R class

Finally Sydney introduced a dropcentre saloon car. This had simpler electrics than the older P-class or even the O-class trams, but it was a comfortable car.

Preserved R-class trams

• Nos ???? and ????, at The Old Canberra Tram Company
• No. 1738, at the Powerhouse Museum
• No. 1740, at the Sydney Tramway Museum

The last 5 R-class trams to be built were built as prototype R1 trams instead. There are more seats, gained by reducing the number of doors, and removing internal partitions. The dropcentre was abandoned, much like the later Melbourne Z-class.

Preserved R1-class trams

• No. 1933, the first of the 5 R/R1 conversions, at the Sydney Tramway Museum
• Nos. 1951, 1971, 1979 and 2044, at the Sydney Tramway Museum

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