T-class Melbourne tram

T-class
Manufacturer	Duncan & Fraser
Assembly	Adelaide
Constructed	1917
Number built	6
Fleet numbers	177-182
Capacity	38 (as built) 36 (as modified)
Specifications
Car length	10.67 m (35 ft 0 in)
Width	2.45 m (8 ft 0 in)
Height	3.16 m (10 ft 4 in)
Wheel diameter	838 mm (33.0 in)
Wheelbase	2.74 m (9 ft 0 in)
Weight	11.6 tonnes
Current collector(s)	Trolley pole
Bogies	J. G. Brill Company Radiax
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

The T-class was a class of six trams built by Duncan & Fraser, Adelaide for the Melbourne, Brunswick & Coburg Tramways Trust (MBCTT) as numbers 13-18. All passed to the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board on 2 February 1920 when it took over the MBCTT. They were then designated T-class and renumbered 177-182.^[1][2]

Preservation

Two have been preserved:

• 179 is privately owned in regional Victoria.

• 180 by the Tramway Museum Society of Victoria^[3][4]

References

1. Cross, Norman; Budd, Dale; Wilson, Randall (1993). Destination City Melbourne's Electric Trams (5 ed.). Sydney: Transit Publishing Australia. p. 65. ISBN 0 909459 18 5.
2. T Class Vicsig
3. Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board Board T Class No 180 Melbourne Tram Museum
4. M&MTB T No 180 Tramway Museum Society of Victoria