Two colour pamphlet describing the history of the Australia's first electric tram service - Box Hill to Doncaster in 1889. Pamphlet folded into 3, with 1 photo and copy of timetable. Includes notes on brochure preparation and other facts about City. Part of "Know your City No. 4 - The Box Hill - Doncaster Tram" Has a list of other pamphlets on the City, Andrew Lemon's book "Box Hill". Printed on off-white paper, with a reddish brown colour for headings and photo background. Three copies held. See Reg Item 2146 for a full set of these pamphlets - earlier versions. See Reg Item 2534 for an A3 and larger version of .2.trams, tramways, box hill, centenary, exhibitions, tramways, doncaster, city of box hill

Two colour pamphlet describing the history of the Australia's first electric tram service - Box Hill to Doncaster tramway. Details the history of the tramway, its opening, extracts from newspapers, equipment used, photos of the tramcars, Henry Hilton, people involved with the funding of the project, recognition of the tramway within the City of Box Hill. Pamphlet folded into 6. Printed on off-white paper, with a reddish colour for headings and some backgrounds. Three copies held. See also Reg Item 2847 for other items.trams, tramways, box hill, centenary, exhibitions, tramways, doncaster, city of box hill

Set of nine colour photographs on Kodak Paper of the 31-8-1997 National Trust event of the opening of Hawthorn Depot with heritage trams "Trams in Hiding". Taken by an unknown photographer - see history of object. .1- Photo of the corner of the depot showing the advertising board for the event, sponsored by Woodards and event information. .2 - HTT 8 at the Riversdale Rd tram stop with the depot in the background. .3 - A231 at the Riversdale Rd tram stop with the depot in the background. .4 - looking at the depot from the corner of Riversdale Rd and Power St. .5 - V214 at depot .6 - Looking at the depot building east end from across the garden in the small median strip on the corner of Riversdale Rd and Power St. .7 - V214 leaving the depot .8 - trams at the front of the shed - V214, 1040, 821 and 469 .9 - HTT 8, at depottrams, tramways, hawthorn, national trust, open days, tram 8, tram 231, tram 214, tram 1040, tram 821, tram 469

Framed post titled "The History of Melbourne's Tramways", providing a detailed map, showing the opening, closing, dates, and notes of Melbourne's horse, cable, electric tramways and railways. Printed on an image of cable trams in Collins St with the Melbourne Town Hall in the background. Has notes on closures, track layouts, accuracy, and acknowledgments. Prepared by Stephen Watson and Ian Johnson in 2006, 3rd Edition See item 506 for other issues. Yields information about the development of the Melbourne tramways and the system.Wooden bevel edge, dark brown stain, framed poster glazed with paper backing.melbourne, map, tramways, cable trams, horse trams, box hill, vr trams

Book - five sections - 80 pages, side stapled, glued within light green card covers with title "Centenary Souvenir - Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board - 1934-5". Has an introduction, a preface that gives a brief history of the tramway system in Melbourne, 20 buildings and points on interest in Melbourne and how to get there, with sketches by Clive Fink, a list of electrified routes and a cable routes at the time with details of terminals and points of interest along the route. Printed by The Mail Publishers, 264 Barkly St Footscray. See Related documents for a route listing. See Reg Item 79 for a reprint version of 1967. 2nd copy added 29-8-2015 - donation of Ian Bryant. 3rd copy from the McComb Collection added 30-12-2016. Copy 4 donated by Kevin Tiernay - 11-06-2022 Pdf copy added 5/5/2019 as image i2 and images i2 to i4 removed.Has "19" in red ink on inside title page, Copy 3 - has H. S. McComb in pencil along the top of the front cover.trams, tramways, mmtb, melbourne, routes, cable trams

Book -56 pages within light green card covers with title "Centenary Souvenir - Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board - 1934-5". "Reprint for Historical Interest - 1967". Centre stapled. Notes prepared by Lewis E. Russell, the MMTB's first Publicity Officer. Has an introduction, a preface that gives a brief history of the tramway system in Melbourne, buildings and points on interest in Melbourne and how to get there, with sketches by Clive Fink. See Reg Item 69 for the original 1934/35 version. Second copy added 5/12/13 - from the AETA.trams, tramways, mmtb, melbourne

