Postcard: London tram line 26 with bilevel rail car 1763 on Albert Embankment (1949) Location: Albert Embankment .Henrik Boye .W. E. Robertson .Mumbles Railway .1949 .
The picture shows Closed 26 Closed London bilevel rail car 1763 .
Read more Read less Description An American visitor took this rare colour photo of a London E/1 type tram making its way along the Albert Embankment in 1949. Three years later, trams had ceased to run in the capital, Happily, car No. 1025 of the same type can still be seen in the London Transport Museum at Covent Garden, and No 1622 is being restored by the LCC Tramway Trust.
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Photos from London Transport Executive (LTE) Postcard: London bilevel rail car 290 inside Transport Museum (1973) 34 West Ham Corporation Electric Tramcar
This tramcar is a typical early four-wheel (single-truck) electric vehicle used in various forms by London's municipal tramways. It was built by the United Electric Car Co. of Preston, being considerably rebuilt in 1922, but it retained its open balconies and vestibules. It passed to London Transport in July 1933 with the West Ham undertaking. It bears today the London Transport livery and fleet number 290
Capacity: 54 seats. Unladen wt. 11 tons. By Henrik Boye, London Transport, London Transport Museum -
1973 .
Postcard: London tram line 68 near Greenwich Church (1949) This 1949 view was taken at Greewich Church, the terminus of route 70 from London Bridge, and route 68 from Waterloo.
Both ran via Surrey Docks and the lifting-bridge at Deptfort. Over 1000 of the E and E/1 trams were built for LCC from 1906 to 1921, and London Transport 'rehabilitated' 146 of them in 1935/6, fitting upholstered seats, windscreens, ets. By Henrik Boye, Mumbles Railway, W. E. Robertson -
1949 .
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Last updated: January 26, 2026 . 
