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(FNPTT) placed five trams in service in 1920. All passed to the MMTB on 2 February 1920 when it took over the FNPTT becoming the R-class and being renumbered 172-176.R Class
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networks respectively. Numbers 151, 174-176 were rebuilt to operate all night services in 1937 and in this role travelled across the network. They were withdrawn after all night services ceased in 1957.

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