See image 2085i4 for tender re brake blocks detailing the type of cast iron and the Brinell hardness.Demonstrates MMTB tender documents of 1923.Manila colour file marked "Specifications" containing 25 different specifications of the MMTB 1922 to 1925. Not all dated, generally foolscap sheets either pinned or stapled. Dated Tender No. For supply of: 30/6/1925 157 Steel castings Not dated Ballast Hopper trucks 1923 Steelwork for electric and cable tramway crossings Pamphlet Monier Pipes and box culverts Pamphlet Monier – septic tanks and aerators Not dated 229 Purchase of removal of cottages 101 to 107 Bouverie St Carlton Not dated Side tipping ballast trucks 18/7/1923 226 Brake shoes - see pdf file for a full scan 18/7/1923 222 Steel tramway tyres 18/7/1923 220 Concrete Mixing Plants Not dated 219 Dressed wooden poles 9/5/1923 215 Bricks 19/4/1923 214 Reinforced Concrete fencing posts 20/3/1923 213 Tramway steel wire ropes 28/3/1923 212 Painting exterior of 673 Bourke St Melbourne Not dated 210 Alterations to offices at Rathdowne St depot Not dated 202 80lb steel rails and fishplates 5/1/1923 198 GE201 Motors 6/12/1922 197 Hydraulic pit jacks 6/12/1922 195 Supply of Low tension feeder cable Not dated 194 Supply of high tension cable 4/12/1922 188 Supply of hard drawn trolley wire 6/11/1922 186 Dressed wooden poles 20/11/1922 182 Steel Poles 20/12/1922 171 Erection and completion of new car depot Glen Huntly Roadtrams, tramways, mmtb, tenders, specification, trackwork, motors, cables, poles, ballast wagons, glenhuntly tram depot, brake blocks

Printed invitation on off-white card with MMTB letter head invitation to the "Official Opening of the Bourke Street - Northcote Electric Tramway", Friday 24th June 1955 at 3pm at the new tramcar depot in Plenty Road Preston. Has been handwritten for "H. S. McComb Esq." in blue ink. Has a map of the route, the Nicholson St line show dotted and schedule for completion in 1956, details of the project and a brief history of the route.trams, tramways, opening, civic functions, bourke st, preston depot, northcote, cable trams

Vol. 4 No. 1, January 1949 of "Tram Tracks - The Electric Traction Monthly" of the Australian Electric Traction Association. Magazine consists of 20 printed pages, with a single staple on the saddle. Contains a photo of the construction of the Victoria Parade tram line, article "Trams and the Motorist", items on Melbourne (Bourke St, "Higher costs with Buses - Melbourne Experience", Brisbane, Newcastle, Sydney, Monorails, railway map of Australia track gauges, (centre page), Brisbane Tramways, Melbourne and Sydney electric trains, and letter to the Editor from John Buckland - not supportive of Bourke or Latrobe St tramways. Issue has advertisements for the Model Dockyard, ARLHS, The Hobby Shop, Barnes Tennis Centre, Fleet, Christie Model Railway Equipment of Sydney, Meadmore Model Engineering, Austral Bronze, Wattle Park, Traction Publications and Robilt "O" gauge locomotives, Parker & Gray, The Model Dockyard,Has initials "JBS" in top right hand corner in pencil.trams, tramways, electric traction, aeta, australian tramways, mmtb, pcc, sydney, newcastle, brisbane, bourke st

