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Class of 20th-century tram in Adelaide

This article is about a class of tram that first ran on the street tramways of Port Adelaide, South Australia in 1925. For an overview of the city's tram types, see Tram types in Adelaide.
G type
G303 at the Tramway Museum, St Kilda
in May 2008
ManufacturerJ.G. Brill Company
AssemblyAdelaide
Constructed1924
Number built4
Fleet numbers301-304
Capacity32
Specifications
Car length8.53 metres
Width2.39 metres
Height3.30 metres
Weight7.6 tons
Traction motors2 x 25hp General Electric 264A
Current collector(s)Trolley pole
BogiesJG Brill Company 79E1
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

The G type Adelaide tram was a class of four single truck Birney trams manufactured by the US firm J.G. Brill Company. They arrived in completely knocked down form and were assembled by the Municipal Tramways Trust in 1924.

They were used exclusively on the isolated Port Adelaide network, mainly on the lightly trafficked Rosewater line to either Semaphiore or Largs. After that closed in 1935, all were sold to the State Electricity Commission of Victoria and placed in service in Geelong. In 1947, they were transferred to Bendigo. One was scrapped in 1956 after an accident, while the other three remained in service until the system closed in April 1972.

Preservation

All are preserved:

References

  1. Destination Paradise. Sydney: Australian Electric Traction Association. 1975. p. 28.
  2. "The Port Adelaide Tramways 1879-1935" Trolley Wire issue 262 August 1995 pages 19/20
  3. Birney Safety Cars in Melbourne Melbourne Tram Museum
  4. "The Port Adelaide Tramways 1879-1935" Trolley Wire issue 264 February 1996 pages 2/3
  5. "Adelaide's Toastrack Trams" Trolley Wire issue 258 August 1994 page 3
  6. ^ G type tram 303 (1924) Archived 4 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine Tramway Museum, St Kilda
  7. #303 Single Tram Truck Bendigo Tramways Trust
  8. #30 Single Truck Tram Bendigo Tramways Trust
  9. "Adelaide's Type G trams".
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