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Corgi Classics - Original Omnibus Company |
The Corporation purchased the company horse tramways in the town in 1923, and electrified the system using the Lorain surface-contact method, thus isolating it from surrounding networks. Motorbus operation commenced as early as 1905, with a route to Lea Road using three Wolseley double deckers, making Wolverhampton the first municipal tramway undertaking to operate motorbuses. Wolverhampton pioneered trolleybus operation in the 1920s, quickly replacing tram services and some motorbus services, these being replaced during the 1940s by modern trolleybuses. The Guy Motors factory was situated in the town, and so its products have always provided a large part of the Wolverhampton bus and trolleybus fleet. Roe supplied bodies for the majority of the trolleybus fleet and for a single batch of Guys delivered in 1953, nos. 571-577 (KJW 571-577).
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