Showing 820 items
matching electric trams- melbourne
-
Melbourne Tram Museum
Administrative record, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Supt running sheds daily return", 1925
Administrative record - "Superintendent electric running sheds' daily return" for MMTB dated 4/5/1925 - form 71. Give details of the weather, traffic conditions, depot tram cars - bogie and single truckers Lists 1 car taken out of service - defective or accidents, provides detail of the status of fire services at depots, and watchmen's tell tales. Would have been compiled from individual depot reports. The rear of the sheet has been used to prepare a report by K L Mackenzie on applicants for the Compressed Gas Plant attendant at Clifton Hill depot. The Compressed Gas plant was part of the equipment installed to provide gas for the buses during the early stage of the Second World War. Names listed are: Hence, Wrigly, Maynard, Fay, Coates, Stephens, Lyons, and Langton. See item 7521, 7516 and 7518 for similar reports. Yields information the mmtb cable tram allocation and events at electric tram running sheds - 1925 and the compressed gas system attendants.Completed preprinted foolscap form with typed information and hand writing on the rear.tramways, trams, mmtb, depots, daily reports, cable trams, clifton hill, compressed gas, buses -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Administrative record, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Supt running sheds daily return", 1938
Administrative record - "Superintendent electric running sheds' daily return" for MMTB dated 5/4/1938 - form 71 of 6/37. Give details of the weather, traffic conditions, depot tram cars - bogie and single truckers and the cars for the All Night services and their availability. Lists 6 cars taken out of service - defective or accidents, provides detail of status of fire services at depots, and watchmen's tell tales. Would have been compiled from individual depot reports. The rear of the sheet has been used to prepare notes on applicants for a position - Snesby? ,Fay, Hughes, Jones, Snout, Low, Quick and Coates giving details of seniority, service and Order from buses. See item 7521, 7516 and 7517 for similar reports. Yields information the mmtb cable tram allocation and events at electric tram running sheds - 1925 employee listing.Completed preprinted foolscap form with typed information and hand writing on the rear.tramways, trams, mmtb, depots, daily reports, employment -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Cable tram 306 - Prk St Sth Melb, c1930
Photo of a cable tram set, trailer 306, in Park St South Melbourne with the St Vincent Gardens in the background. The photo is taken after the construction of the Collins St electric line in 1929 as the destination board notes the tram is connecting with Collins St electric trams. The gripman is waiting for the phtograph to be taken, with the Conductor on the platform of the trailer car. In the background are the Gardens and housing of this area. Photo c1930. The South Melbourne cable tram line closed for conversion in 1937.Yields information about the South Melbourne cable tram line and Park St.Black and white print with a plain backtrams, tramways, south melbourne, tram 306, cable trams, park st -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Cable Grip - Abbotsford St, mid 1930s
Photo of a cable grip or dummy at the Abbotsford St terminus, North Melbourne. This line closed during July 1935 and was converted to electric trams. Photographer and date unknown, mid 1930s?Yields information about the Abbotsford St terminus, early 1930s.Black and white print with a plain backtrams, tramways, cable trams, abbotsford st, north melbourne -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph, Swanston St and St Pauls Cathedral and tram 146, early 1920s
The photograph shows St Paul's Cathedral on the corner of Flinders and Swanston St Melbourne, before the construction of the spires during the 1930s. Several cable trams, including cable car 146 can be seen in Swanston St, along with many motor cars, buses and pedestrians. The photo is early 1920s. The cable line was converted to electric trams during 1925/1926.Yields information about St Paul's Cathedral and Swanston St cable trams.Photograph, black and white, plain papertrams, tramways, cable tram, swanston st, flinders st, tram 146, st paul's cathedral, buses -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph, Menzies Hotel and the Goldsborough & Mort Woolstore with a cable tram crossing William Street in Bourke Street, c1937
The photograph shows a cable tram in Bourke St, crossing over the electric tram track in William Street. The Menzies Hotel 1867 (see reference) is in the background, along with the Goldborough Mort Woolstore building 1862 on the opposite corner. Also in the photo are the Melbourne Centenary "Lollypop" street decorations of 1934. The photo appears to be taken from the roof of the Shell Building in William Street. Yields information about the Menzies Hotel and the intersection of Bourke and William St. Photograph, black and white, plain papertrams, tramways, cable tram, bourke st, william st, menzies hotel, goldsborough mort, melbourne centenary -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph, St Kilda Road from a cable tram, c1910
