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
• $screenshot$.jpg 13.43KB
• 554 128.texture.txt 61 bytes
• 554 128.tga 33.04KB
• 554 240.jpg 12.07KB
554 body
554 body high.im 615.30KB
554 body low.im 114.92KB
554 body lowest.im 12.04KB
554 body med.im 287.45KB
554 body night.im 354.54KB
554 body.lm.txt 325 bytes
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
left_door.im 83.40KB
left_door.kin 19.00KB
texture 554 night.texture.txt 83 bytes
texture 554 night.tga 4.00MB
texture 554.texture.txt 71 bytes
texture 554.tga 4.00MB
texture conductor head.bmp 48.05KB
texture conductor head.texture.txt 45 bytes
texture conductor pants.bmp 48.05KB
texture conductor pants.texture.txt 46 bytes
texture conductor shoe.bmp 12.05KB
texture conductor shoe.texture.txt 45 bytes
texture conductor torso.bmp 96.05KB
texture conductor torso.texture.txt 46 bytes
texture dest.bmp 17.05KB
texture dest.texture.txt 59 bytes
texture dest.tga 49.04KB
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
alphanumber_2a.tga 5.04KB
alphanumber_3a.tga 5.04KB
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 9.69KB
• tram.gs 7.93KB