 1948/52 Glasgow Corporation Transport Cunarder Tram (1293-1300 series) - original livery.
 Glasgow continued to develop its tramway system in the late 1940s and in May 1946 Glasgow Corporation
Transport was approved to built 100 new trams. First car of a new batch, 1293, called Mark II "Coronation" or
"Cunarder" class, entered service in December 1948. The new cars differed significantly from the older
design. They were six inches longer than the pre-war Coronation cars and could seat a total of
70 passengers (40 in the upper saloon and 30 in the lower saloon). New cars were fitted with
Malley & Taunton Type 596 trucks. First production cars 1293-1300 entered service in a non-streamlined
livery. Started from car 1301 a semi-streamlined livery was introduced and remained cars, 1340-1392
received a full streamlined livery. Car 1385 and last six cars of the batch (1387-1392) were not
fitted with eaves glasses. All new Cunarders were allocated to Newlands depot.
Scale 1:43
Available 2011
The "stock" version represents car 1297 in the original non-streamlined livery (as applied on
cars 1293-1300) as preserved at National Tramway Museum in Crich.
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Started 1954, cars 1337-1392 of the Cunarder class were transferred from Newlands depots to
Govan depot and in later years Cunarders migrated from their traditional routes and depots to
the remaining tram services. Started from 1954, the cars of the class saw further atlernatons:
the livery treatment first applied to 1340 became standard for all Cunarders; the half-drop
bow change windows were replaced by fixed glazing; the upper most bar of the three protective
iron rails located below the lower saloon skirt panels was removed. Unfortunately, 25 members
of the class were totally destroyed in the Dalmarnock depot fire on 22 March 1961. Only two
cars were after closure of the system: 1297 at the National Tramway Museum in Crich and