The E-class trams were a class of single bogie (four-wheel) single-ended cross-bench design trams operated on the

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. 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

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and

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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

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service, with 529+530 lasting in service until 1955.

Numbers

* Randwick Tramway Workshops: (1901) 396, 397 *

: (1902/03) 413-560, 611, 612 *

: (1902/1903) 561-610

Preservation

Two have been preserved: *529 & 530 at the

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