Map printed by the Victorian Railways in 1955 gives places of interest, some facts about Melbourne, and amusements, with the map showing rail, tram, and railway bus routes, suburbs, golf links, sporting grounds, and municipalities. The Bourke St tram route to East Preston is shown but not the Nicholson St East Brunswick line which opened during mid 1956. Provides a detailed list of suburbs, miles from the GPO, and how reached from where. Notes it was published in Jan. 1956 by the VR Public Relations and Betterment Board.Demonstrates a Victorian Railways printed map of MelbourneMap - 8 fold printed in colourmaps, melbourne, tramways, bus routes, railways

Black and White photograph of VR No. 42 in original Victorian Railways colour scheme at Elwood depot, probably at the time of the delivery in 1923, or soon after. Note has roof advertising boards, but advertising on them. Compare to side view of No. 28 on page 100 of Destination City 5th Edition. See Destination City 5, page 100.In pencil on rear "RS64"tramways, trams, victorian railways, elwood depot, st kilda brighton tramway, bogie trams, tram 42

Half foolscap Sheet Gestener printed notice titled "Overhead Electrical Equipment - 600V Traction System - St Kilda - Brighton Electric Street Railway" advising that the overhead and feeder between Hardwood St and Park St was taken out of service and abolished. Signed by T. R. Collier, Chief Traffic Manager, 23 Dec. 1957.trams, tramways, aeta, vr, overhead, closure, st kilda

These two sheets show the 1897 plans drawn up by the Victorian Railways for the erection of the Warrnambool Railway Station building. It is a two-storey building still existing today. The railway came to Warrnambool in 1890 and they must have used temporary buildings for seven years before this railway building was erected. It had offices, booking counter and public facilities on the ground floor and housing for the Station Master on the first floor. The building erected was a typical design for country town railway stations and many of similar design were erected in the 1880s and 90s. These plans are important because they show clearly the design of the Warrnambool Railway Station buildings when they were first erected in the 1890s.They will be very useful for researchers. The coming of the railway was a significant event in Warrnambool’s history and did much to make the port and shipping a less viable proposition.These are two architect’s plans and drawings of the Warrnambool Railway Station building (1897). The drawings are black and white and the first plan shows the ground floor plan and the first floor plan and the outbuildings. The second plan shows drawings of the building with its elevation to the platform and its elevation to Merri Street. There are two stamps of the Railways Department, Melbourne. These are copies, not originals. ‘Victorian Railways, Warrnambool, Station Buildings, Scale 8 feet to one inch, Contract No. 6379B (Nos. 1 and 2)’warrnambool, railway station buildings

Railway Viaduct constructed for the Outer Circle Railway. Bridge designed by John Monash, engineer. Converted into a state highway, 1930s.Dateable photo of an important piece of Victorian railway infrastructure.Photograph of Outer Circle Railway Bridge over River Yarra, Fairfield. Looking toward Lugton Street, showing fence underneath taken from the Chandler Highway. Reverse: "Outer Circle Railway Bridge over River Yarra Fairfield, H0276, Property of Miss Foley"railway viaduct, chandler highway

Black and White photograph mounted onto heavy cardboard, original Victorian Railways Print, of Sturt St, looking east from the Ballarat City Fire Station tower, late 1930's, 1938? Photo has two trams east bound in the photo, along with a few motor vehicles. In the photo are a street side Garage, a bakery, Golden City Hotel, Town Hall, St. Patricks Church and Harry Davies & Co. Drapers and importers. Has title "Sturt Street, Ballarat" printed onto a label and fixed to the print. Victorian Railways Photograph - now held by State Library. Original photo will have copyright provisions. On rear of photograph, notes print ex ARHS, ex carriage 30AV, and in top right hand corner date 1938. On rear of photograph in top right hand corner "1938", central area of photo "725" in pencil, and lower central portion of the photo (in Warren Doubleday hand writing), "From A.R.H.S ex 30 AV".trams, tramways, sturt st, gold city hotel, st patricks, victorian railways

1986.1 - Book - "Destination City" with subtitle "Melbourne's Electric Trams" - 128 A4 pages + card , printed on gloss paper - 7 sections, perfect bound, describes Melbourne's tram car fleet. Includes brief description of each type, photographs and a summary history, including the Victorian Railway's trams. Has many photographs of the various tramcars associated with relevant text. On front cover is a photo of Z3 at the Burwood terminus. Written by Norm Cross, Dale Budd and Randall Wilson as editors, published by Transit Australia Publishing. Has two maps, north and south of Melbourne, printed on the inside card covers. Pages 92, 93, 96, 98 - 103 have been annotated by Lloyd Rogers - see htd1986i1.pdf - red and blue ink. - giving corrections and notes. 1986.2 - 8 pages of typed and handwritten notes - photocopied with "Comments by Lloyd Rogers Jan. 1 1994" on bottom of each sheet - giving page by page notes - see htd1986i2.pdf for a scan of these notes. Includes notes on the paint scheme for VR. 53 and a copy of a memo from the Rolling Stock Engineers Office, dated 22/6/1942 titled "Construction 3 - 45 feet tram cars" giving instructions re the paint colour schemes.trams, tramways, melbourne, tramcars, mmtb, vr trams

