G type Adelaide tram

G type
G303 at the Tramway Museum, St Kilda
in May 2008
Manufacturer JG Brill Company
Assembly Adelaide
Constructed 1924
Number built 4
Fleet numbers 301-304
Capacity 32
Specifications
Car length 8.53 metres
Width 2.39 metres
Height 3.30 metres
Weight 7.6 tons
Traction motors 2 x 25hp General Electric 264A
Current collection method Trolley pole
Bogies JG Brill Company 79E1
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

The G type Adelaide tram was a class of four single truck Birney trams manufactured by JG Brill Company. They arrived in completely knocked down being assembled by the Municipal Tramways Trust.[1]

They were used exclusively on the isolated Port Adelaide network mainly used on the lightly trafficked Rosewater line to either Semaphiore or Largs.[2][3] After this closed in 1935, all were sold to the State Electricity Commission of Victoria and placed in service in Geelong.[4] In 1947 they were transferred to Bendigo. One was scrapped in 1956 after an accident, the other three remaining in service until the system closed in April 1972.[5][6][7]

Preservation

Three have been 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. 1 2 G type tram 303 (1924) Tramway Museum, St Kilda
  7. ↑ #303 Single Tram Truck Bendigo Tramways Trust
  8. ↑ #30 Single Truck Tram Bendigo Tramways Trust
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