Magazine or Journal - 32 pages + printed cover - "Tramway Circuit", Vol. 3, No. 6, July 1955 published by the Tramways Board Sub-branch of the Municipal Officers' Association of Australia - the Monthly Journal of the Official and Clerical Staff of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board. The magazine has many advertisements for suppliers to the Board and others, including AEC buses and Ansair. Features the Official Opening of the Bourke St to Northcote tramway. Has a major article by D. H. Eakins, Chief Engineer - reviews those departments involved in the construction of new tramcars, Preston Workshops, tram track, Perway, distribution branch (electrical), building, and stores. (See key associations for names mentioned in the item).. Centre page spread of the opening day photographs, misc. notes on the day, letters to the Editor. An historical article on the cable tramway to Northcote, written by H. S. McComb, notes on the AETA provided by KK (Keith Kings) and notes on the AETA tour on 25/6/1955. Has minutes of the Special meeting of the MOA, notes on long service leave, Federal Council meeting notes. Two copies held. All pages scanned - pdf - text searchable. Cover scanned in colour, all other pages as gray scale. See Reg Item 5090 for a photo of the AETA tour at Malvern Depot.On top of the cover of one copy in ink "pages 1, 4, 14,17, 23"trams, tramways, moa, mmtb, bourke st, opening, northcote, new trams, cable trams, aeta, tours

Set of 19 drawings showing the development of the Melbourne tramway system between 1885 and 1921. Based on MMTB drawing "Tramway Map of Melbourne & Suburbs" P4609, 18 sheets showing year by year development of the cable and electric tram system, printed on off white paper. Mr. McComb had intended it would appear to do further work - with some 20 sheets printed on brown card paper but not used (.19 - same drawing) Each sheet has the year in red at the bottom right hand corner of the sheet. .1 - 1885 - with the Richmond line and main rail lines coloured in showing a catchment area. .2 - 1886 - shows the new cable line in Collins St and has a note that no suburban line constructed in 1886 .3 - 1887 - Bourke and northern lines and Brighton Beach to Sandringham and Hawthorn to Kew .4 - 1888 - Swanston St, Domain Road, Chapel and inner circle and towards Hurstbridge.\ .5 - 1889 - Rathdown St and Toorak Road .6 - 1890 - South and Port Melbourne, North Melbourne and Northcote. Rail lines - Ashburton and parts of the outer circle to Oakleigh. .7 - 1891 - St Kilda Esplanade and northern section of the outer circle. .8 - 1906 - NMETL .9 - 1910 - PMTT - High St and Wattletree Road .10 - 1911 - PMTT Dandenong Road .11 - 1913 - Glenferrie Road, Cotham Road, Balaclava and Glenhuntly Road .12 - 1914 - small extension in High St .13 - 1915 - Malvern Road and High St Kew .14 - 1916 - HTT and MBCTT lines and Whitehorse Road .15 - 1917 - Burke Road .16 - 1918 - Burke Road north of Camberwell station .17 - 1920 - FNPTT - St Georges Road and Plenty Road .18 - 1921 - Footscray lines .19 - base drawing only. Does not show the VR tramlines. See Reg Item 2154 for associated notes.See individual sheets.trams, tramways, times, cable trams, railways, tramways, melbourne, maps

Newspaper clipping from The Argus, Thursday 18/1/1945, titled "Electrifying Bourke St tram route", about the MMTB plans for conversion of the Bourke St route and costs. Approved by the National Works Council, but the Deputy Premier Hollway said it had not be considered by cabinet. Gives project costs and scope of works.. On the other side of the cutting - front page - are reports of the WW2 in Europe and the advance of the Allies forces.trams, tramways, bourke st, conversion, electrification, world war 2

Newspaper clipping from The Age, 22/2/1947, titled "Memories of the Cable Trams", recalling the days of the cable trams, its developments, recalling the good and bad of the cable trams, working on hot and cold days. Has a photo of a grip man in MMTB uniform and a cable tram in Bourke St.trams, tramways, cable grip, cable trams, closure, crews

Postcard photo of a W6 or W7 at the intersection of Bourke St and Elizabeth St, late 1950's or early 1960's. Photo looking east along Bourke St. Has the Myer's, Coles, London Stores and other buildings in the background. has a Holden station wagon waiting to do a Hook turn. Divided back with places for stamp, address, correspondence and details with makers details "Murray Views of Gympie Qld, No. 2, Bourke St. Melbourne, from an Ektachrome photograph.trams, tramways, bourke st, elizabeth st

