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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Functional object - Air Brake Gauge
Tramcar air brake gauge, showing pressure in the brake pipe? main reservoir? ballarat, tramcars, air brake, gauge -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Instruction, Safety Car Devices Co. St Louis, "Instruction Pamphlet S-100, Air Brake and Safety Car Control Equipment", Jul. 1924
... Brakes ...Instruction - 108 pages + 9 fold out drawings glued and stapled in at the rear + card covers with red cloth binding, rounded right hand edges, centre stapled. Titled "Instruction Pamphlet S-100, Air Brake and Safety Car Control Equipment", published July 1924 by the Safety Car Devices Co. St Louis. Includes the M28 Brake valve. Describes in detail the rules for operation, parts, description, M28 Brake Valves, Maintenance, Practical car tests, hints, defects. The 9 drawings at the rear of the document give detail arrangements of the piping and control equipment. Book scanned into three sections. See also Reg Item 3513 for another similar document.on top of first page "C. Hodgson"trams, tramways, electrical engineering, electrical equipment, air compressors, brakes, instructions, maintenance, controllers -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, The Westinghouse Brake
The Westinghouse Brake A Refernce Book Publisher: The Westinghouse Brake Company Limited Date: 1892flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, the westinghouse brake, book, great ocean road -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Dray Brake Band, Horse Equipment
Drays were used to transport heavy materials such as farm products, building supplies, food. They were pulled by horses or bullocks. Drays were important for transportation in the Kiewa Valley.Made of timber and steel. The piece of wood contacts the axle hub to brake the dray. Part of a brake for a dray. It is missing the actuator that is needed for tightening the band to operate as a brake.drays, horses, bullocks -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Instruction, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Braking", Nov, 1950
Significant in being a sheet regarding tramcar braking systems and how considered at the time - 1950. No mention of sand in braking technique.Was contained within Reg Item 3519 in which located in the filing cabinet 8/2006. Small typed carbon copy instruction or "Notice to All Traffic Staff" titled "Braking", discussing the names of emergency brake. Notes air braked trams have on emergency brake only - the air brake. Stopping trams electrically is not regarded as brake equipment, and should not be used unless air brake is defective. Dated 24/11/1950. See Reg Item 271 and 3457 for later issues of instructions on the same matter.Initialled in ink by the Manager and a note in ink "please ??"trams, tramways, ballarat, secv instructions, braking, operations -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Administrative record - Form, Hawthorn Tramways Trust (HTT), "Pitmans report card", c1919
... Brakes ...Hawthorn Tramways Trust form No. 199, recording the inspection, greasing and brake equipment of tramcars. Printed for cars 1 to 32 with items to be inspected or changed listed. Has been marked up in pencil for changes to the layout, possibly at the time of the takeover of the Trust by the MMTB and the formation of the Eastern System. Has a space for remarks on the rear. Note the "speed alarms" entry.Demonstrates an HTT tramcar maintenance form.Printed form on pink card - form No. 99tramways, htt, forms, tramcar maintenance, tramcar inspection, brakes -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Instruction, General Electric, "General Electric - Straight Air Brake Equipment Instruction Book 84564A", Sep. 1919
... Brakes ...Instruction - 16 pages + brown covers, centre stapled, cloth binding on left hand side and two punched holes on left hand side, right hand side has rounded corners, titled "General Electric - Straight Air Brake Equipment Instruction Book 84564A", dated Sept. 1919. Includes instructions on compressors, air intakes, valves, cylinders and governors, safety valves, motorman valves, brake cylinders, rules for operating, emergency stops, sanding of rails and general issues. Has a list of company offices on the last page.trams, tramways, electrical engineering, electrical equipment, general electric, air compressors, brakes, instructions, maintenance -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Technical pamphlet/s, Westinghouse Brake Company of Australasia Limited and The Westinghouse Brake & Saxby Signal Co. Ltd. of 82 York Road and Kings Cross London, "The Westinghouse Brake with Electro-Pneumatic Control", Dec. 1926
