Postcard: London bilevel rail car 290 inside the depot (1973)
Archive: Henrik Boye.
Photographer: London Transport.
Publisher: London Transport Museum.
Date: 1973.
City: London (United Kingdom).
The picture shows
London Transport Executive (LTE)
Closed
Placed London bilevel rail car 290, with advertising of 'Black & White Scotch Whisky'.
Description
34 West Ham Corporation Electric Tramcar
This tramcar is a typical early four-wheel (single truck) electric vehicle as used in various forms by London's municipal tramways. It was built by the United Electric Car Co. of Preston, being considerably rebuilt 1922 but it retained its open balconies and vestibules. it passed to London Transport in Juli 1933 with the West Ham undertaking. It bears today the London Transport livery and fleet number 290
Capacity: 54 seats. Unladen wt. 11 tons.
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