V-class Melbourne tram
| V-class | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Duncan & Fraser |
| Assembly | Adelaide |
| Constructed | 1906 |
| Number built | 5 |
| Fleet numbers | 212-216 |
| Capacity | 32 |
| Specifications | |
| Car length | 9.72 m (31 ft 11 in) |
| Width | 2.64 m (8 ft 8 in) |
| Height | 3.25 m (10 ft 8 in) |
| Wheel diameter | 838 mm (33.0 in) |
| Weight | 10.5 tonnes |
| Current collector(s) | Trolley pole |
| Bogies | JG Brill Company 21E |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
The V-class was a class of five trams built by Duncan & Fraser, Adelaide from JG Brill Company kits for the North Melbourne Electric Tramway & Lighting Company (NMET) as numbers 11-15. All passed to the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board on 1 August 1922 when it took over the NMET becoming the V-class and renumbered 212-216.[1][2]
Preservation[edit]
One has been preserved:
- 214 as part of the VicTrack heritage fleet at Hawthorn depot[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Cross, Norman; Budd, Dale; Wilson, Randall (1993). Destination City Melbourne's Electric Trams (5 ed.). Sydney: Transit Publishing Australia. p. 67. ISBN 0 909459 18 5.
- ^ V Class Vicsig
- ^ North Melbourne Electric Tramway & Lighting Company No 13 Melbourne Tram Museum