Leeds 'Austerity' tram No. 275 @ Bramley Station in colour

My hand *colourised (if you want to use it please credit me and link to this description) version of an old photograph taken in Stanningley Road (Ashdown Street on the left) near Bramley Station, of Leeds City Tramways (LCT) 'Austerity' car No. 275 showing a 'Corn Exchange' destination blind.

Done here in a blue livery, rather than the red it would have been in at this time.

The original BnW photo is here:-
flic.kr/p/2nCrULK

Modern day google maps street view (location from 'Paul Haywood'):-
www.google.com/maps/@53.8062989,-1.6354014,3a,75y,84.68h,...

Old/new side by side overhead map view:-
maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=17&lat=53....

The photo reverse is stamped with the photographer and/or negative owner name R. B. Parr, and the date 22 Aug 1952.

No 275 is interesting as it started off as car No. 104 and was the first of the 'Austerity cars'. The number 104 was originally on a Chamberlain car which was destroyed by fire in Jul 1942, a 'new' tram was built by LCT using recondition parts (traction motors, gears, wheels & axles) from the remains, and stock or scrap wood, metalwork, fittings, parts, seats, etc., being built in war time materials shortages were common. The new 104 seated 26/40, ran on a second hand Brush P35 truck, and was based in Bramley Depot where it first ran in service Dec 1943. It was renumbered 275 in Aug 1948, moved to Swinegate when Bramley closed in 1949, was withdrawn from service Sep 1957, and the following month was burnt at Lowfields Road Permanent Way Yard. The parts of the Leeds tramways systems that had not already been withdrawn or transferred to bus operation closed in Nov 1959.

* My coloured images are more sketch or watercolour like than colour transparency or print like. They are an impression of that subject and period, rather than an accurate representation of how the image/subject actually looked when the photo was taken.

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Taken in: UK / England / Bramley (show map)

Taken on: August 22, 1952

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