H-class Melbourne tram

H-class
Manufacturer Duncan & Fraser
Assembly Adelaide
Constructed 1913
Number built 10
Fleet numbers 54-63
Capacity 34
Specifications
Car length 9.73 metres
Width 2.72 metres
Height 3.25 metres
Wheel diameter 838 mm
Weight 12.1 tonnes
Current collection method Trolley pole
Bogies JG Brill Company 21E
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

The H-class was a class of ten trams built by Duncan & Fraser, Adelaide for the Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust (PMTT). All passed to the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board on 2 February 1920 when it took over the PMTT becoming the H-class retaining their running numbers. In 1931, number 63 was sold for further use on the Ballarat network and placed in service as number 18.[1][2][3][4]

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. 55. ISBN 0 909459 18 5.
  2. ↑ PMTT tramcar fleet Melbourne Tram Museum
  3. 1 2 "The Lives and Times of Ballarat Trams Nos 18 and 40" Trolley Wire issue 336 February 2014 pages 3-10
  4. ↑ H Class Vicsig
  5. ↑ Tram 13 Ballarat Tramway Museum
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