First company motor lorry with "ELECTRIC SUPPLY" painted on the side (but with the appearance of a horse drawn buggy). Location is outside the main entrance of the Melbourne Electric Supply Co Ltd, as displayed to the right of the door. The sign on the left may be ELECTRICITY SUPPLY/TRAMWAYS DEPARTMENT. Location of the entrance is in Yarra St, immediately south of the Corio Tce. intersection, and better shown in plate 9201. Motor registration is 4590, probably 1910. Date of the photo is pre-1920 when the power supply was DC, shown exiting the building at the top of the photo.Black and white print on paper.GSR710/20/1/13 and 20-13 written on the reverse in pencil. No. 2 in a circle written on reverse in ink.geelong tramway motor lorry, motor 4590, geelong streetscape, geelong tramway electric supply

Six issues of "Tram Tracks - The Electric Traction Monthly" of the Australian Electric Traction Association. Each issue has a standard cover, of the magazine name etc, featuring "Wee Folks Productions" models but are in different colours, all have been saddled stapled with two staples, except No. 6. The Volume and date details have been over printed. Back covers inside back covers have the same advertisements but the font varies vary. The six issues contain advertisements for the Wee Folks productions, Hartleys Sports store, Hearns Hobbies, Wattle Park, Johnson's Variety Store, Barnes Tennis Centre, The Model Dockyard, Robilt Models, Meadmore Model Engineering and Austral Bronze Pty Ltd, Hearns Hobbies, Christie Scale Model Railway and Equipment, Herbert Small (Meccano), the American Subscription Agency, Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Ltd. 2465.1 - Vol. 2 No. 1 - 16 pages, Jan 1947, with cover printed in red. Has articles on the tram / car debate, Dunedin Tramways, Overlapping fare sections, type of trucks under Sydney tramcars, Brisbane Electric Railway (Power station), The Balmain Counterweight and Trolley buses in Australia. News items include Brisbane, Newcastle, Sydney, Melbourne, SEC, Hobart, VR, Adelaide, Kalgoorlie, Broome, electric trains in Melbourne and Sydney, and AETA notes. Photos include Sydney O, OP and P, VR PERM 63 and interior photo of a MMTB W4 class tram. 2465.2 - Vol. 2, No. 2 - 16 pages, Feb. 1947, with cover printed in dark blue. Has articles on Brisbane 400 class tramcar, Adelaide to Glenelg Brighton - Le Sands tramway, Melbourne Suburban railways, Diesel Electrics on the Southern Railway (US)and Birney Safety Car. News items include Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, VR, Fremantle and AETA notes. 2465.3 - Vol. 2, No. 3 - 12 pages, Mar. 1947, with cover printed in brown. Has articles on why NSW trams lose money, Duncan and Frazer, new trams in Johannesburg, Melbourne Suburban railways, and Sydney New Railway (Eastern Suburbs). News items Sydney, Melbourne, SEC, VR and Adelaide and AETA notes. 2465.4 - Vol. 2, No. 4 - 16 pages, Apr. 1947, with cover printed in green. Has articles on Duncan and Fraser (continued), In search of Ancient Warriors (old trams), Brisbane Electric Railway and some unusual fares arrangements. News items include Brisbane, Newcastle, Melbourne, Sydney, SEC, Launceston, Kalgoorlie, overseas, and AETA notes. Editorial looks at claims that the SW6 cars are the finest in the world, back numbers (notes that Tram Tracks started with a mimeographed club news sheet and now have circulation of nearly 200), costs of production etc. Has photographs of the interior of a SW6 850, a plan for Melbourne underground railway, the VR power operations room at Flinders St., Hobart trolley bus and a cartoon about Sydney traffic. 2465.5 - Vol. 2, No. 5 - 16 pages, May 1947, with cover printed in red. Has articles on Australian Light railways, Sydney's relief lines and the start of an article on NSWGT 600/1200V tramcars. Has news items on Brisbane, Sydney, MMTB, VR, Geelong, Ballarat, Launceston, Hobart and AETA notes. Editorial notes the first anniversary of the magazine and has a number of letters regarding this, content and the tram/car debate. 2465.6 - Vol. 2, No. 6 - 20 pages, June 1947, with cover printed in blue. Has articles on Cremorne bridge replacement (with photos), Neutral bay line and Tramcar transmission gears. News items include photos of MMTB track replacements, crowded trams, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and a photo of a Sydney tram passing under the new bridge work for Circular Quay station. 2465.7 - Vol. 2, No. 12 - pages 1-12, cover has an advert for Hartley Sporting Goods. Has cartoon on fares on Sydney trams by Peterson, not regarding retirement of Mr. H. Bell of MMTB, Melbourne Latrobe St and bus construction, Sydney tram cartoons from Emile Mercier, electric trains and other tramway news. (Item added 24-3-18 - from consolidation of Melbourne Tram Museum and BTM collections) trams, tramways, electric traction, aeta, models, australian tramways, duncan fraser, cartoons

