X1 Class
Electric Tram
Owner
M&MTB: 1926-1969
THC, Bylands: 1971-Current
Newstead Tramcars: c1995-Current?
STM, Loftus, NSW: ?-2015
Auckland, New Zealand: 2011-Current?
Walhalla Goldfields Railway: 2015-Current

Class Information
Class type
Single-truck, saloon 'safety' tram
Number in class
10
Numbers
X1 459 - X1 468
Home depot
Footscray: 1928-1962
Glenhuntly: 1926-1929, 1943-c1954
Hanna Street: ?-1929
Hawthorn: ?-1929
First run
7 September 1926

Builder Information
Builder
Build date
1926 - 1928

Wheel Information
Gauge
Standard: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1/2 in)
Configuration
459 - 460: Bo (Brill 21E)
461 - 468: Bo (MMTB No 2B)

Dimensions
Car length
31 ft (9.449 m)
Car weight
10 LT 4 ctw (10.364 t)

Capacity Information
Capacity
32 seats

Electric (Overhead Lines) Information
Current collection method
Traction motors
2 x 50 hp (37.285 kW) MV101BR
Photos
X1 467 at Bylands
17 January 2021
Taken by: Andrew Henderson
Inside of X1 467
17 January 2021
Taken by: Andrew Henderson
Class List
No. Location In Service Withdrawn Condition Livery
X1 459Springvale? 16 June 192810 March 1962 Damaged in collision with army tank - c1943. Scrapped - 1931. To Springvale  
X1 460Newstead Tramcars 15 February 192810 March 1962 Scrapped - 1931. To Warrandyte. To Newstead Tramcars. Stored, pending restoration ?
X1 461Walhalla Goldfields Railway 7 September 192610 March 1962 Scrapped - 1931. To Pascoe Vale. To Sydney Tramway Museum. To Walhalla Goldfields Railway to become railmotor - 2015. Stored, pending restoration ?
X1 462Bundoora? 22 September 192610 March 1962 Scrapped - 1931. To Bundoora  
X1 463Walhalla Goldfields Railway 11 November 192610 March 1962 Scrapped - 1931. To Dandenong. To Newstead Tramcars. To Walhalla Goldfields Railway to become railmotor - 2015. Stored, pending restoration ?
X1 464  11 November 192610 March 1962 Scrapped - 1931. To Springvale. Burnt in the Ash Wednesday Bushfires, parts salvaged by TMSV, Bylands  
X1 465Port Campbell? 17 November 192610 March 1962 Scrapped - 1931. To Port Campbell  
X1 466, 257Auckland, New Zealand 29 November 192610 March 1962 Scrapped - 1931. To Romsey. Body recovered from house, sold to Newstead Tramcars - c2000. Restored to operation - 2003. Renumbered 257. To Auckland, NZ - 2011. Operational Auckland - Carnation red & cream
X1 467THC, Bylands 13 October 192710 March 1962 Scrapped - 1931. To Mt Waverley. To THC, Bylands - 1971. Display M&MTB Green and Cream
X1 468Kangaroo Ground? 12 May 192710 March 1962 Scrapped - 1931. To Kangaroo Ground  
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