Newspaper clipping from The Mounteasterly, Monday Jan 30, 1984 with an article titled "Nostalgia aplenty in Rolf's trams". Advises of the sale of Rolf Herweg's home made from old tramcars in School Road Ferny Creek, details of the houses, tramcars and contact numbers. Has five photos which shows the number on one of the trams to be "6". See also Reg Item 1356 for another newspaper cutting which identifies the other tram as No. 1. Reg item 1833 has a photo of No. 1 in MMTB service with a note about it being a dining room. See Reg Item 4657 for notes on the sale of the property in 1983.trams, tramways, ferny creek, tramcars, pmtt, melbourne, houses, tram 1, tram 6

Handwritten copy of a MMTB circular titled "Rolling stock requirements cable system - particular requirements during and after conversion of the Brunswick cable line". Gives depot name, present requirement, requirement when Brunswick service is cut back to Victoria St, Lonsdale St, when complete to Moreland Rd and cars in stock on 24/8/1935. Gives service requirement, spares and totals. Second sheet lists tramcar requirements, disposal notes and bogies car to be retained for sale. Not known when made.trams, tramways, brunswick depot, cable trams, conversion, mmtb

Newspaper cutting from the Lilydale and Yarra Valley Express 11-8-1981 - "New life for old tram" about the acquisition of off loading of W2 227 at the Phil McDonald's brickworks in Melba Ave Lilydale. See also Reg item 1644 for an item about its derailment in Footscray on 3/8/1981, but the tramcar cards show that the tram was withdrawn and sold during July 1981. Cutting has the Aust. Press Cuttings Agency source sheet pasted to the top left hand corner along with the paper name and date stamp.In pencil "Ballarat Trams" in top left hand corner.trams, tramways, tram disposal, scrapped trams, sale of trams, w2 class, tram 227

Newspaper cutting from the Mail Footscray about W2 227 derailing while turning from Ballarat Road into Gordon St and heading towards the Power Hotel on the Monday (3/8/1981) afternoon. Titled "Whoops - wrong way" See also Reg item 1639 for its subsequent sale to a Lilydale property, though this may not be correct - a check with the tramcar card shows that it was withdrawn and sold during July 1981 and that Z3 227 did not enter service until 1984. Cuttings has the Aust. Press Cuttings Agency source sheet pasted to the top right hand corner along with the paper name and date stamp.Has in pencil at top of cutting "MT/Ballarat Trams"trams, tramways, accidents, mmtb, footscray, ballarat rd, gordon st, w2 class, tram 227

Photocopy onto foolscap sheets of a list prepared by MMTB staff, listing the cars sold and date along with some information if sold to the SEC and person sold to where known. Lists tramcars 1 (1931) to 218In blue ink ""Note on Sales of MMTB Trams" - Duplicates herewith - attempts made to copy original long page...."trams, tramways, mmtb, sale of trams, secv, ballarat, bendigo, geelong

Set of 11 papers providing information and observations about Melbourne, Ballarat and Bendigo Tramcars 1 - observations made 20-6-1971 notes on trams 535, 830, 651, 980, 632, 938, 15, 7845, TMSV cars, 220, 531 and 676 (i1) 2 - ditto 26-9-1972 - lights on trams, W3 and W4, 53, 727, 642, 667, 671, 844. 962, 856 and 994. (i1) 3 - ditto dated 14-3-71 - planned collection for Bylands (i2) - two separate sheets. 4 - ditto 5-4-71 - 676, sale of rails ex Mont Park, route 67 and Bendigo closing. (i2) 5 - notes from tour of 10-8-71? - re cars 101, 957, 973, 987, 990, 841, 860, 815, 844., 612, 470, 482. 424. 475, 649, 774, 880, 931, 727. (i3) 6 - Bendigo depot observations 1 - 9 - 1968 (i3) 7 - depot allocations - 20-11-68 (i3) 8 - Hand written notes on Ballarat SEC tramcar disposals (i4) 9 - TMSV notes on the disposal of Ballarat Rolling stock (i4) 10 - Notes on the allocation of L, W3 and W4 classes, 23/7/1969 and tram 434 (i5) 11 - List of tram routes run by the various tram depots - dated 27-8-1972 12 - Small depot allocation lists for Brunswick Malvern, Preston and "for burning"trams, tramways, tmsv, tramcars, ballarat, bendigo, depots, bylands, w3 class, w4 class, l class, route numbers, disposal

Instruction or Regulation - 4 foolscap pages, single sheet folded titled "Motor Car Act 1915 - Regulations", extracted from the Victorian Government Gazette of 27th March 1918. Includes details on size of motor vehicle, instructions, passing a tramcar, speed, stopping, number plates, lights, registration, licensing of drivers, transfer of sale and purchase. Two copies held.trams, tramways, victorian government, regulations, motor vehicles, tramways, driver training

