Bradford trams @ Bowling Depot in 1938

An old photograph hand *colourised (if you want to use it please credit me and link to this description) by me, taken at Bowling Tram Depot, of Bradford City Tramways (BCT) trams No. (left to right) 55, 243, 50, and 242, showing '30 - Bradford Moor', '2 - White Horse - Little Horton', '13 - Bailey Bridge', and '27 - Frizinghall', destination blinds respectively.

The original BnW photo is here:-
flic.kr/p/2mViXmX

The photo reverse is stamped with the photographer name of W. A. Camwell.

Nos. 242/243 were 'Preston' cars built by English Electric with driver vestibules, open balconies, and an extended 'canopy' top cover, both running on a Dick Kerr 21E truck, going into service in Nov and Dec 1919. They originally seated 22/43 but were reseated with upholstered seats which changed the seating capacity slightly to 19/43. In Nov 1942 they were withdrawn from passenger service and sold to Sheffield Corporation Tramways (SCT) where they had their open balconies enclosed, were regauged, and were renumbered as 327 (withdrawn by SCT in 1950) and 326 (withdrawn by SCT in 1951). The parts of the Sheffield tramways system that had not already been withdrawn or transferred to bus operation closed in Oct 1960.

No. 50 was built by BCT with driver vestibules, open balconies, and an extended 'canopy' top cover (Windmill Bridge) from a scrapped car. It ran on a Dick Kerr 21E truck and went into service Mar 1922 seating 22/43 on wooden seating, then reseated in 1937 with upholstered seats which changing the seating capacity slightly to 19/43. In 1932 it was retrucked with a Boving 21E, then again in 1935 with a Hurst Nelson 21E taken from car No. 159. It was withdrawn from passenger service in Sep 1947 and scrapped.

No. 55 was built by BCT with driver vestibules, open balconies, and an extended 'canopy' top cover. It ran on a Boving 21E truck and went into service Jan 1929 seating 19/37 on upholstered seating. It was withdrawn from passenger service in Aug 1949 and scrapped.

The parts of the Bradford tramways system that had not already been withdrawn or transferred to trolleybus/bus operation closing in May 1950.

* My coloured images are more sketch or watercolour like than colour transparency or print like. They are an impression of that subject and period, rather than an accurate representation of how the image/subject actually looked when the photo was taken.

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

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Taken in: UK / England / Trident / Dudley Hill (show map)

Taken on: January 1, 1938

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