Notes issued with the 1987 limited edition framed presentation set
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Preston Tramcar |
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| This exclusive Models of Yesteryear Limited Edition framed cabinet is of the W.H. Type Electric Tramcar first built in 1910 by the Electric Car Company of Preston, Lancashire. | This "W.H." designation is mythical. These trams were not designated
using a two-letter code. As the type designation is mythical, there can't be a year when it was first built. The writer means the "United Electric Car Company", which was one of the components of the complicatedly organised Dick, Kerr company. |
| It is a typical four wheel single-truck electric tram with the classic Open Balcony design of this early period. | The writer is probably right that the open balcony design was produced at Preston from about 1910, although invariably with four-bay decks rather than the three-bay decks depicted on the model. |
| Many of these PRESTON tram cars were modified in the early 1920's and continued in service until the end of tramway operations in 1951. SCALE 1:87. | The writer means the end of tramway operations in London (actually 1952). First-generation tramways operated in other UK cities beyond then. |