London Transport tram No. 1955 @ Embankment in 1952

An old amateur photograph (just 3" x 2") taken on the Embankment by Waterloo Bridge, of London Transport (LT) E/3 class tram No. 1955 showing '36 - Abbey Wood' destination indicators. This service and No. 38 transferred from trams to buses on 05/06 Jul 1952, the bus service that replaced both was No. 177.

There is another photo of No. 1955 here:-
flic.kr/p/2myG5cX

Modern (2012) day view:-
tinyurl.com/tn7n3yua

There is no photographer name but it is annotated with "Embankment - 29/6/52", so taken at the start of 'Last Tram Week'.

No. 1955 was an ex London County Council Tramways (LCC) unvestibuled E/3 class car built in 1930 by Hurst Nelson seating 28/46 and running on EMB (LCC class 4A) maximum traction trucks. It was built to replace old A and D class cars and work the Kingsway Subway services (after being deepened to allow double deck cars it reopened Jan 1931), as well as its normal destination blinds it had an illuminated sign showing 'via KINGSWAY SUBWAY', when on non subway routes this was covered over. From new it was fitted with two trolley poles and a truck mounted plough carrier for running off overhead or conduit, and in 1931 it went into Charlton Works to have driver/platform vestibules fitted.

Its ownership transferred to the London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) in 1933 and it worked for them until the parts of the London tramways system that had not already been withdrawn or transferred to trolleybus/bus operation closed in Jul 1952. In the October it was handed over to a demolition contractor at Penhall Road Disposal Depot to be broken up.

If there are any errors in the above description please let me know. Thanks.

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Taken in: UK / England / Westminster / Charing Cross (show map)

Taken on: June 29, 1952

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