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Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Comeng - Commonwealth Engineering, "Comeng (Victoria) Light Rail Vehicles", c1987
Report - 14 colour A4 sheets + two card covers bound with white comb binding titled "Comeng (Victoria) Light Rail Vehicles", detailing the trams or light rail vehicles built for Melbourne. Details the company, its capability, plant in Dandenong, Design using CAD systems, tram production photographs, details of the B class, A and Z3 along with description and engineering details including drawings of each unit.trams, tramways, comeng, commonwealth engineering, b class, a class, z3 class, tram bodies, bogies, light rail, tramcars -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Letter, Australian General Electric, "Footscray Tramway Substation", early 1920's
Set of letters, delivery documents, lists of equipment and cost estimate sheets for the provision of sub-station and rotary converted equipment by Australian General Electric Company to the MMTB for use at the Footscray Tramway Substation, covering the period of late 1920 to mid 1922. Details typed lists and letters, carbon copies and handwritten estimates. Prepared by quarto and ruled foolscap paper, some secured by paper clips.trams, tramways, footscray, substation, ftt, electrical equipment, electrical engineering, contracts, general electric, mmtb, rotary converters, tramway construction -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Australian Financial Review (AFR), "Electrical Expertise .... including new transit trams for Melbourne", 22/05/1975 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper cutting from The Australian Financial Review, 22/5/1975, Swedish Technical Feature titled "Electrical Expertise .... including new transit trams for Melbourne". Article looks as the ASEA Electrical (Aust) Pty Ltd manufacturing both in Sweden and Australia, the companies activities and in particular the new Z class trams in Melbourne. Gives technical details of the trams, has photo of the interior and one Z class tram outside the Victorian Parliament house.trams, tramways, z class, asea, new trams, tramcar construction -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Legal record - Insurance Policy, The Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation Limited of London - Victorian Branch, "Employees Policy – Albion Quarrying Co – 1912", 8/10/1912 12:00:00 AM
Insurance Policy - six fold - titled "Employees Policy – Albion Quarrying Co – 1912" from "The Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation Limited of London - Victorian Branch" to the Albion Quarrying Company Limited for the Construction of the Malvern Tramway, dated 8/10/1912, expiring 9/8/1913. Gives details of the policy, who was covered, amount, premium and conditions. Endorsed by the Insurers Manager as to the extent of coverage including the Manager and Clerical staff."36A" in ink in top right hand corner.trams, tramways, construction, pmtt, insurance, contracts, employees -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Legal record - Insurance Policy, The Victoria Insurance Company Limited, "Rest House L50 St Kilda Rd No. 5 Prahran", 3/02/1913 12:00:00 AM
Insurance Policy - eight fold - titled "Fire Policy No. 569750 for PMTT Rest House L50 St Kilda Rd No. 5 Prahran" from The Victoria Insurance Company Limited, expiring 3/2/1914, issued to the Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust, Details location, sum insured, 50 pounds, premium, dates. Has the seal of the insurer in the bottom right hand corner."Rest House L50 St Kilda Rd No. 5 Prahran" along top folded edge.trams, tramways, pmtt, insurance, shelters, st kilda rd, high st, prahran -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Legal record - Insurance Policy, The Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation Limited of London - Victorian Branch, "Public Risk Contractors and/or General Policy", 26/11/1912 12:00:00 AM
.1 - Insurance Policy - six fold - titled "Public Risk Contractors and/or General Policy" from "The Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation Limited of London - Victorian Branch" to the Albion Quarrying Company Limited, dated 1/12/1912, expiring 30/6/1913. Gives details of the policy, who was covered, amount, premium and conditions. Endorsed by the Insurers Manager as to the requirement that all openings and excavations be lit at night. Possibly for the Construction of the Malvern Tramway but not detailed as such. .2 - handwritten receipt on preprinted sheet No. 15101, receiving the premium for the above policy, dated 26/11/1912. Gives details of the sum assured, signatures and has a State of Victoria stamp duty stamp on the left hand side."38" in ink in top right hand corner.trams, tramways, construction, pmtt, insurance, contracts, employees, receipts -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Keolis UK, "Helping Authorities make the right choice", 2013
