Southend Corporation Transport: Trolleybus Fleet List 1925-1954

Southend Corporation Transport

Trolleybus Fleet List
1925-1954

Fleet No.

Reg. No.

Chassis

Chassis No.

Body

Seating

1927

1	HJ5065	Railless	-	Short	B29C
2	HJ5389	Railless	-	Short	B29C

Nos. 1-2 had been on hire since 1925; re-numbered 101-102 in 1927.
Withdrawn 1933 (1-2[101-102]).

1928

103

NW9583

AEC 603T

U78

Strachan & Brown

B30F

No. 3 ex-ADC demonstrator (new 1925).
Withdrawn 1937 (103).

1929

104	HJ7363	Garrett OS	387	Garrett	H27/28RO
105-109	HJ8925-8929	Garrett OS	414-18	Garrett	H32/28R

No. 104 ex-Garrett demonstrator (new 1927).
Withdrawn 1939 (104-109).

1930

110-111

JN60-61

English Electric

H33/26D

Nos. 110-111 rebuilt to H30/26R in 1937.
Withdrawn 1939 (110-111).

1932

112-115	JN2112-2115	AEC 661T	661T003-06	English Electric	L24/24R
116	JN2086	AEC 663T	663T001	English Electric	H31/24D

Nos. 112-115 had dummy radiators; Nos. 113-114 rebuilt without them in 1948.
No. 116 ex-AEC demonstrator (new 1930); originally with half-cab bodywork, dummy radiator and twin staircases, it was later rebuilt to full front, the forward staircase removed and the front entrance removed.
Withdrawn 1950 (112, 115-116), 1954 (113-114).

1933

117-121

JN2817-2821

AEC 661T

661T008-12

English Electric

L24/24R

Nos. 117-121 had dummy radiators fitted; Nos. 117-118 rebuilt by Beale in 1945; Nos. 119-121 had front ends rebuilt without dummy radiators in 1945.
Withdrawn 1950 (117-118), 1954 (119-121).

1934

122

JN3822

Gloster

TDD2001

Gloster

H29/25C

No. 122 originally on hire from Gloucester Railway Carriage and Waggon Co. Ltd., from November 1933.
Withdrawn 1950 (122).

1935

123

JN4373

AEC Q

761T003

English Electric

L30/26F

No. 123 originally on hire from AEC Ltd., from 1934; rebuilt by Dawes in 1943, and again by Beale in 1945.
Withdrawn 1949 (123).

1939

124-129

BHJ194-199

AEC 661T

661T337-42

Strachan

H30/26R

Withdrawn 1954 (124-129).

1945

130	BHJ827	Sunbeam W	50195	Brush	H30/26R
131-132	BHJ828-829	Sunbeam W	50193-94	Park Royal	H30/26R

Withdrawn 1953 (130-132).

1946

133-138	BHJ898-903	Sunbeam W	50230-35	Park Royal	H30/26R
139-143	VN9434-9438	Leyland TB3	10774-75/78/ 77/76	Massey	B32R

Nos. 139-143 ex-Teesside Railless Traction Board (Nos. 9-13 respectively, new 1936).
Withdrawn 1952 (139-143), 1953 (133-138).

1950

144-149	BDA364-369	Sunbeam MF2	13069-74	Park Royal	H29/25R
150	BJW171	Sunbeam MF2	13076	Park Royal	H29/25R
151	BJW173	Sunbeam MF2	13078	Park Royal	H29/25R
152	BJW175	Sunbeam MF2	13080	Park Royal	H29/25R

Nos. 144-152 ex-Wolverhampton Corporation (Nos. 264-269, 271, 273, 275 respectively, new 1937 (264-269) or 1938).
Withdrawn 1953 (144, 148, 151), 1954 (145-147, 149, 150, 152).