ill, p.40.non-fictionDetails about the Port Dock railway museum in Adelaide South Australia and the collection of rollingstock and railway memorabiliarailway and tramway preservation - australia, mile end railway museum - south australia

The postcard photograph shows PMTT No. 23 a Maximum Traction bogie, straight sill combination with drop end at the Malvern Burke Road terminus, c1916. See page 60 of Destination City 5th edition for details of the tram. Purchased by the Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust, sold to the Hawthorn Tramways Trust during 1916, in 1920 absorbed by the MMTB and classed "O". They were sold to Adelaide in 1927. There is a large "1" in the front window, indicating the route number and the destination of Burke Road. The driver is in the front cabin and the conductor is standing at the rear of the tram.Yields information the trams that became MMTB O class trams.Postcard - divided back with hand written note on the rear."Victoria" in ink and in pencil "50 passenger, Duncan and Fraser 1914, to Hawthorn Ty8 Trust as No. 23 in 1916. To MMTB 1920 as 130, to MTT? as 194.tramcars, tramways, o class, tram 23, pmtt, mavern burke road, crews

Photograph of the Julien Battery battery-electric tramcar on trials in Toorak Road, Melbourne Trails undertaken September 1888. For details of the Adelaide trials - see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Julien%27s_Patent_battery_tram,_Henley_Beach,_9_January_1889_(SLSA_B-5468).jpg (accessed 22/8/2020). And the Oct. 1977 issue of Trolley Wire for the construction, testing and disappearance of the tram. See also Reg Item 5223.2 for another photo and details.Yields information about the Julien Battery system trials in Melbourne in 1888.Copy negative of a photograph and a print. On rear of print in ink "Photo taken when operating on the Toorak line. Operated by Storage battery system. At corner of Chapel st and Toorak Road, Prahran, 1883. Car designed & built by Duncan and Fraser Adelaide" Has a newspaper stamp as well.trams, tramways, duncan fraser, battery trams, julien system, melbourne

The photograph of X1 class tram No. 462 in Nicholson St Footscray on its way to Williamstown Road. About the pass over the railway line. Photographer and date unknown.Yields information the MMTB X1 class tram No. 462.Black and white photograph with notes on the rear.In pencil "MMTB 462 to Williamstown Road near Rly Stn, Footscray. Tram about to cross over the Melbourne to Adelaide line". tramcars, tramways, x1 class, tram 462, footscray, nicholson st

Tram 30 was built in 1925 by J.G. Brill & Co. in Philadelphia and flat packed to Australia. It was assembled in Adelaide, operated in Geelong before coming to Bendigo in 1947.No.30 tram (Birney) leaving depot displaying destination as Quarry Hill, C 1964. '3/64' on back written in pencil on top left.basil miller