Radio transcript - 12 foolscap sheets, typed. Although not named, appears to have been prepared for or by Mr. Strickland describing "inside information regarding tramcars". Notes cable trams, conversion, sale of trailers and dummies or grip cars, the variety taken over from the trusts, design of new cars (180 in service at the time of the report), open cars vs closed cars, seating and standing capacity, speed, braking system, step heights, destination signs, lifeguards. Gives a description of Preston Workshops, finishing soon, description of the tramcar construction, roofing, painting, sourcing of materials, timbers, cost per tram of 3250 pounds, depots, breakdowns, overhauls, workshops, collision repairs in 1925, construction of 10 safety cars. Vicsig.net gives that X1 461 entered service in Sept. 1926. Pinned to the file by Robert on the rear of TMSV Raffle ticket is a note "Electrical Engineer 15/7/26 p35 "C. H. Wickham gave recent address broadcast on 3LO"In blue pencil in top left hand corner appears to be "Wickham"trams, tramways, tramcars, preston workshops, new trams, sale of trams, cable trams, destination roll, tram brakes, tramcar equipment, x1 class, w class, depots, radio stations

Collection of Personal Papers regarding a house built using former PMTT tramcars. Comprises: 1 - Auction notice - folded A3 light card, "Moonta 18 School Road Ferny Creek" - giving details of the property, agents, floor plan and auction date of 19/11/1983. Agents R. Woodard and D&S Ham (2 copies held) 2 - Newspaper clipping from the Progress Press with a sketch and article - "Home built from trams" 3 -"Fares please for tram treat" - Herald Sun, 24/9/1983. 4 -Auction notice - 21/11/1983 - property passed in. 5 - hand written note, with plan of the trams and location map - not dated 6 - set of six hand written notes recording conversations with various people regarding a house in Ferny Creek with trams, including the Public Trustee 1976 and 1977. 7 - Auction notice for "Charrawalla" - School Road, Ferny Creek dated 7/5/1977 from The Age. Not all items numbered, See also Reg Item 1356, 1833 and 1518 for related items.trams, tramways, mmtb, pmtt, ferny creek, tramcars, melbourne, houses, sale of land

Collection of Personal Papers regarding the sale and recovery of tram bodies 12 Kilara Road Mentone in 1982. Comprises: 1 - letter to the TMSV dated 28/4/1982, to the TMSV from Duncan & Weller for auction on 29/5/1982. 2 - Newspaper from The Age, 12/5/1982 regarding the forthcoming article 3 - Photocopy of an article from March 1, 1930 The Australian Home Beautiful titled "A House Built from tram cars, by W. A. Somerset 4 - Set of five photographs and negative of the above article, possibly by the State Library. In an orange folder addressed to Mr. Kings. 5 - Newspaper item the Herald, Sat 28/8/1982, "House of the rising tram" reporting on the removal of the tram bodies from this house by the TMSV. Has a photo of the TMSV Chairman, Hamish Haugh removing a shower fitting. Item folded.trams, tramways, mmtb, pmtt, mentone, tramcars, melbourne, houses, sale of land

Letter written by David Frost to Rod Atkins, detailing the disposal of some of the Victorian Railways Trams - c1990. Includes the four wheel (2nd batch) and surviving bogie trams at the time. Refers to a book - "Preserved railway and tramway rolling stock in Australia" - Peter Charrett, 1977. Yields information about the disposal of VR trams.Letter - typed on quarto paper undatedtramcars, victorian railways, preserved trams, sale of trams, scrapped, scrapped trams, david frost

Set of five newspaper cuttings (or group of cuttings) regarding trams sold by the MMTB and their relocation. .1 - Community Valley News "Huge tram sure to stop traffic; well that's the idea!", 16/4/2002 - W6 968 being relocated to the Essendon Traffic School - see image i9. .2 - Cover and pages 6 & 7 of Metro News24/1/2001 - about the sale of W class trams. Cover photo has a tram at Dales Creek, story by Ingrid Svendsen about the storage of trams at Newport, reuse. Quotes Dr Mees, Roberto D' Andrea, Peter Batchelor and Geoff Leigh. .3 - Free Press - 22/2/1984 - "Last Stop Cockatoo" - W2 611 to Cockatoo Primary School. .4 - Diamond Valley News, 13/3/1984 about the sale of W2 640 to Mrs Fabian Broekan to the Eltham area and the objection of the Eltham council. .5 - The Sun - 24/8/1987 - "Aboard the tram home" about the former trams at Ferny Creek. Two centre pages. See also Reg Items about these tramcars. .6 - The Phillip Motorway - 19/8/1993 - about W2 284, owned by Evan Bekiaris which was built by Holdens in SA.trams, tramways, sale of trams, mmtb, newport workshops, preserved trams, ferny creek, tramcars, pmtt, melbourne, houses, essendon, holden, tram 968, tram 611, tram 640, tram 284

