what is it?
The B-class was a class of twelve trams built by James & Moore & Sons for the Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust (PMTT). Numbered 21-24 and 84–91, the former four taking numbers vacated when O class trams were sold to the Hawthorn Tramways Trust in 1916. All passed to the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board on 2 February 1920 when it took over the PMTT, becoming the B-class and retaining their running numbers.
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 109 years ago, in 1917.
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1917
- number built
- 12
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- builders
- James Moore & Sons
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- capacity
- 36 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q30606299, Wikipedia: B class Melbourne tram (1917) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.