Tramcars of the Sheffield Tramway
List of all electric tramcars of the Sheffield Corporation Tramways 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge). The system opened on 5 September 1899, and closed on 8 October 1960.
Cars built between 1899 and 1926
| Car numbers | Type (as built) |
Year built | Builder | Seats lower/upper decks |
Truck | Motors | Controllers | Illustration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–25 | Open top | 1899 | Milnes | 22/29 | Peckham Cantilever | BTH GE52 2x25hp | BTH B13 | |
| 26–38 | Open top | 1900 | Milnes | 22/29 | Peckham cantilever | BTH GE52 2x25hp | BTH B13 | |
| 39–50 | Single deck | 1899 | Milnes | 28 | Peckham cantilever | BTH GE52 2x25hp | BTH B6 | |
| 51–52 | Single deck | 1899 | Milnes | 28 | Peckham cantilever | BTH GE52 2x25hp | BTH B13 | |
| 53–58 | Single deck | 1900 | ER&TCW | 28 | Brill 21E | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH B13 | |
| 59–73 | Open top | 1900 | ER&TCW | 22/29 | Peckham cantilever | BTH GE52 2x25hp | BTH13 | |
| 74–88 | Open top | 1900 | ER&TCW | 22/29 | Brill 21E | BTH GE52 2x25hp | BTH13 | |
| 88–103 | Single deck | 1900 | Brush Electrical Engineering Company | 28 | Brill 21E | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH13 | |
| 104–123 | Open top | 1900–01 | Brush | 22/29 | Brill 21E | BTH GE52 2x25hp | BTH13 | |
| 124–129 | Single deck | 1901 | SCT | 28 | Brill 23E | GTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH B13 | |
| 130 | Water car | 1901 | SCT | 0 | Brill 21E | GTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH B13 | |
| 131–155 | Open top | 1901 | Milnes | 22/29 | Brill 21E | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH13 | |
| 156–165 | single deck | 1902 | Cravens | 28 | Brill 21E | BTH GE52 2x35hp | BTH13 | |
| 166 | Works car | 1874 (1902) | Starbuck Car and Wagon Company | Brill 21E | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH13 | ||
| 167–186 | Open top | 1902 | Cravens | 22/29 | Brill 21E | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH13 | |
| 187–192 | Single deck | 1903 | Milnes | 28 | Milnes | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH13 | |
| 193–198 | Open top | 1903 | SCT | 22/29 | Milnes | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH13 | |
| 199 | Stores car | 1877 (1903) | unknown | Brill 21E | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH | ||
| 200–211 | Single deck | 1903 | SCT | 28 | Brill 21E | BTH GE52 2x35hp | BTH13 | |
| 212 | Water car | 1904 | SCT | Milnes | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH13 | ||
| 213–218 | Open top | 1904 | SCT | 22/29 | Milnes | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH | |
| 219–243 | Open top | 1904 | Brush | 22/29 | Brush A | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH | |
| 244–245 | Open top | 1897 (1904) | Milnes | 22/29 | Brush A | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH | |
| 246–257 | Short top cover | 1905 | SCT | 22/30 | Mills/Brush AA | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH13 | |
| 258–272 | Balcony | 1907 | UEC | 22/36 | M&G Radial | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH13 | |
| 273–280 | Snow-ploughs | 1906 | Milnes | Peckham Cantilever | BTH GE58 2x25hp | BTH13 | ||
| 281–295 | Balcony | 1912 | SCT | 22–36 | Peckham | BTH RGE20 2x40hp | BTH18 | |
| 296–345 | Balcony | 1913 | Brush | 22/36 | Peckham P22 | BTH RGE20 2x40hp | BTH18 | |
| 346–355 | Balcony | 1913 | SCT | 22/36 | Peckham P22 | BTH RGE20 2x40hp | BTH18 | |
| 367–369 | Enclosed | 1918–21 | SCT | 28/48 | Peckham P22 | BTH RGE203 2x40hp | BTH | |
| 376–400 | Enclosed | 1921–22 | Brush | 28/48 | Peckham P22 | BTH RGE203 2x40hp | BTH | |
| 401–450 | Enclosed | 1919–20 | SCT | 28/48 | Peckham P22 | BTH RGE203 2x40hp | BTH | |
| 451–500 | Enclosed | 1926–27 | Cravens | 28/40 | Peckham P22 | Metropolitan-Vickers 102D 2x50hp | BTH OK1B |
Cars built between 1927 and 1952
| Car numbers | Type (as built) | Year built | Builder | Seats | Truck | Motors | Controllers | Illustration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enclosed | 1927 | Cravens | 24/37 | Peckham P22 | MV 102 2x50hp | BTH B510 | |
| 2–35 | Enclosed | 1928–30 | SCT | 24/37 | Peckham P22 | MV 102 2x50hp | BTH B510 | |
| 36–60 | Enclosed | 1924–25 | Brush | Brush | Peckham P22 | BTH 503 2x40hp | BTH B510 | |
| 61–130 | Enclosed | 1930–33 | SCT | 24/37 | Peckham P22 | MV 102DR 2x50hp | BTH B510 | |
| 131–155 | Enclosed | 1929–30 | Hill | 24/37 | Peckham P22 | MV 102 2x50hp | BTH B510 | |
| 156–230 | Enclosed | 1933–35 | SCT | 24/37 | Peckham P22 | MV 102DR 2x50hp | BTH B510 | |
| 231–242 | Enclosed | 1936 | SCT | 24/37 | Peckham P22 | MV 102DR 2x50hp | BTH B510 | |
| 243–248 | Enclosed | 1936 | SCT | 24/37 | Peckham P22 | WT 286 or MV 116DR 2x50hp | BTH B510 | |
| 249–303 | Enclosed | 1936–39 | SCT | 24/37 | Peckham P22 | MV 102DR 2x50hp | BTH B510 | |
| 336–350 | Enclosed | 1907 | UEC | 22/36 | Peckham P22 | various 2x40hp | BTH B510 | |
| 352–365 | Snow-ploughs | various | various | Brill 21E | GEC 58 2x35hp | various | ||
| 311–324 | Enclosed | 1901 (1941) | Hurst Nelson | 24/36 | Brill 21E | BTH GE58 2x35hp | BTH B3 | |
| 325–334 | Enclosed | 1920–21 (1943) | English Electric | 19/40 | Brill 21E | EE DK 31A 2x50hp | DK DB1 | |
| 501 | Jubilee | 1946 | SCT | 26/36 | M&T588 | MV 102DR3 2x65hp | BTH B510 | |
| 502–536 | Jubilee | 1950–52[1] | Roberts | 26/36 | M&T588 | MV 102DR3 2x65hp | BTH B510 |
References
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- ^ Folkard, L. F. (1978). British Trams: A Pictorial Survey. Barton. ISBN 978-0-85153-328-5.