Station Sign - Toilet Gentlemen An obvious sign for a convenience. The use of the term Gentlemen was shortened to Men at a later time. Historic - Victorian Railways Station Sign - Toilet GentlemenStation Sign - Toilet Gentlemen sign wooden rectangle Station name sign pained white background with black lettersGentlemenpuffing billy, victorian railways, station sign, toilet gentlemen sign

Station Sign - Toilet Ladies An obvious sign for a convenience. The use of the term Ladies was altered to Women at a later time.Historic - Victorian Railways Station Sign - Toilet LadiesStation Sign - Toilet Ladies sign wooden rectangle Station name sign painted white background with black lettersLadiespuffing billy, victorian railways, station sign, toilet ladies sign

Photo shows Victorian Railways tramcar No. 42 and 33 at Elwood depot. Bogies or trucks are of the Brill 77E type. Note the oil lamp on the driver's dash panel - all VR trams carried them.Yields information about the Victorian Railways bogie trams.Photograph - Black and White - VR 42 and 33 at Elwoodtramways, trams, victorian railways, vr trams, elwood depot, brill 77e, tram 42, tram 33

A sepia coloured photograph of a group of well dressed men (possibly taken at the Railway Station; possible deputation to the railways dept. 1900)Typed sticker: DEPUTATION TO RAILWAYS DEPT. / OUTSIDE RAILWAY STATION / APPROX. 1900 Pencil: 34railways, 1900s, clothing and dress, george evans collection

Form used to record ticket revenue, passengers, trips, and pay in details and general information for the Victorian Railways Sandringham - Black Rock - Beaumaris Motor Coach service. Values in decimal currency. Used at the Sandringham Depot.Demonstrates a Victorian Railways Pay-In or Revenue Journal for a tram replacement bus.Form printed on special size paper - form MT32vr buses, victorian railways, buses, forms, pay-in, revenue journal, sandringham depot, sandringham to black rock

Brown booklet bound with 2 staples. Three hole-punch holes along left side. Brown text on cover with red text on inside cover and white pages with black text within.Front: ".... Small Arms Training / Volume 1, Pamphlet No. 7 / 303-inch Machine Gun / Part 1 - Mechanical Subjects / 1942 / .... MODIFIED FOR AUSTRALIA / GENERAL HEADQUARTERS (AUST.) / May 1942 / By Authority: Victorian Railways Printing Works, North Melbourne / 2242/42"small arms training, booklet, soldiers handbook, wwii, 303 machine gun

One of a series of photographs, taken by Edgar James Dower in the second decade of the twentieth century. Born and raised in Olinda, his family later moved to Surrey Hills. He worked as an adult as a clerk in the city office of the Metropolitan Gas Company, and in his role as a 'collector', he was able to photograph scenes including the construction of tramlines, railways and associated buildings in Kew, Hawthorn, Camberwell and Surrey Hills. Later he established a real estate agency with his brother - the E.J. Dower Real Estate Agency, Dandenong Office.The image is an historically significant record of the development of transport infrastructure which was used to connect Victorians in the first two decades of the twentieth century. This development resulted from increases in population and the consequent extension of Melbourne's suburbs. The photographs, both individually and collectively, richly detail the labour of workers and the tools and machinery used to create and extend Melbourne's public transport network in the years preceding and during World War 1.Digital copy of an original oval mounted photograph depicting workers regrading the Camberwell Railway line in the vicinity of Burke Road following the demolition of the original Camberwell Railway Station. Verso: "1915 / Regrading Camberwell railway line, near Burke Road / Taken by E.J.Dower."theme -- connecting victorians by transport and communications, theme - camberwell railway station, theme - travelling by train

Quarto Sheet Gestener printed notice titled "Australian Electric Traction Association Member's Excursion by Railway Electric Tram - Elwood Depot - St Kilda - Vaulter St - Elwood Tram Depot", advising of the tour on 29 Nov. 1958. Gives times, tram No. 52, and ticket details. Signed by T. R. Collier, Chief Traffic Manager, 24 November 1958.trams, tramways, aeta, vr, tours, special trams, st kilda, elwood depot, tram 51

