V-class Melbourne tram

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)

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]

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. 67. ISBN 0 909459 18 5.
  2. ↑ V Class Vicsig
  3. ↑ North Melbourne Electric Tramway & Lighting Company No 13 Melbourne Tram Museum
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