Cardiff 131 is a rare survivor of the Edwardian electric tram boom - it was purpose built as a maintenance vehicle, and not designed to carry passengers. The centre of the body contains a large water tank used for cleaning the tracks, and also a rail grinder for ensuring they are of the correct profile. It was also used for driver training before new drivers were let loose on passenger carrying vehicles, which of course were more important and couldn't be spared both in terms of their value and workload for training new drivers
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