Photograph shows Dummy or Grip Car on run-out track outside Brunswick Car Shed in Sydney Road, Brunswick. Lined up in the foreground along the side of the Dummy are approx 20 tram crew and other staff, most in assorted uniforms with unbuttoned jackets. While the photo's reproduction is poor, the destination board reads 'H. B. Railway' (Hobson's Bay Railway) once located at the Flinders and Elizabeth Streets terminus. This early railway became part of the Victorian Railways in 1878, well before the opening of the Brunswick cable line in 1887 and this photograph c1890. Photo from C B Thomas collection.Yields information about Brunswick Car Shed and Sydney RoadBlack and white photograph with notes on rear.In ink "8" and "K McC"tramcars, tramways, cable trams, dummy, grip car, hobsons bay railway, elizabeth street, flinders street, brunswick car shed, sydney road

Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways BoardRecord of correspondenceLetters / Memo in approx date orderDetails of correspondence regarding the conversion of the Brunswick line, including notes on the North Melbourne line, development of planning, alternative transport such as Trolley buses, some notices, type of tram track (Parked tramway) in Royal Parade, correspondence with Councils, RACV and other bodies who were involved in the project. Includes some notes on staff terminations, rosters, timetables, housing buses during the changeover, tramway operations, rolling stock requirements, a census of Essendon line passengers whether to operate trams via William St or Elizabeth St. , transfer tickets, planning and progress reports. Correspondence scanned as pdf files: 1 - Brunswick Rolling Stock notes 2 - Report to Chairman - Elizabeth St or William St. 3 - RACV and Trolley buses 4 - Motorists' Defence League letter 5 - Trolley buses in Sydney - City of Melbourne report 6 - Royal Parade, parked track or reserved track tramways, correspondence, conversion, cable trams, elizabeth st, brunwick, north melbourne, operations, planning, trolley busestramways, correspondence, conversion, cable trams, elizabeth st, brunwick, north melbourne, operations, planning, trolley buses