Postcard photo of Bourke St looking east from near Queen St with a number of trams in the distance view. Has the Thomas Cook, Hicks and other buildings in the view. Late 1950's or early 1960's. Divided back with places for stamp, address, correspondence and details with makers details "Rose colour card 119"trams, tramways, bourke st, queen st

Postcard photo of Bourke St looking east from near Queen St with 967 and other trams in the distant view. Has the Warburton Frank, Coles & Garrard, Post Office, London Stores in the view. Late 1950's. Divided back with places for stamp, address, correspondence and details with makers details "A genuine Kodachrome Reproduction by Nucolorvue Productions Pty. Ltd - M2/27"trams, tramways, bourke st, queen st, tram 967

Newspaper clipping from The Age, Thursday 14/4/2016 titled "Zed's nearly dead: Melbourne's first modern trams to go", written by Adam Carey, Transport Reporter about the demise of the original Z class fleet. Has an interview with Adam Chandler of the FOHTD museum and Simon Murphy of Yarra Trams. Contains photos of Z35 running a 3a service and Z37 in Bourke St. Photo of Z35 by Pat Scala. Also has a cartoon - with a "Z's" coming out of the tram.trams, tramways, z class, yarra trams, cartoons, route 3, bourke st, tram 35, tram 37

Set of three signs that could be affixed to the inside of tramcar windows advising of "Notice to Passengers - Royal Tour - Tramway Arrangements", printed in red and blue on off white semi gloss paper, for the March 1977 Royal Tour - Queen Elizabeth on her silver jubilee tour of Australia. All signed by R. C. Drummond as Traffic Manager. Advised of the time and locations of Suspension of services on 16 March 1977. .1 - Bus services - Bullen to Garden City .2 - Swanston St, Elizabeth St, Flinders St and Collins St. .3 - Bourke and Collins St.trams, tramways, mmtb, royal visit, services

Newspaper cutting from The Age, Monday 27-12-1993, titled "Tram woes to continue in 1994" and "Frustration is a lunch hour wasted on a tram", written by John Mangan, transport reporter, about staff shortages, delays in services, lack of trams, quotes PTC Russell Nathan about the problems. Has a story about driver arguing with an inspector in Bourke St. Has a photo by Michael Clayton Jones.trams, tramways, ptc, tramways, public transport, employees

Pamphlet or report printed on A3 gloss paper, folded into A4, with a brown printed cover and a photograph of Z3 117, Melbourne, in Bourke St Melbourne, with the destination of City - Spring Rides and in the route number box "New Tram - Free Rides today". Inside pages and rear cover give details of the trams, its equipment specification, how a chopper control works, car control systems, rotary converter for 24V DC and 220V AC systems, drawings of the trams, and technical data, including a simplified wiring diagram. Produced by AEG - Telefunken of Berlin.trams, tramways, z3 class, aeta, specification, preston workshops, new trams, tram z3 117

Series of five news paper cuttings regarding tram operation in the CBD and in particular along Bourke St. Each cutting has the Aust. Press Cuttings Agency source sheet pasted to the top left hand corner along with the paper name and date stamp. .1 - Leader Northcote - 22/7/1981 - " Campaign for Bourke St trams", written by Ian Munro, regarding a proposal by the City Commissioners to remove trams from Bourke St and run via Lonsdale St. .2 - Melbourne Herald - 18/8/1981 - "Those Trams", editorial regarding the possibility of removing trams from Bourke St. .3 - as for .2, but a short piece - just the last paragraph of .2 .4 - Melbourne Herald - 10/9/1981 - editorial titled "One way ahead" about the possibility of a converting some city streets to one way, a ring road and traffic flows. Noted the "MMTB juggernauts". .5 - Melbourne Herald - 8/11/1980" - titled "Shut half of streets - expert" reporting that an American design consultant - Desmond Muirhead - about shutting streets to traffic, keeping trams as in the Bourke St Mall - uses Munich as an example.Some have In pencil "Ballarat Trams" in top left hand corner.trams, tramways, bourke st, lonsdale st, city of melbourne, mmtb, traffic control

