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Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Memorandum, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Electrical Faults on Tramcars", 23/5/1968, 25/1/1967
Electrical Faults on Tramcars Workshops and Runningsheds Branch Runningsheds Section 2 documents 1. - 9 page report from Senior Foreman RJ Tippett on procedures dealing with electrical faults on tramcars. Dated 23/5/1968 2. - 2 page report from RC Drummond, Traffic Manager, titled "Tram Car Braking on Greasy Rails". Dated 52/1/1967. (This document found within the pages of the main document)trams, tramways, reports, instructions, safety, electric failure, repairs -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Badge - ESCo employee pass, Electric Supply Co. of Vic (ESCo)
Used by ESCo to enable identification of depot employees when travelling on their trams. Date made and when used unknown. See also 1798 for another example.Demonstrates a employee's free pass for travelling on Ballarat's trams.Handmade metal badge from brass sheet about 54 in diameter with a slot (long oval shape) about 23 long x 5 deep through which a leather strap could be fitted through. Stamped in capital letters on the badge are "BALLARAT TRAMWAYS" on the outside, "EMPLOYEES CAR DEPOT", in the centre of the badge, with the word "Employees" in a semi-circle. Near the bottom of the badge is the number "16". The letters have been filled with black paint.tramcars, tramways, esco, depot, employees pass, badges -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Braking Tests - car 140 - March 1952", 2/04/1952 12:00:00 AM
Report on G class tramcar No. 140, 19 pages including appendices and charts, titled "Braking Tests - car 140 - March 1952"". Dated 2 April 1952. Report looks at the braking characteristics of the tram under varying conditions.. Testing done in Miller St Preston. Document bound within a manila cover stapled with adhesive tape binding on the left hand side. Original copy marked "Chief Engineer's Copy"trams, tramways, preston workshops, reports, tramcars, g class, braking, tram 140 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Braking Tests - car 980 - June 1950", 10/07/1950 12:00:00 AM
Report on PCC type tramcar No. 980, 50 pages including appendices and charts, titled "Braking Tests - car 980 - June 1950". Dated 10 July 1950. Report looks at the braking characteristics of the tram. Testing done in Miller St Preston. Document bound within a manila cover with fold back clips and white adhesive tape over the left hand side. Includes a distribution list on the inside of the front cover.trams, tramways, preston workshops, reports, tramcars, pcc, braking, tram 980, tram 886 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of two Colour Prints, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), c1973
Colour photograph of tram 1041 crossing under the railway at Royal Park, with a Hitachi silver train passing overhead, front car appears to be 8M. Photograph Official VR / MMTB, c1973, when both vehicles relatively new. Train has destination of Gowrie and 1041, route 55, West Coburg. .1 - 3/4 view of tram with just one carriage of the train in the view. .2 - ditto, but with the whole train in the view.trams, tramways, mmtb, vr, hitachi silver train, 1041, tram 1041 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Legal record, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Supply and Erection of gates and paling fence and repairs to existing fences at the Royal Park car shed", Mar. 2020
.1 - Legal document - tender document - typed carbon copy titled "Supply and Erection of gates and paling fence and repairs to existing fences at the Royal Park car shed" with specification for the work, dated 25/3/1920 asking for prices - single sheet to be returned to the Secretary. .2 - same document but the lower portion has a price and name of the tenderer, John Broderick of Napier St Footscray, for 21 pounds. Dated 7/4/1920.trams, tramways, mmtb, cable trams, royal park, tenders, depots, zoo tram -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, David Endacott, 14/08/1971 12:00:00 AM
Black and white photograph and negative of the timetable board and CARS STOP HERE" sign on the pole at the Sebastopol terminus, with the Royal Hotel and Fosters Lager sign in the background. See item No. 29 for the sign itself. Assumed photo taken 14 August 1971. Duplicate print (1268A) by John Phillips 12/1999. Large copy print added 5/2001. Original neg scanned at hi res and updated 11/5/2020.trams, tramways, sebastopol, royal hotel, signs -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, John Webster, 11/04/1953 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the appearance of one of Ballarat No. 40, a couple of years after its arrival in Ballarat and the south side of Sturt St, near Lydiard St.Black and white photograph of Ballarat No. 40 in Sturt St, west bound to the Gardens via Drummond north. Shows how the trolley ropes were stored at the drivers end, the appearance of the car in 1953 and the buildings in the background. Includes the Commonwealth Bank, C. Marks & Co and the Mechanics Institute. Three different sized copies held. Photo used in Destination Eaglehawk. Image rescanned from copy neg and updated 31/5/2020.Copy 1 - in pencil "Reduce to 5", #6121" Copy 2 - "W John Webster photo" Copy 3 - in ink "CR14 11-4-53" On Negative in ink "CR14"tramways, trams, sturt st, lydiard st, tram 40 -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Sepia, Dora Walker bride to be and Father , 1928, 14 February 1928
