X-class Melbourne tram

X-class
Manufacturer JG Brill Company
St Louis Car Company
Constructed 1923
Number built 2
Fleet numbers 217-218
Capacity 33
Specifications
Car length 8.53 metres
Width 2.55 metres
Height 3.05 metres
Wheel diameter 673 mm
Wheelbase 3.05 metres
Weight 8.4 tonnes
Current collection method Trolley pole
Bogies JG Brill Company 79E (217)
St Louis Car Company No 7 (218)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

The X-class was a class of two Birney trams imported from United States manufacturers JG Brill Company and St Louis Car Company by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board. In June 1924 both entered service from Hawthorn depot on the Power Street to Hawthorn Bridge service. In 1928 both were transferred to Glenhuntly depot to operate the Point Ormond route.[1][2][3]

In 1956, 217 was transferred to the isolated Footscray network. They also operated night services taking them as far as Brighton East, Malvern East and Coburg North. With the cessation of these services in 1957, both were withdrawn.[1][2]

Preservation

One has been preserved:

References

  1. 1 2 "The Birney Car in Australia" Trolley Wire issue 152 June 1974 pages 6-8
  2. 1 2 Cross, Norman; Budd, Dale; Wilson, Randall (1993). Destination City Melbourne's Electric Trams (5 ed.). Sydney: Transit Publishing Australia. p. 22. ISBN 0 909459 18 5.
  3. ↑ X Class Vicsig
  4. ↑ Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board X Class No 217 Melbourne Tram Museum
  5. ↑ M&MTB X No 217 Tramway Museum Society of Victoria
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