Bance Alumi Cart 2nd Generation Two-Seater Trolley

(c) SB Rail Photography - 25 October 2024

In February 2024, our Chair was contacted by a private individual who had acquired a Trolley which had long been assumed to have been scrapped.

The Trolley in question is Bance Alumi Cart 2nd Generation Two-Seater Trolley – Works No. 080 of 1999.

This was supplied to a company called Laser Rail in mid-1999 and was a non-standard vehicle made for a customer to fit their own instrumentation.

Our friends from Ontrackplant advised that this Trolley was originally paired with a Geismar ECG7-C Track Geometry Measuring Trailer – Works No. C/99/013. The fate of the Trailer is unknown, but again it is assumed to have been scrapped. (If anyone has any pictures or information about this, we would obviously be interested to hear).

Our Chair, tried to assist the private individual with finding a new home for the Trolley but without success. However, the Trust has been in contact with Anglesey Central Railway Ltd since early 2019 and during discussions with them in June this year had been advised that they were now able to use a powered Trolley on the line. The Trust Board had a discussion and decided that this was a great opportunity to further part of the aims of the Trust. A deal was agreed by which the Trust would purchase the Trolley along with a Permaquip Link Trailer and they would then be placed on a Run & Maintain Loan with ACR Ltd.

So, in early August, the Trust paid a deposit for the vehicles and on 25th October, ACR Ltd. collected them from their former owner and transported them to Anglesey. They are currently held at a secure private site awaiting the provision of suitable covered secure accommodation at ACR Ltd.’s site at Llangwyllog Station.

The Trust is interested in any other photos and videos of the Trolley. If anyone has any, please contact the Trust

The Trust would like to thank Roger Bance of R. Bance & Co. Ltd. for the information he has supplied and his ongoing support.

Fund Raising

The Trust continues to appeal for funds towards the £10k target we set ourselves last year and hopes that as
we are able to share more positive news, more donations will be forthcoming to enable us to move more of
our collection to our secure locations, provide further suitable storage accommodation for some of our older
& more historic vehicles and make some significant progress on several restoration projects.

You can help now by using these links to give direct to our Appeal