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- 1. G type 'Birney' tram 303 at St Kilda, May 2008: William Adams· Public domain
what is it?
The G type Adelaide tram was a class of four single truck Birney trams manufactured by the US firm J.G. Brill Company. They arrived in completely knocked down form and were assembled by the Municipal Tramways Trust in 1924. They were used exclusively on the isolated Port Adelaide network, mainly on the lightly trafficked Rosewater line to either Semaphiore or Largs.
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 102 years ago, in 1924.
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1924
- number built
- 4
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- J. G. Brill Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- weight
- 7.6 t
- capacity
- 32 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q48792487, Wikipedia: G type Adelaide tram (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.