53
1963/64
Brisbane City Council Transport Department FM "Phoenix" Tram
(547-554 series).
The Brisbane tramway system came under the control of Brisbane City Council
Transport Department in 1925 and it immediately set about modernising
the fleet. The Dropcentre Type cars were introduced at the same year and
191 cars were built by 1938. In 1938, the prototype car (No. 400) of new
streamlined class, called FM (four motors) was built, 147 cars of this
type were delivered to the city. The new paint scheme was introduced with
first FM class cars, all silver with broad Royal Blue band below the windows,
but later cars were delivered in plain silver color with dark gray roof
(in last years of service the cars were painted in dull gray color). On
28th September 1962, the Brisbane's Paddington depot was destroyed by
fire along with 65 trams. This fire marked the beginning of the end for
Brisbane's tramways system, however eight FM cars were built in 1963,
using components and bogies salvaged from the fire. These cars, numbered
547-554, were painted in the different colour scheme including a symbol
of phoenix. However, the system was closed on 13th April 1969. Three Phoenix
cars were preserved (548, 550 and 554) along with seven other members
of FM class.
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53a
1951/60
Brisbane City Council Transport Department FM Tram (514-546 series) -
post'60 gray livery.
Starting from car 514 (built in 1951) the body design of the FM-class
was slightly changed, but overall car proportions remained the same. The
last car of FM-class, 546, was built in 1960. The dull gray paint scheme
was introduced on the FM class with car 546 in 1960 (the roof color remained
the dark gray) and all members of the class were repainted to this color
soon.
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53a-1
1951/60
Brisbane City Council Transport Department FM Tram (514-546 series) -
pre'60 Silver livery.
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53a-2
1953
Brisbane City Council Transport Department FM Tram 535 "Welcome to
Queen".
In 1954 Queen Elizabeth II became the first reigning monarch to tour Australia.
She and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Brisbane between 9th and 18th March,
1954. The "Welcome to Queen" slogan was applied to many Brisbane's
trams, include car 535, one of the newest trams of the system at time
of the Queen's visit.
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This model is not a regular production
item and available on Special request only.