B-class Melbourne tram (first)

B-class
Manufacturer James Moore & Sons
Assembly South Melbourne
Constructed 1917/18
Number built 12
Fleet numbers 21-24, 84-91
Capacity 36
Specifications
Car length 9.43 metres
Width 3.25 metres
Height 2.72 metres
Wheel diameter 838 mm
Wheelbase 1.98 metres
Current collection method Trolley pole
Bogies JG Brill Company 21E
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

The B-class was a class of 12 trams built by James & Moore & Sons for the Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust (PMTT). Numbered 21-24 and 84-91, the former four taking numbers vacated when O class trams were sold to the Hawthorn Tramways Trust in 1916.[1][2]

All passed to the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board on 2 February 1920 when it took over the PMTT becoming the B-class retaining their running numbers. Four were sold for further use in 1931 on the Bendigo network.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Cross, Norman; Budd, Dale; Wilson, Randall (1993). Destination City Melbourne's Electric Trams (5 ed.). Sydney: Transit Publishing Australia. p. 50. ISBN 0 909459 18 5.
  2. ↑ PMTT tramcar fleet Melbourne Tram Museum
  3. ↑ B Class Vicsig
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