2285.1 - 12 page technical pamphlet (2 sheets of paper - pages 5 -10 formed as a concertina folded centre sheet) titled "Interlocked electo-pneumatic brake", published by Westinghouse Brake Company of Australasia Limited, December 1926. Manual D.P. 9. Stapled with two steel staples along fold. Describes in detail the electro-pneumatic brake system as used on Sydney Suburban trains, complete with diagrams, brake valve operation, magnet valve and isolating cock switch. 2285.2 - Six page technical pamphlet, titled "The Westinghouse Brake with electro-pneumatic control", published by Westinghouse Brake and Saxby Signal Co. 1915. Pages 3 and 4 have been tipped in the cover sheet. Describes standard brake equipment for use with electric trains and electro pneumatic control over the brakes. Gives details of house the brake valve (No. 18 EP) operates. Scanned to the COTMA Website 4-10-2015."Colin Rutledge" stamped on top of page 1.trams, tramways, westinghouse, electric trains, electro - pneumatic brakes, sydney suburban trains -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Functional object - Brake shoe
Tramcar Brake Shoe in worn and broken conditionballarat, tramcar, brake shoe -
Orbost & District Historical Society
brake/lifting mechanism, first half 20th century
An iron brake mechanism possibly from a farm implement. It has been painted red.It was probably used to control height on braking when attached to an agricultural implement. farm-implement agriculture -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Braking Tests - Car No. 928 - July 1952 - Emergency Brake Procedure", 12/08/1952 12:00:00 AM
Report on SW6 class tramcar No. 928, 28 pages including appendices "Braking Tests - Car No. 928 - July 1952 - Emergency Brake Procedure". Dated 12th August 1952. Report looks at the impact of using the 1st Emergency brake and the 4th Emergency Brake, stopping distances, skidding and instruction to drivers. Document bound within a manila cover with fold back clips and clear adhesive tape.trams, tramways, preston workshops, reports, tramcars, sw6 class, braking, tram 928 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BADHAM COLLECTION: WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMATIC BRAKE INSTRUCTION BOOK
Brown cover book: contains details instruction of The Westinghouse Automatic Brake (64 pages). The context cover pictures demonstrations of the brake parts and operation procedures in very details.books, technical, railways, book, books, trains, railways, engines, locomotives, badham collection, collection, collections -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, F R Thompson", "PCC - by F R Thompson", early 1960's
Report - four pages - stapled in top left hand corner, titled "PCC - by F R Thompson", describing the control systems in a PCC tramcar, eg No. 980. Refers to drawings that are not included. Describes the control circuits, car drive, equipment, electric brakes, emergency dynamic braking, and service braking.trams, tramways, tramcars, controllers, electrical engineering, electrical equipment, motors, electric traction, pcc -
Gippsland Vehicle Collection
Book, FLOYD CLYMER, The FORD OWNER'S complete HANDBOOK of Repair and Maintenance, 1949 (exact)
... brakes ...This Ford Handbook is in good condition. This book covers at least 97% of the instructions necessary for servicing the 1950 and 1951 models.Repair and Maintenance book covering all models of ford including V8, "60" and FORD SIXOn page 106 of the handbook there is, in handwriting, CABLE OPERATED BRAKES, Spring, Colour & Position Guide. Hand drawn picture with details marking the layout and details of the spring, colour & position.electrical, steering, ford, engine, transmission, accessory, ford owners, car repair, v8, 60, ford six, repair and maintenance, ford engine, clutch, body, chassis, shockers, cooling system, fuel system, suspension, rear, axle, brakes, shock absorbers, rear axle -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: PRESIDENTS CONFERENCE CAR CLOSE UP
Black and white photo of tram No 980 wheels and braking mechanism.basil miller, bendigo trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Instruction, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "MMTB Tram Car Braking on Greasy Rails", 1/05/1975 12:00:00 AM
Instruction - printed on both sides of a sheet cut to fit into Rule Books, titled "MMTB Tram Car Braking on Greasy Rails", signed by R. C. Drummond Traffic Manager 1/5/1975. Gives instructions about braking, use of sand, conditions, skidding, wheel flats and braking distances. See also 3652.1 for another copy.trams, tramways, drivers, braking, instructions, tramcars, training -
Geelong Cycling Club
Road Cycle, 1920
This is a Bluebird road cycle made in 1920 by Alan Lowndes from Modewarre. It was purchased by Ray Kinleyside (secretary of the Geelong West Amateur Cycling Club) after WWi in the 1920s.An example of road cycles commonly used in the 1920s.Unrestored road cycle painted red. It is a single brake, single speed bicycle. alan lowndes; ray kinleyside; bluebird road cycle; geelong west amateur cycling club; geelong cycling club; road cycle; -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Drawing - air brake system on a Melbourne tram using a self lapping brake and relay valve, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), 1960's?
