Used by the company on the tramcar bodies it built for the MMTB in the 1920's. Second copy marked on rear "Ex W2 268"Yields information about the construction of W class trams.Builders Plate, sign - pressed brass sheet with burnished background around the raised letters - "Built by JAMES MOORE & SONS Ppty Ltd. City Rd. South Melbourne". Has screws holes in each corner. Two copies held.Has on the rear in black text pen "265"trams, tramways, signs, tramcars, tramcar bodies, james moore, new trams, w2 class, tram 268, tram 265

Plate fitted to W class trams built at Preston Workshops by the MMTBDemonstrates a MMTB Preston Workshops builders plate that were fitted to Trams built at the Workshops.Builders Plate, sign - cast brass with raised letters within two raised lines and four screw holes in each corner. Black painted background. "Designed and Manufactured at the Tramways Board Workshops Preston" Three copies held. See Reg Item 5041 for replica plate.Has on the rear in black text pen "239". Copy 2 has chalk marked "417" on rear and Copy 3 has with a label on the rear "Off W2 549 Burnt" trams, tramways, signs, tramcars, tramcar bodies, mmtb, new trams, w2 class, tram 459, tram 417

Used by the company on the W class tramcar bodies it built for the MMTB in the 1920's. Second copy ex W2 322. See item 2430 for another example. Demonstrates the method of recording who built the tramcar body.Builders Plate, sign - pressed brass sheet with burnished black background around the raised letters - "Coach Work by Holdens Motor Body Builders Ltd Adelaide & Melbourne". Has screws holes in each corner. Two copies held.builders plate, adelaide, tramcar, signs, tramcars, holdens, new trams, w class, tram 322

Set of 15 ink and colour pencil drawings by Norm Cross of Melbourne tramcars and one Brisbane. 1 - Y class 469 - undated - 525 x 250 with advert for Sharps Doors. Drawn using a card for Actil Sheets. 2 - T class 178 - undated - 250 x 485 - has notes on the rear about the tram. 3 - T class 179 - 5/9/1959 - 520 x 255 - has notes on the rear about the tram. 4 - W2 class 646 - undated - 265 x 630 - incomplete, has an advert for White Crow sauce. 5 - Q class 197 as an all night car - undated - 250 x 510. 6 - W2 class 455 - (East Preston Depot) - 21-1-1962 - 410 x 223 - has adverts for Stramit ceiling tiles and Foster Clarks foods. 7 - Scrubber or track cleaner No. 8 - 23-6-1959 - 405 x 220 - has a sketch of same tram on the rear showing the body strengthening. 8 - Y1 class tram, No. 613 - 5-6-1961 - 235 x 510 - has advert for VEB eggs 9 - W4 class 672 - undated - 520 x 220. 10 - Brisbane FM 543 - undated - 240 x 440 - has adverts for Brisbane Daily Telegraph, and Rothmans. Has used a 1959 calendar for the sheet. 11 - W6 986 at Preston Workshops - 26-4-1958 - with trams in the background - 635 x 255 - with an advert for 3AW 12 - W7 class tram 1020 - undated - 630 x 255 - not completed - has advertised for Driving safely, Best tyres, Hardie, and Norman Banks on 3AW. 13 - W2 268 - outline sketch only - not completed - undated - 465 x 225. 14 - Melbourne's tram of the future, as envisaged by Norm Cross - No. 1103 - PCC car - 7-1967 - 500 x 190 with notes on the tram equipment. Has adverts for Aspro and 3DB. 15 - L class 103 - undated, not completed - 505 x 205, has advert for Pimms Demonstrates Norm Cross drawings of Melbourne trams and one Brisbane tram. Norm commenced with the MMTB Preston Workshops as a apprentice fitter and turner in 1959. Ink, pencil and color pencil drawings on card.trams, tramways, norm cross, drawings, tram 469, tram 178, tram 179, tram 646, tram 197, tram 455, tram 8, tram 613, tram 672, tram 543, tram 986, tram 1020, tram 268, tram 1103, pcc class, tram 103

