster Corporation Transport (DCT) trolleybus No. 398 (registration EWT515) showing a 'Beckett Road' destination blind. 

EWT515 was ex Mexborough & Swinton Traction (MST) trolleybus No. 6, new to them in May 1943 comprising a Sunbeam W4 chassis No. 50020 and a Brush body seating 32 (B32C). It was withdrawn from MST service in 1953 and acquired by DCT Nov 1954, then being overhauled and rebodied by Roe with a double deck body No. G04072 seating 62 (H34/28R) before going into service Dec 1955. The original single deck Brush body was sold to Martin of Toll Bar (a dealer) for scrap.

It was withdrawn from DCT service in Dec 1962, the chassis was sold to Bolland of Wakefield (a dealer) for scrap, the body was converted to a half cab bus body by Roe and in Jul 1963 went onto DCT bus No. 96 registration EDT705. This chassis was a Leyland Titan PD2/1 No. 480638 which was new to DCT in Mar 1948, withdrawn from passenger service in Oct 1973 and converted to a service vehicle/tree lopper.

The parts of the Mexborough & Swinton and Doncaster trolleybus systems that had not already been withdrawn or transferred to bus operation closed in Oct 1965 and Dec 1963 respectively.

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Taken on: October 5, 2020

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