| Type of body: |
Enclosed single truck. |
| Frame construction: |
Steel frame and body panels with wood floor and roof. |
| Original builder: |
Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board, Vic., Australia. |
| Date: |
1926-8 |
| Re-build date: |
Bendigo Tramways, 2002/3. |
| Passenger capacity: |
32 seated, 32 standing. |
| Weight: |
22,848 lbs. (10.4 metric tonnes). |
| Length: |
31’0” (9.448 metres). |
| Width: |
8’1” (2.463 metres). |
| Height (over roof): |
10’0” (3.048 metres). |
| Operating speed: |
30 mph (48.6 kph). |
| Braking rate: |
Four feet/sec./sec. @ 10 mph (1.22 metres/sec./sec.
@ 16.1kph). |
| Motors: |
Two 40 hp (29.8kW) 600 volt DC Metropolitan Vickers
MV101. |
| Gearing |
Double-helical. |
| Truck: |
Melbourne type 2B (2 axel fabricated). |
| Wheels: |
Four x 26.5” (0.673 m.) diameter solid disc wheels
with tires. |
| Controllers: |
Two x General Electric KE35JJ. |
| Braking: |
Normal:- Pneumatic;
Emergency: - Motor braking (dynamic);
Parking brake: - Manual ratcheted wheel/cable. |
| Compressor: |
One General Electric CP27. |
| Compressor governor: |
General Electric “L” type. |
| Air operating range: |
60 – 70 psi (413.7 – 482.7kPa). |
| Motorman’s valves: |
Westinghouse type W (self-lapping). |
| Sanding equipment: |
Pneumatic. Foot button actuated. |
| Windshield wipers: |
Pneumatic. |
| Doors: |
Four. Pneumatic, bi-fold with folding steps. Equpped
with propulsion system interlock. |
| Seats: |
12 x upholstered tip-over; Four x upholstered fixed. |
| Power collection: |
Trolley pole with harp |
| Low voltage electrics: |
12 volt DC for external lighting and P.A. |
| Safety Fender: |
Under-body automatic type with trip gate and drop-down
tray. |
Audible Warning/
Communication |
Gong (underfloor) conductor's signal bell
at each end. |
| Headlights/Markers: |
600v headlights, and 12 volt DC L.E.D. markers, brake
lights and turn indicators at each end. |
| Roof construction: |
Longitudinal Baltic pine tongue and groove boards, covered
with painted “Durum” acrylic roof treatment.
Underside - varnished. |
| Destination Signs: |
Roof-mounted roller curtain type. |
