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Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - W class tramcar at the Holden Factory Woodville, R E Jackman, 14/3/1924
Black and white print of a W class tram body on dollies at the Holden Body Builders at Woodville Adelaide. Mr R E Jackman was the MMTB's Superintendent (Engineer) representing the Board in Adelaide for both the Holden contract and the contract with Perry Engineering for bogies or trucks for the W-class tram. Shows the tram basically complete on temporary dollies. See item 5554 for other digital images of the work.Yields information about the construction of new tramcars for the MMTB by HoldensBlack and white print with details on the rear.In red ink "Holdens Motor Body Builders", in black ink "14/3/24", in pencil "roof shows only partly painted" and the stamp of "R E Jackman"tramways, tramcars, w class, holden bodyworks, new tramcars, adelaide, construction -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, Wal Jack, 16/12/1945 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the first trip of a bogie tram in Ballarat following its arrival in Ballarat and other commissioning trips in a series of photographs within the Wal Jack album.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of Melbourne MMTB No. 117 - now unnumbered - in Sturt St, 16-12-1945, Photo Wal Jack. See also Reg Items 7590 and 7595 for other photos of this car running, probably the same date. Has the National Mutual and Commonwealth Bank buildings in the background. Not the sign on the side of the National Mutual building, advertising Commercial Union and Deopel Lilly & Taylor. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negativeIn ink on rear " SEC Ballarat Tramways bogie tram (running without a no. (No. 22, Ex M&MTB 117, (Tram Centre), looking east (City - Gardens Run) - 16-12-45" with number "T538" within Wal Jack photo stamp.trams, tramways, sturt st, bogie trams, tram 117, tram 22 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Poster, David Frost, Train World, c1985
Train World poster for use in roof ad of a Ballarat tram, consisting of wording and three cut out (Diesel locomotive power bogie, a VR train and a cartoon by David Frost and colour in water coloured wash, and colour pencil, mounted onto a sheet of cardboard. Image added 20-12-2016.trams, tramways, posters, train world, roof ads -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Peter Moses, Jan. 1969
Photo of the SEC Bendigo No. 3 entering Long Gully Loop, bound for Eaglehawk, while another bogie tram waits in the loop. In the background is an Esso service station, known as Long Gully Motors, and a poppet head on a hillside in the background. Kodak cardboard mount slide, taken by Peter Moses, Jan. 1969.On the rear of the slide "P. Moses" in black ink and other side of the slide in red ink “4”.tramways, trams, bendigo, eaglehawk, long gully, esso, tram 3 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Negative, Wal Jack, early 1950's
Yields information about the shunting of trams from the south side of Sturt into Lydiard St north - not a usual move.Negative and Digital images of the Wal Jack Ballarat Negative file of a bogie tram (could be 36, 38 or 39) turning from the south side of Sturt St into Lydiard St North. Tram not carrying passengers. Appears to have an inspector watch the rear truck. In the background is the Commonwealth Bank and Craig's Hotel.trams, tramways, sturt st, lydiard st north -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Negative, Wal Jack, c1950
Negative and Digital images of the Wal Jack Geelong Negative file of Geelong 4 and bogie 32 at the Beach terminus, c1950. See Reg Item 7816 for a photo of just 32 at the terminus. Probably taken at the same time. Tram 32 has the destination of "Beach". Shows the double track layout at this location. trams, tramways, geelong, beach, tram 4 tram 32 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Colour Photograph/s, David Endacott, Sebastopol of the running of the last tram, 19/09/1971
Two colour prints (Copies 1 and 2) of the scene at the Sebastopol of the running of the last tram on 19 Sept. 1971. Shows the two bogies trams (trams 39 and 40 in the rear) with many motor cars and the Royal Mail Hotel in the background. Both trams are heavily loaded with passengers. Photo by David Endacott On copy 2 - "The Last Tram" in black ink/sebastopol, last tram, closure, tram 39, tram 40 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Charles Craig, early 1970's
Yields information about the use of the use of the Sebastopol line and the Grey St loop during the last days of the SEC operated system when a number of Special trams were operated.Black and White photograph of three bogie trams at the Grey St Crossing loop, Albert St Sebastopol. Has a lady passenger waiting at the stop. Tram 41 is running a Special to Sebastopol. Photographer in Albert St, probably just before closure. Photo by Charles Craig possibly early 1970's. trams, tramways, albert st, gray st, sebastopol, tram 41 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, 1960's
Black and White photograph of a MMTB workshop dolly made from a former Brill 21E truck cut down and fitted with centre pin and bolsters. One of a series of photographs done by the MMTB to illustrate the various types of bogies / trucks used by the MMTB. Possibly during the 1960's. Two copies held.trams, tramways, mmtb, bogies, trucks, preston workshops, brill 21e -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, 1960's
