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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - aerial view of train track between Heywood and Rennick, 03/05/1952
Black and white aerial photographs (aerial survey record print) of the railway line between Heywood and Rennick (S.A. border) Taken for Victorian Railways, May 1952. Some photos have annotations later added to the front of the image in penVictorian Railways aerial survey record print of the railway line between Heywood and Rennick (S.A. border) Black and white, white vertical strip on imageFront: Annotations in red ink added at a later date Back: 'Heywood - Rennick 21579 - 19842 279m 57c ' - all black ink. Purple VR aerial survey stamp. '3 May 1952' - black stampvictorian railways, train track, transport, travel -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Aerial Photo railway line between Heywood and Rennick, 03/05/1952
Victorian Railways aerial survey record print of the railway line between Heywood and Rennick (S.A. border) Black and white, white vertical strip on imageFront: Annotations in black texta added at a later date Back: 'Heywood - Rennick 21451 - 19722 267m 1c ' - all black ink. Purple VR aerial survey stamp. '3 May 1952' - black stamp -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Aerial Survey Railway Record Print - 1952, 03/05/1952
These photos were found in a car that was left for recycling.Victorian Railways aerial survey record print of the railway line between Heywood and Rennick (S.A. border) Black and white, white vertical strip on image.Front: 'to Rennick, Heywood from Melbourne' in the white strip Back: 'Heywood - Rennick 21069 - 19360. 235m31c Heywood' - all black ink. Purple VR aerial survey stamp. '3 May 1952' - black stamp -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Photograph, Laurie McCabe, wife and children at their railway house, Beech Forest, Mid 1920s
In order to accommodate its key Otways staff of train crews, station masters and gangers the VR provided departmental housing. Laurie McCabe, a former porter at Wyelangta, a player in the local football team, and married to one of the potato-growing families, was the Station Master becoming the travelling station master and guard in 1930. He was based in Beech Forest and housed departmentally with his wife, Victoria Elizabeth (nee Tann) and their two children.Laurie McCabe, Travelling Station Master and goods Guard, his wife, Victoria, and their two children outside their railway house at Beech Forest. B/W.beech forest; railway; departmental housing; -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Steam locomotives K-175, K-155 and K-182 outside the locomotive workshop, Echuca Railway Station, c.1962, 1962c
The K class was a branch line steam locomotive that ran on Victorian Railways in Australia from 1922 to 1979. Although its design was entirely conventional and its specifications unremarkable, the K class was in practice a remarkably versatile and dependable locomotive. It went on to outlast every other class of steam locomotive in regular service on the VR, and no fewer than 21 examples of the 53 originally built have survived into preservation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Railways_K_classDigital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford FP3 black and white negative transparencyechuca railway station, george coop collection, k-155, k-175, k-182, k-class steam locomotive (vr newport workshops), railway workshop -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Steam locomotives K-175, K-155 and K-182 outside the locomotive workshop, Echuca Railway Station, c.1962, 1962c
The K class was a branch line steam locomotive that ran on Victorian Railways in Australia from 1922 to 1979. Although its design was entirely conventional and its specifications unremarkable, the K class was in practice a remarkably versatile and dependable locomotive. It went on to outlast every other class of steam locomotive in regular service on the VR, and no fewer than 21 examples of the 53 originally built have survived into preservation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Railways_K_classDigital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford FP3 black and white negative transparencyechuca railway station, george coop collection, k-155, k-175, k-182, k-class steam locomotive (vr newport workshops), railway workshop -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Steam locomotive K-155 outside the locomotive workshop, Echuca Railway Station, c.1962, 1962c
The K class was a branch line steam locomotive that ran on Victorian Railways in Australia from 1922 to 1979. Although its design was entirely conventional and its specifications unremarkable, the K class was in practice a remarkably versatile and dependable locomotive. It went on to outlast every other class of steam locomotive in regular service on the VR, and no fewer than 21 examples of the 53 originally built have survived into preservation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Railways_K_classDigital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford FP3 black and white negative transparencyechuca railway station, george coop collection, k-155, k-class steam locomotive (vr newport workshops), railway workshop -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, Courier, 8/3/1938, page 7/8, Mar. 1938
Page 7 and 8 of the Centenary issue of the Ballarat Courier. Page 7 - features In Retrospect, Highlights of Ballarat story (August to December), John Hollway & Sons (Radio Receivers). Page 8 - "Down Times Corridor" by Major General R.E.Williams (photo of VR loco) and an advertisement - "Boyd's" - drapers and outfitters. See also items 198, 199 and 200. Image scans added 14-9-2013 and record checked.trams, tramways, ballarat, centenaries, commerce -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Letter/s, John Radcliffe, John Radcliffe to Wal Jack, 2/02/1959 12:00:00 AM
Typed letter on foolscap paper from John Radcliffe to Wal Jack dated 2-2-1959. Contents includes a visit to Doug Colquhoun, destination blinds, photo of 282, St Kilda site, MMTB and the VR cars, SEC and L class cars, Ballarat 21, MTT Tickets, dismantling of the Adelaide tramway system, traffic congestion, and MTT Magazine "Amongst Ourselves" - See Reg Item 5086.trams, tramways, adelaide, ballarat, trolley buses, melbourne -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Co. Limited, mid 1880's?
