K-class Sydney tram

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 By 1949, only 1295 and 1296 remained in service on the Neutral Bay line, being withdrawn in the mid-1950s.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]

K-class
K class at Randwick Racecourse
Manufacturer	Meadowbank Manufacturing Company
Constructed	1908-13
Number built	107
Fleet numbers	746-802, 1280-1329
Capacity	50 (Seated)
Specifications
Train length	29 ft 2 in (8.89 m)
Height	12 ft 1.5 in (3.70 m)
Maximum speed	60 km/h
Weight	10.68 long tons (10.9 t)
Power output	4 x 48 hp (later 50)
Electric system(s)	600 V DC catenary
Current collector(s)	Trolley pole
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

Preservation

Two have been preserved: Nos. 1295 and 1296 were preserved at the Sydney Tramway Museum. However, 1295 was destroyed by fire during a vandalism attack in 2016.^[2]