Historical information
Set of hand written notes and typed notes about the type of trucks, wheel sets or bogies used by the MMTB on their trams along with a photograph of each.
Photo No Brief Description Motors Wheels Tram Nos. Notes
MMTB (1) No 1A MV101AN 26.5”
MMTB (2) No 1B GE247 26.5”
MMTB (3) No 1C 26.5” 469 Dropped bolster
MMTB (4) No 2B MV101AR 26.5” X1 standard
MMTB (5) No 3 GE203 33” 7 Diamond arch bar frame Track cleaner
MMTB (6) No 6 MV102 33” 675 After conversion from quill drive
MMTB (7) No 9 MV101AZ 33” W3 Leaf spring fixed both ends
MMTB (8) No 9A MV101AZ 33” 654 W3 Cast side frame
MMTB (9) No 9B MV101AZ 33” W3 truck mounted brake cylinder
MMTB (10) No 9C MV101AZ 33” W4* truck mounted brake cylinder
MMTB (11) No 11 MV101AZ 33” 612 Y1 Commonwealth Steel
MMTB (12) No 13 GE247 26.5”
MMTB (13) No 15 GE247 28” 970 MMTB resilient wheels
MMTB (14) No 15 GE247 28” NACO resilient wheels
MMTB (15) No 15 GE247 28” 747 Standard wheels
MMTB (16) No 15 GE247 28” 909 Standard wheels
MMTB (17) Clark B3 28” 980 PCC truck resilient wheels
MMTB (18) No 5 548 St Louis EIB 64 truck
MMTB (19) No 7 Kendall & Knight for W2
MMTB (20) Brill 21E converted MV101BR 26.6” 460 X1 truck
MMTB (21) Brill 21E GE203 33” G class
MMTB (22) Brill 21E converted MV102 33” X2 truck
MMTB (23) Brill22E GE201 33” / 20” CW5 class
MMTB (24) Brill 77E GE2457A 28” L class
MMTB (25) Brill Radiax GE241 33” 181 T class
MMTB (26) Workshops truck Ex bogie cable trams
MMTB (27) Workshops truck Ex scrapped A class trams 4’ wheelbase
The original hand written notes had W3 class shown for No. 9C truck, rather than W4 class tram.
Significance
Yields information about the type of bogie or truck used on MMTB trams.
Physical description
Set of three documents and 27 photographs.
