Timetables for tram service from St Kilda Railway Station to Elwood Depot, as at 15 July 1957Yellow coloured card printed in black on both sides and folded into three sectionstrams - elwood, tram timetables, trams - st kilda

Memo dated 6/5/1918 about closing revenue accounts at Elwood depot when the end of the month falls on a Sunday. It would appear that the accounts were being closed off on the following Monday, rather than on Sunday. This has become a long-standing practice. To change this practice would have involved bringing a clerk on duty on a Sunday at an extra cost.Yields information about the VR accounting system and the Elwood depot office.Memorandum - administrative record, typed on VR headed paper.tickets, vr, vr trams, victorian railways, accounting, st kilda brighton tramway

Photo shows Victorian Railways tramcar No. 37 at Elwood depot. Bogies or trucks are of the Brill 77E type.Yields information about the Victorian Railways bogie trams.Photograph - Black and White - VR 37 at Elwoodtramways, trams, victorian railways, vr trams, elwood depot, brill 77e, tram 37

Page 9 to 10 has an article titled "Railwaymen as Tramwaymen", written by S. C. Weetman, looking at the St Kilda Brighton Electric Railway, notes Elwood Depot, Tramway Inspector, James Griffiths, number of trams, operations, drivers and conductors, maintenance, safeworking. Has a short section on the Sandringham Black Rock tramway. Photos - three photos looking out the front of the tram with the driver's arm on the controller and one of a maintenance man checking the underside of a tramcar. - See Reg Items 6414 and 6416 for prints of the original photos.Yields information about the VR St Kilda Brighton tramway system from a Railway perspective.Victorian Railways Magazine, June 1930, (52 pages, centre stapled), with a single colour cover of tradesmen at Newport Workshop feeding a round billet into a furnace.trams, tramways, vr trams, victorian railways, st kilda brighton electric tramway, sandringham, elwood depot

Photo shows Victorian Railways tramcar No. 42 and 33 at Elwood depot. Bogies or trucks are of the Brill 77E type. Note the oil lamp on the driver's dash panel - all VR trams carried them.Yields information about the Victorian Railways bogie trams.Photograph - Black and White - VR 42 and 33 at Elwoodtramways, trams, victorian railways, vr trams, elwood depot, brill 77e, tram 42, tram 33

Certificate presented to N C Boucher after retiring as President of the Tramway Division of the Australian Railways Union in 1947. Signed by A J Cregan as State President and J J Brown as State Secretary. The Union seal has been applied to the item. The Union had several divisions such as guards, signalmen, shunters etc. The Tramway Division represented the tramway depots at Elwood and Sandringham. The certificate includes a photo of the Union building, a train hauled by A2 945 and an Electric Train. The Union did not represent locomotive or electric train crews, these were represented by the Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Employees. For notes on Mr Boucher's career see item 7056.Demonstrates an ARU Illuminated address of the 1940sFramed Certificate - printed base on paper with name, position inked on over a light blue wash. Timber surround with gold surround and glazed.n c boucher, unions, vr trams, aru, certificates, illuminated address

Tickets printed and issued by the Victorian Railways for the St Kilda to Brighton electric street railway or tramway. The line closed in sections with the last section between the railway station and Elwood Depot closing in 1959. All tickets numbered for accounting purposes.Yields information about the VR Ticketting System for its TramwayslSet of 7 Victorian Railways St Kilda Brighton ticket blocks. Printed on white sheets, stapled at the top with a large staple onto a cardboard backing strip. Each value in red ink with black print information. Each block has the ticket number printed on the stub of the ticket that remained with the block when torn off. Were printed in blocks of 200. 1 - 2d tickets nos 178027 to 178199 - for use between Glenhuntly Rd and Carlisle Street. 2 - 3 1/2 - backing cardboard removed and some tickets removed from the rear of the block - Nos. 747011 to 747182. 3 - 4d - Nos. 20007 to 20195 - some tickets at the rear removed including the stubs, 4 - 4d - No.s 513612 to 513791 - cardboard backing and some tickets at rear removed. The ticket numbers are in a different style to that above. 5 - 5d - Nos. 230013 to 230195 - cardboard backing and some tickets at rear removed. 6 - 5d - Nos 397246 to 397399 7 - 5d - Nos 387204 to 387295 - some tickets at the rear removed including the stubs. tickets, vr, vr trams, victorian railways, st kilda brighton electric tramway, fares

