The British Trolleybus Society's Preserved Fleet

The BTS owns 13 trolleybuses, one motorbus and a horse-drawn tower wagon.

The photograph shows a line up of six of our vehicles at Sandtoft, details of these and the rest of our fleet can be found by clicking on the vehicle's photograph in the table below.

Within the information about each of our vehicles you will find a summary of its technical specification, where and when it operated, and its current restoration status.

Trolleybuses
	Bournemouth 301	Sunbeam MF2B with Weymann H65D bodywork built 1962	Restored
	Reading 113	AEC 661T with Park Royal H56R bodywork built late 1938	Fully Restored
	South Shields 204	Karrier F4 with Weymann H55R bodywork built in 1937	Fully Restored, You can view some photographs of 204's restoration here.
	Cardiff 203	AEC 664T with Northern Counties H70R bodywork built in 1942	Fully Restored.
	Bournemouth 99	Sunbeam MS2 with Park Royal H56D bodywork built in 1935	Although restored and operable from 2003, 99 was taken out of service after the Southern Trolleybus Event in May 2007 for some further restoration work to be done. There are some photographs of 99's restoration here.
	Glasgow TB78	BUT 9613T with Crossley H71R bodywork built in 1958	Fully Restored
	Huddersfield 631	Sunbeam S7 with East Lancs H72R bodywork built in 1959	Restored at Thamesdown Transport in Swindon.
	Walsall 342	Sunbeam F4 with Brush H65R bodywork built in 1951	Currently stored near Sandtoft awaiting restoration.
	Walsall 872	Sunbeam F4A with Willowbrook H70RD bodywork built in 1956	The bodywork was restored by Thamesdown Transport in Swindon and 872 re-entered service at Sandtoft in 2017.
	London 1812	BUT 9614T (Q1) with MCW H70R bodywork built in 1948	Fully Restored. Currently stored in Reading pending a mechanical overhaul. Due to return to Sandtoft in 2021.
	Aachen 22	Henschel 562E-SSW with Ludewig RB61T bodywork built in 1956	Awaiting Restoration.
	Mexborough & Swinton 34	Garrett ‘O’ with Garrett BxxC bodywork built in 1927	Awaiting Restoration
	Manchester 1344	B.U.T 9612T with Burlingham bodywork built in 1955	Fully Restored
Other Vehicles
	Reading 47 Motorbus	AEC Regent with Park Royal L52R bodywork built in 1935	Restored, with current MOT and road tax
	'William' Tower Wagon	Blackwell & Co. horse-drawn tower wagon dating from 1902	The wooden wheels have been refurbished and it is hoped to start restoration on the main bodywork in the near future.

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