#1462
E type Adelaide tram
built by A Pengelly & Co· from 1910· class of 20th-century tram in Adelaide
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Adelaide type E tram at Tramway Museum, St Kilda: User:Eyesus· Public domain
what is it?
The E type Adelaide tram was a class of 20 bogie, half open, half closed combination trams with one drop and one straight sill end built by A Pengelly & Co, Adelaide in 1910 for the Municipal Tramways Trust (MTT). In 1918/19, all were remotored with 65 hp General Electric 201s with the original 50 hp General Electric 202s reused in the C type trams. When the MTT introduced an alpha classification system in 1923, they were designated the E type.
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.
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1910
- number built
- 20
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- builders
- A Pengelly & Co
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- capacity
- 54 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q48792483, Wikipedia: E type Adelaide tram (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.