Series of 4 black and white photographs of the accident damage to SW6 926 taken at Preston Workshops. .1 - front of car showing damaged to roof and the drivers door. .2 -The other end showing bumper damage and front panel damage - has a "Not released for work" sign. .3 - as for .1 but different view. .4 - internal view. Has adverts for Tolley's Brandy, Williams Real Estate agency, and internally an advert for Wales savings account - could have a 1/- symbol on advert.trams, tramways, sw6 class, accidents, tram 926

Digital Image of Sydney Road, Coburg, looking south from near Bell St, showing the track repair work to remove bricks from the rails that were resulting in damage to the track foundations by letting water into the track. Photo supplied for identification purposes May 2020, by the Editor, Australian Railway History - see htd4680doc for email correspondence. Image belongs to the ARHS NSW Div. Rail Resource Centre No. 117413 Was used in the June 2020 issue of Australian Railway History - see Reg Item 4684. In the background are the Commercial Bank of Australia, A. M. Hadden Chemist, Walkers Stores, Joblings Boots, a Lending Library with advertisements for "The Age", "The Argus" and "The Herald".trams, tramways, sydney road, coburg, track repairs, trackwork

Digital print of page 2 of an on-line article in The Age 16/10/2019, titled "Police Car crunched into bollard after colliding with tram in CBD". Incident at intersection of Flinders and Spencer St on 15/10/2019. Tram Z3 276, on route 70. Shows minor damage to the front of the tram. The bollard won.trams, tramways, accidents, police, spencer st, route 70, flinders st, z3 class, tram 276

Framed three part photograph of tram W2 439 painted by Stewart Merritt, showing the tram along its length. Each photograph along the length of the tram individually presented, but not necessarily lining up. The original prints were scanned and reprinted, but they continue to show the damage. Frame wooden frame, with paper backing and wire hanging strips, clips and felt bumpers in the bottom corners. Was originally framed with a wood half round section, painted brown, glazed, with non-acid free cardboard surround and paper backing but has suffered extensive water damage both to the cardboard and the individual photographs themselves. The photographs were in a deteriorated condition. The item was unglazed at the time of the donation. The Museum had the photographs rescanned and remounted. For the original photographs see Reg Item 4213i1 to 4213i3. Framing work by "Framed by You" in Church St Richmond.trams, tramways, transporting art, ministry for arts, w2 class, tram 439

Set of three photographs originally used in item 4212, that suffered significant water damage. Each of a part of the length of tram W2 439 painted by Stewart Merritt, showing the tram along its length. Each photograph along the length of the tram individually presented, but not necessarily lining up. The images show the nature of the damage. Was originally from framed with a wood half round section, painted brown, glazed, with non-acid free cardboard surround and paper backing but has suffered extensive water damage both to the cardboard and the individual photographs themselves. The photographs were in a deteriorated condition. The item was unglazed at the time of the donation. Each photograph has the number 5788 on the rear - possible job number.trams, tramways, transporting art, ministry for arts, w2 class, tram 439

Agfa colour slide, white blue plastic mount. Photograph by David Verrier. View R10 Emergency vehicle pushing tram 809 in the Victoria St shunt after a collision with another tram? Shows the damaged cab and roof. Tram has a side advertisement for Pental Pencils. Photos taken 14/10/1974. See also Reg Item 3579 for an earlier photo and the location.In ink: "Mon 14/10/74, AEC Breakdown van and tram 809 Victoria St after 2 tram collision Flemington Rd"trams, tramways, elizabeth st, route 59, accidents, r10 vehicle, victoria st, tram 809

Agfa colour slide, white blue plastic mount. Photograph by David Verrier. View R10 Emergency vehicle pushing tram 809 in the Victoria St shunt after a collision with another tram? In the background is the National Bank building, IOR and the Datsun dealership buildings. Photos taken 14/10/1974. See also Reg Item 3570 for another photo and the damage to the end of the tram.In ink: "Mon 14/10/74, AEC Breakdown van and tram 809 Victoria St after 2 tram collision Flemington Rd"trams, tramways, elizabeth st, route 59, accidents, r10 vehicle, victoria st, tram 809

