Sydney K-Class Tram

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K-class
NSWDRTT K-class Tram.jpg
Manufacturer Meadowbank Manufacturing Company
Constructed1908-13
Number built107
Fleet numbers746-802, 1280-1329
Capacity50 (Seated)
Specifications
Train length29 ft 2 in (8.89 m)
Height12 ft 1.5 in (3.70 m)
Maximum speed60 km/h
Weight10.68 long tons (10.9 t)
Power output4 x 48 hp (later 50)
Electric system(s) 600 V DC catenary
Current collection method Trolley pole
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)

The K-class trams were a single truck all crossbench design, with closed compartments at one end and open seating at the other operated on the Sydney tram network. Withdrawals commenced in 1939. By 1949 only 1295 and 1296 remained in service on the Neutral Bay line, being withdrawn in the mid-1950s. Two were sold as track scrubbers in 1959 to Melbourne. [1]

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Preservation

Two have been preserved: 1295 & 1296 at the Sydney Tramway Museum. Sadly 1295 was destroyed by fire during a vandalism attack in 2016. [2]

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The Sydney tramway network served the inner suburbs of Sydney, Australia from 1879 until 1961. In its heyday, it was the largest in Australia, the second largest in the Commonwealth of Nations, and one of the largest in the world. The network was heavily worked, with about 1,600 cars in service at any one time at its peak during the 1930s . Patronage peaked in 1945 at 405 million passenger journeys. Its maximum street trackage totalled 291 km in 1923.

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Sydney O-Class Tram

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Sydney P-Class Tram Class of trams

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Sydney R1-Class Tram

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Sydney C-Class Tram

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Sydney R-Class Tram

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Sydney D-Class Tram

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Sydney Steam Motor Tram

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Sydney E-Class Tram

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Sydney F-Class Tram

The F-class trams were a class of two-bogie California combination car trams operated on the Sydney tram network with longitudinal seating in the open part of the car. They were later rebuilt as the L-class trams and some again as the L/P-class trams.

Sydney G-Class Tram

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Sydney H-Class Tram

The H-class trams were purpose built single truck, open cross bench cars built at Randwick Tramway Workshops as tourist cars for the City - Bondi Beach/Coogee and City - La Perouse/Botany services.

Sydney J-Class Tram

The J-class trams were built as replacements for the King Street to Ocean Street, Edgecliff cable line designed to provide a frequent schedule, but with a lower seating capacity. Some briefly operated on the Manly lines in 1911. With the entry into service of the R class, withdrawals commenced in 1934 with all out of service by 1936.

Sydney M-Class Tram

The M-class trams were built by the Randwick Tramway Workshops for use on tourist services on the Sydney tram network to replace two modified G class trams. Originally allocated to Fort Macquarie Tram Depot, they later moved to Newtown and again to Ultimo before being scrapped in 1941.

Sydney N-Class Tram

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References

  1. MacCowan, Ian (1990). The Tramways of New South Wales. Oakleigh: Ian MacCowan. p. 122. ISBN   0 949600 25 3.
  2. "Sydney Tramway Museum Fleet Register" (PDF). Sydney Tramway Museum. Retrieved 4 September 2013.

Further reading

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