class, melbourne, tram, 1917, confused, with, current, class, melbourne, tram, class, class, trams, built, james, moore, sons, prahran, malvern, tramways, trust, pmtt, numbered, former, four, taking, numbers, vacated, when, class, trams, were, sold, hawthorn, . Not to be confused with the current B class Melbourne tram The B class was a class of 12 trams built by James amp Moore amp Sons for the Prahran amp 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 1 2 B classManufacturerJames Moore amp SonsAssemblySouth MelbourneConstructed1917 18Number built12Fleet numbers21 24 84 91Capacity36SpecificationsCar length9 43 m 30 ft 11 in Height3 25 m 10 ft 8 in Wheel diameter838 mm 33 0 in Wheelbase1 98 m 6 ft 6 in Current collector s Trolley poleBogiesJG Brill Company 21ETrack gauge1 435 mm 4 ft 8 1 2 in All passed to the Melbourne amp Metropolitan Tramways Board on 2 February 1920 when it took over the PMTT becoming the B class and retaining their running numbers Four were sold for further use in 1931 on the Bendigo network 1 3 References edit a b Cross Norman Budd Dale Wilson Randall 1993 Destination City Melbourne s Electric Trams 5 ed Sydney Transit Publishing Australia p 50 ISBN 0 909459 18 5 PMTT tramcar fleet Melbourne Tram Museum B Class Vicsig Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title B class Melbourne tram 1917 amp oldid 1181177545, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