Black and white photograph of a Cobb and Co. coach with four horses outside the Braybrook Hotel. Has the caption "Cobb & Co. Coach - Victoria's first public transport" along the top of the photograph. Photo from the Collection of the Department of Infrastructure now with the Public Records Office - image number H1. Note: this photo is now out of copyright and was not an original VR photograph, but one copied from another source and collected as their Heritage series.Has Department of Infrastructure copy right stamp on rear and number "H 1" in ink on rear and "5-1"trams, tramways, horse buses, horse drawn vehicle, coach building -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Aerial Photo railway line between Heywood and Rennick, 03/05/1952
Victorian Railways aerial survey record print of the railway line between Heywood and Rennick (S.A. border) Black and white, white vertical strip on imageFront: 'to Rennick, Heywood from Melbourn' in the whites strip Back: 'Heywood - Rennick 21078 - 19369 235m 70c Heywood' - all black ink. Purple VR aerial survey stamp. '3 May 1952' - black stamp -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Aerial Photo railway line between Heywood and Rennick, 03/05/1952
Victorian Railways aerial survey record print of the railway line between Heywood and Rennick (S.A. border) Black and white, white vertical strip on imageFront: Annotations in black pencil added at a later date Back: 'Heywood - Rennick 21149 - 19430 240m 79c Heywood' - all black ink. Purple VR aerial survey stamp. '3 May 1952' - black stamp -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Aerial Photo railway line between Heywood and Rennick, 03/05/1952
Victorian Railways aerial survey record print of the railway line between Heywood and Rennick (S.A. border) Black and white, white vertical strip on imageFront: Annotations in black texta added at a later date Back: 'Heywood - Rennick 21358 - 19629 258m 23c Heywood' - all black ink. Purple VR aerial survey stamp. '3 May 1952' - black stamp -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - aerial view of train track between Heywood and Rennick, 03/05/1952
Black and white aerial photographs (aerial survey record print) of the railway line between Heywood and Rennick (S.A. border) Taken for Victorian Railways, May 1952. Some photos have annotations later added to the front of the image in penVictorian Railways aerial survey record print of the railway line between Heywood and Rennick (S.A. border) Black and white, white vertical strip on imageFront: Annotations in red ink added at a later date Back: 'Heywood - Rennick 21578 - 19841 279m 49c Rennick ' - all black ink. Purple VR aerial survey stamp. '3 May 1952' - black stampvictorian railways, train track, travel, transport -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - aerial view of railway line, 03/05/1952
Victorian Railways aerial survey record print of the railway line between Heywood and Rennick (S.A. border) Black and white, white vertical strip on imageFront: Notations in black pen, added at a later date Back: 'Heywood - Rennick 21082 - 19373 235m 73c Heywood' - all black ink. Purple VR aerial survey stamp. '3 May 1952' - black stampvictorian railways, aerial photography, train line -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Aerial Photo railway line between Heywood and Rennick, 03/05/1952
Victorian Railways aerial survey record print of the railway line between Heywood and Rennick (S.A. border) Black and white, white vertical strip on imageFront: 'to Rennick, Heywood from Melbourn' in the whites strip Back: 'Heywood - Rennick 21077 - 19368 235m 67c Heywood' - all black ink. Purple VR aerial survey stamp. '3 May 1952' - black stamp -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Aerial Survey Railway Record Print – 1952, 03/05/1952
Victorian Railways aerial survey record print of the railway line between Heywood and Rennick (S.A. border) Black and white, white vertical strip on image.Front: Annotations in black ink added at a later date Back: 'Heywood - Rennick 21151 - 19432 241m 14c Heywood' - all black ink. Purple VR aerial survey stamp. '3 May 1952' - black stamp -
Puffing Billy Railway
219 NQR - Open medium truck with seats & canopy, between 1990 and 1992
219 NQR - Open medium trucks with seats & canopy (28) VR Service History Puffing Billy Service History or Notes In the 1910s some NQRs were provided with removable wood and steel framework with canvas canopies and side curtains, and seating to supplement the rest of the passenger stock during busy holiday periods. Puffing Billy recreated one of these and has built five more similarly equipped NQRs, numbered 219-223, between 1990 and 1992.Historic - Puffing Billy railway - Narrow Gauge Rolling Stock - NQR Open Medium Truck with seats & canopy219 NQR - Open medium trucks with seats & canopy made of Steel and metal219 NQR puffing billy, pbr, rolling stock , 219 nqr -
