Rotherham Corporation Transport Trolleybus Fleet List 1912-1965
Fleet No. | Reg. No. | Chassis | Chassis No. | Body | Seating |
1912
38-40 | ET1922-1924* | Railless | – | Milnes Voss | B26R |
*Nos. 38-40 ran unregistered until 1921 when compulsory registration was introduced; re-numbered T1-T3 in 1916; No. 38[T1] rebuilt to B26F in 1923 and re-numbered 51 in 1926.
Withdrawn 1922 (39[T2]), 1923 (40[T3]), 1928 (38[51]).
1913
41 | ET1925* | Railless | – | Milnes Voss | B26R |
42-43 | – | Railless | – | Milnes Voss | B26R |
* No. 41 ran unregistered until 1921 when compulsory registration was introduced; re-numbered T4 in 1916; Nos. 42-43 were never registered; re-numbered T5-T6 in 1916.
Withdrawn by 1921 (T5-T6), 1923 (T4).
1921
T5-T6 | ET1926-1927 | Railless | – | Rotherham CT | B32F |
Nos. T5-T6 rebuilt to B32C at a later date; re-numbered 55-56 c.1926.
Withdrawn 1931 (T5-T6[55-56]).
1922
T2 | ET2337 | Straker-Clough | TB2 | Roe | B26F |
No. T2 rebuilt to B32C at a later date; re-numbered 52 c.1926.
Withdrawn 1932 (T2[52]).
1924
T3-T4 | ET2840-2841 | Straker-Clough | – | Roe | B26F |
Nos. T3-T4 rebuilt to B32C at a later date; re-numbered 53-54 c.1926 and to 18, 41 respectively in 1933.
Withdrawn 1933 (T3[18], T4[41]).
1925
T7-T8 | ET3340-3341 | Straker-Clough | – | Roe | B32F |
Nos. T7-T8 rebuilt to B32C at a later date; re-numbered 57-58 c.1926; No. 57 re-numbered 17 c.1933; No. 58 re-numbered 45 c.1928, and re-numbered again to 42 in 1929.
Withdrawn 1935 (T8[42]), 1945 (T7[17]).
1927
47-49 | ET4818-4820 | Straker-Clough | – | Roe | B32C |
50 | ET3217 | Straker-Clough | – | Roe | B32C |
Withdrawn 1936 (47-50).
1928
46 | ET4933 | Guy BTX | BTX2270 | Roe | B32C |
No. 46 re-numbered 45 in 1939.
Withdrawn 1940 (46[45]).
1929
42 | ET5968 | Ransomes S4 | 1979 | Ransomes | B35C |
43-45 | ET5284-5286 | Guy BTX | BTX22992/ 91/93 | Roe | B32C |
No. 42 on loan from St. Helens CT from 18/11/29 to 23/11/29 and registered by Rotherham CT.
No. 45 re-numbered 44 in 1939.
Withdrawn 1929 (42), 1939 (44), 1940 (43, 45[44]).
1930
51 | ET6020 | Guy BT | BT23321 | Guy | B32C |
No. 51 ex-Guy demonstrator (new 1930); re-numbered 56 in 1938.
Withdrawn 1940 (51[56]).
1931
19-24 | ET6609-6614 | Ransomes S4 | 2078/??/72/ 85/??/?? | Cravens | B32C |
25-30 | ET6615-6620 | Ransomes S4 | 2071/76/79/ 77/??/83 | Cravens | B32C |
31-38 | ET6621-6628 | Ransomes S4 | 2089/??/87/ 82/84/??/90/ 96 | Cravens | B32C |
39-40 | ET6607-6608 | Ransomes S4 | 2070/80 | Cravens | B32C |
Nos. 20, 23-24, 29, 32, 36 had chassis numbers 2073-2075, 2081, 2086, 2088 but the order is unknown.
Nos. 39-40 re-numbered 55-56 in 1933.
Nos. 19-20, 22-23, 25-26, 31-32, 34-35, 37 re-numbered 27, 29, 31-33, 37, 34-35, 44, 53, 56 respectively in 1939; Nos. 22[31], 31-32[34-35], 37[56] re-numbered 78-81 respectively in 1943; Nos. 28, 25[33], 22[78], 31[79], 39[55], 34[44], 35[53], 26[37], 38 re-numbered 15-23 respectively in 1948.
Withdrawn 1937 (21, 27, 33, 40[56]), 1939 (24, 29), 1940 (19[27]), 1942 (20[29], 37[81]), 1943 (23[32], 36, 32[80]), 1945 (30), 1948 (34[21], 38[23]), 1949 (22[17], 25[16], 26[22], 28[15], 39[19]), 1950 (31[18], 35[20]).
1933
39-42 | ET7885-7888 | Guy BT32 | BT23954-55/ 57/56 | Roberts | B32C |
52-54 | ET7880-7882 | Guy BT32 | BT23949-50/53 | Cravens | B32C |
57-58 | ET7883-7884 | Guy BT32 | BT23951-52 | Cravens | B32C |
59 | ET7889 | Guy BT32 | BT23958 | Roberts | B32C |
Nos. 41-42, 54 re-numbered 24-26 in 1948.
No. 57 re-numbered 39 in 1939.
Withdrawn 1938 (39), 1939 (58-59), 1940 (40, 52-53, 57[39]), 1949 (41[24], 54[26]), 1950 (42[25]).
1935
15-18 | ET9230-9233 | Guy BT32 | BT24094-97 | Cravens | B32C |
Nos. 15-18 re-numbered 27-30 in 1948; re-numbered 59-62 in 1950.
Withdrawn 1951 (15-18[59-62]).
