PMTT tramcar fleet

After the M&MTB takeover, the Prahran & Malvern cars retained their numbers, except for the four cars sold to the Hawthorn Tramways Trust, which were numbered 127-130 in the M&MTB fleet, in line with the renumbering of the other Hawthorn cars.

Ex-PMTT tramcars No 57 and No 67 in Dandenong Road near Wattletree Road, circa 1925. Photograph courtesy Public Record Office Victoria Ex-PMTT tramcars No 57 and No 67 in Dandenong Road near Wattletree Road, circa 1925.
Photograph courtesy Public Record Office Victoria.

Note that L class cars 104 and 106 were effectively retired in 1981, but continued to see occasional use on a variety of tourist services until it was decided to retain them as heritage tramcars. They are now on display at Hawthorn Depot.

No MMTB class Built Car builder Description Seats Truck Control Motors Weight (tons) Disposal
1-20 A 1910-11 Duncan & Fraser Single truck drop-end California combination 36 Brill 21E WH T1F 2 x 33hp WH 205 11.9 1926-31
21-24 O 1912 Duncan & Fraser Maximum traction bogie closed combination (sold to HTT 1916) 54 Brill 22E GE B23D 2 x 50hp GE 202 16.3 1927
25-35 C 1913 Duncan & Fraser Maximum traction bogie drop centre drop end combination. Motors upgraded in 1918-20 to 2 x 65hp (GE 201G) 56 Brill 22E GE B23D 2 x 50hp GE 202 17.3 1935-55
36 D 1914 Duncan & Fraser Maximum traction bogie drop centre drop end combination (as for 37-45 but modified in 1915 for conductresses) 56 Brill 22E GE B23D 2 x 65hp GE 201G 17.3 1940
37-45 E 1914 Duncan & Fraser Maximum traction bogie drop centre drop end combination. Motors upgraded in 1917-19 to 2 x 65 hp (GE 201G) 56 Brill 22E GE B23D 2 x 50hp GE 202 17.3 1943-51
46-47 F 1912 Duncan & Fraser Single truck straight sill semi-open cross-bench (clerestory roof) - modified to combination car with reduced seating. No 46 originally numbered 36. 52/36 Brill 21E WH T1F 2 x 33hp WH 205 11.3 1929
48-53 G 1913 Duncan & Fraser Single truck straight sill semi-open cross-bench (vent arch roof) - modified in 1918 to combination car with reduced seating 52/34 Brill 21E AEG 2 x 44hp U140 11.6 1929-32
54-63 H 1913 Duncan & Fraser Single truck drop-end California combination 36 Brill 21E AEG 2 x 44hp U140 11.9 1930-31
64-83 J 1915-16 Meadowbank Manufacturing Company Single truck drop-end California combination 36 Brill 21E AEG 2 x 44hp U140 12.0 1928-31
21-24
84-85
B 1916-17 PMTT Coldblo Rd Workshops Single truck drop-end California combination 36 Brill 21E GE B23D 2 x 50hp GE 202 12.0 1929-31
86-91 B 1917-18 PMTT Coldblo Rd Workshops Single truck drop-end California combination 36 Brill 21E GE B23D 2 x 50hp GE 202 12.0 1929-31
92-100 K 1919-20 James Moore & Sons Single truck straight sill California combination 36 Brill 77E GE B23D 2 x 50hp GE 202 12.9 1929-36
101-105 L 1921 James Moore & Sons Four motor bogie drop centre combination 56 Brill 77E GE K35AA2 4 x 40hp GE 247 19.1 1981-82
106 L 1921 James Moore & Sons Four motor bogie drop centre combination 56 Brill 77E GE PC5 4 x 40hp GE 247 19.1 1981
1915 PMTT Coldblo Rd Workshops Works car fitted with rail cleaning and flushing equipment. Numbered 3A by MMTB (1927), then 6 (1934). Brill 21E WH T1F 2 x 44hp U140 11.0 1948

Sources

Cross, N., Budd, D., and Wilson, R. (1993) Destination City (Fifth Edition), Transit Australia Publishing

PMTT (1910-1919) Annual Reports, Prahran Telegraph Printing Company