Puffing Billy Railway
220 NQR - Open medium truck with seats & canopy, between 1990 and 1992
220 NQR - Open medium truck with seats & canopy VR Service History Puffing Billy Service History or Notes In the 1910s some NQRs were provided with removable wood and steel framework with canvas canopies and side curtains, and seating to supplement the rest of the passenger stock during busy holiday periods. Puffing Billy recreated one of these and has built five more similarly equipped NQRs, numbered 219-223, between 1990 and 1992. Historic - Puffing Billy railway - Narrow Gauge Rolling Stock - NQR Open Medium Truck with seats & canopyOpen medium truck converted to passenger carrying by the addition of seats & canopy 220 NQRpuffing billy railway, pbr, rolling stock , 220 nqr, nqr open medium truck with seats & canopy -
Puffing Billy Railway
222 NQR - Open medium truck with seats & canopy, Between 1990 and 1992
222 NQR - Open medium truck with seats & canopy VR Service History Puffing Billy Service History or Notes In the 1910s some NQRs were provided with removable wood and steel framework with canvas canopies and side curtains, and seating to supplement the rest of the passenger stock during busy holiday periods. Puffing Billy recreated one of these and has built five more similarly equipped NQRs, numbered 219-223, between 1990 and 1992.Historic - Puffing Billy railway - Narrow Gauge Rolling Stock - NQR Open Medium Truck with seats & canopy222 NQR - Open medium truck with seats & canopy made of steel and metal222 NQR puffing billy railway, pbr, rolling stock , 222 nqr, open medium truck with seats & canopy -
Hume City Civic Collection
Jacket, Railways
Victorian Railways uniform jacket in navy blue woollen cloth. It has straight sleeves, a standing collar with brown piping and rounded fronts. There are two set- in pockets on the fronts and a breast pocket in the right front lining. The body is lined with a glazed black twill and the sleeves with cream cotton with a longitudinal brown pinstripe. The three pockets are lined with heavy tan twill. There are five metal buttons embossed with a crown and "VR". There is a black cotton tape loop inside the collar.In the breast pocket, in purple ink the initials "GL" or "GI". In the right sleeve lining, an unreadable stamp in purple ink. In the left sleeve lining, pencilled "XB 338" or "X13 338". Behind the buttons is engraved " Superior Quality - Silver Plated".costume, male uniform, civilian, george evans collection -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, George Coop, Copy of a photo of Steam locomotive Y-103 at Newport Railway Station, c.1951, 1962
The Melbourne Road level crossing is now the location of the pedestrian underpass. Hall Street is seen to the right and the two-storey brick building remains to present day One of several photos at Newport taken the same day in the early 1950s when George Coop was a secondary school student. This photo is a 35mm copy (1962) of an original print of the c.1951 negative - possibly to use up the last frame after photographing several other early VR prints.Digital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford FP3 black and white transparencygeorge coop collection, hall street, level crossing, melbourne road, newport railway station, y-103, y-class steam locomotive -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Memorabilia - Cigarette card - Ballarat, WD HO Wills, 1920s
Cigarette cards were used as a stiffening when cigarettes were sold as separate or loose items. See reference. Sturt St - Victorian Railways photo - mid 1920s with two ESCo trams in the view. Both trams have been fitted with windscreens. The rear of the card gives details of Ballarat and is No. 43 in a series of 100 card of the Australian Scenic Series. Lake Wendouree - looking east with Mt Warrenheip in the view. No. 26 of the series, also a VR photo.Demonstrates the type of card that were made by cigarette companies as collector items and to assist their sales.Set of two WD HO Wills Cigarette photo cards using a light card.ballarat, lake wendouree, sturt street, victorian railways, cigarette cards, wd ho wills -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Photocopy, "MMTB Proposals for General Scheme, c1970