Four page duplicated document on Quarto paper titled "A Brief History of the Cable Tramways of Melbourne", prepared by Alf Twentyman, stapled in the top left hand corner. Written for a TMSV RHS tour of 8/11/1975. Covers the formation of the cable tram system, construction, some opening dates, the vehicles, colour schemes, engine houses power, cables, fare collection, MMTB takeover, and conversion or closure.trams, tramways, cable trams, melbourne

Thirty Two page book, A4 landscape format, saddle stapled, titled "100 years of Melbourne's Trams", published by the Metropolitan Transit Authority and the Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees Association in 1985. Colour cover featuring drawings of Melbourne trams from cable trams to articulated electric trams. Has foreword by Tom Roper, Minister for Transport. Book published to celebrate the centenary of the opening of the first cable tram in Melbourne, 11/11/1885. Reviews the history of trams in Melbourne, cable trams, horse trams, Clapp, municipal tramways, electric trams, MMTB, buses, Preston Workshops, Wattle Park and the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Notes the MTA winning the tender to building the Kowloon - Canton Light Rail system and Melbourne's Automatic Vehicle Monitoring System. Has colour photos and sepia toned (black and white) photos throughout. Second copy added 26-6-17 from donation of Neil Elfick.trams, tramways, melbourne, mmtb, cable trams, mta, horse trams

Hard bound book, 172 pages, including end covers, 10 sections, title "Mind the Curve", with subtitle "A history of the Cable Trams", stitch bound to hard red Rexene covers with gold block title on the spine only. Dust cover has the title, author, drawing of Bourke St and details of the book and author on the returns. Written by John D Keating, published by the Melbourne University Press in 1970. Has index, acknowledgements, table of contents, list of illustrations and references Looks at the establishment, construction, operation and demise of the cable tram system in Melbourne. Provides location details of the engines houses, tramcars, ticketing, management, politics, the Northcote line and the workers. 2nd copy added from the collection of Colin Jones - title page signed by John Keating - see image i5/trams, tramways, melbourne, mmtb, cable trams, mto co, horse trams

Set of seven black and white photographs of Ray Marsh, of the flooding that occurred in the centre of the CBD Melbourne in 17 Feb. 1972. See Timeline History of Melbourne Trams - Barry George et al. .1 - 876 and two other trams, inbound, Bourke - Elizabeth at the height of the downpour. .2 - ditto, after the rain - looking east, with Dunklings in the view. .3 - W2, route 49, Little Collins and Swanston St looking west. Has a sign advertising Bush walking and sporting equipment above. .4 - W2 591 - north bound in Elizabeth St Essendon, route 49 looking south at corner of Collins St. Digital image of The Age article for the event supplied by Mal Rowe 4/12/12 by e-mail. 2nd copies of .2, .3 and .4 added ex donation of Keith Kings. .7 - Looking south from Bourke St / Elizabeth St. .8 - Bourke St at Elizabeth St with W6 976 and 992 in Bourke St on their way to Spencer St. .9 - Line up of trams in Bourke St (looking west) tailed by W6 999,. route 88. - two copies held. See Reg Item 5995 for photos of Flinders St at Market St. and 6099 for other photos.Details of the event written on the back of photos collected by Keith Kings and the Ray Marsh stamp in green ink with his address details.trams, tramways, melbourne, flooding, elizabeth st, bourke st, tram 876, tram 591, tram 976, tram 992, tram 999

Digital image of MMTB No. 121, outward bound in Norwood Road (Now Toorak Road), passing under the Alamein line rail over bridge mid 1920's. Note the single track in the street, which was not duplicated until Oct. 1927 (See Timeline history of Melbourne's Tramways). Real photo series Postcard No. 2358 and titled "Norwood Road Burwood" Note the tram has "18" under the bottom of the driver's dash.trams, tramways, burwood, toorak rd, norwood rd, railway bridge, alamein railway, tram 121

Digital image of MMTB No. 133 at the Burwood terminus, Toorak Road (was Norwood Road), mid to late 1930's. Tram has the destination of "Melbourne" On the corner is T. E. Turner Chemist shop. Also a shop advertising the Melbourne Herald. It would appear from the insulators in the overhead, that the line has been duplicated to the terminus (1934 - Melbourne Timeline history book). Image scanned from Valentine Series postcard No. 235, titled "Tram Terminus Burwood" See also Reg Item 42 for a similar photograph and Reg Item 1751 for the use of this photo in an reproduction of a 1938 letter.trams, tramways, burwood, toorak rd, tram 133, p class, mmtb