Pamphlet, 8 pages full colour, centre stapled, titled "Helping Authorities make the right choice", published by Keolis, London looking a light rail systems and what the company is doing in France, Algiers and Melbourne. Photo of D3513 outside Flinders St station on front cover. Looks at light rail projects, company timeline, light rail. Has notes on Melbourne operation and photo of B1 2026, SW6 905 and C3054.trams, tramways, keolis, light rail, melbourne, franchising, tram 3513, tram 2026, tram 905, tram 3054 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, Diamond Valley News, “100 miles by tram”, “Party rode through the night”, 13/01/1970 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clipping titled: “100 miles by tram” – “Party rode through the night” Diamond Valley News – Tues January 13, 1970 Photo and text of tram # 469, hired by Diamond Valley Miniature railway club, Brunswick depot, Mont Albert terminus, Special tram #469 pulled out of Brunswick depot at 11:00PM on Friday 9 January 1970 on a 100-mile trip. Returned at 10:00AM on Saturday Hired by Diamond Valley Miniature railway club for a social trip, club organiser John Murdoch is a tram driver, drove tram through suburbs. Tram 469 is an American-style body in which driver isn't partitioned from the passengers. Used to carry tourists in 19430's. Tram has been used by confectionary company for its "little box of chocolates" ad on TV. Tram stopped at Mont Albert terminus where group held a birthday party for a member.trams, tramways, brunswick depot, social club, mont albert, model railways, diamond valley miniature railway club, swanston st, latrobe st, tram 469 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, Nu-color-Vue, novelty style, cut out around a Melbourne W class cartoon image, c1980
Postcard - novelty style, cut out around a Melbourne W class cartoon image of a tram being driven by a Koala with Australian animals as passengers. Destination of "MELB", route 1. Produced by Nu-color-Vue Divided back has the production company details on rear and stamp position with the numbers 11 ML318 and NCV 6064 inside it. Produced during the 1980's.trams, tramways, w class, cartoons, novelty postcards, melbourne, route 1 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Souvenir - Event Materials, Public Transport Corporation (PTC), "Kew Tram Depot 75th Celebrations", 1991
Set of 6 A4 sheets of event materials associated with the "Kew Tram Depot 75th Celebrations", Oct. 1991. .1 - 75th anniversary of the Mont Albert Line, Y1 611 - Balwyn Evergreen Club, 30/9/1991, driver Hugh Waldron and Conductor Dean Filgate. .2 - Vintage Tram Promotion - 56/10/1991, trams 611, 104, 510 and 431. Gives instructions and crews for the event. .3 - Open Day - 8/12/1991 - proposal for the event and what was planned. .4 -HTT 75th Anniversary celebrations - 24/11/2991 - timetable for special trams running between Camberwell Depot and Princes Bridge. Lists crews. .5 - Advertisement for "Kewriosity - November 1991" advising of the Open Day at Kew and the horse tram rides. Has a photo of a Kew horse tram. Sponsored by a cleaning supply company. .6 - Summary of events for the 75th. Promotional events, including A231, 611 and 380, dates, internally events and related events.trams, tramways, kew depot, anniversary, events, mont albert, htt, vintage trams, horse trams, tram 231, tram 611, tram 380, tram 104, tram 510, tram 431 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Timetable/s, Tramway Museum Society of Victoria (TMSV), Kew Cemetery and Hawthorn Auburn Road horse tram lines, c1980
Set of two timetables reproduced on card for the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company by the Tramway Museum Society of Victoria c1980. Both signed by W. G. Sprigg Secretary. .1 - Kew Cemetery horse tram line - details times for each service, fares. Dated 10/6/1895. Has advertisements for Lincoln Stuart & Co on rear - cloth suppliers, original printed by H. Hearne & Co. Paragon Printers Melbourne. .2 - Hawthorn Auburn Road horse tram line - as above, dated 6/4/1894, with advertisement for John Twinem Draper and Importer on rear. Two copies of each held.Both copies have the stamps of the TMSV (332 Flinders St Melbourne) and Graeme Breydon on them.trams, tramways, mto co, horse trams, kew, hawthorn, auburn rd, timetables, tmsv -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Poster, Colonial Tramcar Restaurant Co, Colonial Tramcar Restaurant Tram No. 442, c1985
Poster - Full colour featuring Colonial Tramcar Restaurant Tram No. 442 with a background of Luna Park, Flinders St station and the Arts Centre with the words "Tramcar Restaurant - Tripping the Light Fantastic". On the rear is a divided back arrangement with space for stamp and an address, the company logo and name and contact details - no web site. c1985. See Reg Item 2173 for a postcard of this image.trams, tramways, restaurant tram, colonial tramcar restaurant, melbourne -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Digital Image, Dick Jones, W2 510 east bound in Collins St, Nov. 1967
