V-class Melbourne tram

V-class
ManufacturerDuncan & Fraser
AssemblyAdelaide
Constructed1906
Number built5
Fleet numbers212-216
Capacity32
Specifications
Car length9.72 m (31 ft 11 in)
Width2.64 m (8 ft 8 in)
Height3.25 m (10 ft 8 in)
Wheel diameter838 mm (33.0 in)
Weight10.5 tonnes
Current collector(s)Trolley pole
BogiesJG Brill Company 21E
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

The V-class was a class of five trams built by Duncan & Fraser, Adelaide from JG Brill Company kits for the North Melbourne Electric Tramway & Lighting Company (NMET) as numbers 11-15. All passed to the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board on 1 August 1922 when it took over the NMET becoming the V-class and renumbered 212-216.[1][2]

Preservation

One has been preserved:

References

  1. ^ Cross, Norman; Budd, Dale; Wilson, Randall (1993). Destination City Melbourne's Electric Trams (5 ed.). Sydney: Transit Publishing Australia. p. 67. ISBN 0 909459 18 5.
  2. ^ V Class Vicsig
  3. ^ North Melbourne Electric Tramway & Lighting Company No 13 Melbourne Tram Museum
Stub icon

This Melbourne rail-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.