Report details the history of the power supply for the Victorian Railways, electric street railways or tramways. Looks at the costs, equipment purchased, operation, and construction. Compiled from original VR documents, with photos. Includes the Elwood depot fire of 1907, Covers the provision of power for Sandringham tramway. Has drawings of the main switchboard layouts, the crossing of the St Kilda - Brighton tramway by the MMTB tramways. Author unknown.Yields information about the provision of the power supply for VR Trams.Report 50 x A4 pages - photocopied from an original document. trams, railways, vr trams, sandringham, st kilda brighton electric tramway, power supply, elwood depot, elwood substation, substations

Poster printed in two colours (red and blue) on heavy cartridge paper titled "Sections and Fares - St Kilda - Elwood Electric Tramway" - following the closure of the tramway back to the Elwood depot. Gives details of the Sections, Fares, combined rail and tram fares to Flinders St or Spencer St stations, weekly and monthly tickets, student and concession tickets, children's tickets and passengers luggage. Printed by the Victorian Railways - print number 3589-57.trams, tramways, vr, st kilda brighton, elwood depot, tickets, fares, sections, victorian railways

Newspaper Clipping - from The Sun? 29/2/1959 about the closure of the VR Victorian Railways St Kilda - Elwood Depot - (Brighton) tramway the previous morning. Has a photo of driver Frank O'Brien at the controls of the tram 28 with many people hanging onto the tram. Titled "Farewell to Rickety Kate". Most of the cutting has been damaged."Feb 29 1959" along the top edge.trams, tramways, st kilda brighton, elwood depot, closure, victorian railways, vr, tram 28

Colour print of VR 53 at St Kilda railway station with the driver or conductor reversing the pole. In the background is VR 40 arriving at the station. No. 53 has the destination of Elwood Depot. Photo used in Reg Item 1171 - Yarra Trams photo competition, credited to the donor. In the background is the St Kilda Railway Station and The George Hotel in the background. Printed on Kodak paper.trams, tramways, vr trams, st kilda railway station, conductors, drivers, elwood, tram 53

Set of five photocopied newsletters titled "Tram & Bus Newsletter", printed on A4 paper, two pages unless noted. .1 - Feb. 1991 - No. 1 - 7 pages stapled in the top left hand corner - Editorial by Russell Nathan, list of new staff at depots, Swanston St Walk, Z class, B1 class delivery, buses, services, AVM, new staff, happenings at Depots, ticketing, Kew Depot 75th. .2 - March 1992 - No. 3 - giving details of new starts at Glenhuntly, Malvern and South Melbourne depots, recruitment now done at the CES, Moomba services, revised timetables for North Fitzroy and Doncaster, vehicle availability (not good at all), 200km relay run involving PTC teams. .3 - April 1992 - No. 4 - wages, staff health, sand hoppers at depots, Swanston Walk, St Georges Road tram works. .4 - April 1992 - No. 5 - Awards, W class tram roofs, tram availability, conductors, Football services. .5 - June 1992 - No. 7 - Resignation packages, conductors, Unions, wages, OH&S, Roistering - HASTUS system - see also item 7232 for marketing details.trams, tramways, ptc, glenhuntly tram depot, south melbourne depot, malvern depot, north fitzroy, doncaster depot, sports, w class, maintenance, public relations, swanston st, z class, buses, services, avm, preston depot, south melbourne depot, north fitzroy, elwood depot, kew depot, sanding equipment, st georges rd, w class, conductors, football, awards, retrenchment, wages, unions, safety, hastus, rosters

Newspaper clipping titled: “End of the line” The Sun, Saturday July 22 1972 Photos and text of “toastrack” tram # 20 Tram from St Kilda Station to Brighton Beach electric street railway, Bob Prentice, Prahran back garden, 1913 vintage, bought the tram in 1959 when the line closed. Retains original colour scheme of chocolate, cream and read. Served its last days as a breakdown tram confined to Elwood depot. Built by Pengelley & Co of Adelaide in 1913, entered service between May and July 1913. Number 20 served for 5 years until the toastrack design became obsolete and it was replaced. Conductor had to move along narrow running board and enter compartments from the outside to collect fares 5 mile journey took 29 minutes Trams had gas-light fittings made of brass and displayed notice to occupants: "Please hand as nearly as possible the exact fare to the conductor. Passengers are requested to give early notice where they desire to be set down."trams, tramways, toastrack tram, st kilda brighton, 20, pengelly, elwood depot, victorian railways, tram 20

Book - 20 pages + card covers, centre stapled titled "A short history of the Victorian Railways Trams - St Kilda - Brighton - Sandringham - Black Rock - Beaumaris". Covers have colour photographs on the outside. Page 11 has a map of the two tramways with the tram lines and features shown in red. Written by David Frost, published May 2006 by Tramway Publications. Edited by Dean Filgate. Provides details of the background of the tramways, Elwood depot fire, Sandringham depot, closure and an Epilogue Has details of the Author. Copy 2 added 31-10-2020trams, tramways, vr trams, elwood, st kilda brighton, sandringham, beaumaris