Set of 5 quarterly demonstration Victorian Railways tram - rail tickets for various uses and destinations on the Sandringham - Black Rock and rail line. All dated with an expiry date of 31 Dec. 1946. Not used as such, or does the reference does not show them being used.Demonstrates a set of tickets that were likely produced for discussion purposes for the Sandringham to Black Rock tram line.Set of 5 printed cloth faced tickets each with a metal eyelet and creased in the centre. All stamped "Specimen"tickets, vr, vr trams, victorian railways, sandringham to black rock

Photocopy of pages 361 and 365 Victorian Railways Magazine, July 1925 and page 485 of September 1925 about the construction of the rail over road/tram bridge in Epsom Road, Newmarket to replace the level crossing. Titled: "Alterations at Epsom Road Newmarket" and "Lifting 28-ton Girders an all-night job!" Gives details and photographs of the work and how financed. Sheets have been stapled together.trams, tramways, victorian railways, epsom road, level crossings, newmarket

Sign - enamelled on a metal plate with screw holes in each corner - white letters on black background - fitted to a Victorian Railways Tramcar - regarding having exact fare ready, not standing in gangway, alighting and do not leave or join on the wrong side. Advised by Tony Smith of MTPS 5/8/2016 a sign from a VR tramcar. Has a number of them. String through top two corners was fitted to the donated item.trams, tramways, signs, passengers, vr, victorian railways, fares, conductors

Victorian Railways St Kilda Station to Elwood Depot timetable, printed on card that could be folded, providing details of tram times leaving St Kilda Station for Dickens and Vautier Streets or Elwood Depot and return. Advises which trams does not connect with trains. Gives running times and Section Details. Dated 15/7/1957. VR Printed 2484-57 on manila colour card. 8 Copies held..trams, tramways, vr, victorian railways, st kilda, elwood depot, timetables, melbourne

A set of 8 tickets that were used on the St Kilda to Brighton Electric Street Railway for the various sections, from August 1921. Has the fares printed on them and the ticket numbers. See reference pages 117 to 118 for details and various figures for examples. The ticket with the blue stripe appears to be another or earlier system.Yields information about the paper tickets used from August 1921 on the St Kilda Brighton tramway until 1928Set of 8 paper tickets glue to a ruled sheet of foolscap paper. Has been stamped cancelled.tickets, vr, vr trams, victorian railways, st kilda brighton

Belgrave railway station is the terminus of the electrified line from Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, serving the eastern Melbourne suburb of Belgrave. Opened as Monbulk on 18 December 1900, it was renamed Belgrave on 21 November 1904. It was upgraded to a Premium station on 2 July 1996. The station was originally on the Upper Ferntree Gully – Gembrook narrow gauge line. It, along with the rest of the line, officially closed on 30 April 1954. However it saw further use between 1955 and early 1958, when trains were operated by the Puffing Billy Preservation Society in co-operation with the Victorian Railways. The station area re-opened on 19 February 1962 when the line as far as Belgrave was converted to broad gauge and used electric traction as part of the suburban network.[1] It has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Belgrave line services The Puffing Billy Railway Belgrave station is located 100 metres north of the station and is accessible via a short footpath. It was required to be located further down the line than the original narrow-gauge station (which was approximately where the current suburban station car park is located). ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgrave_railway_station photos at http://www.vicrailstations.com/Gembrook/Belgrave/Belgrave.htmlHistoric - Victorian Railways Station sign used at Belgrave StationStation Sign - Belgrave Metal sign - white enamel back ground with black letters Belgravepuffing billy, victorian railways, belgrave station

Train Instrument transportation Box used for the transporting of Flaman Speed Indicator and Recorder to the repair workshops The Flaman Speed Indicator and Recorder was a device patented in 1901 by Nicolas Charles Eugène Flaman of France for indicating the current speed of a vehicle (for example a railway locomotive) and recording it on a paper tape that could be unrolled and examined at the end of a run to provide evidence of the speeds attained on the journey. Design features: The paper tape recording was driven directly by the wheels of the locomotive, with the paper spool moving at a fixed rate per kilometre travelled. Three graphs were recorded, the first being time elapsed (with the trace moving vertically if the train was stationary), the second being a speed curve. and the third recording the driver's attentiveness to signals ("Vigilance") by marking one tick above a line when the driver depressed a button, and another below the line when the engine went over the signal ramp. Data recorded: Read together, it was possible to determine exactly what speed the locomotive had been travelling at any point in time or distance. As well as allowing study of locomotive performance, it also allowed greater scrutiny of the observance of the driver of speed restrictions along the line and attentiveness to signals. It was practice on some railways such as the Victorian Railways in Australia for the driver to sign the speed chart prior to departure.Historic - Victorian Railways - Train Instrument transportation Box for the transporting of Flaman Speed Indicator and Recorder to the repair workshopsLarge wooden box with wrought iron fittings, painted black with white lettering on side panels. RETURN TO / TOOL ROOM / NEWPORTpuffing billy, train instrument transportation box, victorian railways, flaman speed indicator and recorder

