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London Transport tram No. 127 in colour by Frederick McLean Via Flickr:

A version of an old photograph (just 4 1/2" x 3 1/2") ***colourised and © by me (if you want to use it, at least credit me and link to this description!) of *London Transport (LT) HR/2 (HR = Hilly Route) class car No. 127 showing '**58 - Blackwall Tnl' destination indicators at Victoria, Vauxhall Bridge Road tram terminus.

The original B&W photo is here:- flic.kr/p/2igdCFQ

Modern day view:- tinyurl.com/97h38n64

There is no photographer name on the photo, if anyone knows who took it please let me know and I will credit them.

No. 127 was an ex *London County Council Tramways (LCC) conduit only (no trolley pole/s were fitted) tram built in 1931 by Hurst Nelson seating 28/46. It was built with EMB heavy duty equal wheeled trucks (6A.LCC) but instead of standard sprung axle boxes had EMB radial arm boxes with helical gear drive, this apparently made it run more quietly when in operation. During WW2 it suffered severe damage and the top deck was replaced with one from an E/1 car, no trolley poles were fitted. After the rebuild it was occasionally used on Kingsway Subway route 35, potentially breaching the rules stipulating that only metal bodies cars could do so, as the new upper deck from an E/1 car would have contained wood. Its ownership transferred to the *London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) in 1933 and in Dec 1951 it was withdrawn from service and sent to Penhall Road Works to be disposed of (broken up or sold).

The parts of the London tramways system that had not already been withdrawn or transferred to trolleybus/bus operation closed in Jul 1952.

* The London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) absorbed the local London tramway 'companies' (such as LCC) in 1933 and in turn was replaced in 1948 by the London Transport Executive (LTE), from 1933 the usual operating name used by both was London Transport (LT).

** Route 58 operations changed from trams to buses on 06/07 Oct 1951. The full route was 'Blackwall Tunnel - Victoria via Blackwall Lane - Greenwich - Lewisham - Catford - Forest Hill - Goose Green - Dog Kennel Hill - Camberwell Green - Kennington - Vauxhall'.

*** My coloured images are more sketch or watercolour like than colour transparency or print like. They are an impression of that subject and period, rather than an accurate representation of how the image/subject actually looked when the photo was taken.

LPTB tram 1212 in Tooting by Frederick Via Flickr: An old undated photograph of London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) tram no 1212, and an unidentified trolleybus, in Garratt Lane, Tooting. No 1212 is showing a service 10 'Tooting Bdwy' destination blind, the only thing I can make out on the trolleybus is that it is on service 630.

LPTB 1212 was a class E/1 ex London County Council (LCC) tram built in 1910 by Hurst Nelson seating 32/46 and running on Hurst Nelson maximum traction trucks, although not originally fitted with both trolley poles and plough carrier it eventually had both to enable it to work from overhead or conduit. Sometime between 1926-30 it was 'pullmanised' which gave it a modernised interior and a new red/cream livery but cut the seating to 25/46, in Jun 1936 it underwent 'standard reconditioning' and then remained in service until the parts of the London tramways system that had not already been withdrawn or transferred to trolleybus/bus closed in Jul 1952.

The LPTB trolleybus looks like (I think) a D3 class with a Leyland chassis and Birmingham Railway Carriage Co. body seating dd-70-r. It was built in approximately 1937 and would have been withdrawn in the late 1950's.

Tram service 10 'Southwark Bridge to Clapham & Tooting' was replaced by bus route 95 in Jan 1951.

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Any photograph, etc I post on Flickr is in my possession, nothing is copied from another location. Photographers often printed a number of photos from an original neg so there will be other copies out there of your (and my) 'original' transport photo (although occasionally there may be 'holiday snaps' type unique photos). If you wish to use this image (bearing in mind it may not be my copyright) or obtain a full size version (most of my uploads are small size) please contact me.

LPTB tram no 2129 interior by Frederick Via Flickr: An old photograph with a stamp showing it was taken by 'Aviation & Transport Photographs' of the top deck interior of London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) Feltham no 2129. No 2129 was built in 1930 by the Union Construction Company for London United Tramways where it had fleet no 360, in 1933 ownership moved to the LPTB where it was renumbered 2129, in 1950-51 LPTB (who had been renamed the London Transport Executive in 1948) sold this car and a number of others to Leeds, the parts of the London tramways system not already withdrawn closed in Jul 1952. After arriving at Leeds in Aug 1951 it was held in storage until Jul 1956 when it entered Leeds service and was renumbered 574. It was last in service Mar 1959, and in Jul that year was burnt at the Brown Lane Yard of George Cohen & Sons, the parts of the Leeds Tramways system not already withdrawn closed in Nov 1959. ---------------------------------------------------- If there are any errors in the above description please let me know. Thanks. Any photograph, etc I post on Flickr is in my possession, nothing is copied from another location. Photographers often printed a number of photos from an original neg so there will be other copies out there of your (and my) 'original' transport photo (although occasionally there may be 'holiday snaps' type unique photos). If you wish to use this image (bearing in mind it may not be my copyright) or obtain a full size version (most of my uploads are small size) please contact me.