Set of newspaper clipping featuring derailed or incidents. .1 - "Off the tracks" - The Age 25/11/2005 with a photo of a city circle car being pushed to clear a section insulator. .2 - "Jumper leads, anyone" - Herald Sun 6/12/2005 - tram C 3001 - derailed at the corner of Flinders and Spencer Streets. Photo Ellen Smith .3 - "Extensive damage to derailed tram" - The Age 20-05-2004 - derailment of a C Class tram at the Victoria Gardens shunt, and hitting a pole with heavy damage to the centre section. Quotes the CE Hubert Guyot. Picture John Woudstra.trams, tramways, derailments, accidents, spencer st, c class, city circle, passengers, overhead, victoria st, victoria gardens, tram 965

Report - six sheets, were paper clipped together, three foolscap (marked 4370A) and two quarto sheets (marked 4370C) titled "Lives of North Melbourne City Section ropes during 1917-18", regarding a claim made through Dalgety and Company (3/1/19 and 6/1/1919) for damage on a section of rope that was on a ship that was sunk by enemy action. Has a three page report on the cable life and insurance claim made by the Tramway Board in 1918, looking at the life of the cable compared to previous ropes. Quite a detailed study made and costs incurred. A small sheet (marked 4370B) has pencil notations - was pinned to the top of the two Dalgety and Co letters..1 - has stamp "Copy to Engineer" in top left hand corner.trams, tramways, cable trams, reports, cables, insurance, world war 1

Form used by the MMTB traffic staff to report accidents, provide information, details of the event, conditions, damage, names of those involved, cause of the collision, map or drawing of the location, witness details and sobriety of the people involved. Has a drawing of both W and Z class trams - form 3/396Demonstrates an accident report form used by the MMTB c1975Form - four foolscap pages printed on yellow paper and stapled in top left hand corner.trams, tramways, mmtb, accidents, forms, collisions

Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Co. Ltd Rules and Regulations by which all operational staff were to abide by. Provides separate sections of rules for Gripmen and Conductors, with Special rules for both roles, collection of fares and use of Bell Punch, transfer and check tickets, Collectors (Conductors acting as collectors on the dummy or grip car), signalmen and shunters. Printed by Sands & McDougall. Date of issue has been damaged by silverfish - Mr H A Wilcox was appointed Secretary in 1909, becoming General Manager in the Tramway Board which succeeded the private company in 1916. Rule 76, page 21 allows for the wearing of the Australian Tramway Employees Association union badge. The Union was recognised by the Company in August 1912 and the wearing of Union badges on watch chains was permitted. A possible date for the document is 1912. See item 6340 for the MTOCo / AETA agreement that was reflected in these rules.Demonstrates a MTOCo cable tram rule book and requirements of its employees.Book - 68 pages + card covers covered in a dark grey cloth, centre stapled.tramways, cable trams, conductors, tickets, grip men, signalmen, shunters, fares, operations, rules

Postcards, all featuring the cable tram era, left to right, top to bottom: 1 - Town Hall Melbourne - damaged paper 2 - General view of Collins Street Melbourne - from Spring St looking west 3 - Central Railway Station, Melbourne - the principal building is complete though the roof along Swanston St over the other platforms is yet to be completed. 4 - Bourke St Melbourne - looking west from Swanston St - has the Wertheim and Roberts Stores in the view along with the post office. 5 - Bourke St Melbourne - looking east from Swanston St with Morells Orient Hotel and the Royal Mail Hotel on the two corners 6 - Melbourne from St Kilda Road.Demonstrates a set of 6 postcards featuring Melbourne cable trams.Set of 6 cable tram postcards mounted on to light weight boardtramways, flinders st station, swanston st, bourke st, collins st, st kilda road

Glass chimney from a Melbourne Cable tram oil headlamp - base partly broken and top broken off and damaged - four fragments from original. Has a note that the lamp was restored by Alf Twentyman, later take by Norm Maddock for the Stanhope St Museum. Written by Robert Green Feb. 2015. The chimney has dirt marks on the inside. Item contained within a small box with packing and then a larger Torino Comfort shoe box with further packing and a note about the object.trams, tramways, cable trams, lights, headlights

