1-40: four-wheelers bought 1899-1900

41-48: four-wheelers bought 1901

49: 8-wheeler bought 1901

50-59: eight-wheelers bought 1901 (Brush cars)

60-81: eight-wheelers bought 1902

82-86: four-wheelers bought 1905

87-96: four-wheelers bought 1907 (Brush cars)

97-103: eight-wheelers bought 1910

104-106: eight-wheelers bought 1910 (Single-deckers)

107-112: eight-wheelers bought 1912

113-120: eight-wheelers bought 1919

121-130: eight-wheelers bought 1923

131-138: four-wheelers bought 1924 (Brush cars; Second-hand from Sunderland District Tramways Co)

139-150: eight-wheelers bought 1927

33-40: eight-wheelers bought 1933 (Second-hand from SLT, replacement cars)

331: four-wheeler bought 1943 (Second-hand from Bury Corporation)

451-453: eight-wheelers bought 1943 (Second-hand from Bury Corporation)

NOTES

All the cars were built at Dick, Kerr, Preston, (ultimately English Electric) except the Brush cars and the SLT cars which were built by Milnes of Birkenhead.

Cars 1-96 supplied with open-tops -- upper saloons added later by Bolton.

Cars 49-81 had upper balconies enclosed by Bolton in the late 20s.

Cars 82-96 scrapped during the mid-30s.

Cars 97-103 and 107-130 supplied with upper saloons; their balconies later enclosed by Bolton.

Cars 104-106 rebuilt as totally-enclosed cars by English Electric.

Cars 139-150 built as totally-enclosed cars by English Electric.

Four-wheel cars 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 24, 27, 29 and 30 also had upper balconies enclosed in the late 1920s.

Four-wheel trucks and eight-wheel bogies were American Brill type built in UK under licence.

The Brush cars and the EE cars 139-150 had Brush trucks or bogies almost identical to Brill.

300 added to the tram fleet numbers in 1940 to avoid confusion with the growing bus fleet numbers. (Eg. Car No. 8 became No. 308 and No. 110 became No. 410.) In 1940, 78 cars remained in service.

Cars in service on the last day of operation (Amended Nos.) -- 404, 405, 406, (1910 vintage); 408, 412 (1912); 414, 417, 418 (1919); 440, 441, 442, 445, 447 (1927).

Ceremonial last car (decorated) --- No 440 (ex No. 140).