Timetable published by the Electric Supply Co of Victoria (ESCo) for Ballarat Tramways - dated 1/5/1915 to 30/9/1915 - winter. Provides times for each route, ticket prices, school tickets, issue and use of tokens, fares, transfer tickets, and route colours both for day and night. Also has notes to passengers and places of interest for each route. Has contact phone numbers for the Company. Manager Mr Pringle. See item 9132 for a 1914 Summer timetable. Has many adverts - from the front page: A M Palmer Chemist Hodgson - optical Snows - department store ESCo - show room in Sturt St L Casper - optician E Jermyn - feed merchant Standsfield & Smith - Decorators Briant's Red shop tea rooms A E White - tailor Ellingsen & Co - furniture Southern Cross Hotel H P Stevens & Co - fur coats Frank Williams - painter and decorator Longhurst's bread factory G Buchanan - metal ceilings Robert Hutchinson - electrical engineer and contractor G Ludbrook - furnishing undertaker A Cant - plumber, gasfitter and ironmonger Huddart Parker and Howard Smith coal merchants Precision Big 4 - motor cycles and bicycles H W Channing - Tram drivers' training school T H Richards - butcher C Ellis - furniture exchange Levecke's motor garage Frank Penhalluriack - electrical work Nankervis - store Taffy King Fred A Reed - tobacconist F & J W Gower - builder E E Hobson - decorator Walter Cornell - liver pills Irvines - wines G Warner - Ironmonger J A Reynolds - Wall papers ESCo Electric lighting Holman & Fiscalini - stables and motor garage Butler & Co - blinds Mrs Kerby - clothing reseller Rose Cosmetic - H Binzer & Co Mrs Busfield - laundry Mrs J H Dogson - registry office for servants Summerscales - stationary and postcards W J Robson - glass Porter's Boots and Shoes B G Tucker's Water Cure Electric Supply Co Rowlands drinks On the bottom of most pages - Sidar products and on the top the Coliseum Picture Palace. Demonstrates and ESCo timetable and provides information about fare systems and local businesses.Time table - booklet - 40 pages + green light card covers centre stapled with tabbed or cut pages.tramways, ballarat, timetables, esco, advertisements, fares, tickets, tokens

Melbourne Electric Supply Company tramway Motormen outside the main entrance in Yarra St. Photograph taken between 1912 and 1916. Several of the men in the photo appear in photo item 9243.Black and white print on paper.mesco motormen, geelong mesco motormen c. 1912-1916

This lamp has no known history. Lamps such as this one were for indoor use and were essential items in households in the 19th century and the first three decades of the 20th century until electric lighting became common in most households. This item has no known local provenance and will be useful for display as an example of a common household item of the past.This is a lamp with a glass base which is fluted and mostly coloured green. The bowl is clear glass with a concave raised pattern on the base of the bowl. The bowl contains a discoloured white wick. The lighting mechanism is brass with an external knob for controlling the use of the wick. The lamp mantle is bulbous-shaped. social history, history of warrnambool, kerosene lamp

