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Manufacturer | Randwick Tramway Workshops Clyde Engineering Meadowbank Manufacturing Company |
Constructed | 1901-1903 |
Number built | 202 |
Fleet numbers | 396, 397, 413-612 |
Specifications | |
Train length | 27 ft 5.5 in (8.37 m) |
Width | 7 ft 3.5 in (2.22 m) |
Height | 12 ft 1.5 in (3.70 m) |
Maximum speed | 60 km/h |
Weight | 10.02 long tons (10.2 t) |
Power output | 4 x 48 hp (later 60) |
Electric system(s) | 600 V DC overhead (trolley) wire |
Current collector(s) | Trolley pole |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
The E-class trams were a class of single bogie (four-wheel) single-ended cross-bench design trams operated on the Sydney tram network. They always operated in permanently-coupled pairs because they were fitted-out electrically as if the pair was a single bogie car.[1]
In 1901, two prototypes were built by the Randwick Tramway Workshops. Deemed a success, a further 200 were built by Clyde Engineering and Meadowbank Manufacturing Company in 1902/03. They were introduced for the electrification of the Eastern Suburbs lines, but also operated services on the North Shore lines.[2]
Withdrawals commenced in 1934; two pairs (499+500 and 529+530) were fitted with track brakes for the Neutral Bay service, with 529+530 lasting in service until 1955.[2]
Two have been preserved:
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