AEC 661T Trolleybus - RV 4649 number 1
Owned by: Portsmouth City Museums & Records Service
This was one of fifteen prototype trolleybuses purchased for evaluation purposes, prior to a
bulk order being placed. It was originally numbered 1, but later had two hundred added to its
fleet number, together with the rest of the trolleybus fleet, in 1939. This was intended to bring
to the attention of following bus drivers that they were behind a trolleybus rather than a
motor-bus, if they were driving a trolleybus themselves it was important for them to know in
case they contemplated overtaking! No. 201 was withdrawn in 1958 and stored at Eastney
depot before being sold locally in 1960. Later that year it was presented to the Montague Motor
Museum at Beaulieu but unfortunately it was displayed in the open air and the timber
framework has suffered accordingly. Portsmouth City Museums acquired the vehicle for their
transport collection in 1972.
RV4649 has re-joined the CPPTD Collection June 09 moving from The Milestones Museum.
Delivered in 1934 as fleet number 1
Renumbered 201 in 1939
Withdrawn from service in 1958
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newly arrived at Wicor
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newly arrived at Wicor
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view from rear
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shown at Broad St prior to closure
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at Wicor
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