Black and white photographs of the Electrical Control room supervisory panel, that was located in Bouverie St and Queensberry St Carlton known as Carlton Control. Photograph most likely taken at the same time as the new panel was implemented - see Reg item 4514 - late 1964. Shows the panel and its set up, maps on the wall and other equipment and a table in front of the operators table or position. The MMTB News - 1721.4 - Vol. 1, No. 4 - 20 pages, November - December 1964, with a colour photo of the new Supervisory control room at Carlton on the front cover. Has articles on; chairman's message, tramway band, Carlton Control - Supervisory Centre, safe electrical working, Christmas celebrations, the old power control centre, a obituary for H. H. Bell, Remembrance day. Printed on gloss white paper.trams, tramways, carlton, substation, electrical equipment, electrical switching, carlton control

Series of five black and white photographs of the Electrical Control room supervisory panel, that was located in Bouverie St and Queensberry St Carlton known as Carlton Control at the time of the implementation late 1964 .1 - General view with the Press standing around. .2 - View of the operators control desk .3 - ditto with the operator at "work" .4 - The room and map without the chair etc. .5 - ditto but a side view. The MMTB News - 1721.4 - Vol. 1, No. 4 - 20 pages, November - December 1964, with a colour photo of the new Supervisory control room at Carlton on the front cover. Has articles on; chairman's message, tramway band, Carlton Control - Supervisory Centre, safe electrical working, Christmas celebrations, the old power control centre, a obituary for H. H. Bell, Remembrance day. Printed on gloss white paper.Items .4 and .5 are stamped on the rear.trams, tramways, carlton, substation, electrical equipment, electrical switching, carlton control

Series of 12 black and white photographs of the construction of a new substation, during 1966 at the corner of Greville St and Punt Road, South Yarra. Shows the vacant block, construction of the foundations, walls and a part of the roof. In the box was a slip of paper marked - "To Architect 6.6.66" See item 7269 for three colour photographs of the completed building.On the rear of some of the photos are dates eg 30/5 on .1 trams, tramways, substation, electrical equipment, electrical switching, buildings

Series of 6 black and white photographs of work in the Nicholson St bus workshops of staff at work. Possibly c1940. .1 - three workers, possibly apprentices working on engine blocks with a supervisor/manager in a suit looking on. .2 - with a crank shaft and other equipment. .3 - motor on a stand with piston rods in the background. .4 - possibly the or "testing" room with a fluid being tested? .5 - An engine part (end block) on a "Central Garage" trolley. .6 - Battery room. All stamped "Sutcliffe Pty Ltd of 94 Elizabeth St Melbourne" with a sequence number on rear.trams, tramways, buses, nicholson st, workshops

Series of 8 black and white photographs of the trackwork equipment and tools on the MMTB system. .1 - Hydraulic drain cover lifting device. .2 - rack of jack hammers being lifted - St Kilda Road? .3 - length of rail being lifted by 12 men with MMTB equipment in the background. .4 - Pack of sleepers being lifted with many wood blocks in the background. .5 - pack of 12 jack hammers in their lifting rack. .6 - light weight tool being used to lift a track pit cover by two men. .7 - One man demonstrating the lifting of a 44 gallon drum. .8 - two men rolling a 44 gallon drum off a truck.trams, tramways, trackwork, rails, track materials, track repairs, sleepers, equipment

Series of 5 black and white photographs of the trackwork used at specific locations:\ .1 - plated curve of embedded plates for spandrel clips retaining the rails - would have allowed access. .2 - joint between rails - bridge expansion? In a temporary position. .3 - track being laid over a rail based bridge deck. .4 - track being laid or positioned for a bridge or replacement - possible slot beam and cable track in the background. .5 - temporary track over a bridge abutment or structure under construction.trams, tramways, trackwork, rails, track materials, track repairs, sleepers, equipment, bridges

Series of 8 black and white photographs of the trackwork used at H crossings (where two tracks cross another two tracks at right angles.) .1 - H crossing being renewed. .2 - New H crossing laide out in a yard .3 - H crossing being completed at Queensway / Chapel and Dandenong Road, early 1968 with the All Saints church in the background. .4 - being renewed .5 - ditto .6 - ditto with a tram crossing. .7 - as for .4 .8 - showing extensive fish plating on a wooden longitudinal sleepers, plates bolted to the wood or timbers.trams, tramways, trackwork, rails, track materials, track repairs, sleepers, equipment, queensway, chapel st, dandenong road

