Tag: Karrier
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Model Karrier Trolleybus/Tramway Tower Wagon
A few shots of one of my models scratchbuilt in card to a scale of 1/43rd (7mm scale)This time a Karrier Trolleybus/Tramway Tower Wagon of the type used by many Authorities.Built for a trolleybus enthusiast. Painted and lettered and ready for the next overhead problem. Iain Simms03/2012
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Portsmouth Corporation – Karrier WL6/2 – TP 4835 – 46
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Copyright CPPTD Portsmouth Corporation1927Karrier WL6/2Brush H32/28R Portsmouth Corporation, primarily a tram operator at this time, having dabbled with some Thornycroft J’s, Guy J’s, Dennis 50 cwt’s, an LGOC B Class, Dennis E’s and a Karrier CL, then decided to go for…
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Huddersfield Corporation – Karrier MS2 – CVH 743 – 543
Copyright Ian Wild Huddersfield Corporation1947 rebodied 1961Karrier MS2East Lancs H40/32R On a day trip to Huddersfield on 30th May 1967 I travelled on service 40 to Bradley, Leeds Road on 543. Trolleybuses were replaced by motor buses on this cross town route to Longwood a few weeks later on 12th July. In those relatively traffic…
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Huddersfield Corporation – Karrier E6 – AVH 521 – 521
Copyright C Carter Huddersfield Corporation1940Karrier E6Weymann H34/30R One of the large group of Karrier E6 trolleybuses built to a similar style to the larger group of Park Royal trolleybuses to the unique design specified by Huddersfield. These ten Weymann built bodies were longer than the Park Royal ones and 521 also had English Electric motors…
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Huddersfield Corporation – Karrier E6 – AVH 497 – 497
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Huddersfield Corporation1938Karrier E6Park Royal H?/?R – rebuilt 1950 Roe H36/30R Karrier E6 497 is seen in the mid fifties in Huddersfield Town centre on a through service from Brackenhall to Lockwood. This trolleybus formerly had a Park Royal body and…
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Formby Coach Company – Karrier – MDU 74
Copyright Alan Murray-Rust Formby Coach Company1953KarrierReading C14F After the demise of the W-type trolleybus, the Karrier name remained dormant until the Rootes Group revived it for this compact little 14-seater coach. It was clearly based on Commer units, and according to John Gillham’s ‘Buses and Coaches 1945-1965’ used a 4-cylinder petrol engine. It appears to…
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Newcastle Corporation – Karrier E6A – BVK 810 – 20
Courtesy of Newcastle City libraries archives. Newcastle Corporation1935Karrier E6AMetro-Cammell H33/27D The last Tyneside and Tynemouth and District trams ran in 1930 and 31 respectively, they were replaced by motor buses, but Newcastle Corporation decided on trolleybus as tram replacements. The Tyneside and T&D tram networks were small in comparison, so the change came very quickly;…
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Leicester City Council – Karrier Q25 – PBC 734
Leicester City Council1956Karrier Q25Readings C14F PBC 734 was new to Leicester City Council in 1956. It is a Karrier Q25 with Readings C14F body. If the note in the PSVC listing for 2012 is correct, it did not join the Transport Department, so was it some form of welfare vehicle or school bus? It’s 15…
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J Abbott & Sons – Karrier BF3023 – PFR 727
J Abbott & Sons (Blackpool)1959Karrier BF3023Plaxton C14F PFR 727 is a Karrier BF3023 with Plaxton C14F body. It dates from 1959 and follows the usual Abbott’s habit for having registrations ending in 7. One has to wonder how they would have coped with the present system! It is in Southampton Docks, not the most appealing…