#1461
D type Adelaide tram
built by A Pengelly & Co· from 1910· class of 20th-century tram in Adelaide
what is it?
The Adelaide D type tram was a class of trams operated by the Municipal Tramways Trust on the Adelaide tram network from 1910 until 1958.
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 116 years ago, in 1910.
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1910
- number built
- 54
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- builders
- A Pengelly & Co, Duncan & Fraser
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- weight
- 15.8 t
- capacity
- 54 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q48792481, Wikipedia: D type Adelaide tram (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.