Portsmouth Corporation TW1 - RV3411
Leyland "Titan" TD2 built 1933
Tower Wagon, Built 1952
Owned by: Portsmouth City Museums & Record Service
Originally No.17 and fitted with an English Electric 50 seater Double-Deck Body, this was one of two converted to Tower Wagons
for the Trolleybus Overhead Cable Maintenance in 1952, this included the chassis being shortened . When the Trolleybuses were with
withdrawn in 1963, it was then used for various other duties because of its Tower and Towing abilities. It was eventually withdrawn
in 1975 and passed into the Ownership of The Portsmouth City Museums.
RV3411 has joined the CPPTD Collection June 09 moving from The Milestones Musuem.
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All photos copyright of © Steve Wright unless otherwise stated
CPPTD is a constituent of the Working
Omnibus Museum Project Ltd, a registed educational charity no. 10204111.
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