Poster titled "Melbourne's Transport Tradition" 10 different classes of trams, mid 1990's. Has a short history of Melbourne's tramway system, and notes on each of the tram classes. Printed in colour with the MMTB logo part of the background on the top of the image and the Public Transport Corporation logo in the base of the print. Features cable tram set 1, V2314, T 180, L104, W380, SW6 928, Z15, A254, B2 2112 and X 217. 2nd copy added 28/7/2019 from donation of Bob Wilson - laminated. Copy 1 replaced by a better copy ex Hugh Waldron 3/11/2019. First copy to sales - unlaminated.trams, tramways, posters, melbourne, mmtb, ptc, tram 1 tram 214 tram 104 tram 380 tram 928 tram 15 tram 254 tram 2112 tram 217 tram 180

Reprint of a paper presented at a Technical Conference of the Institution of Engineers Australia, titled "W(h)ither Electric Traction? "A Philosophical Appraisal"", five pages (print on one side only) and then stapled within a printed cover. Written by Chris Steele and Roger Wheaton. Looks at the history of electric traction, its uses and applications to Adelaide. Has tables for 1965 and 1986. No conference or publication date shown on document.On front cover in ink "4J33" and "with my compliments Chris Steele"trams, tramways, transportation, planning, adelaide, technical paper

Magazine - 28 pages - "Transit Australia - May 1996", celebrating 50 years of publication with gold cover and some gold printing inside. Has an article on the history of Transit Australia, commencing with Tram Tracks in 1946, Electric Traction and then to Transit Australia. Lists the various editors, publishing methods and other key changes. Has features on the way we have changed (historical photographs), Sydney City Rail timetable review, Adelaide bus contracts, Gold Coast railway, Melbourne Grand Prix and news items from around Australia. Scanned pdf copy of cover and article on the Grand Prix added 28/9/17trams, tramways, tramways, 50th anniversary, transit australia, grand prix

Set of two tickets on fawn colour card, with printing and image in dark brown ink. Number in black ink. Both tickets for the Melbourne Tourist Tram Service. (Operational history??) Image is of a W1 class tram. .1 - Adult Single Journey - No. 663 .2 - Concession Single Journey - No. 309 Both have been torn from a block. Has notes regarding use on the back of ticket. Additional copies added 207-2018 from Vic Solomons. .1 - No. 641 .2 - No. 275trams, tramways, tickets, tours, melbourne, tourist trams, w2 class

Printed report or address or lecture - 10 pages titled "The Privatisation of Melbourne's Public Transport - Has the Wheel turned full circle?" by Keith Kings for the 2nd annual RMIT Sir Robert Risson Memorial Lecture 30 April 2002. The address looks at the history of Melbourne's transport, railways, buses, tramways and tramway buses, cable trams, formation and dismantling of the PTC, ticket machines, road traffic, bus industry consolidation, privatisation of transport in Melbourne.trams, tramways, melbourne, privatisation, buses, public transport, ptc

Australian Railway Enthusiast Magazine - March 1990, colour front cover containing an article titled "Australia's First electric Tramway", written by William F Scott - reviewing the Box Hill to Doncaster Tramway. Looks at its development, the Centennial exhibition, construction, service, closure, memorials, the centenary. Has a number of photographs. On the rear cover is the timetable poster of the tramway.trams, tramways, box hill, doncaster, history

Set of two documents, full colour on gloss paper, for the "The Colonial Tramcar Restaurant", Melbourne. .1 - pamphlet with 442 on front cover, advertising the restaurant, the food, seating plan, departure point and the availability of the tramcar. .2 - Menu - full dinner four course menu, including logos. On the rear is a brief history of Melbourne tramways and the Colonial Tramcar Restaurant itself. Has contact details. c1983. Two copies of .1 held. .3 and .4 - similar to .1 with slightly different information and contents.trams, tramways, restaurant tram, colonial tramcar restaurant, menu

