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B-class
ManufacturerJames Moore & Sons
AssemblySouth Melbourne
Constructed1917/18
Number built12
Fleet numbers21-24, 84-91
Capacity36
Specifications
Car length9.43 m (30 ft 11 in)
Height3.25 m (10 ft 8 in)
Wheel diameter838 mm (33.0 in)
Wheelbase1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Current collector(s)Trolley pole
BogiesJG Brill Company 21E
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

The B-class was a class of 12 trams built by James & Moore & Sons for the Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust (PMTT). Numbered 21-24 and 84–91, the former four taking numbers vacated when O class trams were sold to the Hawthorn Tramways Trust in 1916.

All passed to the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board on 2 February 1920 when it took over the PMTT, becoming the B-class and retaining their running numbers. Four were sold for further use in 1931 on the Bendigo network.

References

  1. ^ Cross, Norman; Budd, Dale; Wilson, Randall (1993). Destination City Melbourne's Electric Trams (5 ed.). Sydney: Transit Publishing Australia. p. 50. ISBN 0 909459 18 5.
  2. PMTT tramcar fleet Melbourne Tram Museum
  3. B Class Vicsig
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