Photocopy of pages 221 and 222 of Electric Traction November 1984 of the "Metropolitan Transit Authority Allocation of Tramcars as at 1 July 1984". Gives depot allocation, class of tram, totals, reserve trams, approved for disposal, tourist trams, stored and fleet total.trams, tramways, tramcars, mmtb, lists, depots, depot allocation, buses

L-R: 1. Tait (Red Rattler) a wooden body train first introduced in 1910 to be hauled by steam locomotives and converted to electric from 1919. They were manufactured from 1909 to 1952. 2. Comeng stainless steel body trains were first introduced in 1981 to replace the last of the Tait trains and underwent refurbishment between 2000-2003. Some examples remain currently in service 3. Hitachi stainless steel body trains were operated on the Melbourne network between 1972-2014. 4. Harris (Blue) steel body train introduced 1956 and operated until 1988. (Source: Wikipedia various)Digital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford FP4 black and white transparencycomeng electric train (1981), eltham railway station, harris (blue) train, hitachi electric train, red rattler, tait train

Single sheet of off white paper printed by MMTB titled "Electric Tram Driver's Certificate" and certifying that L. Denmead Inspector has passed the Board's Examination for a Tram Driver. Dated 30/7/1946, given No. 2093, signed by Chas H. Elliot as Instructor and S. M. Richardson as Manager. Signed on the left margin by L.J. Denmead Inspector. Form No. 3/232, dated June 1944. Form has two punch holes along top of form and one small hole in top left hand corner.tramways, trams, drivers, certificates, mmtb, forms

Set of two Victorian Railways electric tramway and motor coach services tickets with pencil notes on rear. 1 - 7d - paper, black printing red fare, number 082763d - "Sun 5 Feb 1956 Tram No. 42 went from Mid Brighton SLC here 1st towards BB rtn M Bright etc Brighton Beach". 2 - 1/- - as above - 074160A - 12.11am (approximate but could be later) from St Kilda - Elwood (Ride Free), Tram 28, last VR Tram Sunday 1 March 1959"See above.trams, tramways, vr, tickets, st kilda, st kilda brighton, last tram, elwood

Wrist, electronic, watch, issued for the celebration of 100 years of electric trams in Melbourne, stainless steel case / plastic watch front, leather wrist strap within a plastic envelope with a paper information slip - two year warranty. Watch returns to City Life Aust. Pty Ltd, service centre, PO Box 515 Milton, Qld 4064. Has time only function. Made in China. 2nd copy added 16-6-2018 - completed with original packing and warranty dockets - from donation of Evan Cochrane.trams, tramways, 100 years of electric trams, yarra trams, souvenirs

Book - heavy card covers with light brown cloth cover, 32 pages, sewn into glued end or cover sheets, titled "Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways /Curriculum of Training for Electric Car Drivers". Book has rounded corners. Issued 1955, has a detail contents index. Sets up the training process, trainer drivers, driver certificates, follow ups, road tests, probationary drivers, training syllabus, training school (at Hawthorn) and procedures and physical standards for tram drivers. See Reg item 882 for the 1960 version.trams, tramways, mmtb, drivers, training, instructions, motormen, hawthorn, medical

Blue cardboard box containing a set of replicate paste board, ochre colour, tickets for the Doncaster and Box Hill Electric Road Co., Ltd, Day Return - Box Hill Doncaster - price 9d with individual numbers in black. On rear are details of the Centenary Exhibition at the Box Hill Town Hall 19-28 October 1989. Nos. 0673, 74, 0697 - 0700 (5 No. ) Nos. 3667 - 3700 (34) Nos. 3701 - 3719 (19) Nos. 3724 - 3735 (12) 3738 and 3739 (2) See also Reg Item 2847trams, tramways, box hill, centenary, exhibitions, tramways, doncaster, city of box hill

Book - heavy card covers with brown cloth cover, 32 pages, sewn into glued end or cover sheets, titled "Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways /Curriculum of Training for Electric Car Drivers" - 1960 version. Notes first issued 1955, revised 1960. Book has rounded corners. Sets up the training process, trainer drivers, driver certificates, follow ups, road tests, probationary drivers, training syllabus, training school (at Hawthorn) and procedures and physical standards for tram drivers. See Reg item 1210 for the 1955 version.Minor inktrams, tramways, mmtb, drivers, training, instructions, motormen, hawthorn, medical