Illustration from a 2013 Calendar, possibly TMSV for "It's your responsibility to hand fare to the Conductor before leaving Vehicle", with an image of a male Conductor in uniform with clippers, cap no. 9999. Penalty in $'s, but the original poster has been damaged at this area. From an original MMTB Poster.trams, tramways, mmtb, posters, illustrations, conductors, fares, behaviour

Ticket issued by the Victorian Railways that allowed the passenger to do a round trip from Brighton Beach to St Kilda via the Electric Street railway or tramway and then return using a train via Flinders St station. Child first class. Appears to have been in album or adhered to a board - shows paper damage on the rear. See reference page 120 and for a related image, figure 6-14. The reference notes that for the rail travel, tickets were issued for first-class travel only.Demonstrates a VR Round trip ticket to Brighton Beach.Edmondson ticket - pasteboard, fawn, black printing with red overprinting - No. 1828tramways, trams, vr trams, round trip, st kilda brighton tramway, railways, brighton beach

Item used on the Victorian Railways Sandringham - Black Rock tram line for the short section of the single track of the line between the railway station in Station Street and the depot entrance in Bay Road. Tram drivers were required to carry this to prevent a head-on collision on the single-line section. Image 3 shows the driver placing the item in the "staff box" outside the depot. Image from the DVD "VR Tramways in the 1950s", with permission from Effectch the Producer. The Newport Railway Museum holds the other staffs for this line along with a damaged one (or two) for the same section - see photo 4 for the Black Rock to Beaumaris Section.Demonstrates an item used to safely work trams on the Sandringham - Black Rock - Beaumaris tram line.Two sections of steel intermeshed to form a cross and stamped.Stamped "No. 1 Section" and "Sandringham - Staff Box"trams, tramways, safeworking, sandringham, section staff

The photograph shows the failure of a tramcar axle after being hit by a train (the Deepdene Dasher) at the Deepdene level crossing in 1923 - see pages 6 to 8 of the reference for details of the event and who was to blame. Yields information about the damage to a tramcar axle after a collision with the Deepdene Dasher in 1923.Photograph, black and white, with notes on the rear.On rear in pencil "Car 65 run into by train at Deepdene, axle Hadfield centre" tramways, axles, deepdene, accidents, collisions, tram 65, mmtb, trams, railways

Black and white print From left to right in the photograph the eleven buses are: Leyland Cubs / Preston Workshop bodies: No 48,50,46,47,49. Bedfords WLG / D. White bodies : No 88,87,89,86,81,84. All eleven buses entered service in 1936. The line up is when they are new, but one bus already has minor damage. Yields information about the Footscray Bus depot.Black and White photograph - printed on plain papertramways, trams, mmtb, buses, footscray, leyland, bedfords

Colour slide of SW6 876 undergoing accident repairs at Preston Workshops. The tram is on stands in the body shop with one of the cabs removed, possibly for major repair or replacement. Welding marks can be seen in the front corner with the word "HOT" chalked on the side. A worker can be seen inside the tram body. Yields information about repairing accident damage at Preston WorkshopsKodachrome colour slides, cardboard mount, duplicate.Has "876" in pencil and stamped "Tramways Museum Society Victoria" on rear.tramcars, preston workshops, tram 876, sw6 class, tramcar maintenance, accidents

Black and white negative, of SW6 888 at the corner of Swanston and Collins St with the Town Hall in the background. Has the destination of East Malvern, route 5, dash canopy lighting and a sign "For comfort travel between 9.30 & 4.0". A W2 is crossing in Collins St. Neg has been damaged in the top right hand corner. Photo not in Wal Jack Melbourne album.trams, tramways, sw6 class, dash canopy lights, swanston st, east malvern, route 5, tram 888

Black and white photograph of MMTB Leyland Cub No. 44 at Central Bus Garage, North Fitzroy with major accident damage. Bus destination reads "Footscray". Rod Atkin's notes of 5/4/2021 - looks to be late 1940's as it fitted with the sun shield and later color scheme. tramways, buses, footscray, accidents, leyland, mmtb buses, class cub, mmtb, central bus garage

Black and white photograph of a MMTB Leyland TS7 or TS8, with a Cheetham and Borwick body work. Post war photo due to the sign writing being M.M.T.B on the side. Rear door assembly and panels above the tyre damaged.trams, tramways, buses, accidents, leyland