Set of two newsletters, printed on A4 sheets, produced by Rank and File workers, non union Executive, workers to note concerns that they considered the union executive was not following. .1 - Two A4 sheets stapled in the top left hand corner, dated June 1986, covers job reduction, maintenance workers, conductors, Essendon, Kew and a BBQ planned to be held on June 15. .2 - folded A3 sheet, with an introduction of the newsletter, dated Feb. 1992, covers issues with the Executive, Kew depot, unions, ATMOEA, tram routes, disability and actions of the Executive. Two copies held. Second copy added 18-4-2017, from Lindsay Bounds in addition to first donation - receive 8/4/2017. See also Reg item 2962 and 2963 for other similar documents.trams, tramways, unions, conductors, personnel, mta, doncaster depot, south melbourne depot, elwood depot

Set of four colour prints of an Ex Victorian Railways bogie tram body at Sloan NSW. Photo by Norm Cross, printed on AGFA paper. Photo dated 1/1/1994. Advised by Tony Smith - 29/3/2017 "The tram in question is VR 39. It was one of the last 4 trams disposed of from Elwood depot in 1959 after the system closed. They were purchased complete by Upton's machinery dealers of Corowa. The other cars were 29, 33 & 37. He then stripped them and sold the bodies. When we obtained VR 41 in 1977 we immediately went searching for other bodies that might yield parts to help in rebuilding 41. We located 37 on the outskirts of Wangaratta and it yielded many body items including a complete drivers bulkhead that was used to replace the one in VR 41 that had been cut out with an axle by the previous owner. You may also recall that we obtained 3 complete broad gauge 77e trucks from Upton's (they had cut up the other 5 bogies years previous). These 77E trucks are now under the Christchurch Brill tram with the 3rd as a spare as we were able to obtain standard gauge 77e's when we acquired L 105 for dismantling."Each photo has written in ink on the rear "Body of VR tram # @ Sloan NSW 1 Jan 1994, photo by Norm Cross".trams, tramways, vr trams, sale of trams, scrapped trams, tram 39

Black and white photograph of VR tramcar 42 at Elwood Depot in St Kilda St. VR tramcar 42 built at VR Newport Workshops as one of 4 air brake equipped bogie drop centre trams (40-43) and entered service at Elwood Depot in 1923. Operated by VR on the St Kilda to Brighton broad-gauge line until it was scrapped in 1957. Tramcar 42 operated the last service on the Brighton Beach to Park Street Middle Brighton, on 1 January 1956. Tram has the destination of St Kilda Station. Advertising includes "Blue Label" and "Briquettes"trams, tramways, elwood depot, vr class tramcars, vr photos, vr trams, st kilda brighton, tram 42

Sign - Destination indicator - wooden sheet with black background with faded white paint showing "Elwood depot" on one side and "VAUTIER ST" on the other. Has fitted metal channels on either end, screwed one side with small wood screws. Has two drilled holes in the top, which may not be original.trams, tramways, destination indicators, signs, vr, elwood depot, vautier st, st kilda brighton

Colour slide, 35mm in a white / black Agfachrome plastic mount of VR 53 at the Elwood Depot with the destination of St Kilda Rly. Maybe a duplicate slide made by Keith but retained.Has numbers "33" and "78" stamped on rear.trams, tramways, elwood depot, vr, vr class tramcars, st kilda, st kilda brighton, tram 53

Poster - printed on heavy card, titled "St Kilda - Elwood Tramway Service", advising that the tramway service would cease as of Sat. Feb 28 (1959). Gives details of the replacement service and combined road/rail tickets. VR Printed 542-59 2 copies held.trams, tramways, vr, st kilda brighton, elwood depot, closure, victorian railways

Negative (120) and contact print of VR tram No. 54 near the Elwood depot. Hi Res image filed in the dbtext/hawthtramcoll/Large Images/htd3627Large.jpgEnvelope containing negative and photo typed "Tram No. 52 VR" On the rear of the print "VR Tram - Elwood"trams, tramways, victorian railways, vr, elwood depot, vr class tramcars, tram 54

Set of three black and white photographs of VR Car 28. .1 - General view of the tram with the destination Elwood Depot - near Elwood depot? .2 - view of the drop centre area showing the detail of the construction of the area. .3 - ditto with a conductor seated in the tram.Each print has "J. J. Forster" written in ink on the rear.trams, tramways, vr, elwood depot, st kilda brighton, tram 28

