H-class Melbourne tram explained

H-class
Manufacturer:	Duncan & Fraser
Assembly:	Adelaide
Constructed:	1913
Numberbuilt:	10
Fleetnumbers:	54-63
Carlength:	9.73metres
Height:	3.25metres
Weight:	12.1 tonnes
Capacity:	34
Collectionmethod:	Trolley pole
Bogies:	JG Brill Company 21E

The H-class was a class of ten trams built by Duncan & Fraser, Adelaide for the Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust (PMTT). All passed to the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board on 2 February 1920 when it took over the PMTT becoming the H-class retaining their running numbers. In 1931, number 63 was sold for further use on the Ballarat network and placed in service as number 18.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

Preservation

One has been preserved:

63 by the Ballarat Tramway Museum as number 18^[3] ^[5]

Notes and References

Book: Cross. Norman. Budd. Dale. Wilson. Randall. Destination City Melbourne's Electric Trams. 1993. Transit Publishing Australia. Sydney. 0 909459 18 5. 55. 5.
http://www.hawthorntramdepot.org.au/papers/pmtt-01.htm PMTT tramcar fleet
"The Lives and Times of Ballarat Trams Nos 18 and 40" Trolley Wire issue 336 February 2014 pages 3-10
https://vicsig.net/trams/class/H H Class
http://www.btm.org.au/trams/13.htm Tram 13