a further 50 Guys and 71 Sunbeams were obtained, enabling the replacement of many of the older vehicles in the fleet. Some of the earlier 2-axle Sunbeams were sold to Southend in 1950, with a further batch going to Belfast in 1952. Demise Wolverhampton Corporation began a process of fitting new bodies to the utility vehicles in 1952, when 16 vehicles were refurbished by Park Royal Vehicles. Charles H. Roe of Leeds built new bodies for a further 16 in 1958/59, and a final batch of 22 were rebodied in 1961/62. Although the future of the trolleybus system was considered in 1957, no action was taken at the time. On 22 January 1961, motor buses replaced the trolleybuses on the Penn Road routes, because major roadworks were under way at the in-town end of the service, and although some of the routes were reinstated on 21 May, that along Oxbarn Avenue was not, with motor buses continuing in service. In 1961 there were some 150 vehicles operational, but the Transport Committee decided that the trolleybuses should be withdrawn, and the routes were progressively closed. Those to Penn and Penn Fields were the first to go, on 9 June 1963, followed by the Tettenhall route on 30 June. Major closures took place on 3 November, when services to Finchfield and Low Hill, Merry Hill and Low Hill, Amos Lane and Jeffcock Road, and Wednesfield were all withdrawn. Next to go was the Fordhouses to Bushbury Hill service, on 26 January 1964, and on 26 October, the route from Willenhall to Bilston and Fighting Cocks ceased to operate. This was partly as a result of the rebuilding of a railway bridge at Willenhall. More closures followed in 1965, with services from Whitmore Reans to Bilston and Darlaston ending on 8 August, while the Willenhall service and the jointly-worked route between Walsall and Wolverhampton ceased on 31 October. Since Walsall had been extending their routes fairly recently, there were hopes that the joint service would last somewhat longer, but it was not to be. This left just the Dudley route, which continued until it closed without ceremony on 5 March 1967. The final working was by Sunbeam No. 446. Depots Initially, the trolleybuses were stabled in depots which were formerly used for tramcars. The main depot was on Cleveland Road, at the centre of the system, but it was not an ideal location,