#1910
F type Adelaide tram
built by A Pengelly & Co· from 1921· class of 20th-century tram in Adelaide
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Adelaide Tram 264: Peripitus· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The F type Adelaide tram was a class of 84 bogie, drop centre, combination trams built between 1921 and 1929 for the Municipal Tramways Trust (MTT). All but three were built by A. Pengelley & Co, Adelaide; 262, 283 and 284 were built by the MTT's Hackney workshops. The first 50 were built as the F type and the last 34 were classified as the F1 type, having an all steel as opposed to partly wooden underframe.
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 105 years ago, in 1921.
- 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
- 1921
- number built
- 84
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- builders
- A Pengelly & Co, Municipal Tramways Trust
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- weight
- 19.6 t
- capacity
- 60 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q48792484, Wikipedia: F type Adelaide tram (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.