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T-class
ManufacturerDuncan & Fraser
AssemblyAdelaide
Constructed1917
Number built6
Fleet numbers177-182
Capacity38 (as built)
36 (as modified)
Specifications
Car length10.67 m (35 ft 0 in)
Width2.45 m (8 ft 0 in)
Height3.16 m (10 ft 4 in)
Wheel diameter838 mm (33.0 in)
Wheelbase2.74 m (9 ft 0 in)
Weight11.6 tonnes
Current collector(s)Trolley pole
BogiesJ. G. Brill Company Radiax
Track gauge1,435 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.

Preservation

Two have been preserved:

  • 179 is privately owned in regional Victoria.

References

  1. 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.
  2. T Class Vicsig
  3. Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board Board T Class No 180 Melbourne Tram Museum
  4. M&MTB T No 180 Tramway Museum Society of Victoria
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