Brill-bogie 249 |
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1904 Brill delivered the first bogie tramcar to Porto. For many years this was the only bogie motor tram in Porto. Later it gave the example for the series 270-277 which was built by the workshops of the CCFP in 1926/8. The original number was 90, in 1907 the car as renumbered into 190. Around 1913 it was renumbered again, this time into 191, as a new series of trams was ordered from Brill which was to be numbered 170-190. It was equiped with 27G1 equal-wheel bogies and four motors. From 1918 until 1924 the car was used as a trailer on the Marginal, probably with the number 8. Already one year later there were plans to motorize it again together with the 7 trailers on bogies which were contructed in 1910 by the local company "A Constructora", but these plans were not realized. Only in 1924 it got GE 270 motors and was numbered 226. The other seven bogie trailers were never motorized. In the late forties the car was renumbered into 249. About 1960 the bogies were replaced by maximum-traction trucks with a 55 hp motor each. In 1967 68 hp motors were fitted. In 1970 this car was sold to a museum in the USA. |
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Technical data
length 10.82 m |
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