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C type Adelaide tram

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C type
C186 at the Tramway Museum, St Kilda
in November 2008
ManufacturerDuncan & Fraser
AssemblyAdelaide
Constructed1918
Number built20
Fleet numbers171-190
Capacity40
Specifications
Car length10.36 metres
Width2.41 metres
Height3.18 metres
Weight11.2 tonnes
Traction motors2 x 50hp General Electric 202s
Current collector(s)Trolley pole
BogiesJG Brill Company 21E
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)

The C type Adelaide tram was a class of 20 drop end, California combination trams built by Duncan & Fraser, Adelaide in 1918 for the Municipal Tramways Trust (MTT). All were delivered in 1918, but as they were receiving second-hand motors from the E type trams, the last did not enter service until September 1919. When the MTT introduced an alpha classification system in 1923, they were designated the C type.[1][2][3]

Because they were much faster than existing trams, they were nicknamed Desert Golds after a contemporary racehorse. At least 10 were transferred to the isolated Port Adelaide network in 1930, the last returning after the Albert Park line closed in November 1934. The last was withdrawn in 1953.[2]

Preservation

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One has been preserved:

References

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  1. ^ Destination Paradise. Sydney: Australian Electric Traction Association. 1975. p. 19.
  2. ^ a b "Adelaide's Desert Gold Trams" Trolley Wire issue 237 May 1989 pages 3-10
  3. ^ a b C type tram 186 (1918) Archived 2017-11-04 at the Wayback Machine Tramway Museum, St Kilda