Series of 15 black and white photographs of the track works to reconstruct tram lines showing various methods and works during the 1960's. .1 - Jackhammers concrete out around wooden sleepers - the rails have been bolted to them. .2 - Excavated track or temporary track next to newly relaid track - Hawthorn Road by Caulfield Park? .3 - Partly completed work - nearest track relaid, second track still has wood blocks? and then a temporary track. .4 - Excavated previously concreted and bolted track. Appears to be new rail. .5 - Compacting a new track bed with work laying track in the background. .6 - Rail being craned into position onto small concrete blocks - Nicholson St North Fitzroy at Church St - the church is now Melbourne City Mission Palliative care centre. 1955/56 - construction of the replacement track. Note the Hail bus stop sign on the corner. .7 - Thermite welding being set up. .8 - after a Thermite welding joint completed. .9 - track reading for pouting concrete, with a rebuilt track alongside and temporary track on the other side. .10 - ditto .11 - Concrete being poured .12 - ditto - could be Maribyrnong Road bridge replacement. .13 - Screeding off the concrete - possibly Nicholson St North Fitzroy .14 - completed surface - location as above .15 - completed surface with cloth covers to assist the concrete being cured. Has a MMTB hut and two worker amenity buses alongside. - location as above.Some photos have pencil marks on rear.trams, tramways, trackwork, rails, track materials, track repairs, sleepers, equipment, concrete, welding, nicholson st, new tramway, buses

Black and white photographs of the temporary track being completed during the first stage of the construction of the King St overpass in Flinders St. looking west. shows work being completed. Reg Item 4274 by Keith Kings dates the work to mid Nov. 1959.Some photos have pencil marks on rear.trams, tramways, trackwork, rails, track materials, track repairs, sleepers, equipment, flinders st, king st, kingsway

Black and white photographs of the preparation for track laying in Queensway - St Kilda Junction project late 1968.trams, tramways, trackwork, rails, track materials, track repairs, sleepers, equipment, queensway

Black and white photographs of the construction of the junction at Gertrude and Nicholson St c1955. On the right hand side of the photograph are two buses showing the Destination of Northcote. The former cable tram track in Nicholson St is yet to be removed - shows the offset between the tracks and the wood blocks. Possibly only the junction tracks have been completed at this time as there appears to be an excavation and a hut in the distance. There is a detour sign indicating that possibly vehicles used the completed section and that trackwork was underway for Gertrude St. The overhead has been erected. In the background is Osborne House. signs for The Age, The Sun and Peters Ice Cream. Early 1955?trams, tramways, trackwork, rails, track materials, track repairs, sleepers, equipment, cable trams, gertrude st, nicholson st, overhead

Series of 3 black and white photographs of:- .1 - construction of the trackwork for the new Maribyrnong River Bridge, has the temporary track on the left hand side of the photograph. Has the Express Freight Transport building in the background. .2 - as above, appears that the track on the northern side is almost completed. An Inspector is standing watching the work. This work was completed mid 1967. .3 - construction of trackwork possibly the curve from Gordon St to run alongside now River St. This work was undertaken during 1954.Some photos have pencil marks on rear.trams, tramways, trackwork, rails, track materials, track repairs, sleepers, equipment, maribyrnong river bridge, bridges, gordon st, river st, footscray

Seat fabric sample brown vinyl as used in the first batch of Z class trams. Has a pink backing.trams, tramways, z class, public transport, equipment, seats, fabric

Seat fabric sample green vinyl as used in W class trams with a light green background. Three samples held, varying sizes."W4" in black pen on the rear.trams, tramways, w class, public transport, equipment, seats, fabric

Round leather cord with a flat bottom used in tramcars for the conductor signal bells.trams, tramways, bellcord, public transport, equipment, seats, fabric, conductors bell