1936
60-65 | ET9615-9620 | Guy BTX | BTX24201/00/ 197/99/98/202 | Cravens | B40C |
No. 60 re-numbered 66 in 1940; re-seated to B39C in 1945; re-numbered 36 in 1948.
Nos. 61-65 re-seated to B39C in 1945; re-numbered 31-35 in 1948.
Withdrawn 1949 (60[36]), 1950 (61-65[31-35]).
1937
14 | AET901 | Guy BTX | BTX24446 | Cravens | B39C |
47-50 | AET902-905 | Guy BTX | BTX24447-50 | Cravens | B39C |
66 | AET906 | Guy BTX | BTX24451 | Cravens | B39C |
67-70 | AET907-910 | AEC 664T | 664T541-44 | Cravens | B39C |
201-202 | AET911-912 | AEC 664T | 664T545-46 | Cravens | B39C |
203 | AET913 | Guy BTX | BTX24617 | Cravens | B39C |
204 | AET914 | AEC 664T | 664T549 | Cravens | B39C |
No. 14 re-numbered 46 in 1940; re-numbered 37 in 1948.
Nos. 47-50 re-numbered 38-41 in 1948; Nos. 47-48[38-39] re-numbered 63-64 in 1950.
No. 66 re-numbered 51 in 1940; re-numbered 42 in 1948.
Nos. 67-69 re-numbered 48-50 in 1948; Nos. 67[48], 69[50] re-numbered 67, 66 respectively in 1950.
No. 70 re-numbered 58 in 1940; re-numbered 45 in 1948.
Nos. 201-202 re-numbered 59-60 in 1940; re-numbered 46-47 in 1948.
No. 203 re-numbered 13 in 1939; re-numbered 52 in 1940; re-numbered 43 in 1948; re-numbered 65 in 1950.
No. 204 re-numbered 57 in 1940; re-numbered 44 in 1948; re-numbered 68 in 1950.
All re-seated to B38C in 1947.
Withdrawn 1949 (201[46]), 1950 (14[37], 49-50[40-41], 66[42], 68[49], 70[45], 202[47]), 1951 (67, 69[66], 204[68]), 1953 (47[63], 203[65]), 1954 (48[64]).
1939
19-22 | CET80-83 | Guy BTX | BTX24809-12 | East Lancs | B38C |
23-26 | CET84-87 | AEC 664T | 664T708-11 | East Lancs | B39C |
Nos. 19-22 re-numbered 55-58 in 1948; Nos. 20-22[56-58] re-numbered 69-71 in 1950.
Nos. 23-26 re-seated to B38C in 1946; re-numbered 51-54 in 1948.
Withdrawn 1950 (19[55], 23-26[51-54]), 1954 (20-22[69-71]).
1940
70-77 | CET480-487 | Sunbeam MS2C | 12229/40-46 | East Lancs | B39C |
Nos. 70-77 re-seated to B38C in 1945 (71-73) or 1946; re-numbered 59-66 in 1948; No. 73[62] re-numbered 72 in 1950.
Withdrawn 1949 (70[59]), 1950 (71-72[60-61], 74-77[63-66]), 1951 (73[72]).
1942
82-89 | CET607-614 | Sunbeam MS2C | 12247-54 | East Lancs | B39C |
Nos. 82-89 re-seated to B38C at a later date; re-numbered 67-74 in 1948; Nos. 67, 73 re-numbered 73, 74 respectively in 1950.
Withdrawn 1949 (83[68], 86[71]), 1950 (84[69], 85[70], 87[72], 89[74]), 1954 (82[73], 88[74]).
1949
75-83 | FET335-343 | Daimler CTE6 | 15101/07/03/ 871/105/869/ 104/870/102 | East Lancs | B38C |
84 | FET344 | Daimler CTC6 | 15852 | East Lancs | B38C |
85 | FET345 | Daimler CTE6 | 15106 | East Lancs | B38C |
86-90 | FET346-350 | Daimler CTC6 | 15853-55/ 51/56 | East Lancs | B38C |
Nos. 75, 78-83, 85 re-bodied by Roe to H40/30R in 1956 or 1957 (82) and re-numbered 29, 35, 30, 38, 27, 39, 25, 26 respectively in 1956 or 1957 (82[39]).
No. 76, 77, 84 re-numbered 7, 8, 2 respectively in 1957.
Withdrawn 1954 (86-90), 1960 (84[2]), 1962 (7-8[76-77]), 1963 (75[29], 78[35], 80[38], 81[27], 85[26]), 1965 (79[30], 82[39], 83[25]).
1950
1-6 | FET601-606 | Daimler CTC6 | 15857-62 | East Lancs | B38C |
7-18 | FET607-618 | Daimler CTE6 | 15875-84/ 86/85 | East Lancs | B38C |
19-24 | FET619-624 | Daimler CTC6 | 15863-68 | East Lancs | B38C |
91-94 | FET471-474 | Daimler CTE6 | 15100/874/ 73/72 | East Lancs | B38C |
Nos. 7, 8, 11, 12, 14-18, 91-93 re-bodied by Roe to H40/30R in 1956 or 1957 (8, 11, 14, 16, 18) and re-numbered 28, 40, 41, 32, 42, 31, 43, 37, 44, 34, 36, 33 respectively.
Nos. 24, 94 re-numbered 1, 4 respectively in 1956.
Nos. 6, 9, 10 re-numbered 3, 5, 6 respectively in 1957.
Withdrawn 1954 (1-5, 19-23), 1956 (13), 1960 (24[1], 94[4]), 1962 (6[3], 9[5]), 1963 (7[28], 8[40], 10[6], 11[41], 14[42], 16[43], 18[44], 91[34]), 1965 (12[32], 15[31], 17[37], 92[36], 93[33]).