V-class Melbourne tram
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]
| V-class | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Duncan & Fraser |
| Assembly | Adelaide |
| Constructed | 1906 |
| Number built | 5 |
| Fleet numbers | 212-216 |
| Capacity | 32 |
| Specifications | |
| Car length | 9.72 metres |
| Width | 2.64 metres |
| Height | 3.25 metres |
| Wheel diameter | 838 mm |
| Weight | 10.5 tonnes |
| Current collection method | Trolley pole |
| Bogies | JG Brill Company 21E |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
Preservation
One has been preserved:
- 214 as part of the VicTrack heritage fleet at Hawthorn depot[3]
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gollark: If you want long timescales or detailed predictions then weather prediction is really hard, but the simple rule of "low pressure means problems" is fairly accurate because something something air from other places moves in.
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References
- 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.
- V Class Vicsig
- North Melbourne Electric Tramway & Lighting Company No 13 Melbourne Tram Museum
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