Ryde Pier single deck electric tram Built 1911

Ryde Pier single deck electric tram Built 1911

Present Location Isle of Wight
County Location Isle of Wight
Designed For Ryde Pier
Build Location Ryde
Built By Pollard and Sons
Type TRAM
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe No
Original Bogies No
Additional Notes Built by Pollard and Sons, Ryde, using electrical equipment from predecessor. W 1927 when Southern Railway ceased electric working. Restored locally by Technical College. Repro underframe. On display at Isle of Wight Bus Museum, Newport, IoW. Taken back into store by the Isle of Wight Council 11/11: now in the Cothey Bottom store at Ryde (behind the Tesco superstore). By 09/18: on display in Isle of Wight Steam Railway's Train Story Discovery Centre, Havenstreet, IoW (ownership having been transferred from Isle of Wight Council to Isle of Wight Railway Co. Ltd).
Owner Isle of Wight Railway Co Ltd
External Structural Condition Very Good
Internal Structural Condition Very Good
Underframe Condition Satisfactory
External Condition Very Good
Internal Finish Very Good
Degree of External Originality Some replaced/reproduced material
Degree of Internal Originality Some replaced/reproduced material
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality Conversion/rebuild/reproduction
Degree of External Authenticity Good
Degree of Internal Authenticity Good
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Fair
Rarity Unique
Importance Of some Importance
Storage Secure Building
Operational No
Date Inspected 25/06/2006
Inspected By David Wigley
Date of Image 01/10/2019
Photo Taken By Ken Hartley
At Risk No
Scrapped No
Record Last Updated 03/08/2026

Ken Hartley 01/10/2014: earlier view in the Cothey Bottom store

     








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