There were MCB variants of the Brill 27 truck with drop equalisers for interurban cars as well :
Tony
> On 5 Apr 2021, at 11:12 am, Michael Giddey mikegiddey@...> wrote:
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> The MCB type trucks with their equaliser bars would have given a superior riding quality compared to the more basic suspension on the Brill 27 and 77 designs.
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> Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] Ron # 71 - L101. F201
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> On 04/04/2021 18:44, Anthony Dudley Horscroft wrote:
> >
> > Now the question is, why was the L class design considered too
> > expensive so the MMTB built the W1 class?
> >
> The L was built by James Moore and Co. The company was a large timber
> merchant based in City Rd South Melbourne and were the first company to
> build electric trams in Melbourne.
>
> They were very proud of their work and their timber - using the highest
> quality and the most complex joints to show it at its best. They aimed
> to impress - firstly with what became the B class and then the Ls.
>
> Those joints were largely due to the complex curves in the body. See the
> pic attached, showing the drop centre of L 103 at MTPA, Haddon.
>
> One of the ways the MMTB saved money on the W design was to simplify the
> shapes - with straight panels - enabling mass production of timber parts
> rather than hand fitted wood pieces as in the L.
>
> James Moore did build Ws - but the craftmanship required was well below
> what they put into the Ls.
>
> A second was probably to go for licensed manufacture of a mass market
> MCB type truck design rather than the Brill 77E.
>
> Mal Rowe - who thinks that the original MCB pattern truck probably came
> from American Locomotive Co of New York.
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