1 - employee with a uniform cap - could be a shunter - lifting the cable into the adjacent grip car. Marked on rear as "Lonsdale St" .2 - worker in a cable pulley maintenance pit oiling the mechanism - note the other pits. Has put a "Danger" sing out on the roadway. Marked on rear "Bourke and Spring St 1938" Two copies held and one digital image from a scene shot. .3 - a worker watching the cable entering a winding house looking for damage - what a boring job! Marked on rear as "Checking cables 1938" .4 - communications pillar - or box - to communicate with the winding house .5 - photos shows the grip in the roadway Images have been reproduced from a movie - Commuting by Cable?Yields information of the cable tram operations c1938.Series of five Black & White Photographs by the TMSV Sales and one digital image from Commuting by Cable. Has the TMSV Sales stamp on rear with some notes in pencil on the rear as shown above.trams, tramways, cable trams, grip tram, cables, winding house

Possibly from a horse omnibus which was licensed to carry 12 passengers inside and 2 on the outside. Not applicable to cable tram or an electric tram.Demonstrates the method of advising the licensed capacity of a vehicle.Sign - rectangular sheet steel - provided with three screw holes - badly damaged around the centre hole where it has been removed from the original vehicle and paint damaged. Dark red background paint with yellow letters. Painted brown on the rear side.signs, public transport, horse omnibus

Souvenir of Melbourne cable tram closure in Oct. 1940 - made to fit a box of matches to minimize damage to the box while being carried in a pocket. Consists of a printed photo of cable trailer 571 in Nicholson St Fitzroy with the Royal Exhibition buildings in the background. Lists the opening dates of the various lines. The matchbox is by Bryant and May, made in Britain. On the rear of the box is an advert for the Orient Line of Royal Mail steamers in Europe and Australia. Not know who made the matchbox holder. Second matchbox made by Bryant & May of Richmond - has a 2nd world war message on the box label. Demonstrates a souvenir of Melbourne's cable trams.Match box holder from folded metal with a printed plastic covered insert, the matchbox itself is from a wooden box with a cardboard insert, and many matches on wooden sticks. 2nd copy has an empty Bryant & May matchbox, cardboard. tramways, trams, cable trams, opening, souvenirs, matches, bryant and may, orient line

Coloured postcard of the Sorrento Pier looking towards the Beach. Has many people on the pier, waiting to board the ferry along with other people walking out. Has the buildings of Sorrento including the Hotel in the view. Postcard has been used and appears to have been taken from an album given the paper damage on the rear. No publisher details.Yields information about the Sorrento pier and its beaches.Coloured postcard, divided back type has been used.sorrento, piers, ferries

Set of three coat buttons: 1 - Small Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust - PMTT - made by Stokes and Sons Melbourne - approx. 20mm dia. The badge backing piece is brass. 2 - Large PMTT - heavily worn - made by Stokes and Sons Melbourne - approx. 26mm dia - missing lug. 3 - MMTB button or Badge - damaged - made by Buttons of Birmingham UK - approx. 25mm dia. Each button has a backing piece on rear with a lug (except for 2) for sewing onto a jacket and have name of manufacturer stamped on rear part. "Buttons Ltd" of Birmingham, England has their trade mark, a pair of fully opened scissors.trams, tramways, mmtb, melbourne tramways, uniforms, buttons, pmtt