702.1 Map of Sydney Trams - diagrammatic in 1921, includes electric and steam, shows streets, railways and where starting (Not original a reproduction) 702.2 - as above, but shows track layout, crossovers etc. - more to scale, also a reproduction. Image added 20-12-2016.trams, tramways, map, sydney

Instruction - printed on two A3 sheets, titled "The Care of Railway Motor Bearings" issued by General Electric July 1925. Details bearing lining materials for brass and Babbitt, armature, axle, iron, packing, oil levels and inspection. Original from a wall poster.trams, tramways, electrical engineering, electrical equipment, motors, electric traction, general electric, bearings, maintenance

Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA) Calendar for 1981, featuring a photograph of Z3 129 Gives contact details for the AETA divisions. Stapled to the sheet is a 12 sheet preprinted calendar for 1981 with various details of holidays etc. Has the contact details for the AETA on the front.trams, tramways, z class, aeta, tram 129

The two lifts and improved drainage system at Blackburn Railway Station are now functional along with upgraded lighting and CCTV.The two lifts and improved drainage system at Blackburn Railway Station. blackburn railway station, level crossing removal authority

Wages record book for each ESCo employee from 2/7/1929 to 30/6/1933 on a fortnightly basis. For the first-year employees are given as a list, with the following years broken down into Lighting Department, Traffic Department, and Depot. Gives the surname and the person's initials and the amounts earned, deductions, and Workers' Compensation amounts. Has summary sheets at the end of each financial year. See item 3400 for 1919 to 1924.Demonstrates record keeping of wages, income tax and has a close association with those individuals who worked for ESCo and the organisation itself.Printed as a Minute book - 184 ruled pages + heavy card cover, five sections, bound, with additional red ink columns. Contains entry for pay fortnights against each employee and summed at the end of the year.electric supply co of victoria, tramways, esco, wages, accounting

Twenty four page photocopied pages contained within blue covers, side stapled titled ""Basic Streetcar Operation - Instructions for K control, straight air and Safety Car". Published by the Branford Electric Railway (Pennsylvania USA) for training their crews, mid 1970's.trams, tramways, instructions, training, braking, controllers, birney

Document prepared by the Electric Supply Co of Victoria, as part of an order under the Electric Light and Power Act 1896, section 5 of order No. 17 granted to company. Dated 19/2/1901 and signed by the Postmaster-General. Shows the order area being parts of the City of Ballaarat, Sebastopol and Ballarat East. Shows the street names, boundaries, principal power line routes, land reserves, parks, mine locations, railways and Lake Wendouree. Signed by R L Williams Town Clerk City of Ballarat, J R Hall for the Borough of Sebastopol, and John Gent for the Town of Ballarat EastYields information about the power supply to the Ballarat area.Cloth backed paper map, coloured and marked up as exhibit 17.Notes in ink including the signature of Benjamin Deakin 24/9/00 and certified by the three involved municipal Town Clerks.ballarat power supply, esco, electric supply co of victoria, city of ballaarat, east ballarat, sebastopol, orders, power lines, power supply

Drawings - dyeline print - titled - "Plan of Tramway System - showing route mileage of electric tramways" - Principal Junctions and intersections shown diagrammatically. Map of system shown at 40 chains to the inch. Drawing No. P6050. Shows crossovers, signal cabins, automatic points, closed cable tram lines in the city area, roads, railways and stations. Originally signed by Perway Engineer - 31-7-1951, last update March 1963. Has a list in the bottom left hand corner of abandoned cable tram lines. See Reg Item 1638 for a 1987 version and 3642 for a 1941 version.trams, tramways, mmtb, trackwork, tramways, junction, map

