U-class Melbourne tram

U-class
Manufacturer Duncan & Fraser
Assembly Adelaide
Constructed 1906
Number built 10
Fleet numbers 202-211
Capacity 32
Specifications
Car length 9.74 metres
Width 2.64 metres
Height 3.25 metres
Wheel diameter 838 mm
Weight 12.9 tonnes
Current collection method Trolley pole
Bogies JG Brill Company 21E
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

The U-class was a class of ten trams built by Duncan & Fraser, Adelaide from JG Brill Company kits for the North Melbourne Electric Tramway & Lighting Company (NMET) as numbers 1-10. All passed to the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board on 1 August 1922 when it took over the NMET becoming the U-class and renumbered 202-211.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Cross, Norman; Budd, Dale; Wilson, Randall (1993). Destination City Melbourne's Electric Trams (5 ed.). Sydney: Transit Publishing Australia. p. 66. ISBN 0 909459 18 5.
  2. ↑ U Class Vicsig
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