Photograph shows W class 307 standing on slightly curved track displaying destination "Victoria Bridge" and no route number box attached. The uniformed motorman and conductor stand on the roadway next to the front driver's cab where the trolley pole has been tied down. The conductor wears his coin bag and the driver is holding the tram's key and air brake handle. An elderly male passenger with coat stands at the drop-centre doorway and other passengers are inside. The car body of W 307 was built by Holden Motor Body Builders in South Australia in 1924 as part of a large contract to build W class trams. Victoria Bridge was the termini of both the Collins Street and Victoria Parade cable tram that closed in 1929 and the Mont Albert electric tram from Union Road, via Whitehorse Road and Kew Junction. Perhaps this photograph is of the Mont Albert terminus although the curved track suggests otherwise.Yields information about early W class tramcars . Black and white photograph with penciled dates on rearPencil writing reads "Between 2/9/24 & 19/3/28" trolley pole, drop-centre, w class, tram 307, victoria bridge, route number box, key, air brake handle, car body, holden motor body builders, mont albert, termini

Ballarat - Gives details of where purchased from , date of purchase, type, body builder, seating capacity, overall length, overall height, overall width, condition of tram, trolley base, Lightning arrester, controller make and type, Truck Maker and type, type of truck, axle type, wheel base, axle diameter, motors type and maker, Motor horsepower, Armature bearings, suspension bearings, gear teeth, Air compressor make and type, Brake Valves make and type, Governor make and type, Weight in tons and details of advertising space in racks. At base has typed (original) list of trams of the two types, single truckers and bogie trams. List of trams includes the scrubber and No. 20 which was scrapped prior to system closure. See also 3430 and 8722 for other versions - different dates and 8690 for a Bendigo list. Note: Framed copies of both Ballarat and Bendigo are held in the depot. Some changes have been made to the tramcars since the preparation of this sheet and there are some errors and differences. See also Reg Item 6879 for an annotated version.Yields information about the dimensions and equiipment on Ballarat Tramcars operated by the SEC.Typed List (Carbon copy) of tramcars and their details for Ballarat dated 11 May 1961, titled "Numbers and Particulars of Trams". Two sheets which have been taped together. Two copies held. tramcars, ballarat, equipment, lists, data

This photograph shows 51 men standing and 25 men sitting on a bench or kneeling, wearing a variety of clothes. There are some men "lurking" in the background. Photo taken with a fish-eye lens. See also item 8647 for a similar photo using a fish-eye lens. In the background is W2 class tram No. 546, nearing completion in the background. This tram entered service late Dec. 1928. Named employees: W McGibbon, J Mills, A Todd, A Doubleday, Mr Pender, Mr Cluff, W Stuchberry, H Hood, R Rhodes, J Watkins, J Shakespear, W Allen, H Ryder, C Boxer, A Anderson, A Sharpe, F Moat, F Hook, I Porrat, S Braham, W McLennan, I Hill, W C Gilbert, H Ritson, G Hapgood, W Prout, H Perkins, D O'Shannesy.Yields some information about the Preston Workshops body shop tram car builders in 1928.Photograph mounted onto a white card with names and title hand written in.tramways, preston workshops, staff photo, body shop, tram 546

Photograph shows the scrapping prior to being burnt of W2 class tram 259 at Preston Workshops, during March 1975. The photographer notes that the saloon underframe and parts were used to repair tram 407 which is now owned and operated by the Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association at Haddon and/or on the Ballarat Tramway Museum.Yields information about dismantling or scrapping trams in order to provide parts to enable another tram to continue to operate.Black and White photograph with notes on the rear.In ink on the rear "259 scrapping to provide saloon underframe for badly damaged 407. 407 was PWS made 1926, 259 James Moore 1924. Body parts fitted perfectly. NC Photo. 407 preserved Haddon"trams, tramways, w2 class, tram 259, tram 407