Digital image of W2 510 east bound in Collins St, with the King St intersection in the background. Tram showing route 47, Kew Depot. In the background is a RACV station wagon, a policeman on point duty. The tram has adverts for Berec butter, Photo by Dick Jones - reference - 510_CollinSt_DickJones_6711M7.34.62 Buildings as advised by Rod Atkins 11/11/2019 William Angliss Building 528 - 534 Collins street - NE cnr. of King street - since demolished New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Company Ltd. building 538 – 544 Collins Street – NW cnr. of King street. McPhersons Building 546 – 555 Collins Street. Edwards Dunlop and Company Ltd. Building 568 – 580 Collins Street – since demolished.trams, tramways, w2 class, collins st, kew depot, route 47, tram 510 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Age, “Probes on dirty trams, 'underpaid cleaners'”, 23/12/2020 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clippings titled: “Probes on dirty trams, 'underpaid cleaners'” by Timna Jacks, Clay Lucas Newspaper clipping from the Age 23/12/2020 Leaked emails from company contracted to clean Melbourne's tram network suggest cleaning standards were impossible to maintain and staff were underpaid and risked injury. Fair Work Ombudsman and Yarra Trams are investigating cleaning contractor GJK Facility Services. Trams, depots and tram stops have all cleaned by the contractor with some not cleaned in accordance with contractual requirements.trams, tramways, yarra trams, tram depot, rolling stock, tram stops, cleaners, cleaning -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Age, "Millions paid in bonuses despite empty trains, trams”, 31/03/2021 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clippings titled: "Millions paid in bonuses despite empty trains, trams” by Timna Jacks Newspaper clipping from the Age 31/03/2021 The two companies operating Melbourne's train and tram services received $16M in bonuses for exceeding service performance targets despite minimal passengers due to the pandemic. Yarra Trams more than $4M during the period when road traffic reductions meant they achieved punctuality and reliability targets. Yarra Trams also received $36M in relief money.trams, tramways, yarra trams, contracts -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Tramway Board, "Valuation etc of Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Co's freehold properties", c1917
Set of two valuations of the Car Houses or depots owned by MTO Co. titled "Valuation etc of Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Co's freehold properties". Details the location, book value, municipal valuation, J Buchans & Co land separated for land and buildings and the company claims. One sheet on double foolscap, typed carbon copy and the other on a foolscap sheet with out the company's claim amount. Has a note regarding the company's head office in Bourke St and the Victoria St Feed Works. Two copies held.trams, tramways, mto co, winding houses, depot, cable trams, property, horse trams, head office -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, Rose Stereograph Co, "Cable Trams passing Parliament House, Melbourne Vic.", c1940
Divided back postcard with a black and white view of the corner of Spring and Bourke St with Parliament House in the background and a cable car sets. Titled "Parliament House & Treasury Melbourne", along lower edge. Rose Series P 4090. Photo c1940. On rear - postcard divided into two by the Rose Stereograph Co rose symbol. Has the name of the company on the left hand side.trams, tramways, spring st, melbourne, cable trams, bourke st -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, late 1910's
Photograph, Black and White, of two Tilling Stevens double deck buses Registered Nos 13975 and 13976, Nos. 1 and 2 at the Southern end of Princes Bridge, c1914. Operated by Motorbus Services Limited. Have destination of St Kilda Beach via Swanston St, St Kilda Rd Fitzroy St Esplanade. On the side of the bus is an advertisement for "Abbotsford Ale". Print has the title "Off to St Kilda". See Reg Item 5276 for a photo of 10 company buses.In ink on the rear: "Melbourne - Tilling Stevens double deck buses Registered No. s 13975 and 13976, Nos. 1 and 2 at the Southern end of Princes Bridge, Probably 1910's." KSK print numbers LWR-10 and in pencil H2601.trams, tramways, buses, private bus companies, tilling stevens -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Instruction, General Electric, "General Electric - Straight Air Brake Equipment Instruction Book 84564A", Sep. 1919
Instruction - 16 pages + brown covers, centre stapled, cloth binding on left hand side and two punched holes on left hand side, right hand side has rounded corners, titled "General Electric - Straight Air Brake Equipment Instruction Book 84564A", dated Sept. 1919. Includes instructions on compressors, air intakes, valves, cylinders and governors, safety valves, motorman valves, brake cylinders, rules for operating, emergency stops, sanding of rails and general issues. Has a list of company offices on the last page.trams, tramways, electrical engineering, electrical equipment, general electric, air compressors, brakes, instructions, maintenance -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Instruction, General Electric, "General Electric - Motor Driven Air-Compressors Instruction Book 84591B", Jun. 1921
