{"id":3417,"date":"2024-09-11T13:25:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T13:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ernstkers.nl\/blog\/?p=3417"},"modified":"2025-02-04T12:56:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T12:56:51","slug":"476-499-502-507-pequenos-fechados-small-closed-trams-brill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ernstkers.nl\/blog\/476-499-502-507-pequenos-fechados-small-closed-trams-brill\/","title":{"rendered":"476-499 + 502-507 Pequenos fechados – Small closed trams – Brill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

These closed tramcars were built by Brill. They had 20 seats and drop windows similar to the S\u00e3o Lu\u00eds trams 400-474, but with more rounded ends and windscreens. 476-482 entered service in 1912, the others in 1914.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Small Brill tram with open trailer in Rua da Palma.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

503-507 had steel underframes instead of the usual timber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Numbers<\/th>476-484<\/th>485-499<\/th>503-507<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Overall length<\/td>8.56 m<\/td>8.56 m<\/td>8.56 m<\/td><\/tr>
Saloon length<\/td>5.18 m<\/td>5.18 m<\/td>5.18 m<\/td><\/tr>
Width<\/td>2.29 m<\/td>2.29 m<\/td>2.29 m<\/td><\/tr>
Floor height<\/td>87 cm<\/td>86 cm<\/td>89 cm<\/td><\/tr>
Platform height<\/td>72 cm<\/td>71 cm<\/td>73 cm<\/td><\/tr>
Weight<\/td>10.6 t<\/td>10.6 t<\/td>10.2 t<\/td><\/tr>
Seats<\/td>20<\/td>20<\/td>20<\/td><\/tr>
Standing<\/td>14<\/td>14<\/td>14<\/td><\/tr>
Truck<\/td>Brill 21E<\/td>Brill 21E<\/td>Brill 21E<\/td><\/tr>
Wheel base<\/td>1.98 m<\/td>1.98 m<\/td>1.98 m<\/td><\/tr>
Wheel \u00f8<\/td>85 cm<\/td>85 cm<\/td>85 cm<\/td><\/tr>
Motors<\/td>2x GE59<\/td>2x GE59<\/td>2x GE59<\/td><\/tr>
Controllers<\/td>GE K10D<\/td>EE DB1\/K3<\/td>GE K10D<\/td><\/tr>
Wheel brakes<\/td>manual, by 1930 also air<\/td>manual<\/td>manual<\/td><\/tr>
Track brakes<\/td>manual<\/td>manual, electro magnetic<\/td>manual<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Brill works photo of tram no.489.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Brill works photo of the interior of tram no.489.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Number<\/th>In service<\/th>Withdrawn<\/th>Number re-used \/ remark<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
476<\/strong><\/td>1912<\/td>1952<\/td>Caixote<\/td><\/tr>
477<\/strong><\/td>1912<\/td>1952<\/td>Caixote<\/td><\/tr>
478<\/strong><\/td>1912<\/td>1953<\/td>Caixote<\/td><\/tr>
479<\/strong><\/td>1912<\/td>1952<\/td>Caixote<\/td><\/tr>
480<\/strong><\/td>1912<\/td>1953<\/td>Caixote<\/td><\/tr>
481<\/strong><\/td>1912<\/td>1963<\/td>Caixote<\/td><\/tr>
482<\/strong><\/td>1912<\/td>1953<\/td>Caixote<\/td><\/tr>
483<\/strong><\/td>1914<\/td>1935<\/td>Standard<\/td><\/tr>
484<\/strong><\/td>1914<\/td>1963<\/td>Caixote<\/td><\/tr>
485<\/strong><\/td>1914<\/td>1961<\/td>Caixote<\/td><\/tr>
486<\/strong><\/td>1914<\/td>1961<\/td>Caixote<\/td><\/tr>
487<\/strong><\/td>1914<\/td>1961<\/td>Caixote<\/td><\/tr>
488<\/strong><\/td>1914<\/td>1961<\/td>Caixote<\/td><\/tr>
489<\/strong><\/td>1914<\/td>1961<\/td>Caixote<\/td><\/tr>
490<\/strong><\/td>1914<\/td>1962<\/td>Caixote<\/td><\/tr>
491<\/strong><\/td>1914<\/td>1962<\/td>Caixote<\/td><\/tr>
492<\/strong><\/td>1914<\/td>1951<\/td>Caixote<\/td><\/tr>
493<\/strong><\/td>1914<\/td>1962<\/td>Caixote<\/td><\/tr>
494<\/strong><\/td>1914<\/td>1961<\/td>Caixote<\/td><\/tr>
495<\/strong><\/td>1914<\/td>1963<\/td>Caixote<\/td><\/tr>
496<\/strong><\/td>1914<\/td>1961<\/td>Caixote<\/td><\/tr>
497<\/strong><\/td>1914<\/td>1962<\/td>Caixote<\/td><\/tr>
498<\/strong><\/td>1914<\/td>1962<\/td>Caixote<\/td><\/tr>
499<\/strong><\/td>1914<\/td>1962<\/td>Caixote<\/td><\/tr>
503<\/strong><\/td>1914<\/td>1973<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
504<\/strong><\/td>1914<\/td>1973<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
505<\/strong><\/td>1914<\/td>1970<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
506<\/strong><\/td>1914<\/td>1953<\/td>Caixote<\/td><\/tr>
507<\/strong><\/td>1914<\/td>1973<\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One of the last small Brill trams on Pra\u00e7a do Com\u00e9rcio, May 1970.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n