V-class Melbourne tram explained

V-class
Manufacturer:Duncan & Fraser
Assembly:Adelaide
Constructed:1906
Numberbuilt:5
Fleetnumbers:212-216
Weight:10.5 tonnes
Capacity:32
Collectionmethod:Trolley pole
Bogies:JG Brill Company 21E

The V-class was a class of five trams built by Duncan & Fraser, Adelaide from JG Brill Company kits for the North Melbourne Electric Tramway & Lighting Company (NMET) as numbers 11-15. All passed to the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board on 1 August 1922 when it took over the NMET becoming the V-class and renumbered 212-216.[1] [2]

Preservation

One has been preserved:

Notes and References

  1. Book: Cross. Norman. Budd. Dale. Wilson. Randall. Destination City Melbourne's Electric Trams. 1993. Transit Publishing Australia. Sydney. 0 909459 18 5. 67. 5.
  2. https://vicsig.net/trams/class/V V Class
  3. http://www.hawthorntramdepot.org.au/trams/nmetl13.htm North Melbourne Electric Tramway & Lighting Company No 13

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