The photograph shows the view from the front seat of a cable tram travelling along St Kilda Road with another cable tram on the other track. The photo shows, though out of focus, the median strip trees, street lights and the rock kerb markers known as "dragon teeth". The line was converted to electric traction in 1925/26. See also item 5894 for another image.Yields information about St Kilda Road, possibly in the 1910s.Photograph, black and white, plain papertrams, tramways, cable tram, st kilda road, grip car -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, Rose Stereograph Co, "A delightful view across the River Yarra, Melbourne"
Rose Series postcard No. P 10147, titled "A delightful view across the River Yarra, Melbourne" showing a view from the south bank of the Yarra across to Flinders St station, the signal gantries at the west end of the platforms, the station buildings and some of the other buildings on the skyline. A St Kilda bound dog box (swing door) set is in platform 10 awaiting departure.Yields information Flinders St station from the south side of the river.Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.flinders st station, signals, yarra river, railways, electric trains -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report of Select Committee, Legislative Assembly, "Purchase of NMETL", 21/11/1922
Legislative Assembly of Victoria report dated 21/11/1922 looking at the provision of the SEC Bill, country areas power supply and the purchase of the North Melbourne Electric Tramways and Lighting Company's (NMETL) Works and undertakings. Gives costs of the purchase of the undertaking the Company and issues with Councils particularly the City of Melbourne who were running a rival power supply and the City of Essendon who it seems lost out on the whole deal. The City of Melbourne wanted that portion of the power supply in the their Hopetoun Ward which was supplied by NMETL as part of the agreement originally with the Borough of Flemington and Kensington which later became part of Melbourne.Yields information about the issues involved with the formation of the SECV and the take over of NMETL.Eighteen page foolscap document stapled on left hand side, rounded right hand corners and remnants of tape on the left hand side.Numerous - see images of the document.nmetl, secv, power supply, city of melbourne, essendon -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, Rose Stereograph Co, "Menzies Hotel Melbourne", c1930
Rose Series postcard No. P 1803, titled "Menzies Hotel Melbourne", looking southeast to the hotel on the corner of Bourke and William Streets. Has one cable tram in the bottom left-hand corner and shows the centre of the road poles for the electric tram line in William St.Yields information about the Menzies Hotel c1930.Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.trams, tramways, cable trams, bourke st, william st -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document, Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA), "AETA submission - Victoria Harbour", Jan. 1990
Submission from Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA) dated Jan. 1990 about public transport options to Victoria Harbour, Melbourne docklands. Gives options for extension of Flinders St (tram route 48) or Collins St. Includes notes on La Trobe and Bourke St routes and suggestions re the Webb Dock railway line, ferries, monorails, and car parking. Signed by Ken Craven. Includes two diagrams.Yields information about the AETA's work and a 1990 submission re Victoria Harbour Docklands.Photocopy of a 5 page A4 document, was stapled in top left hand cornertramways, trams, aeta, docklands, new tramways, submissions, victoria harbour -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document, Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA), "AETA submission - Victoria Harbour", Jan. 1990
Submission from Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA) dated Jan. 1990 about public transport options to Victoria Harbour, Melbourne docklands. Gives options for extension of Flinders St (tram route 48) or Collins St. Includes notes on La Trobe and Bourke St routes and suggestions re the Webb Dock railway line, ferries, monorails, and car parking. Signed by Ken Craven. Includes two diagrams.Yields information about the AETA's work and a 1990 submission re Victoria Harbour Docklands.Photocopy of a 5 page A4 document, was stapled in top left hand cornertramways, trams, aeta, docklands, new tramways, submissions, victoria harbour -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Functional object - Badge, Stokes and Sons, "Hawthorn Electric Tramways Club", c1916
Badge -- metal with navy blue back and logo for the "Hawthorn Electric Tramways Club, founded 1916 and the letters HTEC formed into a central logo, indicated that the person was a member of the club, established primarily for social and welfare purposes. Stamped with the number 67 and "Stokes & Sons Melbourne" on rear.trams, tramways, badges, hawthorn depot, htt, personnel, welfare -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Functional object - Badge, K G Luke Melbourne, mid 1970's?
