Glasgow Corporation Transport 488 built 1903

Glasgow Corporation Transport 488 built 1903

Glasgow Corporation Transport  488 built 1903
Glasgow Corporation Transport 488 built 1903

 

Present Location Ffestiniog Railway
Designed For Glasgow Corporation Transport
Built by GCT
Where built Coplawhill
General type Enclosed double-decker
First Number 488
Present Number 488
Owner EATMS
Status Under restoration
Condition Fair
Operating No
Stored Under cover
Motors MV101DR 2 x 60hp
Truck Brill 21E
Gauge 4ft 8½in
Rarity Several
Historical Significance Of some Significance
Notes Built as open-topper, open-balcony top cover c.1910; totally enclosed 12/1929; withdrawn/P.6/1961; to AMTUIR, Paris; donated to EATMS, to Ffestiniog Railway 3/2013 (bottom deck), 4/2013 (top deck); to Boston Lodge workshops 8/2013; lower deck to storage in Suffolk with truck 8/2021
Seats Downstairs/Upstairs 21/38
Photo by Norman Bond
Photo Date 09/07/2015
At Risk No
Date Record Last Updated 17/08/2021

 
 


 

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