T-class Melbourne tram
| T-class | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Duncan & Fraser |
| Assembly | Adelaide |
| Constructed | 1917 |
| Number built | 6 |
| Fleet numbers | 177-182 |
| Capacity | 38 (as built) 36 (as modified) |
| Specifications | |
| Car length | 10.67 m (35 ft 0 in) |
| Width | 2.45 m (8 ft 0 in) |
| Height | 3.16 m (10 ft 4 in) |
| Wheel diameter | 838 mm (33.0 in) |
| Wheelbase | 2.74 m (9 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 11.6 tonnes |
| Current collector(s) | Trolley pole |
| Bogies | J. G. Brill Company Radiax |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
The T-class was a class of six trams built by Duncan & Fraser, Adelaide for the Melbourne, Brunswick & Coburg Tramways Trust (MBCTT) as numbers 13-18. All passed to the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board on 2 February 1920 when it took over the MBCTT. They were then designated T-class and renumbered 177-182.[1][2]
Preservation
[edit]Two have been preserved:
- 179 is privately owned in regional Victoria.
- 180 by the Tramway Museum Society of Victoria[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Cross, Norman; Budd, Dale; Wilson, Randall (1993). Destination City Melbourne's Electric Trams (5 ed.). Sydney: Transit Publishing Australia. p. 65. ISBN 0 909459 18 5.
- ^ T Class Vicsig
- ^ Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board Board T Class No 180 Melbourne Tram Museum
- ^ M&MTB T No 180 Tramway Museum Society of Victoria