Black and white negative, by Wal Jack, of VR 7 and another single trucker at the Elwood Depot - early 1950's.trams, tramways, elwood depot, vr trams, tram 7

Pamphlet - single A4 sheet, titled "Left out in the cold???", about the proposed termination of Brighton and Gardenvale bus routes 601 and 602 at Domain Road and Park St (Domain Interchange) rather than run into the city via Swanston St. Published by Elwood Depot MOTEA Union, c1989 - see http://bcsv.org.au/vm/melbourne-government-bus-routes-until-1993/ published by Bus and Coach Society of Victoria, accessed 27-12-2020 retrams, tramways, buses, route 601, route 602, unions, elwood depot, domain interchange, atmoea

Copy photograph of a postcard featuring Victorian Railways Tram No. 2 at Elwood Depot. Based on the photo on page 6 of The Brighton Electric Line by Leon Marshall Wood, it is one of the original fleet which destroyed by the depot fire on 7/3/1907. See item 1351. Has the driver and possibly a conductor on the platform. Shows both destinations of St Kilda and Brighton. Yields information about the first VR tram No. 2 at Elwood DepotBlack and white copy photograph of a postcard with remnants of adhesive tape on the rear.tramways, vr trams, elwood depot, st kilda brighton, tram 2

Magazine, published by the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Victoria "Met Lines" (Metlines) - A4, printed on white gloss paper, centre stapled with the MTA logo or symbol. Issued under the name of Kevin Shea as Chairman. Continues from Reg Item 1142 "Met Lines" - printed in an A4 version. Major tram and bus items listed. Tramway names only listed, not railway. .1 - March 1988 - The Pandas car coming! - 20 pages - lists MTA Board, under Minister Jim Kennan; Helen Davison, Jenny Acton, Tony Tuohey, Sybille Kalbitzer, Greg Rodgers, John Usher. Advertising on trams etc, by Australian Posters - contractor, includes a photo of 814 as the Summer in the City tram, Transport Information Centre, launch of St Kilda light rail, photo of test tram 533, Tom Roper, tram 2002. Photo of farewell at Essendon depot. Final W2 - last tram in regular service - 646. .2 - June 1988 - Football theme - 16 pages - Station improvements, Jolimont Decentralisation, advertising the Met (photo for 273), new computer systems, Panamonium - pandas at the Zoo and Z8 painted for the event, new MAN buses - photo of 260. .3 - September 1988 - Uniquely Melbourne theme on the cover, some of the items sold at The Met shop, - 20 - photo of Light Rail vehicle lifting equipment at the workshops with Jack Armstrong and Les Jean, opening of The Met shop, Metrol, kids take a peek at trams (Brunswick depot). .4 - December 1988 - Festival season cover - 20 pages - MAN buses to Elwood, Transport Technology conference, article on the Thornbury Tramway Flyover (the Hump) at Preston Workshops - collisions or accidents on the flyover, tramcar details - submitted by Norm Cross. For next year 1989 - see Reg Item 1184trams, tramways, the met, mta, advertising trams, light rail, st kilda, essendon depot, zoo tram, buses, preston workshops, brunswick depot, the hump, bridges, w2 class, last tram, tram 814, tram 2002, tram 533, tram 2001, tram 8, tram 273, tram 646

Drawing shows the power supply arrangement to the overhead for the VR St Kilda Brighton tramway, including Elwood depot and substation. Has been marked up for removal of the line south of Elwood Depot to Brighton and Dickens St crossover. Shows the isolating and paralleling switches and their pole numbers. Not known when the original drawing was prepared. The tramway or electric street raikway operated from 1906 to 1959, the section south of Elwood depot closing in two stages during 1956. See reference for history of the line.Yields information about the power supply arrangements for the St Kilda Brighton tramway.Drawing dyeline print and hand coloured with a cloth back sheet with two punch holes on the left hand side to enable filing.Has numerous pencil inscriptions that updated the drawing to c1957 and a "Cancelled" stamp in the bottom right hand corner.tramways, vr, victorian railways, power supply, electrical switching, electrical engineering, st kilda brighton tramway, elwood depot