List - large folio or double foolscap sheet titled "Distribution Department - Men Employed in Erection of Substations", Lists substation name, date in service, whether a manual or auto sub-station, Wireman (electrician who ran the cables), makers of auto equipment, "Emerg Insp 1945-1946" and comments on the performance of the wireman or other comments: Lists Ascot Vale Brunswick Road Camberwell Coburg Deepdene Elsternwick Essendon Glenhuntly Hawthorn Holden St Kew Malvern Maribyrnong Preston Richmond South Melbourne South Yarra St Kilda West Brunswick Carlton Crombie Lane Footscray Dates from 1910 to 1946. Document part of the employment appeal case between Cassidy and Parris and others. See Key Associations for name of Foreman and Wireman. Lists the abbreviations for each manufacturer. GE - General Electric Co of USA WH - Westinghouse electric manufacturing Co of USA BTH - The British Thomson Houston Co. England EE Co. - The English Electric Co. MMTB See htd4574doc for a list of the file contents provided by Peter Hogan.trams, tramways, mmtb, electrical engineering, mmtb, engineers, personnel, substation, contracts

Seat fabric sample green cloth as used in various trams with a light/dark triangular motifs / moquette with a green background. Has a label "Camira Development Sample", dated July 2017. Gives details of the product number etc. See Reg item 4585 for the priority seat colour - orange. See htd4584i4.pdf for an Article in The Age 4/3/2019, downloaded 16/5/2020. Gives the design details, designer and background. Title "No more sad streamers: the redesign of Melbourne's garish train seats".trams, tramways, ptv, public transport, equipment, seats, fabric

Seat fabric sample orange cloth as used in various trams with a light/dark triangular motifs / moquette with a orange background for use on trains, buses and trams for priority seating. See Reg item 4584 for the general seat colour - green. See htd4584i4.pdf for an Article in The Age 4/3/2019, downloaded 16/5/2020. Gives the design details, designer and background. Title "No more sad streamers: the redesign of Melbourne's garish train seats".On rear in felt pen "Camira Orange Fine"trams, tramways, ptv, public transport, equipment, seats, fabric

Set of five colour slides, white/red cardboard, Duplicates by Pacific Film Laboratories of tram 912 in the City area testing clearances around safety zones, as part of the development of the Z class tram. Done on a Sunday morning. .1 - Bourke St showing the various equipment or protrusions attached to the tram in order to test clearances to safety zones at crossings. .2 - about to travel through a crossover. .3 - using the Queen or William St crossover. Tram has adverts for Tolleys Brandy and PGF Golf clubs. .4 - ditto - with tram 1021 running a route 97 to North Fitzroy Park St. .5 - ditto- with adverts for Williamson Real Estate and All Saints winery. See also Reg Item 3795 for Black and White and Reg Item 4611 for photos of the event and the use of car 1018.All have a running number "1204" to "1208" and "912" written on the slide.trams, tramways, sw6 class, testing, safety zone, bourke st, safety, z class, north fitzroy, route 97, tram 912

Destination roll - printed on a rolled plastic sheet, with the destination names - white letters on a black background with holes on left hand side that were used to position the roll in the machine. Use on A class trams - see Reg Item 851 for the actual destination equipment.trams, tramways, destination indicators, a class, z3 class, transport equipment

Coin dispenser or change holder, provided for use on Z class trams - holds 6 types of coins, spring mounted equipment. Has a top entry point and a spring mounted lever that dispensed one coin at a time. Has two lugs on rear to enable it to be clipped to the conductors desk. See Reg Item 4543 for the photographs of an MTT Adelaide set up and Reg Item 4619 for the ticket clip. Two copies held. On the rear of the two items are numbers 1602 and 1614 scratched in.trams, tramways, tickets, conductors, ticket machines, coins

Form - titled "MMTB Brush Renewals Chart", number 8696 9/36, used in substations to record the renewal of brushes in rotary converters. Allow the wear to be plotted, with renewal dates, details etc. Has been torn on the left edge, possibly from a book and then used as a colouring sheet.trams, tramways, substation, rotary converters, forms, electrical equipment, electrical engineering

