Brisbane Phoenix Class Tramcar 554

Brisbane Phoenix Class Tramcar 554

A total of 155 Four Motor type Tramcars were built by the Brisbane City Council between 1938 and 1964. Trams were built in batches.
Each batch would introduce subtle changes to the style of the car i.e. a distinctive new paint scheme was introduced to cars built after 1963.
This model represents numbers between 547 and 554 which where built to replace trams that were destroyed in the Paddington Depot fire of 1962.
Because they were deemed to rise from the ashes of the fire, they were called the Phoenix Class like the mythical Egyptian bird.
Each of the eight trams had a Phoenix bird emblem attached under the end motorman's windows.
Cars were equipped with 4x40 hp AGE247 motors mounted in trucks built by the B.C.C. based on the Melbourne No.15 truck.
Trolley pole bases were custom built Melbourne W5 type and utilised the trolley wheel contact method.
Controllers were RC2 remote control versions utilising under car relays for control.
Nos 552 to 554 had extra guttering fitted over the windscreens and motorman's windows after many motormen had complained about receiving electrical shocks
from wet controllers after rain had trickled into open windows during inclement weather.
No.554 has been preserved and restored in running order at the Brisbane Tramway Museum.

Author: motorman1066

Brisbane Phoenix Class Tramcar 554
• 554 240.jpg 6.68KB
554 body
554 body high.im 613.61KB
554 body low.im 121.23KB
554 body lowest.im 11.97KB
554 body med.im 272.30KB
554 body night.im 354.78KB
554 body.lm.txt 325 bytes
554 night.texture.txt 67 bytes
554 night.tga 4.00MB
554.texture.txt 55 bytes
554.tga 4.00MB
digit_4a.texture.txt 67 bytes
digit_4a.tga 4.04KB
digit_5a.texture.txt 67 bytes
digit_5a.tga 4.04KB
digit_6a.texture.txt 67 bytes
digit_6a.tga 4.04KB
texture dest.texture.txt 35 bytes
texture dest.tga 193.04KB
texture glass.texture.txt 36 bytes
texture glass.tga 4.04KB
texture logo.texture.txt 75 bytes
texture logo.tga 17.04KB
554 body shadow
554 body shadow.im 42.30KB
texture black.texture.txt 36 bytes
texture black.tga 16.04KB
554_alpha_numbers
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alphanumber_1a.tga 5.04KB
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alphanumber_6a.tga 5.04KB
alphanumber_7a.tga 5.04KB
alphanumber_8a.tga 5.04KB
alphanumber_9a.tga 5.04KB
554_art
554_art_512.texture.txt 69 bytes
554_art_512.tga 1.00MB
554_art_icon.texture.txt 71 bytes
554_art_icon.tga 33.04KB
• compressor.wav 323.13KB
• config.txt 8.47KB