Physical description

Set of two black and white photographs of scrubber No. 4 at Preston Workshops.



Scrubber No. 4 began as PMTT tram No. 96 in 1919, one of 5 tramcars delivered on November 1 1919 (numbers 92-97). A single-truck straight-sill combination tram built by the PMT and James Moore, Melbourne. This design followed conversion of "summer car" 49 (later G class) as a prototype.



Tram 96 retained its number when control passed to the MMTB in 1920 and assigned as a K class.



Shown as allocated to the Kew depot on 24 March 1928.



In June 1929 tram 96 was converted to Scrubber Car 9A (later number 4).



In 1934, works trams were re-numbered from their separate "A" suffix series to the same roster as passenger trams, using numbers 1-25 (left vacant by scrapped trams). Scrubber car 9A was renumbered as number 4.



Shown as allocated to Hanna St depot on 9 June 1934 as scrubber 4, and also 30 June 1938.



In November 1947 Scrubber Car 4 (ex-K class 96) was withdrawn and stored.



September 11 1948 4 Scrubber K 1 Workshops



In March 1950, Scrubber Car 4 (ex K class 96) was scrapped