Specification or Tender Document - titled "Design, Manufacture and delivery of 100 only all-electric trams", and "Background Information and Preliminary Specification", dated June 1965. Bound into a brown foolscap card cover. Details the conditions of tender, conditions of contract, notes, specification, gives background information about Melbourne, dimensions, performance, drivers and conductors, trucks, wheels, brakes, electrical equipment, control panels and drawings. The drawings give a map of the system, typical city route, Glenferrie Road route (grade diagram), concrete track construction, min. radius curves, loading gauge, all-electric tram and mounting details for the trolley base, schedule of prices, tender form, form of contract, schedule of information to be provided by the tenderer. Comprises: 1 - Conditions of Tendering - 1 page 2 - Conditions of Contract - 4 pages 3 - Contents - 3 pages 4 - Notes for prospective tenderers - dated June 1965 5 - General nature of contract - 21 pages 6 - Appendix A - climate data - two sheets 7 - List of 14 appended drawings 8 - O.6887A - cross section of trolley wire 9 - P.13855 - Glenferrie Road, Longitudinal Section 10 - P.13856 - Wattle Park Route 11 - P.13857 - East Preston Route 12 - P13858 - Concrete track construction 13 - P13859 - Open track construction 14 - P.13860 - Paved ballast track construction 15 - P.13887 - Tram Route - locations of substations and section switches 16 - P.13888 - Minimum radius service curves to give minimum clearance between tramcars 17 - P.13889 - Grooved Rail - 102 pounds per yard and tire profile 18 - R10-301 - Loading gauge, proposed electric tramcars 19 - R9706K - Rolling stock data, tramcars 20 - R10306 - Collins Points Shifter - Wiring diagram. 21 - Schedule of data to be supplied by the tenderer 22 - notes on Automatic Points shifters - 2 sheets 23 - Tender prices and delivery periods - 2 sheets. See Reg Item 2266 for the 1972 version and 1583 for the August 1966 version. See Reg Item 4049 for associated newspaper cuttings. See file htd4667i1.pdf for scans of the drawings.In ink in top right hand corner - "Lees"trams, tramways, specification, tenders, z class, mmtb, melbourne

.1 - Memo on foolscap sheet dated 19/1/1920, titled "Memo for Batterymen - Loading of Motor Generator Sets" issued by the Electrical Foreman to cable tram depots to charge the battery lights for cable trams advising the requirements to keep loads and voltages at a specified level and the recordings to be made of the equipment. .2 - form - foolscap sheet titled "Reading recorded in testing level of Generator Set at..... Car shed", for recording balance or level using a spirit level of the armature shafts. Two copies of each held.trams, tramways, mmtb, cable trams, lights, tramcars, batterymen, maintenance

Set of two digital images of Metrovickers 101 or MV101 tram motors. The first image shows the motor complete with gear cases and axle bearing caps, while the second shows the motor without the axle bearing caps. Have the manufacturer's logo in the bottom right hand corner.trams, tramways, metrovickers, motors, electrical equipment, mv101

"ASEA wins sub-contract for trams" Typed notes from the August issue of "Electrical Developments" describing the new trams to be built by Commonwealth Engineering, Dandenong, with ASEA as the sub-contractor for electrical equipment. 2 copiestrams, tramways, tramcar construction, tramcar equipment, asea, comeng, mmtb, reports

Set of two form/s or tags or dockets, most likely used to tag equipment, possibly a motor or bearing at a tram depot or Preston workshops. Handwritten on light card with a two reinforcing pieces around the top hole with the printers details on the piece. .1 - 22/9/71 - 756 28T .2 - 26/1/72 - 381 MV.101AXtrams, tramways, preston workshops, forms, stores department, equipment, motors, bearings

Delivery docket number 96686. Form 1/118 - Jan 1959. Delivery details handwritten in blue ink. To "Mr R Prentice T M S" (TMSV) From "Preston" (?) "4. whitemettaled Saddle brasses" - (for use as Axle bearings) "Sundry Debtor. H.O."trams, tramways, preston, forms, equipment, axles, tramcar equipment, tmsv, bearings

Typed list of equipment for W3 tramcars 654 - 669, W.4 tramcars 670 - 674trams, tramways, w3 class, w4 class, braking

"List of Patterns" Envelope containing several pages of handwritten patterns. Envelope titled: Talbot Hamilton Esq Melbourne Tramways Trust Queens Street"List of Patterns" written in blue pencil on back of envelopetrams, tramways, lists, equipment