Birmingham Corporation Transport: Trolleybus Fleet List 1922-1951

Birmingham Corporation Transport

Trolleybus Fleet List
1922-1951

Fleet No.

Reg. No.

Chassis

Body

Seating

1922

1-12

OK4823-34

Railless F12

Roe

H25/26RO

Withdrawn 1932.

1923

OL994

AEC 602

Brush

B36R

Demonstrator, returned 10/23. Chassis No. 602.005.

1924

OL4636

EMB

Roe

H28/20R

Demonstrator, returned 6/28.

1925

TO5011

Railless LF

Short

H26/26RO

Not operated by BCT as not to correct specifications.

1926

14-16	ON2825-27	AEC 605	Short	H25/26RO
17	ON3261	AEC 607	Vickers	H26/26RO

Withdrawn 1932. Chassis Nos. (14-16) 605001-3 (order not known), (17) 607001.

1930

UK8341

Guy BTX

Guy

H27/26R

Demonstrator, returned 5/31. Chassis No. BTX23456.

1931

19	OG9886	Guy BTX	Guy	H27/26R
19	OV1175	Leyland TBD1	Short	L24/24R
20	OV1194	Guy BT	Guy/PRV	L24/24R

Demonstrator (OG9886) returned 4/31. Chassis No. BTX23648.
Demonstrator (OV1175) returned 8/31. Chassis No. 60342.
Demonstrator (OV1194) returned 5/31. Chassis No. BT23747.

1932

1-3	OV4001-03	Leyland TBD1	Short	H27/21R
5-7	OV4005-07	Leyland TBD1	Short	H27/21R
9-11	OV4009-11	Leyland TBD1	Short	H27/21R
13	OV4013	Leyland TBD1	Short	H27/21R
15	OV4015	Leyland TBD1	Short	H27/21R
12-16	OJ1012-16	AEC 663T	Brush	H33/25R

13/15 (OV4013/15) renumbered 4/8 respectively shortly after delivery.
Withdrawn 1940.
Chassis Nos. 72222-224 (1-3), 72231 (5), 72226 (6), 72224 (7), 72227 (9), 72232 (10), 72229 (11), 72228 (13), 72230 (15). 663T066-070 (12-16).

1933

87	-	Sunbeam MF2A	Park Royal	L24/26R
17	TJ939	Leyland TTBD1	Leyland	H34/26R

87 exhibited at 1933 CMS but never operated by BCT. Chassis No. R13001MF2.B.3424
17, demonstrator returned 7/33. Later re-motored and returned as 68. Chassis No. 69657

1934

17-66	OC1117-66	Leyland TTBD2	MCCW	H33/25R
67	OC6567	Sunbeam MS2	MCCW	H31/28R

Withdrawn 1951 (17-66). Chassis Nos. 17 (3164), 18 (3163), 19-20 (3165-66), 21 (3168), 22 (3167), 23 (3180), 24 (3169), 25 (3172), 26 (3171), 27 (3179), 28 (3176), 29 (3175), 30-1 (3173-74), 32-3 (3177-78), 34 (3181), 35 (3187), 36 (3185), 37 (3191), 38 (3184), 39 (3189), 40 (3192), 41 (3194), 42 (3193), 43 (3170), 44 (3196), 45 (3190), 46-7 (3182-83), 48 (3201), 49 (3188), 50 (3195), 51 (3198), 52 (3206), 54 (3197), 55 (3199), 56 (3204), 57 (3203), 58 (3200), 59-60 (3209-10), 61 (3186), 62 (3205), 63 (3208), 64 (3207), 65-6 (3211-12).
67, demonstrator returned 3/34. Chassis No. 12008

1936

TJ939

Leyland TTBD1

Leyland

H34/26R

Demonstrator (ex. BCT No.17) re-motored and returned to BCT 5/36. To Leyland 10/37. Chassis No. 1654.

1937

67-78

COX67-78

Leyland TB5

MCCW

H29/24R

Withdrawn 1951. Chassis Nos. 67 (13103), 68 (13105), 69 (13104), 70 (13109), 71 (13108), 72 (13107), 73 (13106), 74 (13112), 75-6 (13110-11), 77-8 (13113-14).

1940

79-90

FOK79-90

Leyland TB7

MCCW

H30/24R

Withdrawn 1951. Chassis Nos. 79 (303354), 80 (303359), 81-2 (303361-62), 83 (303360), 84 (303356), 85-6 (303363-64), 87 (303353), 88 (303358), 89 (303357), 90 (303355).