This photograph shows one of the many weddings held at the Mission to Seafarers over the years and provides an overview of wedding fashion of the late 1920s. The bridesmaids were Ella Kendall and Molly Walker. In this image a horse and cart can be seen in the background on Flinders St and a Telegraph pole. Dora would continue association with the Mission and as president of the Flying angels in the 1960s-70s she would be awarded the MBE for services to Community presented by the State Governor of Victoria. This photograph shows one of the many weddings performed at the Mission to Seafarers over the years. Cross referencing with the marriage registers, also held in the collection, reveals that this photograph is Amy Dora Walker (known as Dora) of East Malvern marrying Harold Priestley Simpson of Surrey Hills / Mornington on 14 February 1928. Dora's son David Simpson, a former architect still volunteers for the Mission in 2018. Dora is listed on the Women of achievement listing.Sepia toned photograph of bride and attendants in the courtyard of the Mission to Seafarers. The bride's dress is calf length and she has just stepped out of a large car assisted by her Father Mr Walker. The Bride is holding a large bouquet. There are two attendants or Bridesmaids to the right of the photograph, wearing layered calf length dresses, cloche hats and holding a small bouquet. Both are standing outside the Mission to Seamen on Flinders St waiting to assist the bride. small circular Blue ink stamp on rear of photograph: PRINTED BY HARRINGTONS. numerals stamped on the back 3 and 8 hat, flowers, veil, wedding, dress, shoes, motorcar, bridesmaids, dora walker, dora simpson, harry simpson, flinders street, 1928, david simpson, fan album, john reginald weller (1880-1969), arthur walker, molly walker, ella kendall -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Keith Kings, 23/03/1956 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the opening of the tramway line across the Barwon river and the way the first tram was decorated and operated.Black and white reproduction photograph of Geelong No. 4, outside the Geelong tram depot, on the last day of service, 25.3.1956. With photograph was a sheet of paper, with a note written in Bob Lilburn's handwriting, "2PM outside about to enter Depot after Kings Photographed it, run out on his request? !! yeah. Sun 25.3.56, last day. Car broken up by the above incumbent!!!!" Photo assumed to be Keith Kings, from the Geelong Heritage Centre.In ink on rear "Geelong Heritage Centre" trams, tramways, geelong, last tram -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, Tramway Board, Trip Slip - cable tram Bell Punch type, late 1910's or early 1920's
Ticket - or Trip Slip - cable tram Bell Punch type - green card, 1d fare, has been punched or nipped three times in the down direction. Printed for the Tramway Board. Has space for 15 journeys. On the up fare side, has space for name Line, Date, Badge, car, time of starting and signature if a student conductor. Name - "Bond", Line "CHill" - Clifton Hill, date "21" - all in pencil.See abovetrams, tramways, tickets, cable trams, bell punch, clifton hill, tb -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, Shunting cable trams in Lonsdale St Melbourne, c1935
Newspaper Clipping - from a newspaper a photograph of the Gripman and conductor shunting a cable car set in Lonsdale St Melbourne and noting that this will no longer be witnessed in Lonsdale St. Could be related to the closure of the North Melbourne line on 20 July 1935 - see Reg Item 1813, or the Rathdowne St service on 1/8/1936 or Collingwood 15/4/1939 - See Reg Item 1815 Newspaper not known at the time of cataloguing could be The Age.trams, tramways, cable trams, north melbourne, lonsdale st, rathdowne st, collingwood, gripmen, conductors -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, "Last cable car on the Collins Street - Victoria Bridge", 14/07/1929 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper Clipping - from a Melbourne newspaper 14/7/1929 about the closure of the Victoria Bridge line in Victoria St from Brunswick St. Has a photo of the event at the Collins St? Driven by Gripman Cubitt. The timeline gives the date of closure of the Brunswick St to Victoria Bridge line as Saturday 13 July 1929. Titled "Last cable car on the Collins Street - Victoria Bridge" Checked for The Argus in Trove - not shown on line.trams, tramways, conversion, victoria bridge, closure, collins st, cable trams, victoria st -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Sun, Accident - Gertrude St Fitzroy at the intersection of Napier S, 24/04/1969 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper Clipping - set of one clippings adhered to one side of a sheet of ruled quarto paper with punched holes on the left hand side - from The Sun Newspaper 24/4/1969 about an accident to a sliding door car in Gertrude St Fitzroy at the intersection of Napier St, the previous day. Gives details of injuries and the truck driver. Tram has the route number 89 and a Tuckfields Ty-Nee-Tip Teas advert on the side.trams, tramways, accidents, drivers, route 89, gertrude st -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Yarra Trams, "Think Like a passenger", Oct, 2011
Colour pamphlet, 3 fold horizontal titled "Think Like a passenger", for crews, with headings Customer Profile, number of passengers, the routes they travel on, how often, when, tram stop use, how they get to the stop, why and who. Dated Oct. 2011. Has photo of part of City Circle car - 961 This campaign was presented at the Oct. 2011 International Rail Safety Conference - see Reg Item 2322 for other items.trams, tramways, yarra trams, passengers, tram services -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, Valentine's, "Town Hall, Collins St Melbourne", late 1940's?
