476-499 + 502-507 Pequenos fechados – Small closed trams – Brill

These closed tramcars were built by Brill. They had 20 seats and drop windows similar to the São Luís trams 400-474, but with more rounded ends and windscreens. 476-482 entered service in 1912, the others in 1914.

485-499 were used on the newly electrified Estrela line and had electro magnetic track brakes and Dick, Kerr controllers instead of the usual controllers of General Electric. Until they were replaced on the Estrela line in 1927, they carried the name of the old cable tram company NCAML instead of Carris de Ferro de Lisboa.

Small Brill tram with open trailer in Rua da Palma.

503-507 had steel underframes instead of the usual timber.

Numbers476-484485-499503-507
Overall length8.56 m8.56 m8.56 m
Saloon length5.18 m5.18 m5.18 m
Width2.29 m2.29 m2.29 m
Floor height87 cm86 cm89 cm
Platform height72 cm71 cm73 cm
Weight10.6 t10.6 t10.2 t
Seats202020
Standing141414
TruckBrill 21EBrill 21EBrill 21E
Wheel base1.98 m1.98 m1.98 m
Wheel ø85 cm85 cm85 cm
Motors2x GE592x GE592x GE59
ControllersGE K10DEE DB1/K3GE K10D
Wheel brakesmanual, by 1930 also airmanualmanual
Track brakesmanualmanual, electro magneticmanual
Brill works photo of tram no.489.
Brill works photo of the interior of tram no.489.

Twenty-four (476-482, 484-499 and 506) were replaced by Caixote trams in 1951-1963. 503-505 and 507 were withdrawn and scrapped by 1973.

NumberIn serviceWithdrawnNumber re-used / remark
47619121952Caixote
47719121952Caixote
47819121953Caixote
47919121952Caixote
48019121953Caixote
48119121963Caixote
48219121953Caixote
48319141935Standard
48419141963Caixote
48519141961Caixote
48619141961Caixote
48719141961Caixote
48819141961Caixote
48919141961Caixote
49019141962Caixote
49119141962Caixote
49219141951Caixote
49319141962Caixote
49419141961Caixote
49519141963Caixote
49619141961Caixote
49719141962Caixote
49819141962Caixote
49919141962Caixote
50319141973
50419141973
50519141970
50619141953Caixote
50719141973
One of the last small Brill trams on Praça do Comércio, May 1970.

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