Dreadnoughts were World War 1 battleships. The trams were so much bigger and heavier than most other road users of the time they were likened to battleships especially if you had the misfortune to tangle with one.

Mike.

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"Silver Bullets" referred to these (pointy-nose) cars when they bore the Aluminium Frost livery, official documents labelled them "Four Motor" trams (FM for short); the eight that were constructed using parts salvaged from Paddington Depot were appropriately called "Phoenixes", which was officially (unusually !) acknowledged.

The Maximum-Traction trams built for Brisbane prior to the Drop Centre cars were called Dreadnaughts, although the official description was "Centre-Aisle" tramcars. A handful of single-truckers were rebuilt to resemble the more modern-looking Centre-Aisle cars, earning them the nickname "Baby Dreadnoughts".

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[photos again from TDU Archives, showing Dreadnoughts captured by Noel Reed's camera]

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