V-class Melbourne tram

V-class
Manufacturer	Duncan & Fraser
Assembly	Adelaide
Constructed	1906
Number built	5
Fleet numbers	212-216
Capacity	32
Specifications
Car length	9.72 m (31 ft 11 in)
Width	2.64 m (8 ft 8 in)
Height	3.25 m (10 ft 8 in)
Wheel diameter	838 mm (33.0 in)
Weight	10.5 tonnes
Current collector(s)	Trolley pole
Bogies	JG Brill Company 21E
Track gauge	1,435 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:

• 214 as part of the VicTrack heritage fleet at Hawthorn depot^[3]

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