Book - black comb bound, plastic front cover, green cover, black back, approx. 75 pages, titled "Melbourne Tramway Memories", prepared by Ray Roberts, conductor at South Melbourne or Hanna St depot - personal notes - 1961 to 1994 (33 years - page 60). Includes copies of tramway events from newspapers interwoven with Ray's notes. At the rear of the document is a brief history of South Melbourne depot, 1925-1995 - by Alistair Fincher. Includes notes on industrial matters, including a map where workers came from. See also items 6719 and 7272 for other versions and documents.trams, tramways, conductors, south melbourne depot, personal papers, history

Two page A4 document, photocopied, stapled in top left hand corner, titled "Melbourne Tramways Band - Tramways Band Back of Track", written by Ed Bright, c2000 following their departure from Hawthorn Tram Depot, looking for a new home. Outlines the history of the band, a visit to Thailand, and a copy of a photo of the Tramways Band from Abbotsford car house (depot). Two copies held.trams, tramways, tramways band, mmtb, music, hawthorn depot

Eight page magazine, folded A3 printed on gloss paper, blue and black ink, "Infrazine" - Department of Infrastructure Victoria, Issue 11, December 1998 with the main article on the redevelopment of Hawthorn Tram depot - titled "New Home for Heritage Trams". Gives details of the history of the depot, involvement of the Department of Infrastructure, Public Transport Corporation, and the Urban Land Corporation, TMSV and the future use of the heritage trams. Article signed by Brandon Mack. Other items cover legal services, the Marine Board, regional offices.trams, tramways, hawthorn depot, ptc, doi, reconstruction

Model of Melbourne tram W5 (actually a SW5) No. 812, electric model, made by Cooee Concepts Pty Ltd in China. Model packaged in a wooden packing case with a red felt base, contained within a card board outer case. The card board cover or case has a printed sheet giving details of the model and the history of the W5 Class tramcar. The wooden case has a brass plate detailing the contents. Scale 00 or 1:76. Model made from plastic and metal, with operable lights and motors with operable trolley poles, swivelling bogies, destination of St Kilda, showing route 16. Headlights function in the direction of travel. Package has manufacturing date of 2008 printed on it. Contains a plastic cover strip, plastic holder for the tram, plastic lift out strip, a printed Certificate of Authenticity, No. 335 of 700 and a folded sheet giving instructions for the use of the tram on a model tramway - up to 15V DC.trams, tramways, models, w5 class, the met, cooee models, tram 812

Six page list of opening, closing or conversion dates of Melbourne tramways including Box Hill, horse trams, Victorian Railways, cable line, tramway trusts. Page 6 has a list of the cable tramways with route mileage, route colour and years operated. Format has similarities to the "Timeline history of Melbourne's Government Cable and Electric Trams and Buses" by Barry George, Don Storey John Birch et al. Possibly produced for a tram tour.trams, tramways, mmtb, mto co, opening, melbourne

Nineteen page list of events in Melbourne Transport, in date order and then year order, titled "Melbourne Transport - Day by Day Year by Year". Has been photocopied onto A4 paper. Has dates out to 1995. Format has similarities to the "Timeline history of Melbourne's Government Cable and Electric Trams and Buses" by Barry George, Don Storey John Birch et al. Possibly produced for a tram tour.trams, tramways, mmtb, mto co, opening, melbourne, lists

Ten page A4 document, stapled, titled "History of Melbourne Tram Routes from 1950 to 2009", compiled by Hugh Waldron, formerly of Kew Depot. Document downloaded from the Yarra Trams web site. See related documents. List is prepared by Route number and provides a short description of the route.trams, tramways, mmtb, ptc, yarra trams, route numbers, routes

Photograph of the south end of St Kilda Road, before the full reconstruction of High Street St Kilda (now St Kilda Road) but after the reconstruction of the Queens Road underpass, photo c1975. Shows the buildings at the junction including the Tower Hotel in the distance. Signs for advertising include Repco, Caltex Astron, UniRoyal Tyres, and Dunlop Tyres. The "Timeline history of Melbourne Tramways etc Barry George et al" gives the date of the opening of the High St section as March 1975.Yields information about the redevelopment of St Kilda Junction.Black and White Photograph with notes on the rear.On rear of photograph in ink "St Kilda Road Junction Stage One complete c1975"trams, tramways, high st, st kilda junction, st kilda rd

