Wolverhampton Trolley Bus 433
433
in the road outside the Sunbeam works in Wolverhampton.
Ex Wolverhampton 433 is a Sunbeam W4 chassis and was supplied new to
Wolverhampton Corporation in 1946. It is a 7' 6" by 27' 6" vehicle,
the W4 coming from "War time 4 wheel chassis". It originally carried
a Park Royal utility body but in 1959 the Corporation rebodied two batches of
vehicles and 433 was one of the last of the first batch being given its classic
new body by Chas. H. Roe's in September 1959. It re-entered public service, and
was still in use (though only for an entheuasists tour) on the last day of
trolley bus operations in Wolverhampton, 5th March 1967.
It was rescued from the clutches of the scrap man by a small group of
people, the main activist being John Hughes. It then joined ex-Walsall vehicle
number 862 on a trail of being moved around in various stores over a number of
years before being given a home at the Black Country Living Museum where it has
continued its work to the present time by offering rides to the public on
Sunday afternoons and Bank Holidays.