In Pictures: A look at the trams of the Ulster Transport Museum

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Belfast Corporation 357 is a Chamberlain tram built by Brush in 1930. A total of 50 trams were part of this order and they were named Chamberlains after William Chamberlain who was General Manager of the Corporation’s tram system from 1928-1930. They were some of the first trams to receive the new Corporation livery of Blue and Cream (only introduced in 1929). 354 would remain in service until the very end of Belfast’s tramways and was in fact the very last tram to run on the network when four months after the system closed it moved from Ardoyne Depot to Mountpottinger Depot for preservation and restoration. It was presented to Belfast Transport Museum in 1955.

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