
06/02/2025
speeds across the moss towards town.
Some of the routes where Manchester's Pilcher cars worked were those heading to Ashton, and here sometime in the mid 30s Car 228 heads back to Manchester and the terminus of the 26 route in Stephenson Sq.
Pilcher 228 was commissioned into service in November 1931, taking the fleet number, not of a withdrawn 4 wheel car as most did, but of a totally enclosed car. The original 228 had been built by Brush as an open topper in 1903, but had been written off after an accident with a lorry in July 1930.
After serving the city until 1947, it was then sold for further service along with the rest of this batch of cars - Manchester's only 'modern' trams. But of course you can still speed across the moss to and from town by tram today.