E type Adelaide tram

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
Manufacturer	A Pengelly & Co
Assembly	Adelaide
Constructed	1910
Number built	20
Fleet numbers	101-120
Capacity	54
Specifications
Traction motors	2 x 50hp General Electric 202s (as built) 2 x 65hp General Electric 201s (after rebuild)
Current collector(s)	Trolley pole
Bogies	JG Brill Company 22E
Track gauge	1,435 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.

Preservation

Two have been preserved:

• 111 & 118 by the Tramway Museum, St Kilda