Colour photocopy of a MMTB drawing titled "MMTB Proposals for General Scheme showing a detail plan of tramways proposed for Melbourne 1923. Signed by J. Strickland 27-8-1923. Shows cable trams, existing tramways, authorised tramways, proposed, VR tramways, rail lines and waterways. Not known when colour copy actually made - could have been an AETA or a TMSV reproduction. See Reg Item 2089 for an original of this document.trams, tramways, mmtb, melbourne, cable trams, electric trains, tramways, proposals, planning -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Slide, Keith Kings, 15/08/1959 12:00:00 AM
Colour slide, Kodak, white cardboard of ex VR No. 52 using the Luna Park Loop, St Kilda during an AETA tour, 17/10/1959. Has the Palais Theatre in the background. Tram has an auxiliary board of "Luna Park", would appear that the AETA auxiliary board is in the cab. An Inspector is shutting the gate behind the tram, while other people are watching the wheels etc. Slide Number K(i)(282)Extensive handwriting on rear in ink.trams, tramways, vr class tramcars, luna park, loops, aeta, tours, tram 52 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BADHAM COLLECTION: NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY1969 SPECIAL REPORT ON BUSHFIRES
Victorian Railways Newsletter February 1969 Special report on bushfires. Glossy paper with colour photos on front of bushfires in relation to railway property. The contents include photos of effects of the fire to VR property, closure of State coal mines, photos of fire destroyed bridge at Diamond Creek, Molesworth, the Powlett River Coal Field in 1910 (Wonthaggi), and Kirrak Mine. Printed at the Victorian railways printing works Laurens St North Melbourne.magazine, government, victorian railways, victorian railways newsletter / photos of effects of the fire to vr property/ closure of state coal mines / photos of fire destroyed bridge at diamond creek / molesworth/ the powlett river coal field in 1910 ( wonthaggi) / kirrak mine / printed at the victorian railways printing works laurens st north melbourne -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Aerial Survey Railway Record Print – 1952, 03/05/1952
Victorian Railways aerial survey record print of the railway line between Heywood and Rennick (S.A. border) Black and white, white vertical strip on imageFront: Annotations in red and black ink made at a later date Back: 'Heywood - Rennick 21085 - 19376 236m 9c Heywood' - all black ink. Purple VR aerial survey stamp. '3 May 1952' - black stamp -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Aerial Photo railway line between Heywood and Rennick, 03/05/1952
Victorian Railways aerial survey record print of the railway line between Heywood and Rennick (S.A. border) Black and white, white vertical strip on imageFront: annotations in red and black ink, made at a later date Back: 'Heywood - Rennick 21084 - 19375 235m 31c Heywood' - all black ink. Purple VR aerial survey stamp. '3 May 1952' - black stamp -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Functional object - Victorian Railways Scales for Weighing up to 25 kg
The Victorian Railways scales were donated by a resident of Wodonga, Victoria, and may have been used in the Wodonga train station. The Wodonga train line and train station opened in November 1873 when the section of the line from Wangaratta to Wodonga was completed. The expansion of Victorian Railways to the northeast of Victoria occurred after the Victorian Government took over the railways in 1867 and the trains serviced large towns such as Seymour, Wangaratta and Wodonga, as well as smaller towns along the way.The Victorian Railways weighing scales has local significance as it was donated by a resident of Wodonga, as well as state significance as an example of the equipment used by the Victorian Railways. Green painted cast iron Victorian Railways scales for weighing up to 25 kg. Rectangular weighing plate above a circular aluminium dial with the weights and 'V.R.' is engraved in black on the front of the scales."V.R." in black on the front of the scales "TO WEIGH / 25 kg. X 250 g." in black on the front of the scales "1714" engraved on a small iron plate screwed onto the front of the base of the scales.victorian railways weighing scales, v.r. weighing scales, railways scales, weighing scales, victorian railways, v.r., vr -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Legal record, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Rail Scrubbing", mid 1970's
Letters - set of 5 and one report titled "Rail Scrubbing" between the Victorian Railways Chief Engineer Way and Works and Mr. Strickland, Chief Engineer MMTB about the effectiveness of scrubbing with 40HP and 50 HP motors and the number of scrubbing blocks. Includes an extensive report on tests done in Miller St Preston with scrubber No. 4, Feb. 1933. Letters dated 8/2/1933 to 3/2/1933.trams, tramways, scrubber tram, vr, st kilda brighton, testing, tram 5