O-class Melbourne tram

O-class
Manufacturer Duncan & Fraser
Assembly Adelaide
Constructed 1912
Number built 4
Fleet numbers 127-130
Capacity 54 (as built)
49 (as modified)
Specifications
Car length 13.11 metres
Width 2.63 metres
Height 3.53 metres
Wheel diameter 838 mm (driving)
508 mm (pony)
Weight 16.6 tonnes
Current collection method Trolley pole
Bogies JG Brill Company 22E
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

The O-class was a class of four trams. Built by Duncan & Fraser, Adelaide for the Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust, they were sold in 1916 to the Hawthorn Tramways Trust (HTT) as 21-24. All passed to the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) on 2 February 1920 when it took over the HTT becoming the O-class and being renumbered 127-130. In 1927 all were sold to the Municipal Tramways Trust, Adelaide as 191-194.[1][2]

Built with 54 seats, this was decreased to 49 when an aisle was cut through five of the six crossbench seats. Initially used on the Wattle Park route, the MMTB transferred them to Glenhuntly depot and for use on the Brighton East line.[1]

Preservation

One has been preserved:

References

  1. 1 2 Cross, Norman; Budd, Dale; Wilson, Randall (1993). Destination City Melbourne's Electric Trams (5 ed.). Sydney: Transit Publishing Australia. p. 60. ISBN 0 909459 18 5.
  2. ↑ O Class Vicsig
  3. ↑ D type tram 192 Tramway Museum, St Kilda
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