Set of 24 decimal current MMTB tram tickets. All black printing unless noted otherwise. A variety of small size (55H x 26W) or large format (68H x 31W). .1 - 5c, large on light pink paper, with P (Pensioner) overprinted in red, No. 013294 .2 - 5c, large on pink paper, No. At 615005. .3 - 5c, large on off white paper with P (Pensioner) and a diagonal slash overprinted in red, B019424. .4 - 7c, large on grey paper, No. Be 811145, has tape damage. .5 - 10c, large on light brown paper, with P (Pensioner) and a diagonal slash overprinted in red, B005464. .6 - 10c, large, on off white paper, printed with brown ink, Aa 047834. .7 - 10c, small, on light brown paper, F311163 .8 - 10c, large, on off white paper, printed in blue ink, over stamped "City Section" in black. .9 - 10c, large on light brown paper, Al 075891 .10 - 10c, large on light brown paper, with P (Pensioner) overprinted in red, No A006068 .11 - 12c, large on light brown paper, printed with brown ink, Bs 727285 has tape damage. .12 - 15c, large on shiny white paper, Av586696 .13 - 15c, large on yellow paper, with P (Pensioner) and a diagonal slash overprinted in red, B004804 .14 - 15c, large on off white paper, printed in purple ink, over stamped "City Section" in purple, C 372658. .15 - 15c, large on yellow paper, As 15405 .16 - as for .14, Ag 688901 .17 - 15c, small, on yellow C711727 .18 - 15c, large, on yellow paper, with P (Pensioner) overprinted in red - A 186849 .19 - 20c - large on off white paper, printed in purple ink, over stamped "City Section" in purple, Aa 457610 .20 - 20c - large on blue paper, Ay 027256 .21 - 20c - large on off white paper, printed in light blue ink, Ad 023003 .22 - 25c - large on orange paper, printed in red ink, Ce 428409trams, tramways, mmtb, tickets, city section

Foolscap duplicated reports or ""Transcript of Evidence Public Works Committee - Melbourne - 1974 - Eastern Railway Enquiry". Each set stapled in top left hand corner. 690.1 - First day - 46 pages - 14/8/1974 - includes evidence from Mr Kirby of MMTB 690.2 - Second day - 48 pages - 21/8/1974 - last page loose. 690.3 - 3rd day - 19 pages - 9/10/1974 690.4 - 4th day - 87 pages - 11/11/1974 - last three pages loose and damaged. 690.5 - 5th day - 27 pages - 27/11/1974 690.6 - 6th day - 66 pages - 9/12/1974 - last two pages loose 690.7 - 7th day - 34 pages - 5/2/1974 - first and last two pages loose and includes Mr. Kirby and others on trams. 690.8 - Report from the Parliamentary Public Works Committee - 25/6/1975 - 33 pages.Each set of documents stamped "AETA" and "AETA Public Transport Committee" on the front sheet.trams, tramways, victorian government, parliament, enquiries, mmtb, tramways, railways, doncaster

Set of drawings for the MMTB Plenty Road extension in 1979, MTA extension to Bundoora in 1983 and the Latrobe Uni Modal Interchange - 1984. Large print – Aerial photographs Bundoora Tram Extensions Stage 2 – Albert St to Kingsbury Drive Stage 3 – Kingsbury Drive to Settlement Road Has been rolled, left hand edge damaged, right hand edge torn Compiled by the ROW Division – 2/1981. Has written on rear at right hand end “Bundoora Tram Extension – Official MMTB Plans” 760H x 1190W Plenty Road – MMTB Drawings – 12/1979 P15123 Tyler St to Walsal Avenue P15124 Walsal Ave t McColl St P15125 McColl St to Dorrington Avenue Bundoora Extension – Metropolitan Transit Authority – 2/1983 P15400 Dorrington Avenue to Barwon Avenue P15401 Barwon Avenue to Nicholson Ave P15402 Nicholson St to Barling Park P15403 Barling Park to Darebin Creek P15404 Darebin Creek to Scott Grove P15405 Scott Grove to Clunes Street P15406 Clunes St to Cash St P15408 Cash St to Bundoora Park P15409 Bundoora Park to Larundel Hospital P15410 At Larundel Hospital P15411 Larundel Hospital to Marne Court P15412 Marne Court to Cherrywood Court P15413 Cherrywood Court to Morwell Ave P15414 Morwell Ave to Grimshaw St P15415 Grimshaw St to Nickson Street P15416 Nickson St to McLeans Road John-Connell – Mott Hay and Anderson – Preliminary drawings for the Latrobe Modal Interchange – August 1984. 8094-A-20 Set Out Plan and Paving Details 8094-A-21 Elevations 8094-A-22 Sections 8094-A-23 Roof Plan and Stormwater Layout 8094-A-24 Canopy Details 8094-A-25 Toilet Block and Waiting Room 8094-A-28 Miscellaneous DetailsOn rear of aerial photograph sheet - at right hand end “Bundoora Tram Extension – Official MMTB Plans” in felt pen.trams, tramways, plenty rd, bundoora, latrobe university, mmtb, construction, mta