C class Melbourne tram

what is it?

The C-class was a group of 11 trams built by Duncan & Fraser, Adelaide for the Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust (P&MTT) in 1913, numbered 25 to 35. All retained their fleet numbers when passed to the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (M&MTB) on 2 February 1920, after it took over the P&MTT. They were designated C-class sometime after October 1921, and by late 1923, all M&MTB drop-end-and-centre Maximum Traction trams (former D-class, E-class, N-class, and P-class) were grouped together as C-class trams. The 22E Maximum Traction trucks were of JG Brill design, although manufactured by Brush in England.

base stats

• weight 17.5 tin working order
• seats 56passengers
• built 11made in total

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 113 years ago, in 1913.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏13.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.

spec sheet

built

1913

number built

11

kind

tram / light rail

traction

electric

origin

🇦🇺 Australia

builders

Duncan & Fraser

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

length

13.5 m

weight

17.5 t

capacity

56 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.