Postcard photo of Bourke St looking east from about half way between Elizabeth and Queen St with the Melbourne GPO, Post Office in the middle of the photograph, along with a number of horse drawn vehicles and cable trams. mid 1900's (c1905). Divided back with spaces for Correspondence, address and stamp. On right hand side in red "Marlborough Series" (Printed in Australia)trams, tramways, cable trams, bourke st, horse drawn vehicle

Eight page magazine, centre stapled, "Electric Traction - July 1955", with a photo of 974 undergoing noise testing in Bourke St. Has an article on the Minister for Transport, Mr. A. G. Warner speech at the time of the opening of the new East Preston Depot, and the efficiency of tramways. Has an item on the Resilient wheel that reduces noise. Also items on the new W7 tramcars, route numbers for the Bourke Street routes, NSW electric railways and Ballarat.trams, tramways, bourke st, w7 class, east preston depot, resilient wheels, wheels, testing

Black and white photograph of W4 class tram No 670. MMTB Builders photograph. The tram was built in 1933 and is currently preserved by the MTPA at Haddon. The tram's destination displayed as City with Route No 99. .1 - as above - from the Keith Kings collection - added 4/4/2019. See Reg Item 3558 for another print within an album.On rear of .1 in ink, M&MTB W4 670, Keith Kings collection stamp - S-A0944, and 1933(?). Photographers stamp - Sutcliffe Pty Ltd, 366 Bourke St, corner of Elizabeth St.trams, tramways, w4 class, route 99, tram 670

Negative of tram 1037 in Bourke St, Melbourne at Swanston St. Tram has destination East Preston and Route No 88.Paper folder that contained the negative had "NR43A" written in red ink, "M11" written in pencil, "33A" written in blue ink, and date stamped as 5 Sep 1960.trams, tramways, w7 class, bourke st, route 88, tram 1037

Book - light grey covers + 8 pages on off white paper, centre stapled titled "Site for Housing Schemes - Considerations which should influence Selection", written by H. H. Bell, Chairman of the MMTB c1939, as it notes the recommendation to use diesel buses on the Bourke St routes. This was done following his overseas tour of 1938. Includes comments on housing schemes and transport in the UK, USA, Melbourne, diesel buses and fares.trams, tramways, public transport, buses, housing, bourke st, overseas tours

Book - 16 pages, including grey card covers, titled "See Australia First - Melbourne Victoria" featuring 12 pages of postcard photographs of Melbourne. Inside rear cover has a details of Melbourne's history, the city and its features. Produced by Murray Views of Gympie Qld, printed by Samuel Lee and Co. Images post second world war - late 1940's to early 1950's. Features images of: Alexandra Gardens River Yarra and Princes Bridge Flinders St Station St Kilda Road - tram track work being undertaken Flinders St and the Forum theatre The Exhibition Buildings Collins St Parliament House Bourke St - with cable tram tracks and the Metropole Hotel, Myer, Foys Aerial view of Melbourne Captains Cook's Cottage St Kilda Road with W2 287 Burns Memorial St Kilda Road St Paul's and Princes Bridge Town Hall Royal Melbourne Hospital Collins St with W2 turning Queen Victoria Gardenstrams, tramways, melbourne, flinders st station, collins st, town hall, princes bridge, st kilda rd

Postcard - Black and White - Valentines Elizabeth St Melbourne" number V40 - looking south with the Flinders St station in the background. Photo taken at Little Bourke St, with the Post Office, Alan Taylor Tin shed on the left, Couties Boots, Small Arms Co building and Tailo Hardware. On the rear - has a divided back, and "A Real Photograph" " & Produced in Australia" and the Valentine's logo.On the rear has the stamp of Graeme S Breydon - see image i2.trams, tramways, elizabeth st, gpo, post office

Colour postcard divided back, serrated edge, with a view from the Melbourne Town Hall portico, looking south along Swanston St towards the intersection of Bourke St. shows the city square, Wales Corner, trams and traffic in both streets. Has a W2 crossing Swanston St - W2 586? - the crossing is one of the type which composed of panels that allowed for maintenance. City Square completed to Flinders Lane early 1970, Bourke St Mall opened 1983 - photo mid 1970's Back has space for name and address, stamp and a message and title of postcard. Produced by Nu-Color-Vue. Card Number ML 209, NCV 2940.trams, tramways, postcards, swanston st, bourke st, tram 586?