Metal badge stamped - triangular brass base with a round lapel fitting on rear, painted blue, gold and white with the words "Australian Electric Traction Association". May have replaced an earlier version - see Reg Item 2184.trams, tramways, badges, aeta, membership -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Calendar, Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA), 1969
Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA) Calendar for 1970, featuring a photograph of SW6 920 on a route 5 in the then new Queensway St Kilda. Gives contact details for the AETA divisions. Stapled to the sheet is a 12 sheet preprinted calendar for 1970 with various details of holidays etc. Has a metal hanging strip with fold out tab on the top and a plain strip on the base.trams, tramways, sw6 class, route 5, queensway, aeta, tram 920 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Calendar, Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA), "Transporting Art, the Melbourne Way", 1991
Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA) Calendar for 1992, featuring a photograph of SW5 682, painted by Merrin Eirth, with Flinders St Station in the background. Calendar titled "Transporting Art, the Melbourne Way" Gives contact details for the AETA divisions. Stapled to the sheet is a 12 sheet preprinted calendar for 1992 with various details of holidays etc.trams, tramways, aeta, flinders st station, sw5 class, transporting art, tram 682 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Calendar, Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA), "Circling the City", 1994
Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA) Calendar for 1995, featuring a photograph of SW6 866 as a City Circle car in Victoria Parade. Photo Ken Craven Calendar titled "Circling the City" Gives contact details for the AETA divisions. Stapled to the sheet is a 12 sheet preprinted calendar for 1995 with various details of holidays etc.trams, tramways, aeta, city circle, victoria parade, sw6 class, tram 866 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Calendar, Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA), "On the Right Track", 1995
Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA) Calendar for 1996, featuring a photograph of SW6 937 a Restaurant Tram in Collins St. Photo supplied by the Colonial Tramcar Restaurant Co. Photo is an actual print attached to the printed sheet. Calendar titled "On the Right Track" Gives contact details for the AETA divisions. Stapled to the sheet is a 12 sheet + With Compliments cover sheet preprinted calendar for 1996 with various details of holidays etc.trams, tramways, aeta, restaurant tram, collins st, sw6 class, tram 937 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Calendar, Public Transport Corporation (PTC), "Going Places - 1993 Calendar", 1993
Calendar - 16 pages - card cover, full colour, titled "Going Places - 1993 Calendar", published by the Public Transport Corporation featuring public transport photos and 8 postcards in the centre - perforated. Tramway items imaged along with a note about the photograph itself. image 1 - cover 2 and 3 - February - St Kilda Rd From the BP Building, looking north at Dawn 4 and 5 - April - B2 2038 outside the Princess theatre in Spring / Nicholson St 6 and 7 - June - Y 469 as "The Melbourne Tram" with Flinders St in the background. 8 - Postcards - W1 421 decorated for the Royal visit of , Flinders St station with cable and electric trams, Spirit of Progress on Test and the line up of Double deck buses at North Fitzroy. 9 and 10 - August - B2042 in the Bourke St Mall 11 and 12 - October - W5 816 as the Leunig Tram with Luna Park behind. 13 and 14 - December - W2 442 as the Restaurant tram with the Arts Centre behindtrams, tramways, ptc, y class, tourist trams, b class, restaurant tram, st kilda road, transporting art, flinders st station, double deck buses, bourke st, spring st, tram 462, tram 816, tram 2042, tram 442, tram 421, tram 2038 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White photograph, Keith Kings, 1990s
Black and White photographs of a self service bus ticket machine at Shoppingtown. Undated - c1990? See image i2 for a cropped hi res image Note on the sheet of paper with the photograph is 157-14 - Ticket Machine Photo date related to Reg Item 6055. Electric Traction June 1976 notes the provision of the ticket machine, the March 1977 issue notes the provision of the map and the July 1981 issue notes the removal of the machine. See image i3 to i5 for extracts.Has the Keith Kings photo stamp on the rear, but no number or details.trams, tramways, ticket machines, buses, doncaster -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Monash University Civil Engineering, "Do Trackless Trams need stronger roads? - the "weight" of evidence", Dec. 2021
Print of a digital report - 13 A4 pages titled "Do Trackless Trams need stronger roads? - the "weight" of evidence", by James Reynolds. David Pham and Graham Currie of the Department of Civil Engineering of Monash University, dated Dec. 2021. Looks at the road pavement impacts of large heavy electric buses (known as Trackless Trams" and concludes that stronger road pavements would be need for them to operate on. Includes tables, photos of rutting in the Zhuzhou China example,trams, tramways, buses, trackless trams, monash university -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 4 Black & White Photograph/s, Keith Kings, about 6/1977
