Physical description

Colour slide, Kodak, fawn cardboard of W2 313, after a fire at Balaclava Junction at 11am (?) on 10/6/1959 stored at Preston Workshops. Photographed from Oakover Road. The tram body straightening bay is to the west of the tram and a ballast trailer to the east. Photo taken on 4/7/1959.



Keith Kings, the photographer has extensive notes hand written on the slide - that the tram was scrapped on 17/7/1959 and that it was the first W2 to be scrapped. Probably the last time 313 was photographed.



Slide Number K(a)(2887)



See image htd4268i2 for an extract from the MMTB Board Meeting of 27/8/1959 about the fire.

Inscriptions & markings

Extensive handwriting on rear in ink and that it was photographed at 1/100, F4.