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.
History
In 1901, two prototypes were built by the
Randwick Tramway Workshops. Deemed a success, a further 200 were built by
Clyde Engineering
Clyde Engineering was an Australian manufacturer of locomotives, rolling stock, and other industrial products.
It was founded in September 1898 by a syndicate of Sydney businessmen buying the Granville factory of timber merchants Huds ...
and
Meadowbank Manufacturing Company
Meadowbank Manufacturing Company was an Australian manufacturer in Meadowbank, New South Wales.
History
Mellor Brothers, a South Australian firm, established factories in Sydney (Meadowbank Manufacturing Co) and Melbourne (Braybrook Implement ...
in 1902/03. They were introduced for the electrification of the
Eastern Suburbs lines, but also operated services on the
North Shore lines.
Withdrawals commenced in 1934; two pairs (499+500 and 529+530) were fitted with track brakes for the
Neutral Bay
Neutral Bay is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Neutral Bay is around 1.5 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of North Sydney Council.
Neutral Bay takes ...
service, with 529+530 lasting in service until 1955.
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Numbers
* Randwick Tramway Workshops: (1901) 396, 397
*Clyde Engineering
Clyde Engineering was an Australian manufacturer of locomotives, rolling stock, and other industrial products.
It was founded in September 1898 by a syndicate of Sydney businessmen buying the Granville factory of timber merchants Huds ...
: (1902/03) 413-560, 611, 612
*Meadowbank Manufacturing Company
Meadowbank Manufacturing Company was an Australian manufacturer in Meadowbank, New South Wales.
History
Mellor Brothers, a South Australian firm, established factories in Sydney (Meadowbank Manufacturing Co) and Melbourne (Braybrook Implement ...
: (1902/1903) 561-610
Preservation
Two have been preserved:
*529 & 530 at the Sydney Tramway Museum
The Sydney Tramway Museum, operated by the South Pacific Electric Railway Co-operative Society, is Australia's oldest tramway museum and the largest in the southern hemisphere. It is located at Loftus in the southern suburbs of Sydney.
History ...
References
Further reading
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External links
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Sydney tram vehicles