Drawing of the air brake system on a Melbourne tram using a self lapping brake and relay valve - the charging and release positions. 89.1 - shows the relay valve in the exhaust position 89.2 - shows the valve in the applied position. Has been drawn in ink on a piece of paper, and the coloured red or green as necessary to show the various positions and state of the valves, reservoir, brake cylinder and pipes.trams, tramways, mmtb, braking, brake valves -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Specification, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "specifications - MMTB various", 1922 to 1925
See image 2085i4 for tender re brake blocks detailing the type of cast iron and the Brinell hardness.Demonstrates MMTB tender documents of 1923.Manila colour file marked "Specifications" containing 25 different specifications of the MMTB 1922 to 1925. Not all dated, generally foolscap sheets either pinned or stapled. Dated Tender No. For supply of: 30/6/1925 157 Steel castings Not dated Ballast Hopper trucks 1923 Steelwork for electric and cable tramway crossings Pamphlet Monier Pipes and box culverts Pamphlet Monier – septic tanks and aerators Not dated 229 Purchase of removal of cottages 101 to 107 Bouverie St Carlton Not dated Side tipping ballast trucks 18/7/1923 226 Brake shoes - see pdf file for a full scan 18/7/1923 222 Steel tramway tyres 18/7/1923 220 Concrete Mixing Plants Not dated 219 Dressed wooden poles 9/5/1923 215 Bricks 19/4/1923 214 Reinforced Concrete fencing posts 20/3/1923 213 Tramway steel wire ropes 28/3/1923 212 Painting exterior of 673 Bourke St Melbourne Not dated 210 Alterations to offices at Rathdowne St depot Not dated 202 80lb steel rails and fishplates 5/1/1923 198 GE201 Motors 6/12/1922 197 Hydraulic pit jacks 6/12/1922 195 Supply of Low tension feeder cable Not dated 194 Supply of high tension cable 4/12/1922 188 Supply of hard drawn trolley wire 6/11/1922 186 Dressed wooden poles 20/11/1922 182 Steel Poles 20/12/1922 171 Erection and completion of new car depot Glen Huntly Roadtrams, tramways, mmtb, tenders, specification, trackwork, motors, cables, poles, ballast wagons, glenhuntly tram depot, brake blocks -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Radio Transcript, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Wireless address 3LO by Mr Alex Cameron, Chairman MMTB 12 Jan 1930 - 745pm - Our Trams and Safety", Sep. 1928
... Brakes ...Radio transcript - 3 foolscap sheets, typed, untitled with a hand written note "Broadcast 3/9/1928" on top edge about Safety around trams. Refers to a talk during Dec. 1927, by Mr. T. Reynolds, now President of the National Safety Council of Australia. Notes the brakes on tramcars, driver training, human factors, Swanston St prior to conversion and post, accidents, numbers, no. of persons knocked down (could also include step accidents), pedestrians, traffic lights, and gives a list of don't's - passenger behaviour. Person who presented the talk not noted.hand written note "Broadcast 3/9/1928" in pencil on top of the page.trams, tramways, radio stations, accidents, behaviour, driver training, brakes -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Technical pamphlet/s, Knorr Brake Co. London, "Knorr Quick Action Automatic Air Brake", c1900
Technical pamphlet, titled ""Knorr Quick Action Automatic Air Brake" consisting of printed cover (folded sheet, printing only on front cover and two inset folded sheets plate III and plate IV with technical notes and diagrams of the brakes on locomotives and carriages. Details the action of the brakes, operation and equipment. Published by the Knorr Brake Co. of London, Steam Railway Dept. Sheets have been punch with two holes along the left hand edge - probably at a later date. Scanned to the COTMA Website 4-10-2015."Colin Rutledge" stamped on top of page 1.trams, tramways, knorr brakes, train brake systems -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Instruction, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Brake Equipment - Q&A", July 1961?
