Tramcars of the Chesterfield Tramway

This is a list of all horse-drawn and electric tramcars of the Chesterfield Tramway, which opened on 8 November 1882, and closed on 23 December 1927. The tramway's gauge was 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge).

Horse cars built between 1882 and 1903
Car numbers Type (as built) Year built Builder Seats Truck Motors Controllers
1-2 Open top 1882 Ashbury 32 N/A N/A N/A
3 Single deck 1882 Ashbury 16 N/A N/A N/A
4-5 Single deck 1890 Milnes 16 N/A N/A N/A
6 Single deck 1898 Milnes 16 N/A N/A N/A
7-8 Single deck 1899 Milnes 16 N/A N/A N/A
9 Open top 1903 Ashbury[1] 32 N/A N/A N/A

Turner states that two tramcars were bought in 1903, which had previously been owned by Sheffield Tramway, and that they were probably never renumbered.[2]

Electric cars built between 1904 and 1927
Chesterfield tramcar 7 at the National Tramway Museum.
Car numbers Type (as built) Year built Builder Seats Truck Motors Controllers
1-12 Open top 1904 Ashbury 22/34 Brush Westinghouse 90M 2x25hp
13-14 Open top 1907 Ashbury 22/34 Brush Westinghouse 90M 2x25hp
15 Water car 1909 Milnes Brush Westinghouse 90M 2x25hp
16-18 Balcony 1914 Milnes 22/34 Peckham P22 Westinghouse T1 2x25hp

Several cars were damaged when a fire broke out at the depot on 20 October 1916. Car number 8 and one of the three cars bought in 1914 were scrapped because they were too damaged to be repaired. They were replaced by two additional trams obtained in 1920, although details of them are sketchy. Seven of the open topped vehicles were fitted with top covers in 1920.[3]

Bibliography
  • Turner, Keith (1996). The Directory of British Tramways. Patrick Stephens. ISBN 978-1-85260-549-0.

References
  1. Unconfirmed
  2. Turner 1996, p. 46.
  3. Turner 1996, p. 47.
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