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This article is about a class of tram that first ran on the street tramways of Adelaide, South Australia in 1910. For an overview of the city's tram types, see Tram types in Adelaide.
E type
E118 at the Tramway Museum, St Kilda
in September 2010
ManufacturerA Pengelly & Co
AssemblyAdelaide
Constructed1910
Number built20
Fleet numbers101-120
Capacity54
Specifications
Traction motors2 x 50hp General Electric 202s (as built)
2 x 65hp General Electric 201s (after rebuild)
Current collector(s)Trolley pole
BogiesJG Brill Company 22E
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

The E type Adelaide tram was a class of 20 bogie, half open, half closed combination trams with one drop and one straight sill end built by A Pengelly & Co, Adelaide in 1910 for the Municipal Tramways Trust (MTT). In 1918/19, all were remotored with 65 hp General Electric 201s with the original 50 hp General Electric 202s reused in the C type trams. When the MTT introduced an alpha classification system in 1923, they were designated the E type. In 1936, all were converted to E1s with crossbenches removed and the saloon extended along the full length.[1][2][3][4]

Preservation

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Two have been preserved:

References

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  1. ^ Destination Paradise. Sydney: Australian Electric Traction Association. 1975. pp. 22/23.
  2. ^ "Adelaide's Desert Gold Trams" Trolley Wire issue 237 May 1989 page 4
  3. ^ "Adelaide's Toastrack Trams" Trolley Wire issue 258 August 1994 page 3
  4. ^ a b E type tram 118 (1910) Archived 2017-11-04 at the Wayback Machine Tramway Museum, St Kilda
  5. ^ E type tram 111 (originally built 1910, rebuilt 1936 Archived 2017-11-04 at the Wayback Machine Tramway Museum, St Kilda
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