X1-class Melbourne tram

X1-class
Manufacturer Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board
Constructed 1926-1928
Number built 10
Fleet numbers 459-468
Capacity 32
Specifications
Car length 9.45 metres
Width 2.56 metres
Height 3.05 metres
Wheel diameter 673 mm
Wheelbase 3.05 metres
Weight 10.4 tonnes
Current collection method Trolley pole
Bogies JG Brill Company 21E
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

The X1-class was a class of ten trams built by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board. Developed from the X-class, they differed in having four doors. They were initially allocated to Glenhuntly and Hawthorn depots. Six were transferred to the isolated Footscray network In June 1928 with the other four following in June 1929.[1][2]

Originally they were overhauled at Footscray depot, but from 1949 they were transferred by road to Preston Workshops. Between 1954 and 1957 they operated all night services on the main system.[2][3]

Preservation

Four have been preserved:

The two examples at the Walhalla Goldfields Railway are to be rebuilt and converted to narrow-gauge (760mm). 461 will form the basis for a new railmotor for tourist traffic, with 463 (which is in worse condition) potentially to be rebuilt as a trailer carriage.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "60 Years of the M&MTB" Trolley Wire issue 186 February 1980 page 14
  2. 1 2 Cross, Norman; Budd, Dale; Wilson, Randall (1993). Destination City Melbourne's Electric Trams (5 ed.). Sydney: Transit Publishing Australia. pp. 28, 115. ISBN 0 909459 18 5.
  3. ↑ X1 Class Vicsig
  4. 1 2 3 A rail-motor for Walhalla Walhalla Goldfields Railway April 2016
  5. ↑ https://www.aucklandtram.co.nz/auckland-tram-history
  6. ↑ M&MTB X1 No 467 Tramway Museum Society of Victoria
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