Darwen Corporation Transport Tram Fleet List 1904-1946

Fleet No.TypeBuilderTruck(s)Seating Capacity

1900

1-10Open TopMilnesBrill 21E30/42

Withdrawn 1924 (1[reconstructed lower saloon with Brush Top Cover as car 15, 1925], 8[reconstructed as car 8, 1925]), 1927 (3[reconstructed as car 3, 1927]), 1928 (5[reconstructed as car 5, 1928]), 1929 (7[reconstructed as car 7, 1929]), 1931 (2), 1933 (9,10[reconstructed as car 10, 1933]), Uncertain (4,6).

1901

11-14Open TopMilnesBrill 21E60

Withdrawn 1926 (11[damaged beyond repair in accident, derelict until 1933 when trucks were used in reconstruction of car 11]), 1937 (12-14).

1905

15Demi CarMilnes VossM&G 21 EM22

Withdrawn 1912, reconstructed to form works car in 1925.

1906

16-17Demi CarMilnes VossM&G 21 EM22

Withdrawn 1912, but stored until 1922.

1915

18-19Open TopUECPeckham P2530/36

Withdrawn 1939.

1921

20-22Open TopEnglish ElectricEE/Burnley Bogies30/36

Withdrawn 1939.

1924

16-17EnclosedBrushBurnley Bogies30/42

Withdrawn 1941 (17[damaged in accident, parts used to construct No.10, 1941]), 1946 (16).

1925

8EnclosedDarwen CT/BrushBurnley Bogies30/42
15EnclosedDarwen CT/BrushBurnley Bogies30/42

Withdrawn 1940 (8), 194? (15).

1927

3EnclosedDarwen CT/BrushBurnley Bogies30/42

Withdrawn 1946.

1928

5EnclosedDarwen CT/BrushBurnley Bogies30/42

Withdrawn 1946.

1929

7EnclosedDarwen CT/BrushBurnley Bogies30/42

Withdrawn 1946.

1933

9EnclosedDarwen CT (a)???60
10EnclosedDarwen CT (b)Burnley Bogies30/42
11Balcony??? (c)Brill 21E60

(a) reconstructed car purchased second-hand from Rawtenstall in 1933. (b) reconstructed from original car No.10 with Top Cover ex-Rawtenstall 1933. (c) second-hand from Rawtenstall but mounted on trucks of old No.11, 1933.
Withdrawn 1937 (9,11), 1940 (10).

1936

23-24Enclosed C/EEnglish ElectricEnglish Electric24/32

Withdrawn 1946 and sold to Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Electric Railway.

1941

10EnclosedDarwen CT(*)Burnley Bogies30/42

(*) constructed from lower deck of former No.17 and upper deck of unknown car.
Withdrawn 1946.


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