Southend-by-the-Sea Trolleybus Photos

UK

16 OCT 1923 -- 28 NOV 1954

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SE-5 Southend Corporation BHJ 903 No. 138 taken at Southend Victoria Circus. This system closed in 1954. Photo by Ian Banks. Date unknown. From the collection of Gerry Cork.

S1 Southend Corporation 152 Photo by Ian Banks (?). Date unknown. From the collection Gerry Cork.

SE-1 Southend English Electric 663T001 doubledeck trolley with the registration number JN 2086. Its fleet number is not known. This trolley was the first prototype of this design. The chassis was AEC. The body and presumably the electrical equipment was English Electric. New in 1930. It was used a demonstrator in Nottingham and then in London by the London United Tramways. After being exhibited at the annual Commercial Motor Show in London in 1931, it was sold to Southend. It was withdrawn from service in 1950, but it was not scrapped until 1969. The location of this trolley in this photo is not known. Photographer unknown. The date is 1930 or 1931.

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