Poster printed in two colours (red and blue) on heavy cartridge paper titled "Sections and Fares - St Kilda - Elwood Electric Tramway" - following the closure of the tramway back to the Elwood depot. Gives details of the Sections, Fares, combined rail and tram fares to Flinders St or Spencer St stations, weekly and monthly tickets, student and concession tickets, children's tickets and passengers luggage. Printed by the Victorian Railways - print number 3589-57.trams, tramways, vr, st kilda brighton, elwood depot, tickets, fares, sections, victorian railways

Provides a set of Instructions supplementary to the Rules and Regulations of the VR St Kilda Brighton Electric St Railway dated 1911. Not all pages have been copied. Issued under the name of W A Holmes Telegraph Superintendent. Gives instructions to crews and workers regarding emergency working, single-line working and operational instructions.Yields information about the "Rules and Regulations" - St Kilda Brighton - Electric Street Railway Document - photocopied, approx 80 pages secured along the top edge with two Arnos style clips.trams, tramways, victorian railways, vr, st kilda, brighton, employees, safeworking

A set of 14 tickets that were used on the St Kilda to Brighton Electric Street Railway for the various sections, and one it appears for each possible journey. Has the fares printed on them and the ticket numbers. One sample missing. See reference pages 117 to 118 for details and various figures for examples. Used until 5/5/1921.Yields information about the paper tickets used up to 1921 on the St Kilda Brighton tramway.Set of 14 paper tickets glue to a ruled sheet of foolscap paper. - the second ticket has one underneath."Prior to 5 May 1921" and "18 checks were in use"tickets, vr, vr trams, victorian railways, st kilda brighton

T shaped railway line slice from the Thai-Burma railway line 1942-43.No markings on actual railway line slice but plaque attached Rail slice thai-Burma Railway !942-43 Australian-Thai Chamber of Commerce.

Has a strong association with the tours to mark the closure of the Bendigo Tramway system and Graeme Breydon.Edmondson pasteboard railway ticket, No. 0085, dated 12 Feb. 1972, for use on an ARHS tour to Farewell Bendigo prior to the closure of the system. Ticket base is pink with a thick purple stripe, which is printed in landscape format. Ticket number in reverse. Adult - Economy, available on the day of travel only and on the special train. On the rear of the ticket is the reserved seat and carriage number. Ticket used by Graeme Breydon on the day of the tour. See History of the Object for further details. Two copies held. trams, tramways, arhs, tmsv, tickets, closure

Yields information about the process of preparing lists Ballarat tramcar mileage records and their use in previous locations. Demonstrates the way the Victorian Railway Institute advertised for members.List of three Ballarat Tramcars mileages (19, 25 and 37) mileages in Ballarat, Melbourne and Geelong written on the back of an advert for the Victorian Railways Institute seeking membership on the basis of discounts received at shops, uses a 10% discount on a suit against the cost of a VRI Discount card - titled "Simple Mathematics" Item was contained within Reg Item 5507 - Foolscap binder with green covers, black binding edge and metal clips - see btm5507-list.pdf for actual location.tramways, trams, vri, mileage, 19, 25, 37

Ticket - set of four paste board or cardboard - Zone 1 and 2, Travel cards for use from Watsonia and Greensborough Railway Stations. Have been dated stamped for periods during Oct. 1981 and Feb. 1983. Travelcard Note the ticket numbers - two from the Railway Printer and two from the Government printer. From http://www.robx1.net/victkt/zone123/html/tc.htm - accessed 2-2-2019 "Travelcard was the flagship of the new zonal system. It allowed unlimited, all day travel on trains, trams and buses - both Government and Private. It may be suggested that this was the beginning of much greater subsidies to the private bus operators to include them under the umbrella of Travelcard. As there was no longer a day return rail ticket, Travelcard was a de facto replacement, but the price structure did not disadvantage customers. Quite simply, Travelcard was a bonus no matter how it was used and it soon proved very popular; so much so that the term "Travelcard" was retained when the zones were replaced by the "Neighbourhood" system in 1983. " Ticket Nos: 1882, 4664, 32350, 56029trams, tramways, tickets, travel cards, the met, railways, public transport

Part of the contents of a souvenir gift bag given to those who rode on the re-enactment train for the 150th anniversary of the Geelong to Ballarat railway on 12 April 2012.Enamel badge, with stick pin and clasp, in a plastic bag attached to City of Greater Geelong letterhead paper. The top half of the badge is white with black writing 'Geelong Ballarat Railway' and the bottom half of the badge is black with white writing '150 years'. It was part of the gift bag given to those who rode on the reenactment train, 10 Apr 2012.GEELONG BALLARAT RAILWAY 150 YEARSgeelong ballarat railway, railway anniversary, 150th re-enactment train.