F type Adelaide tram

This article is about a class of tram that first ran on the street tramways of Adelaide, South Australia in 1922. For an overview of the city's tram types, see Tram types in Adelaide.

The F type Adelaide tram was a class of 84 bogie, drop centre, combination trams built between 1921 and 1929 for the Municipal Tramways Trust (MTT). All bar three were built by A Pengelly & Co, Adelaide with 262, 283 and 284 being built by the MTT's Hackney workshops. The first 50 were built as the F type, while the last 34 were classified as the F1 type, the latter having an all steel as opposed to partly wooden underframe. Some remained in service until the network closed in November 1958.^[1][2][3]

F type
F264 at the Tramway Museum, St Kilda in November 2008
Manufacturer	A Pengelly & Co Municipal Tramways Trust
Assembly	Adelaide
Constructed	1921-29
Number built	84
Fleet numbers	201-284
Capacity	60
Specifications
Car length	14.94 metres
Width	2.69 metres
Height	3.30 metres
Weight	19.64 tons (201-225) 19.70 tons (226-250) 20.01 tons (251-262) 20.10 tons (263-284)
Traction motors	4 x 40hp General Electric 247s (201-225) 4 x 50hp Dick, Kerr & Co 84Bs (226-262) 4 x 50hp Dick, Kerr & Co 105Fs (263-284)
Current collector(s)	Trolley pole
Bogies	JG Brill Company 77E2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

Preservation

Two have been preserved:

• 264 & 282 by the Tramway Museum, St Kilda^[3]