Showing 35 items matching "vr class tramcars"
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Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Minister of Transport, "Melbourne's Pollution Free Public Transport", "Modern Trams", 1973
Pamphlet, full colour of semi gloss quarto paper, folded into three, providing an image and details and features of new trams (Z class trams) and new Hitachi Silver trains. Issued by the Ministry of Transport. Printed by the Victorian Railways with the VR Print number of 374-73. Features Tram 1041 and a Silver train with a Show Grounds destination. Second copy added 28/11/2016.trams, tramways, public transport, prototype tramcar, z class, hitachi silver train -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph, Conductress - "Milly" Boundy, mid 1940s
... " Boundy tramways conductresses W2 class buses VR buses tramcars ...Set of two photos: 1 - "Milly" Dorothy Boundy standing in the drop centre of a W2 class tramcar. Alongside can be seen a sailor in uniform and the driver looking from his compartment. Appears to be a summer scene during the mid 1940s as she is not wearing a jacket and possibly holding a ticket punch in her right hand. 2 - standing alongside a Victorian Railways bus or coach - Mount Buller service?Has a close association with wartime conductress "Milly" BoundySet of two black and white photographsOn rear of one photo has "Cath?"tramways, conductresses, w2 class, buses, vr buses, tramcars, interior -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Tramcar Data Sheet, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Rolling stock data Tramcars", 1962
Dyeline print of Drawing R9706 version G - titled "Rolling stock data Tramcars" listing tramcars including VR tramcars. Updated to 16-11-1962, lists only X2 676, notes all other X's withdrawn 11-3-1962. Superseded drawing R6660. Lists class, tramcar numbers, type, number in service, capacity - seats and crush loading, trucks, wheel and truck centres, motors HP, Tare tons, controllers, compressors, length over bumpers.trams, tramways, tramcars, mmtb, lists -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Tramcar Data Sheet, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Resistance Boxes", c1960's
Dyeline print of Drawing R9846, "Resistance Boxes - Types on tramcars". Provides a listing of Melbourne tramcar numbers, class, motors, controller, type and box number, Resistance diagrams and remarks - number of tramcars. Includes works cars. Drawing undated, does not include X class cars or VR cars. Note that it superseded drawing R9846.On rear in red ink (felt pen?) "Resistance Boxes"trams, tramways, tramcars, mmtb, lists, resistance grids -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - MTPA tramcars - Haddon - Set of 4, Norm Cross, c1978
Set of four colour photographs of the Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association's Haddon site, late 1970s. 1- Trams VR 41, W3 class 663, and W4 class 670 in the first stage of the main depot building. This was later extended forward. 2 - W2 class trams 357 and 499. Tram 499 was subsequently dismantled for spare parts. 3 - General view of the Haddon site showing five tramcars 4 - View of W3 class tram 656 being converted into accommodation.Yields information about tram as the MTPA site at Haddon, mid to late 1970s.Colour print with plain back, rounded corners - set of four.trams, tramways, mtpa, haddon, w2 class, w3 class, w4 class, tram 357, tram 499, tram 656, tram 41, tram 663, tram 670