MBCTT No | 1-12 | 13-18 | 19-24 | Unnumbered |
Type | Single truck drop-end California combination car | Single truck drop end saloon combination car | Single truck drop-end California combination car | Works/Flusher/Line Scraper Car |
Car body builder | Duncan & Fraser, Adelaide | Duncan & Fraser, Adelaide | Duncan & Fraser, Adelaide | MBCTT Workshops |
Entered service | Apr-Sep 1916 | Aug-Oct 1917 | Aug-Jun 1922 | July 1917 |
M&MTB class | S | T | S (initially classed S1) | |
M&MTB no | 154-165 | 177-182 | 166-171 | 1A (1927), 5 (1932) |
Truck type | Brill 21E (under licence by UEC Co) | Brill E1B Radiax | Brill 21E (under licence by Ruwolt) | MBCTT special using Brill 21E parts |
Wheelbase | 7 feet 0 inches | 12 feet 0 inches | 7 feet 0 inches | |
Motors | 2 x 55 hp (GE 241) | 2 x 55 hp (GE 241) | 2 x 55 hp (GE 241) | 2 x 55 hp (GE 241) |
Controllers | GE K36 | GE K36M | GE K36M | GE K36 |
Breaker | Circuit breaker | Line breaker | Line breaker | Circuit breaker |
Service brake | Compressed air | Compressed air | Compressed air | Compressed air |
Weight | 10.5 tons | 11.07 tons | 10.5 tons | 10 tons |
Length | 35 feet | 35 feet | 35 feet | 19 feet 4 inches |
Seated passengers | 44 | 38 | 44 | |
Disposal | Scrapped (1937) 162. Scrapped (1953) 154-156, 158-161, 163, 165. Scrapped (1955) 157. Preserved by AETA / TMSV (1957) 164. |
Scrapped (1961) 179, 179, 181. Scrapped (1963) 177. Scrapped (1969) 182. Preserved by TMSV (1969) 180. |
Scrapped (1937) 170. Scrapped (1953) 166-169, 171. |
Withdrawn (1959) Scrapped (1966) |
Comments | Wheelbase lengthened to 9 feet by M&MTB. Converted to one man Footscray car (1941-2) 154, 155, 157, 158, 165. Reverted to two man car (1947) 154, 155, 157, 158, 165. Converted to one man all-night car (1949-50) 165. |
Fitted with driver's bulkheads (1928) 177-182. Converted to one man car (1937) 178. Converted to vacuum car 6 (1961) 177. Truck from 182 sold to TMSV for use under Geelong 22 (1969). |
Wheelbase lengthened to 9 feet by M&MTB. Converted to one man Footscray car (1941-2) 166, 169. Reverted to two man car (1947) 166, 169. Converted to one man all-night car (1949-50) 169. |
Converted to Flusher/Scrubber car (1932) |
Source: Cross, N., Budd, D., and Wilson, R. (1993) Destination City (Fifth Edition), Transit Australia Publishing.