E-class Melbourne tram (first)

E-class
Manufacturer Duncan & Fraser
Assembly Adelaide
Constructed 1914
Number built 9
Fleet numbers 37-45
Capacity 48
Specifications
Car length 13.50 metres
Width 2.62 metres
Height 3.1 metres
Wheel diameter 838 mm (driving)
508 mm (pony)
Weight 17.6 tonnes
Current collection method Trolley pole
Bogies JG Brill Company 22E
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

The E-class was a class of nine 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 E-class retaining their running numbers.[1][2][3]

In 1951, eight were sold to the State Electricity Commission of Victoria, 37-40 entering service in Geelong, 41/42 in Ballarat and 44/45 in Bendigo.[1]

Preservation

Two have been preserved:

References

  1. 1 2 Cross, Norman; Budd, Dale; Wilson, Randall (1993). Destination City Melbourne's Electric Trams (5 ed.). Sydney: Transit Publishing Australia. pp. 52, 123. ISBN 0 909459 18 5.
  2. ↑ PMTT tramcar fleet Melbourne Tram Museum
  3. ↑ E Class Vicsig
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