Set of 4 black and white photographs of MMTB trialling overhead fittings for pantographs on the West Preston line. .1 - dummy fitting of where two overhead trolley wires cross each other at 90 degrees .2 - cross frog and signal contactor .3 - Section insulators with pantograph pan depression bars .4 - ears fitted to a curve section with a short dropping sections. Handwritten note (filed with photos) giving photo numbers, location and that sent to ET. Not dated as such. Electric Traction magazine issues for June and August 1977 - see image i5 an it advises of the pantograph trials and changes made. W2 546 had been fitted during May 1977 with a pantograph and a closed circuit camera.trams, tramways, mmtb, west preston, overhead, electrical engineering, electric traction, pantographs -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White, David Menzies, Tram 1041 & cable tram set 1 at Preston Workshops, Dec 1974
Black and white print of PCC Class Tram 1041 & cable tram set 1 at Preston Workshops Dec 1974 See also items 1036 and 72 for other photographs of this event.Demonstrates the prototype all electric tramcar alongside the first cable tram set of 1885Black and White photograph - printed on plain paper with photographers stamp on rear.Has stamp of David Menzies on rear.tramways, trams, tram 1041, cable trams, prototype tramcar, mmtb, preston workshops, tram 1, pcc class -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White, David Menzies, Tram 1041 at Malvern Depot, 1974
Black and white print of PCC Class Tram 1041 at Malvern Depot with the front door open showing the entry. Has the destination of Special. Demonstrates the prototype all electric tramcar at Malvern Depot.Black and White photograph - printed on plain paper with photographers stamp on rear.Has stamp of David Menzies on rear. and in ink "1041 Malvern Depot"tramways, trams, tram 1041, prototype tramcar, malvern depot, pcc class, mmtb -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White, tram 867 derailed - Riversdale Road, 22/10/1976
The photographs show SW6 tram 867 derailed at the Riversdale Road level crossing on 22/10/1976. The tram ran out of control in Riversdale Road due to the compressor not being turned on before running out to take up a Wattle Park run. This event resulted in trams being rewired so that power to the controller could not be obtained unless the compressor had been turned on. An extract from Electric Traction magazine, Nov. 1976 has been imaged. Tram 331 would have been used in rerailing. See item 7368 for The Herald report of the date.Yields information about the 1967 derailment of tram 867,Set of four Black and White photographs - printed on plain paper and digital copy of a news item.tramways, trams, mmtb, tram 867, rivesdale road, level crossings, derailments, accidents, compressors, tram 331 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White, AEC Mark III Bus 512 Flinders St, c1970
Black and white print of AEC Mk III No 512 in Flinders Street. with the station building behind. Has route number 246, Fishermens Bend via Ingles St. Photo taken Circa 1970 as the bus has the three number route number but is not fitted with electric turn light indicators. Comeng Body, entered service 1952/53, "Bob-Tailed" to one-man configuration in the 1962/63 conversion batch. Yields information about Flinders St buses serving Fishermens Bend.Black and White photograph - printed on plain papertramways, trams, mmtb, buses, bus 512 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, Wal Jack, 25/06/1955 12:00:00 AM
Black and white negative, by Wal Jack, of PCC 980 in the yard at East Preston depot during the AETA tour of 25/6/1955. The tram has the AETA sign board promoting electric traction. In the background is a advertisement for Goodyear Tyres and Gowerville Hotel advertising Fosters Lager.trams, tramways, aeta, tours, tram 980, pcc class, east preston depot, mmtb -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White photograph, late 1920's
Sepia toned photograph titled "Runaway Electric Tram" of a W class tram that has over run or runaway from the William St terminus and is blocking cable trams in Collins St. Could be tram 230, 236, 290, 296. Has the original newspaper caption under neath - date not know - late 1920's. Shows tramway staff (captioned as Engineers) attaching a cable to pull the tram back over the intersection. Possibly one a set of cards made for the 70th anniversary of South Melbourne Depot.trams, tramways, w class, accidents, collins st, william st, cable trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White photograph, late 1920's
Sepia toned photograph - X1 462 , titled "One Man electric Tram" with an inset photo of the controls. Photo caption says the photo was taken at Hanna St depot, and describes the tram. Most likely made for the 70th anniversary of South Melbourne Depot on the rear. Two copies -trams, tramways, x1 class, new trams, south melbourne, hanna st depot, tram 462 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Certificate, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Electric Tram Driver's Certificate", 1970s
... Melbourne Tram Museum 8 Wallen Road Hawthorn melbourne ...Single sheet of off white paper printed by MMTB titled "Electric Tram Driver's Certificate" and certifying that Scholten R A No. 3211 of Malvern Depot has passed the Board's Examination for a Tram Driver. Dated 19/7/1979, given certificate No. 9534, signed by M McGrath as Instructor and R C Drummond as Manager. Signed on the left margin by Ron Scholten Form No. 3/232.trams, tramways, drivers, certificates, mmtb, forms