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

White folder with a "For Sale" sticker on the front containing the following documents/items" 1 - Business Cards for Daren Hutchesson and Len Millar 2 - Letter to Mike Ryan, Dept of Infrastructure forwarding the document and dated 8/12/2003 3 - CD with image of the tramcar and film of the tram in use. 4 - 13 full colour sheets providing details of the tramcar, specifications, floor plan, options, spare parts, details of Newstead Tramcars, History, terms of trade and photos of the rebuilding.trams, tramways, reports, newstead tramcars, x1 class, reconstruction, tram 466

Photocopy on A4 paper of an advertisement for the sale of single truck or four wheel MMTB tramcars for 12 pounds and 10 shilling each. Gives dimensions, gives conditions of sale (hard to read) and what they could be used for. Requires applications to be sent to the Secretary at 673 Bourke St Melbourne. Has an elevation drawing of a single trucker tram.trams, tramways, tram bodies, sale of trams, mmtb

Photocopy from the Glen Eira Historical Society, March? 2013 Newsletter (page 2) with a photo of the Carnegie tram terminus in 1924 and 2013. Features photo including a straight sill four wheel tramcar advertising a real estate sale and distance to Carnegie Railway station in 1924, and Z 173 in 2013 at the same location.trams, tramways, carnegie, truganini rd, tram 173

Two foolscap sheets - carbon copy listing W2's, W3, W4, L and W5's that were disposed of - stored, sold or scrapped and the location and disposal date - last typed date mid 1973.trams, tramways, tramcars, mmtb, lists, sale of trams, disposal

Photocopy of seven page foolscap handwritten list of Melbourne trams and their disposal, up to December 1980. Provides lists of tram car number, how disposal, date of disposal, date of last overhaul, last depot and notes - mainly about the disposal location. Includes W3 and W4's, VR cars. Last page has a list of L's, VR cars and some W2's, providing a list of depot, last 01, 02 and 03 overhauls, compressor, compressor change dates, building date, ? date, roof type, blind type, last truck change (if known) and controller type.trams, tramways, tramcars, mmtb, lists, sale of trams, disposal

Single foolscap sheet - carbon copy listing the single truck tramcars disposed of by the MMTB since 1959 - gives tramcar number, whether sold or stored, date and notes on disposal - where located. Also provides lists of other MMTB tramcars that were located within Victoria. Probably prepared as the same time as Reg item 362.trams, tramways, tramcars, mmtb, lists, sale of trams, disposal

List details the disposal or dispersal of the Geelong Tram fleet following closure in 1956. Prepared by the Ballarat office of the SEC and dated 11/5/1961. Lists the tram number, type of tram, date received by Geelong, Transferred or sold to, last trip route, date of its last trap and total mileage in Geelong. Notes the three trams sold to Mr Jullien who as a dealer on sold them and "ultimate placement unknown"Demonstrates a typed list of the sale or dispersal of tramcars ex Geelong.Carbon Copy of a typed document on a large folio sheet.tramways, state electricity commission of victoria, geelong, tramcars, sale of trams, tram disposal, secv

Photograph, shows cable trailers 506 and 420 in the yard at Clifton Hill depot or car house, after the closure of the cable tram network in Oct. 1940. In the background is a partially dismantled trailer, a wheel set, and the traverser. A free standing wall section is in the photograph as well. Second photo is a side of view of tram 420.Yields information about Clifton Hill depot after the closure of the cable tram network and the disposal of tramcars.Set of 2 Black and white photographs with notes on the rear. Has on the rear in pencil number "61" and "147"tramways, cable trams, clifton hill cable tram depot, clifton hill, sale of trams, tram 506, tram 420

The photograph shows a Northcote 6 window cable tram trailer being hauled by two horses to a new home - to act as a summer house for Cr. Plant of Northcote. The tram was replaced by larger cars when the MMTB took over the Council-operated tramway. The photo appeared in The Sun News-Pictorial on 11/5/1923 - page 20 - see second image. Also appeared in Trolley Wire Dec 1985 issue.Yields information the disposal of a former Northcote Council cable tram trailer.Black and white photograph with a plain back and digital image.tramcars, tramways, cable trams, northcote, sale of trams

Letter dated 22/8/1962 from John Batty of Lancashire to SECV Ballarat seeking two sets of Brill 22E trucks for a Manchester and Bolton tramcar with or without motors. See item 7888 for the associated memo of Oct. 1962.Yields information about a UK tram museum seeking Brill 22E trucks.Quarto sheet with rounded corners, copy typed onto SEC Electricity Supply Department paper with a copy marked "Works Superintendent".secv, ballarat, 22e trucks, sale of trams, closure