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what is it?
The Sydney G-class Trams were a class of single ended cars were designed to operate either permanently coupled back to back in pairs or singly hauling a trailer on lines with reversing arrangements at the terminuses.
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 127 years ago, in 1899.
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1899
- number built
- 16
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Car Company
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- 31 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 600 V DC catenary
- length
- 7 m
- capacity
- 51 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927166, Wikipedia: G-class Sydney tram (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.