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Coventry Corporation Transport Society

Brush Trams transferred from CET

Reproduced from A S Denton and F P Groves, Coventry Transport 1884-1940, BTHG (1985)
original citation FGP collection

Tram 5 was one of the original trailer cars delivered for the steam tramway as an unnumbered trailer in 1884.  It was one of six that were converted to powered electric tramcars in 1896.  The other five were replaced in 1904 by the trailers that had been commissioned by Coventry Electric Tramways in 1896.  Tram 5 was withdrawn in 1915 after severe fire damage.

Manufacturer Brush (Loughborough)
Type 4-wheel double deck open top cars on Peckham cantilever trucks with 2 Westinghouse 17 hp motors and Westinghouse controllers
Upper deck seats arranged longitudinally as a knifeboard 
Upper deck: 28 seats    Lower saloon: 26 seats
Number Delivered Withdrawn Notes
5   1915 Transferred from Coventry Electric Tramways Company in 1912
Withdrawn after severe fire damage