Double Truck Birney Car

[Andy Reichert]

Did the USA double truck Birney ever get used by any UK tram company?

 

Andy

[Johann Marsbar]

Off the top of my head, I cant think of any UK operators that used Birney cars - single or double trucked.

[glennofootscray]

Of the seven left hand drive single truck Birneys exported to Australia, six are still preserved and most are operative. My version of Bendigo 29

[coline33]

Andy, I have never come across a genuine Birney either double or single truck in the British Isles.   However, some design facets did emerge in some of the British experimental single decks that emerged in the 1920s but by the end of that decade the bus was making inroads with new trams becoming too expensive, conversion of existing cars to front entrance was only affordable.