X2-class
ManufacturerMelbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board
Constructed1930
Number built6
Fleet numbers675-680
Capacity32
Specifications
Car length10.00 m (32 ft 10 in)
Width2.64 m (8 ft 8 in)
Height3.10 m (10 ft 2 in)
Wheel diameter838 mm (33.0 in)
Wheelbase3.05 m (10 ft 0 in)
Weight10.7 t (24,000 lb)
Current collector(s)Trolley pole
BogiesJG Brill Company 21E
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

The X2-class was a class of six trams built by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board. Developed from the X1-class, they differed in having larger wheels, angled windshields and only two doors.[1][2]

Originally numbered 674-679, 674 was renumbered 680 in 1934 to allow the W4-class to be numbered consecutively. They were mainly used on Point Ormond line and the isolated Footscray network. With the closure of these two lines in the early 1960s, all were withdrawn.[2][3]

Preservation

Two have been preserved:

References

  1. ^ "60 Years of the M&MTB" Trolley Wire issue 186 February 1980 page 14
  2. ^ a b Cross, Norman; Budd, Dale; Wilson, Randall (1993). Destination City Melbourne's Electric Trams (5 ed.). Sydney: Transit Publishing Australia. p. 30. ISBN 0 909459 18 5.
  3. ^ X2 Class Vicsig
  4. ^ Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board X2 Class No 676 Hawthorn Tram Depot
  5. ^ X2 Class 680 Tramway Museum Society of Victoria
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