Bournemouth Corporation Tramways 85 built 1914

Present Location	Crich
Designed For	Bournemouth Corporation Tramways
Built by	United Electric Car Company
Where built	Preston
General type	Open-top electric car
First Number	85
Present Number	85
Other numbers	6
Owner	Tramway Museum Society
Status	Static display
Condition	Good
Operating	No
Stored	Under cover
Controllers	Westinghouse T1C
Motors	Dick Kerr DK30B 2x40hp
Bogies	Brush 22E
Gauge	3ft 6in
Rarity	Few
Historical Significance	Of some Significance
Notes	Platforms vestibuled 1920; Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Electric Railway 6, 1936, original 40hp Westinghouse 226N motors replaced by BTH GE249A; present ex-Birmingham motors fitted 1953; withdrawn/P.1956; to Museum of British Transport, Clapham; to Mallard Road depot, Bournemouth, 1973, restored as Bournemouth 85; to Museum of Electricity, Christchurch, 1993; ownership transferred to TMS 9/2016, moved to Crich 8/2017
Seats Downstairs/Upstairs	32/36
Inspected by	PA
Date of Inspection	07/09/2017
Photo by	Jim Dignan
Photo Date	25/08/2017
At Risk	No
Date Record Last Updated	17/05/2019

Paul Abell 21/06/2018 Top deck

Paul Abell 21/06/2018 Bottom deck

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