Q-class Melbourne tram

Q-class
Manufacturer Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board
Assembly Holden Street Workshops
Constructed 1922/23
Number built 24
Fleet numbers 139-150, 190-201
Capacity 36 (as built)
28 (as modified)
Specifications
Car length 10.06 metres
Width 2.73 metres
Height 2.29 metres
Wheel diameter 838 mm
Wheelbase 2.29 metres
Weight 13.3 tonnes
Current collection method Trolley pole
Bogies JG Brill Company 21E
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

The Q-class was a class of 24 trams built by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB). They were built as part of the MMTB's plan to quickly increase the size of its fleet at its Holden Street Workshops. Twenty were rebuilt for use on all night services and in this role they travelled across the network.[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Cross, Norman; Budd, Dale; Wilson, Randall (1993). Destination City Melbourne's Electric Trams (5 ed.). Sydney: Transit Publishing Australia. p. 62. ISBN 0 909459 18 5.
  2. ↑ Q Class Vicsig
  3. ↑ M&MTB Q No 15W Tramway Museum Society of Victoria
  4. ↑ M&MTB Q No 199 Tramway Museum Society of Victoria
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