Video Catalog: Trolleybuses at Ferrymead Heritage Park, New Zealand
Trolleybuses at Ferrymead Heritage Park, New Zealand
Ferrymead, BUT RETB Br. 105, Scammell Lorries Br. 103, Stephenson 2-axle motor car Br. 1, English Electric Br. 210, Crossley TSD42/1 Br. 3, Stephenson 4-axle motor car Br. 26
Auckland 105
Make: British United Traction RETB of 1958
Bodywork: Park Royal
Electrical: British Thomson-Houston
Motor: British Thomson-Houston 210 CXG6
Controllers: 12-step with automatic acceleration
Braking: 3-step rheostatic
Seating: 37 plus driver
Withdrawn from service in 1980 and now preserved at the Ferrymead Historic Park in Christchurch
Numbers 1-5 were built by John Stephenson and Co, and 31-35 were built locally to the same design by Boon & Co of Christchurch.
Originally open ended, whindscreens were fitted within 2 years of entering service. Then between 1919 and 1921, all 10 cars were converted to enclosed box cars and rewired to run as coupled sets. Numbers 1 & 2 ran together as coupled sets from 1920.Number 1 was then converted to a trailer in 1944 (but no others were converted) and then ran as a trailer until it was withdrawn.
Number 1 was the first tram to arrive at the Ferrymead site in 1965.
Transphoto
Ferrymead, BUT RETB Br. 105, Scammell Lorries Br. 103, Stephenson 2-axle motor car Br. 1, English Electric Br. 210, Crossley TSD42/1 Br. 3, Stephenson 4-axle motor car Br. 26
Rating: +2
