Tramway Historical Society

Type

English Electric Trolley Bus

Recovery of English Electric Trolleybus No. 210 in 1965 (THS Collection)

Three English Electric trolley buses, led by number 210, lined up in Bowhill Road, on the opening of the North Beach trolley bus services - 5 July 1931 (THS Archives)

Running in Wellington on a visit there in March 1999 at the Wellington 50th Anniversary Trolley Bus Festival. Photo: Lachlan Rendall, March 1999

Photographer Dave Carr, June 2001

Outside the Trolley Bus barn getting a wash from Society President Graeme Belworthy. Dunedin 79 waits its turn. Photo: Stephen Taylor 4 Oct 2008

Date Built

1930,

Written Off

Withdrawn from service 1956

Acquired by THS

1965

From

Transport North Canterbury Ltd

Restored

c 1970

This trolley bus regularly operates on the Society's Trolley Bus circuit at Ferrymead Heritage Park.

The following information is from Bradley Knewstubb's web-site - refer to the links page:

Make: English Electric, 3-axle
Bodywork: Boon and Company, Christchurch
Motor: English Electric 70 bhp DK 121
Controllers: 5-notch EMB non-automatic
Seating Capacity: 38 plus driver

Christchurch 209 and 210 are the only known English Electric trolleybuses to survive in the world.