Black and White photograph of the air pipe connection and the motor to bolster connection on a No. 9B or 9C truck. This is the area which failed on these trucks due to bending. One of a series of photographs done by the MMTB to illustrate the various types of bogies / trucks used by the MMTB. Possibly during the 1960's. Two copies held.trams, tramways, mmtb, bogies, trucks, preston workshops -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, 1960's
Black and White photograph of a Brill 21E type, used on four wheel trams. Note the motor suspension spring is not located in the original position provided for on the truck. One of a series of photographs done by the MMTB to illustrate the various types of bogies used by the MMTB. Possibly during the 1960's. Two copies held.trams, tramways, mmtb, brill trucks, brill 21e, bogies, trucks, preston workshops -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White photograph, c1910
Black and white photograph of bogie cable trailer 176, lettered for Royal Park - Brunswick - Moreland Road, sign Fare 2d, and Elizabeth St, Sydney Road, Zoological Gardens. Photographed most likely at the Brunswick Depot. One of the vehicles made from two 6 window cable tram trailers.trams, tramways, cable trams, bogie cable trailers, tram 176 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Ballarat 15 in Victoria Street, Bob Lilburn, early 1950s
Photo shows Ballarat bogie tram 15 in Bridge Street Ballarat, near Stones Corner. The tram arrived in Ballarat in Oct. 1945 and was renumbered to No. 36 in Sept 1953. Photo early 1950s. In the background is W J Rodda Pty Ltd Grocery, wines and spirits store and Dunstan's leather store. Note the metal box on the footpath - could be an Electric Supply Co. cable power terminal box.Yields information about bogie tram 15, early 1950s.Black and White photograph of Ballarat 15 in Bridge StreetHas in ink on rear " R Lilburn"ballarat, tramways, trams, stones corner, bridge st, tram 15, esco, w j rodda -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Photocopy, Neville Gower, "Mayor's Report 1953-1954", Jul. 1997
Photocopy of part of City of Ballarat's Mayor's Report for 1953-1954. Three page covering trams, railways, telephone exchanges (overloaded), buses and other social facilities. Page 3 - set of photos, includes a photo of bogie tram in the city. Of originals held in Ballarat Library. Images added 19-12-2016.trams, tramways, city of ballaarat, trams, railways, civic history -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Negative, Wal Jack, early 1950's
Yields information about tram services at the corner of Sturt and Lydiard Sts and the appearance of the buildings.Negative and Digital images of the Wal Jack Ballarat Negative file of tram No. 30 turning from the south side of Sturt St into Lydiard St North with a bogie tram 3? on the south side. IN the background is Craig's Hotel, ANZ bank, the National Mutual and the C Marks & Co building. There is a sign for Stonyfell wines.trams, tramways, sturt st, lydiard st, tram 30 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Instruction, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), Ballarat tramcar type roster, Mar. 1970
Yields information about the type of trams provided during the later part of SEC operations in Ballarat, times out and times in for specific runs.Typed, carbon copy, Foolscap sheet giving the run number, times out and the type of tram, times in and changeovers between bogie and small trams for Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Has initials LJD: JG and date of March 1970 in top right hand corner. 2nd copy added 3/1/2020trams, tramways, timetables, sec, ballarat, tramcars -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Colour Negative with a colour print, c1970
Donated colour negative and colour laser printer image of scanned image of Ballarat scrubber and the rear portion of a bogie car (No. 43 - see Reg. Item 1324 as taken at same time by same person) on O road at the SEC Wendouree Parade depot. See 0 1974-75 Annual Report of the BTPS.depot, o road, tram scrubber -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Walkabout Magazine, "The Road to Bendigo", Oct. 1974
Yields information about the final day of the Bendigo tramways and some of the tramcars used.Three double sided sheets from "The Walkabout" magazine, October 1964, titled "The Road to Bendigo". Five printed pages featuring photographs of Bendigo, its buildings, its history stories, gold mining days and other information, including three illustrations containing trams. .1 - Charing Cross with bogies and single trucker - taken early 1960's. Photo by A. Doney. Features the intersection, with Ezywalkin store. Note the "Jeffrey's bread" roof advertisement on the single trucker. .2 - Bogie tram on the Eaglehawk route prior to any nearby housing development - reclaimed mining land - has Castrol roof advertisement - photo by Claver P Carroll. .3 - No. 6 outside The Beehive stores - 3BO - photo by Claver P Carroll. bendigo, eaglehawk, charing cross -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 4 Black & White Photograph/s, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), Early 1970's?