Colour postcard divided back - Biscay Greetings, of an photo looking southwards along Swanston St from near Bourke St with trams 685 and 772 running routes 64 and 8 respectively. Has Ted's Camera store, The Sun, Batman books and Billy Guyatts stores signs in the photograph. Back has space for name and address, stamp and a message and details of the postcard. Produced by Biscay Greetings, possibly mid 1970's. Card No. BG 249 with a serrated edge. 2nd copy added 15/9/2020.trams, tramways, postcards, swanston st, w5 class, tram 685, tram 772

Colour postcard divided back - Biscay Greetings, of Z3 225 turning from Bourke St into Spring St. Route 96, East Brunswick. Looking down the west of Bourke St at dusk with the many buildings etc in the background. Back has space for name and address, stamp and a message and details of the postcard. Produced by Biscay Greetings, possibly mid 1990's. Card No. BG 277. 2nd copy added 30/8/2020 Image also used in Reg Item 5129.trams, tramways, postcards, bourke st, z class, melbourne, tram 225

Colour postcard divided back - Biscay Greetings, series of 5 photographs of Melbourne, with the words "Greetings from Melbourne" in the top right hand corner. Features Z3 223 class tram outside Parliament, the Arts Centre, a view looking east along Bourke St, the Yarra River overlooking the King St bridge and the city and a general city photo. For the photo of Z3 223, see Reg item 2642. Back has space for name and address, stamp and a message and details of the postcard. Produced by Biscay Greetings, possibly mid 1980's. Card No. BG 178.trams, tramways, postcards, yarra river, z class, melbourne, tram 223

Colour postcard with of Bourke St. Melbourne from Parliament house with MMTB Z8 and about 6 W7's in photo, along with many motor vehicles. Also shown are the Safety Zones and stops. In image are buildings along either side of Bourke St., featuring the sign of the Salvation Army City Temple in the top left hand corner, Mittys, and a Kwikasair van by the outbound safety zone. Tram Z8 has destination of "CITY - SPENCER ST." and showing route 89. Mid 1970's. Card has a caption underneath the photo - "Melbourne's Trams in Bourke St, Victoria" Back has space for name and address, stamp and a message and details of the postcard. Produced by Biscay Greetings, possibly mid to late 1980's. Card No. 2AUS 58 .1 - as above but without the caption on the bottom of the photograph. Biscay postcard No. 98, with a caption on the rear that it was a "New Z class tram". .2 - another version with caption and different wording on rear - has number 2AUS58.trams, tramways, postcards, bourke st, route 89, z class, w7 class, tram 8

Photocopy - A4 sheet of an article titled "Melbourne's 'W' Class Trams" that appeared in the Victorian National Trust news, March 1990, written by Frank Strahan, with a photo of trams lined up in Bourke St during the great tram blockade, lead by 991. Has a Fox FM Radio advert on the front of the tram. Photo by Brian Gilkes. Article is proposing to classify the trams.trams, tramways, national trust, bourke st, strike, w class, heritage, tram 991

Legal document within a light brown manila document - titled "C. L. Watt / Patent Rights of "Barrier Rail catch" Patent". Charles Watt a consulting engineer of 418 Bourke St, signing over the rights for a sum of 250 pounds. Patent No. 10473. Dated 22/3/1929. Has the seal of the MMTB and a personal seal and 2d duty stamp, signed by the MMTB Chairman and Acting Secretary and Charles Llewellyn Watt Agreement consists of two sheets, bound together with green tape. Only one page used. Folder has file number "94" written on the outside.trams, tramways, mmtb, tramcars, patents