Black and white reproduction of a photo that appeared in the Melbourne Sun News Pictorial, 6 November 1923, of the aftermath of the fire at the Zoo horse tram depot. Has workers wheeling wheels. The Timeline history of Melbourne trams - Barry George et al, dates the fire as 4 November 1923, during the Police Strike. Four horse tram cars were destroyed as a result. The photo has mounted onto a Norman Co. cardboard tag using an adhesive substance. Photo could be peeled off card if needed.On the rear of the card is the TMSV Address stamp and on the rear of the photograph in ink "Melbourne Sun News Pictorial, 6 November 1923".trams, tramways, zoo tram, police strike, fire

Report - consultation document titled - "Bringing history back to life - The Hawthorn Tram Depot", 7 A4 sheets, photocopied, outlining the joint Public Transport Corporation (PTC) and Urban Land Corporation (ULC) study into the future of the Hawthorn Tram Depot. Includes a site plan or location map, consultation proposals, news release from the Minister for Transport - Mr Robin Cooper - dated 12/8/1998 and background document providing details of some of the heritage trams - both the PTC and the TMSV. Two copies held - one stapled. Imaged as a pdf file.trams, tramways, hawthorn depot, heritage, minister for transport, tram depot

This cable tram Gripman’s badge, or driver’s badge, was part of a tram driver’s uniform. The inscriptions on the front of the badge identify it as belonging to Gripman number 14, at the South Melbourne Car House depot of the Tramways Board. The Gripman Badge would be re-issued whenever another Gripman takes over the position. Cable trams were invented in America in 1873. In Melbourne, cable trams were in use from 1885 until 1940, with a network of up to 1200 cable cars or 'dummies' and trailers travelling at around 9.5 miles (15km) per hour along 46 miles (74km) of double tracks. The Gripman drove the dummy car, operating the heavy levers to connect the gripping gears to the cable installed in a slot in the road. To turn at intersections he would skilfully disconnect, freewheel around the corner and carefully reconnect to the continuously operating steel cable. Large winding gears in an Engine House along the line pulled the cable along, powered by steam engines and later electric engines. The gripping gears were in the centre of the car's floor with seating all around the sides, a dangerous place for curious children. , whose worried parents would guide them into the tram that was towed behind the dummy car. The Melbourne Tramways Board operated the cable trams between July 1916 and November 1919 after taking over from the privately operated Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company. In 1919, the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) took over the Tramways Board. Stokes & Sons: - The maker of the badge, Thomas Stokes, migrated to Melbourne from Birmingham in 1854 and set up business in Mincer Lane as a die-sinker, producing medals, tokens, buttons and silverware, and an engraving service. He moved to Flinders Lane in 1856. After a time, in 1894, the business became Stokes & Sons Pty: Ltd, electroplates and badge makers at Post Office Place in Melbourne. The maker's mark 'Stokes & Sons' was made on badges until 1962. LOCAL CONNECTION: -t was common practice to recycle the used cables from the tramway. For example, the Wollaston Bridge in Warrnambool, Victoria, is suspended by recycled cable tram Melbourne. (Other recycled cables were used for fencing wire.) -Portland's cable tram is an example of the cable trams used in Melbourne from 1885 to 1940.This badge was used to identify a Gripman who operated a cable car tram's dummy car for the Tramways Board in Melbourne between 1916 and 1919. It represents the need for people to be able to identify workers in the service industry, a need still addressed today by staff ID badges and digital identification. The badge also represents the period in Melbourne's history when cable cars were used for public transport for over four decades, gradually changing from steam to electric power. Trams still have an important role in Melbourne's public transport. Badge, round hollow metal dome with two open metal guides on the back. A cable tram Gripman (driver) badge with embossed inscriptions on the front and stamped on the back. There is a logo of entwined letters T and B on the front. It identifies Gripman number 14, South Melbourne, Tramway Board. It was made by Stokes & Sons of Melbourne. Impressed into the front: "S / 14 / M" "GRIPMAN" Logo intertwined "T" and "B" Embossed on reverse "STOKES &o SONS"flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, badge, gripman, stokes & sons, numesmatics, tramway, tram, tram driver, uniform, cable tram, identification, cable car driver, tramway board, south melbourne, melbourne tramways board, tb, mtb, mmtb, melbourne and metropolitan tramways board, tramway button, gripman button, id, identification badg, staff badge, name badge, employee, grip car, dummy car