Set of four hand written notes on off white paper. .1 - "Car 1041"All electric" Destination Indicators - giving a list of the destination blind fitted to prototype tramcar 1041 - dated 13-7-73. .2 - "Tail light modifications to W2's - gives a list of W2's yet to be fitted and notes on dates. .3 - "W2 Overhauls" - giving a list of W2's and dates of overhauls. - 1973? .4 - "Able bodies W2 trams (1973) - list of W2's in use?, depot, dates of overhaul and some comments in red ink.trams, tramways, 1041, destination roll, lights, w2 class, preston workshops, overhauls, tram 1041

Printed colour poster - A2 size, titled "Melbourne's electric trams", featuring trams V214, HTT 8, W1 380, X2 676, SW5 758, SW6 909, Z 166, A 241, B1 2001, C3005, D 5001, C1 5113 (Bumblebee) and B2017 with year and class and a short description and history. Has the Yarra Trams logo in the bottom right hand corner. Issued at the time KDR took over Yarra Trams, late 2009 or early 2010. Two copies held. See Reg Item 497 for a version when the E class commenced.trams, tramways, posters, melbourne, mmtb, yarra trams, tram 214, tram 8, tram 380, tram 676, tram 758, tram 909, tram 166, tram 241, tram 2001, tram 3005, tram 5001, tram 5113, tram 2017

Poster - A2 size, printed on gloss paper in blue ink, for the "Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Central Melbourne's First electric trams - Hawthorn Tramways Trust - Wattle Park", Sunday 24/11/1991. Gives event details, cavalcade of trams, times. Has the various logos of councils who made up the trust on the bottom edge along with other supporting organisations. Has images of trams and tickets. Includes the event to hand over Wattle Park from Public Transport Corporation PTC to Melbourne Water. See Reg Item 5402 for a program of the events.trams, tramways, htt, wattle park, ptc, 75th anniversary, cavalcade

Poster - special size, titled "Route of New Electric Tram from Lonsdale Street to Elsternwick via Brighton Road - Opening Sunday August 29th". Shows the tram rote in red and other tram lines dotted, including the Yarra River. Given its condition - a reproduction poster. From the Don Storey tram history notes - 1926 - 29 August - "he Elsternwick - St Kilda Junction line was opened, replacing the Brighton Road cable line together with an extension to Glenhuntly Road, and was built as double track." .1 - Laminated A3 version - added 30/6/2021trams, tramways, st kilda rd, brighton rd, lonsdale st, new tramway, conversion, elsternwick

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

Tickets and newspaper clippings glued to a folded sheet of cardboard comprising: Inside: 19 - MMTB Cable and Electric tram through tickets - transfer and priced, all numbered. Newspaper clipping from The Sun, 21/4/1927 - featuring a image of the opening of the Federal Parliament in Melbourne 9/5/1901 Outside: 11 - Transfer tickets for five different cable with marks to be punched for hour, date (All Dec 21). Newspaper cuttings - Photo of HMS Renown, article "Happy" Pearl leaves Eastern Hill (fire station), dated 1/8/1928, and Monday is ANZAC day.trams, tramways, tickets, cable trams, transfer tickets, parliament, mfbb, anzac day

Double sided A4 sheet, on plain paper, printed in colour, titled "A Centenary of electric trams - A Melbourne celebration" - looking at the design of The Centenary Art Tram" designed by Millimetre for Yarra Trams and Siemens. Looks at the design of the tram, The brief, the solution and has the individual drawings of the various types of tram with notes. Note some the notes on the trams, eg the W class are incorrect. See Reg Item 843.4 for a photo of the tram - 5006. See Reg Item 1215 as well. 2nd copy added 7-1-2015 from donation of Adam Chandler - 24-12-2015.trams, tramways, centenary, yarra trams, siemens, decorated trams, transporting art, 100 years of electric trams, tram 5006

Employees Register for the Electric Supply Co. of Victoria, 1905 to 1934. Gives details of each employee, position, wage, address and general details and when left employment. Printed by Harry Tulloch Prop Ltd of Lydiard St Demonstrates the method that ESCo used to record its tramway employees. Yields information about the individual employee.Book - bound, heavy card cover, with green cover with "Ballarat Tramways - Tramway Staff" - in gold block, containing approx 200 sheets, ruled.esco, employees, register, list, tramways, ballarat