Instruction - 20 pages + brown covers, centre stapled, and two punched holes on left hand side, right hand side has rounded corners, titled "General Electric - Motor Driven Air-Compressors Instruction Book 84591B", dated June 1921. Includes instructions on GE Centre Gear Type self lubricating compressors, models CP25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 127, 128 and 130. Gives details of the parts, lubrication requirements, photos, drawings including connection diagrams. Last two pages includes notes on the Induction motor-driven air compressors CPT27, 28 and 30. Has a list of company offices on the rear cover.trams, tramways, electrical engineering, electrical equipment, general electric, air compressors, brakes, instructions, maintenance -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Instruction, The British Westinghouse Electric & MFG Co. Ltd, "Parts of Westinghouse Automatic Circuit Breaker Tramway Type", c1920
Instruction - 12 pages + brown covers, centre stapled titled "Parts of Westinghouse Automatic Circuit Breaker Tramway Type", Style Nos. 5401, 5402, 5403 and 5404. Part list B6009. Shows images of the circuit breaker, lists all parts, shows images of the various parts. Has a list of company offices on the last page and the Westinghouse UK printing bureau logo.trams, tramways, electrical engineering, electrical equipment, westinghouse, instructions, maintenance -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Eugene C Parham, John C Shedd, "Miscellaneous Tests on Car Equipment", 1910
Book - 170 pages, 10 sections sewn and bound into heavy green card covers cloth covered with glued end pages. Title "Miscellaneous Tests on Car Equipment" for electric street car or trams written by Eugene C Parham and John C Shedd, published by McGraw Hill Book Co. of New York, dated 1910. Has a table of contents, index at the rear, and index of Rules for determining sizes of electrical equipment and tramcar horsepower and kilowatts, traction and speeds. Cover sheets, table of contents and indexes scanned to a pdf file.In a number of places "The Electric Supply Company of Victoria Limited" stamped throughout the book.trams, tramways, electrical engineering, electrical equipment, tramcars, maintenance, motors -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Instruction, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Westinghouse S6A and S6B Electric Compressor Governors", 1916
Set of two different books, but with the same content about the Westinghouse Traction Brake Company, pamphlet 2412, titled "Westinghouse S6A and S6B Electric Compressor Governors" (known as Beetle back Governors). Each book contains 4 typed sheets on instructions and the working of the governor and six photograph illustration sheets. .1 - has been copied possibly from .2 and bound into a manila folder with a large "W" and "Westinghouse Traction Brake" labels stapled to the right hand side. .2 - is an original Westinghouse document dated 1916. Document Re typed by the MMTB 1955..2 - has C. Hodgson Trams Sheds" on the inside of the front cover.trams, tramways, westinghouse, compressors, governors, tramcars, air compressors -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, The Woods Gilbert Rail Planer Co. Ltd, "The Woods Gilbert Rail Planer Co. Ltd. - Rail Planning Machines", May. 2016
Pamphlet, 32 pages, stapled and glued into a green cover slightly larger than the sheets. Titled "The Woods Gilbert Rail Planer Co. Ltd. - Rail Planning Machines" detailing the machines that the company provided with photographs, the type of work done, eg removal of corrugations, list of users including the Melbourne Cable Tramways, MTCo, extract of articles, reports and journals.Has a "CJ Corrugations" in orange pencil on the top front cover.trams, tramways, rails, trackwork, maintenance, rail planning, cable trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Cheatham Electric Switching Device Company, "Cheatham Electric Switching Device Company - Manufacturers of the Cheatham Switch", 1926
Pamphlet, 8 pages, bound with brass clips into a manila coloured cover, embossed cover with company's name and details titled "Cheatham Electric Switching Device Company - Manufacturers of the Cheatham Switch", giving details of the electric point switching equipment manufactured by the company based in Louisville Kentucky USA. Has illustrations of the equipment parts, details of the boxes and types. On the rear sheet has an illustration of a driver of Birney tram changing a set of points with a very long bar while passengers are boarding. Dated 1926.On top right of front cover in ink "GJ Special Work"trams, tramways, points, trackwork, electrical equipment -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, c1925
