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Sydney steam tram motor
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1879· Australian transit vehicle
what is it?
The Sydney Steam Motor Trams were built for and operated by the New South Wales Government Tramways of Australia.
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 147 years ago, in 1879.
- Weighs about as much as 2 African elephants (~6 t each).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1879–1923
- number built
- 123
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works, Randwick Tramway Workshops
- designer
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- top speed
- 20 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 5.2 m
- weight
- 14.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927482, Wikipedia: Sydney steam tram motor (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.