[5] It used six horse drawn cars built by George Starbuck of Birkenhead, with a stable and depot in Kensington.

In 1905 an additional line to Newton St Loe opened and proposals were drawn up to connect this with Bristol Tramways although this was never built.

It was built by Starbuck Car and Wagon Company of Birkenhead as a single deck vehicle around 1880, and operated in Bath until around 1884.

It was then purchased by the Bradford and Shelf Tramway Company, where it was probably used as a trailer to a steam tram, although details are sketchy.

The vehicle was renovated between 2012 and 2019, assisted by a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, and its previous history became apparent as the layers of paint were stripped away.

[13][14] In 2017 Bath and North East Somerset council announced it was to carry out a feasibility study of a light rail system.