Category:Barnsley & District Electric Traction bus 5 (HE 12)

English: Barnsley & District Electric Traction Company bus 5 (reg. HE 12), is the oldest surviving full-sized British single decker bus. It's a 1913 Leyland S3.30.T (chassis No. S253/1020) with ash framed and timber panelled 27-seat S/D "Combination Car" bodywork by Brush. It has a Leyland S3.30hp 4 cylinder petrol engine with Leyland 4 speed manual gearbox. It was one of an trial fleet of 20 buses bought by the tramway, which led to the complete replacement of the tram network by buses. When withdrawn it became a static caravan, eventually being built into a house. It was then bought for preservation, extracted from the building, and restored between 2002 and 2006. The bus is now owned by and displayed at the National Tramway Museum at Crich in Derbyshire, where it is used to illustrate the transition between trams and buses in many of Britain's smaller towns in the early 20th century.