Postcard - Black and White - Valentines "Town Hall Collins St Melbourne" number V62 - looking north west from near Russell St at the Melbourne Town Hall buildings. Has a number of motor cars and trams in the view. In the background is Manchester Unity Building and the Athenaeum Theatre portico. Appears to be late 1940's or early 1950's. 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 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, The BP Series, "Parliament House & Treasury Melbourne", c1905
Divided back postcard with a view of the corner of Spring and Bourke St with Parliament House in the background and two cable car sets. Has the Treasury building in the background. C1905. Coloured postcard. Titled "Parliament House & Treasury Melbourne", along lower edge. Also has the Windsor hotel on the right hand side. On rear - postcard divided into two, part for address only, and part for correspondence. Part the "The BP Series". The dividing line is a wavy line.In pencil in top right hand corner "$19" which has been crossed out and "$9"trams, tramways, spring st, melbourne, cable trams, bourke st -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Digital Image, Kevin O'Reilly, intersection of Elizabeth and Victoria Streets from the North, c1920
Image from CD (Compact Diskette for use in computers) - see Reg Item 135. Image titled "Eliz St" on CD, of looking at the intersection of Elizabeth and Victoria Streets from the North, c1920, between Swanston and Queen Streets. Has the Myer Lonsdale St store in the photograph at the top. Has a number of cable cars in the photo, including a bogie trailer inbound in Elizabeth St. Image has a number of watermarks showing up.trams, tramways, melbourne, elizabeth st, victoria market, victoria st -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Research Notes, Norm Maddock, "The many and varied uses of trams", 1985
Three page A4 document, photocopied, stapled in top left hand corner, titled "The many and varied uses of trams", written by Norm Maddock, Assistant Secretary of the ATMOEA for the tramway record in June 1985. Looks at Restaurant trams (refers to W2 442), funeral trams, ambulance trams, prison cars, unusual issues for war or police purposes in Glasgow, Mexico City, Bradford, a polling booth, mail boxes and a traveling library in Munich.trams, tramways, tramways, sydney, restaurant tram, melbourne -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Hawthorn Tramways Trust (HTT), "Instructions to Motormen in Electric Car Driving", 1918
Book - dark red Rexene covers, with 16 pages (four sheets) centre stapled inside, titled "Instructions to Motormen in Electric Car Driving", published by the Hawthorn Tramways trust giving 76 questions and answers Q&A to driving and operating electric tramcars. Published by HTT July 1918 and authorised by Struan Robertson Engineer and General Manger. 2nd copy - part of McComb collection, in the HTT file added 27-9-2016Has number "227" on inside of front cover in red ink.trams, tramways, hawthorn tramways trust, htt, instructions, motormen, controllers -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, "Public Transport", Jun. 1972
Report - 2 Foolscap duplicated sheets, 3 pages stapled in the top left hand corner, titled "Public Transport", dated June 1972 outlining the history of the tramways in Melbourne, the MMTB, cable tram conversion, the status in 1971, why the degeneration in use and the growth of motor cars, fare increases, Government Policies, what could be done to solve the problems in purchase of new trams and refurbish the workshops. No details of who published the document.trams, tramways, public transport, history, mmtb, new trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, c1927
Black and white photograph of class Y tram No 469. The photo is titled: "Class 'Y' steel safety car with reversible transverse seats. Seating Capacity 54. Length overall 45 ft 5 in. See page 29 of Destination City 5th Edition for another photo of this tram in Spencer St in 1992. Photographed with the and external store area at Preston Workshops in the background. See Reg Item 3558 for another print within an album.trams, tramways, y class, new trams, tram 469 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, The Age, 17/02/1972 12:00:00 AM
Black and white photograph of a flood in Elizabeth St, with the GPO, Royal Arcade and London Stores in the background. Taken at the intersection with Flinders Lane. Shows a car with water washing over it and a safety zone in the background. Photograph by The Age, has a copy right stamp on the rear. Follows a massive downpour around the Queen Victoria Market. The cataloguer was working nearby in Collins St at the time, but no camera! See TMSV Running Journal April 1972 for details of the event.On the rear in pencil "Thursday 17/2/72 4 to 5pm, 3" Rain"trams, tramways, flooding, elizabeth st, gpo -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, Wal Jack, 22/03/1940 12:00:00 AM