Set of four Black and White photograph of recovery equipment for tramcars. Two prints of each except - .4 .1 - steel beam shown in position in the saloon portion of a tram used to secure a bogie to the body of tram with steel section over transom and showing lifting hooks and securing or lifting bolts. Shown in position where the tramcar body floor was above that of the tramcar transom. .2 - ditto, but on an angle in a wide body tram where the top of the transom matched the top of the floor. The bogies are on an angle. .3 - brackets in position for securing the body spring on the truck fitted to tram 980 to the body of the tram. .4 - brackets shown stored inside the cabin of the tram. Mid 1970's? Photographer likely MMTBtrams, tramways, recovery, accidents, tramcars, sw6 class, pcc class, w2 class, tram 980, st. louis b3 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "Trams could be our future", 21/1/2017
Article by Michael Pollock reporting on a letter to the City of Ballarat about a proposal by Mr Jeff Moran of AWTY Transort Consultants about building a light rail system to serve Ballarat growth areas. Outlines possible routes. Was supported by Mr Bob Lever of the local PTUA. Has photos of a large crowd joining bogie trams outside the Provincial Hotel and two photos of tram accidents. along with a map of the SEC System.Yields information about a proposal to provide light rail to Ballarat.Newspaper cutting from The Courier, Ballarat, 21/1/2017 titled "Trams could be our future".trams, tramways, tram revival, light rail, ballarat, tramway proposals -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Eldon Hogan, Sep. 1971
35mm Agfa colour blue and white plastic mount slide - photo of a Ballarat bogie tram No. 41 with the destination of Bell St, outbound in Skipton St, Ballarat arriving at the Bell St. loop. Taken 9/1971. Photos Eldon Hogan. Note: Error in scanning of the slide - distortion of road pavement in front of tram. tramways, trams, bell st, skipton st, tram 41 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Report, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Bendigo Tram car Mileage (Air Brake cars)", c1972
Yields timetable information about the Bendigo tramcar mileages, though no date provided. May be at the completion.Report - typed quarto sheet, titled "Bendigo Tram car Mileage (Air Brake cars)", giving a mileage figure for each tramcar, broken down into Bogie, Truck cars (4 wheels) and Birney cars. Undated. Based on the knowledge of the compilation of the Ballarat figures towards closure this should be considered an estimate, not an accurate figure. trams, tramways, bendigo, tramcars, mileage, birney -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Job Advertisement, Public Transport Corporation (PTC), "Tram Conductors", 27/08/1991 12:00:00 AM
Job Advertisement - single A4 sheet, titled "Tram Conductors" dated - 27 August 1991 from the PTC Job Bulletin advertising for staff to apply for the position. Lists salary, duties, selection criteria (gives minimum height), desirable attributes, contacts and addresses for applications. Has an image of a bogie car on the bottom of the sheet.In pencil "Applied 4/9/91"trams, tramways, conductors, advertisements, personnel -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, mid to late 1950's
Demonstrates the use of the trams in the city area of Ballarat, late 1950's and their use.Black and white photograph of Ballarat 28 and a bogie tram at the Sturt St City stop, south side. No. 28 has the destination of Bell St. The driver is awaiting the bells to proceed. Photographer unknown - see history of object. See Keith Kings, The Bendigo Tramways, re the fitting of reflective tape in 1956, page 59.In the rear in pencil - "Ballarat"trams, tramways, city, sturt st, lydiard st, tram 28 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, 1960's
