Brisbane Phoenix Class Tramcar 554

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Author: motorman1066
Kind: traincar
Build: 2.4
Size: 1.62MB
Uploaded: 2020-08-08
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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
  • alphanumber_0a.tga 5.04KB
  • alphanumber_1a.tga 5.04KB
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  • alphanumber_4a.tga 5.04KB
  • alphanumber_5a.tga 5.04KB
  • 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

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