Negative of cable trams shunting at the Northcote terminus High Street, possibly 22/3/1940, by Wal Jack. Shows the grip car on the terminal track returning for the trailer - No. 532 to be rolled down. Trailer has all the louvre sashes in the raised position, with destinations of Spencer St, Northcote and a central sign of Smith St. In the background is a bank building and A. F. Turner Chemist. Could be photograph at the same time as Reg Item 5055.trams, tramways, cable trams, northcote, high st, shunting, tram 532 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Slide - Set of 2, John Webster, 14/06/1960 12:00:00 AM
Set of two Colour slides Kodak, white cardboard of trams: .1 - an SW6 (route 42) car descending the Barkers Road hill through the cutting towards Victoria Bridge over the Yarra river, Has the Vickers Ruwolt factor in the background and the city skyline. .2 - SW6 893 (City Route 42), crossing the Victoria Bridge after leaving the Barkers Road cutting. Shows the overhead support structure on the bridge. Slide datedHand writing on rear in ink "14-6-60 - Retrieving a trolley pole Church St Hawthorn."trams, tramways, route 42, barkers road, sw6 class, bridges, victoria bridge, tram 893 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Age, "Out on the track and she looks a winner", 27/08/1973 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clipping, from The Age 27/8/1973, titled "Out on the track and she looks a winner" reporting of the launch of PCC car 104 (East Preston Route 89). Alongside is W7 1029 (City Route 96). Story by Richard Goodwin, photo by John Lamb of the tram Has comments from officials and passengers - Ken Hall MMTB, Mr Meagher (Minister for Transport), Jack Stranger (AETA) and Conductor Sam Armstrongtrams, tramways, pcc class, new trams, bourke st, launch, route 88, tram 1041, tram 1029 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, Wal Jack, c1940
Black and white negative by Wal Jack of W5 800 (City Route 15) in Victoria St, after turning from Swanston St. Has another W2 in the background. In the background are the City Baths, a service station with adverts for Plume, Atlantic petrol and the building next door advertising Apex, and Nickel Chrome work. On the wall above the service station is a large advert for Used Cars at 501 Swanston St. Photo undated, c1940.trams, tramways, victoria st, swanston st, w5 class, route 15, tram 800 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Photocopy, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Tramways Advertising", 22/06/1959 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the fitting of external roof advertising racks to SEC trams in Ballarat and Bendigo.Photocopy of a "file note" of a Conference at Bendigo on Thursday 18 June 1959, to discuss roof advertising signs on trams. Gives a list of those present, discussions, type of advertising and what could be done on each car type and general instructions. Has the word "Workshop Overseer" on the top of the poster. Photocopy provided by Andrew Cook 15-1-2015. See Reg item 3815 for a photo of tram 25 fitted with blank advertising boards.trams, tramways, advertisements, sec, bendigo, ballarat, meetings -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Magazine, William. F. Scott, "Australian Railway Enthusiast - Vol 32, No. 2, June 1994", Jun. 1994
Copy of the Australian Railway Enthusiast - Vol 32, No. 2, June 1994 which has an extensive photographic article on the Bendigo Tramways written by William F. Scott. Gives the origin of the city, first tramway, battery trams, steam trams, electrification, operation by ESCo, SEC takeover, closure, operation by the Bendigo Trust, maps and a list of the Bendigo Trust fleet. Front cover photograph of SEC cars 24 and 26 crossing on the Eaglehawk line.trams, tramways, bendigo, steam trams, battery trams, esco, sec, bendigo trust -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: PETER ELLIS AND OTHERS, 23rd January, 1973
Colour photograph. 4 men in suit and ties standing in front of Car in parking lot. Back of photo reads: Jan 23 1973 Robin Moors Peter Ellis Frank Robbins John Kellam Deputation to Premier of Victoria RJ Hamer re Whipstick. (Also on Pink sticky note attached to back of photo) Deputation to the Premier (Hamer) 1973 Jan 23rd to get the Whipstick made into a National Park, Ultimately which was granted.photo, group, male