Collection of newspaper clippings pasted into the scrapbook by the donor. Covers the period 1987 to 2003 when the Melbourne tram system underwent large changes. Contains the following cuttings: 1 - Our trams keep rolling along - Herald Sun 9/8/1991 2 - Old trams will stay on track - The Sun - 8/8/1991 - featuring Joan Kirner at the front of tram 3 - Getting our bid on track - Olympic bid tram - Z4, - The Sun 9/3/1990 4 - Tram tours lead tourist bid - using a Y class - The Sun, 8/6/1992 5 - Spring St - city circle trackwork - The Sun 17/9/1993 6 - Track tokens mark tram trial - Bendigo battery tram - Bendigo Advertiser 11/4/1990 7 - $184 million commitment to build new vehicles - B2 class, 130 trams, Comeng 8 - The light rail project - Gail Moody - The Sun 1/7/1987 9 - Bet and shop on trams - Trust - Herald Sun 17/8/1993 10 - A clean sweep by star Paul - Paul Hudson and X 217 - Herald Sun 20/11/1991 11 - Tramway lines up 75th Anniversary - Progress Press 20-11-1991 12 - Public Notice - Spring and Bourke track works - The Met - Herald Sun 17/9/1993 13 - in the Heart of Hawthorn - Progress Press March 1993 14 - Peak hour boost pledge - Alan Brown - Herald Sun 9/7/1993 15 - Photo of Gas and Fuel buildings under construction - 1966, Herald sun 31/12/1993 16 - Drive brings comic relief - Victor Borge - Herald Sun 19/2/1994 17 - City circle tram loop - two cuttings - 28/4/1994 18 - Trust slams new-look trams - Herald Sun 8/2/1994 19 - Public notice - track works - Nicholson and Victoria - Herald Sun 18/2/1994 20 - Free trams draw fire - Herald Sun 12/4/1994 21 - Tram launce chaos - 29/4/1994 22 - Life and love as the tram trundles on - Ted Hopkins - Weekend - 15/4/1995 23 - Tram city Dan McDonnell - Weekend - 15/4/1995 24 - Favorites out for tram day - three associated cuttings tram parade - Herald Sun 19/4/1995 25 - The A to Z of Melbourne's trams - Herald Sun 19/4/1995 26 - Trams out for a night on the town - Box Hill testing - Whitehorse leader 23/4/2003 27 - Trams rolling - Box Hill opening - Whitehorse leader 7/5/2003 28 - Bracks launches tram route and residents riled about bottleneck - Whitehorse leader 7/5/2003 29 - A century of trams in Bendigo (Kym Smith) - Bendigo Advertiser 14/4/2003 30 - MP calls for fair go for old tramways (Medicals) - Bendigo Advertiser - 12/4/2003 31 - House of the rising tram - Mentone tramcar bodies 32 - Back on track - Sydney trams - Daily Telegraph 11/8/1997 33 - New look trams just the ticket - Sydney - Daily Telegraph 11/8/1997 34 - Dark ages end for light rail - Daily Telegraph 1997 35 - A trip down memory lane - Sydney - The Age 21/8/1997 36 - End of the Line - sale of Elwood bus depot - New Home 6/12/1996 37 - Bidders line up for tram and train - The Age 17/5/1999 38 - Holding the line - The Herald Sun 8/3/1998 39 - Advert - Who will be Melbourne's tram museum operator - Weekend Australian 16-9-1995 40 - Trams take to sport - new Melbourne park route - Herald Sun 4/6/1999Yields information about the Melbourne tram network in the 1990sScrap book - Tudor - 32 plain sheets + printed card covers, centre stapled.tramways, melbourne, bendigo, newspapers, tram 4, olympics, joan kirner, tourist tram, city circle, w class, tram, box hill, elwood bus depot, tmsv, museums, tram museums, batman ave, victor borge

Victorian Railways St Kilda Station to Elwood Depot timetable, printed on card that could be folded, providing details of tram times leaving St Kilda Station for Dickens and Vautier Streets or Elwood Depot and return. Advises which trams does not connect with trains. Gives running times and Section Details. Dated 15/7/1957. VR Printed 2484-57 on manila colour card. 8 Copies held..trams, tramways, vr, victorian railways, st kilda, elwood depot, timetables, melbourne

Photo and caption reports on the cutting back of the St Kilda - Brighton tram line to Elwood depot on 1/7/1957. Photo shows Victorian Railways tram No. 35 at St Kilda Railway station with the privately operated bus behind. The service was operated by the Brighton St Kilda Bus Lines Pty Ltd. using some half-cab buses. The service to Elwood depot was replaced by buses on 1/3/1959 See item 7195 for a print of the actual photo.Yields information about replacement of trams on the St Kilda Brighton line by buses in July 1957. Newspaper clipping titled - "Bus takes Over as Tram Route Shortened" - The Age 2/7/1957"Age" Tu 2 July 1957 p16trams, tramways, vr trams, brighton - st kilda bus lines, st kilda brighton electric tramway, closure, buses, bus replacement