Black and White photograph of a MMTB No. 1A truck. Has a chalk mark "264-AN-1" Reference Drawing R7798. One of a series of photographs done by the MMTB to illustrate the various types of bogies / trucks used by the MMTB. Possibly during the 1960's. See Reg Item 4546 for a close up internally under a tram.trams, tramways, mmtb, bogies, trucks, preston workshops -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, Wal Jack, 15/02/1953 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the Ballarat's bogie trams, in particular the one that was converted to one-man operation that was no used in traffic soon after it re-entered serviceDigital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of Ballarat 38 after its conversion to a one man tram in Wendouree Parade. Has date 15 Feb. 1953. See Reg Item 5295 for a photograph prior to conversion. Wal Jack photo. Tram has the destination of Victoria St. Tram was converted to one-man form in 1953, so possibly a very early photograph of it as such. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negativeOn rear in ink "SEC Ballarat No. 38 bogie converted to one man tram - Wendouree Parade Ballarat" In top right hand corner is Wal Jack stamp with negative number "T42/PC" written in. Has been dated with a hand stamp "15 Feb. 1953".trams, tramways, wendouree parade, conversion, one man trams, bogie trams, tram 38 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
photograph - Set of 5 Black & White - Bendigo tramways, Peter Duckett, early 1950s
Set of five photographs of Bendigo trams photographed by Peter Duckett, early 1950s 1 - Bendigo 22 in Mitchell Street. Tram has the destination of Quarry Hill. In the background is the Morley Johnson Home furnisher and F. Kessling Butcher 2 - Tram No. 3 at the depot. 3 - Tram 7 on a Quarry Hill service. 4 - Bogie tram 24 at the depot 5 - Track cleaner - scrubber and another ex Melbourne single trucker at the depot.Yields information about Bendigo trams early 1950sSet of five black and white photographs by Peter Duckett.Details the image on the rear of the print in ink.bendigo, tramcars, bendigo tramways, quarry hill, charing cross, mitchell st, tram 22, tram 3, tram 7, tram 24, scrubber tram -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Framed Photographs, "Archie Viccars 1950 Ballarat", Original 1950
Containing a colour copy photograph of Conductor Archie Viccars, leaning out of a bogie tram. He has cap number 2 with the conductor's bag slung over his shoulder. The donor noted that Archie worked as a Trammie from the 50's to the 60's when he transferred to the Ripon St offices on clerical duties. See acquisition notes for a story from Noel Forster - email of 1-3-2017 re Archie. Has a strong association with the family of SEC Conductor Archie Viccars and demonstrates the uniform of the time.Wooden frame, with carved out front edge, inner gold lining, varnished with title "Archie Viccars 1950 Ballarat". Printed onto Fujifilm Crystal Archive paper. Has a strip of tape at the base of the photograph ""Archie Viccars 1950 Ballarat".trams, tramways, conductors, ballarat, crews, archie viccars -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Negative - Tram 19 at Geelong Depot, early 1956
Photo shows Tram 19 at Geelong Depot One of a set of photos was taken between 15/2/1956 and 3/3/1956 when services operated only between Belmont and North before the final closure of the Belmont route on 25/31956 and that bogie tram 31 is not shown on the board, having gone to Ballarat on 15/2/1956 - see item 5554. See item 8213 for an article on the Geelong system by Keith Kings. Yields information about the Geelong operations toward the closure of the tram system.Black and white Negative - 120 sizetramways, geelong, geelong depot, tram 19 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Letter - Brisbane City Council to Les Denmead, Brisbane City Council, 2/1956
Set of four documents: - letter from W R Dann Traffic Manager of the Brisbane City Council Transport Department to Les Denmead, Tramway Supertindent Ballarat dated 6/2/1956, enclosing two prints of Brisbane Tramway Drop Centre bogie trams, long wheelbase reversed Maximum Traction truck, and Accident Report Form No. 1 of 8/54. Possibly the letter resulted from a meeting at a tramway conference.Yields information about Brisbane drop centre tramcars and accident report forms.Set of four documents - typed cover letter and other printed sheets.tramcars, accidents, forms, brisbane, drop centre trams, trucks