Black and White Photograph of a view from St Paul's Cathedral corner looking towards the entrance of Flinders St Station with many pedestrians, a car doing a hook turn, policeman and a on the left hand side, a bus with a route number 5. In the right hand corner is a newspaper stand. Rod Atkins in an email advised 19/6/2019: his is a well published photograph. But this is a cropped photo of the original. The photo is 1924 - 1925 The bus is private an AEC of the Trak Company Quote from Wikipedia The Trak Motor-bus Company was founded in 1923 by the bus pioneer and distinguished naval officer Fred Knight, with three other partners. All four men were former officers in the British Navy. Knight also established the Kintrack Motor-bus Company in January 1924, with buses on the city to Caulfield route commencing in March 1924. Kintrak had the distinction of being the first to employ female bus conductors.trams, tramways, flinders st station, flinders st, buses, swanston st -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, c1926
Black and white photograph of the construction of the tram track in St Kilda Road, during 1925 or 1926 by the Foundation Construction Ltd, with a concrete mixer tracked vehicle and two aggregate or crushed rock trucks. Photo from the Collection of the Department of Infrastructure now with the Public Records Office - image number H514. 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. See Image 3674i2 and 3674i3 for a digital image of the card photograph at the PRO on 7/1/2019 that this photograph comes from. Further notes from Rod Atkins 11/7/2019: The cement mixer was state of the art machine at the time. "Buddy" in the USA were making them but this one is slightly different and may have been made by a company call AAC in Sheffield U.K. You can just make out the word " ….field" etc … on the water tank . The sign; now this is very interesting. "The Foundation Company" is the Australian company of the one in London.. from The Argus at the time. run by no less than by Herbert Del Cott Ply Ltd. (you can just make that out in the bottom line of the sign.) A rather interesting person in Melbourne society between the wars. His name pops up a lot in The Argus. was not short of a pound either.... Had his "Buick" stolen from Russell Street in 1920. Had some issues with wages on Wellington Street conversion. Looks to have run a electrical business before seeing opportunity with cable tram replacement coming up. In the 1930' lived in Stevenson Street, Kew. Travelled a lot to Europe. (Austria) …..Has Department of Infrastructure copy right stamp on rear and number "H 514" in ink on rear and "2-1"trams, tramways, st kilda rd, trackwork, construction, conversion -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), Jan. 1926
Black and white photograph of the conversion of the intersection of Domain Road, St Kilda Road, Domain Junction from cable tram to electric tram. Shows the Toorak Road Tram remaining trackwork, the temporary track for the electric trams with 276 inbound with the destination of North Coburg and another W class tram outbound to St Kilda Beach. Note the temporary platform and the temporary board crossing. Has "The Foundation Company Engineers and Contractors" sign in the view and the petrol? powered roller. Photo from the Collection of the Department of Infrastructure now with the Public Records Office - image number H101. 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 "H513" in ink on rear and "2-5".trams, tramways, swanston st, cable trams, trackwork, new tramway, flinders st, conversion -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Instruction, The British Westinghouse Electric & MFG Co. Ltd, "Parts of Westinghouse No. 46 and 46M Tramway Motors”, “Parts of Westinghouse No. 49B Tramway Motor”, “Parts of Westinghouse No. 200 Tramway Motor”, “Parts of Westinghouse Nos 90 and 90M Controllers”, “Parts of Westinghouse Automatic Circuit breaker tramway type”, 1900's
3700.1 – British Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co – Parts Catalogue B 6004, “Parts of Westinghouse No. 46 and 46M Tramway Motors” – 2nd Edition – 20 pages centre stapled. 3700.2 - British Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co – Parts Catalogue B 6005, “Parts of Westinghouse No. 49B Tramway Motor” – 2nd Edition – 20 pages centre stapled. 3700.3 – British Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co – Parts Catalogue B 6006, “Parts of Westinghouse No. 200 Tramway Motor” – Oct 1904 – 20 pages centre stapled. 3700.4 – British Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co – Parts Catalogue, “Parts of Westinghouse Nos 90 and 90M Controllers” – 12 pages from a 24 page document, has Electric Supply Co. stamp on the cover. 3700.5 - 3700.2 – British Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co – Parts Catalogue, “Parts of Westinghouse Automatic Circuit breaker tramway type”, 8 pages centre stapled of a larger document...4 - has the stamp of the "Electric Supply Company of Victoria"trams, tramways, westinghouse, instructions, maintenance, controllers, motors, circuit breakers -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, J. G. Brill Company, "The Brill Renitent Post - Bulletin No. 229", c1920
Pamphlet - J. G Brill Co 4 pages – “The Brill Renitent post” – window system for tramcars showing the extruded metal post system. Notes its advantages, casing, complete with diagrams and two images of a worker removing the window sash and the interior of tram or streetcar fitted with them.trams, tramways, j c brill co, specification, maintenance, windows