A-class Melbourne tram (first)

A-class
Manufacturer Duncan & Fraser
Assembly Adelaide
Constructed 1910/11
Number built 20
Fleet numbers 1-20
Capacity 36
Specifications
Car length 9.43 metres
Width 3.25 metres
Height 2.72 metres
Wheel diameter 838 mm
Wheelbase 1.98 metres
Weight 12.1 tons
Current collection method Trolley pole
Bogies JG Brill Company 21E
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

The A-class was a class of 20 trams built by Duncan & Fraser, Adelaide for the Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust (PMTT). All passed to the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board on 2 February 1920 when it took over the PMTT becoming the A-class retaining their running numbers.[1][2]

Fourteen were transferred to the isolated Footscray network in 1923/24. Three were converted to non-passenger use in 1925-27. The others were withdrawn in 1928-31.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Cross, Norman; Budd, Dale; Wilson, Randall (1993). Destination City Melbourne's Electric Trams (5 ed.). Sydney: Transit Publishing Australia. p. 49. ISBN 0 909459 18 5.
  2. ↑ PMTT tramcar fleet Melbourne Tram Museum
  3. ↑ A Class Vicsig
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