Significant in being a detailed set of instructions for the tramcar braking system, emergency braking, what to do if things went wrong. Relates to the driver training system at the time.Four pages, foolscap, duplicated, titled "Tramcar Braking - Questions & Answers" to the operation of a tramcar braking system - 37 questions. See Reg Item 5372 for another copy and scanned images. Image of item added 22/10/2013trams, tramways, secv, instructions, tram brakes -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Instruction, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Tramcar Emergency Braking", "Tramcar Braking", Jan. 1965
Significant in being a detailed set of instructions for the tramcar braking system, emergency braking, what to do if things went wrong. Also has questions and answers concerning the braking system. Relates to the driver training system at the time. A later version of that of Reg item 271.Set of six foolscap sheets duplicated, titled "Tramcar Emergency Braking", giving instructions for emergency braking of tramcars for Ballarat and a set of relevant questions and answers, subtitled "Tramcar Braking". Gives description of system, the various means of what to do if the system fails - dated 2th January 1965. The Questions and answers concern the braking system. Sheets stapled twice along the top edge. See Reg Item 261 for an earlier version, 3520 for a 1950 instruction on the same subject and 5370 for an undated version. See Reg Item 5372 for another copy and scanned images of the questions and answers.trams, tramways, ballarat, secv instructions, braking, operations -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, Westinghouse Brake & Saxby Signal Co. Ltd, "The Westinghouse Brake - Reference Book", 1904
One Hundred page book with nine fold out plates tipped in, green card titled "The Westinghouse Brake - Reference Book", published by Westinghouse Brake Co. in 1904. Text has been sewn into sections and then bound into the book. Plate inside front cover, has been printed in colour showing the extent of the use of the Westinghouse brake system that had been adopted on the various railways. Plat 110E (page 43) has an orange plastic component acting as a brake handle and showing how the various ports and parts interrelated in the valve. Inside the back cover are two loose folded sheets, plate 209 and 209A, Improved triple valve and the "Graduating Release Valve", dated August 1905. Covers compressed air brake systems on railway trains, showing how they are designed, operated, parts listing and has a number of pasted in erratum in the book. "Colin Rutledge" stamped on top of page 1 and inside front cover. On cover written in black ink "Melbourne Office, WB Co. of A, Jan '11"trams, tramways, westinghouse, railway brakes, equipment, compressors, carriages -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Instruction, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Tramcar Emergency Braking", late 1960's?
Yields information about the instructions about emergency braking of tramcars given to Ballarat crews.Two page foolscap, duplicated instruction titled "Tramcar Emergency Braking" - undated, describing tramcar braking techniques, emergencies, compressors, sanding. Produced by the SEC for use in Ballarat. See Reg Item 3457 for a later issue, 3520 for a 1950 instruction on the same issue, and 271 for another version.trams, tramways, braking, instructions, sec, emergency, driver training -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Instruction, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Traffic Employees are required to be familiar with these instructions before qualifying to take up duties of Motormen.", c1940
Demonstrates training of tram drivers in Bendigo. Similar documents would have been used for Ballarat and Geelong.Instructions - 19 sheets (last sheet missing), stapled multiple times on the left hand edge, providing detailed instructions and guidance to trainee motormen. Has reference to T1F controllers, K36J controllers and instructions for Safety Cars (Birney). Has diagrams for electrical paths. Has a table of contents, covers electrical, faults, braking, failures of braking, emergency braking, dead man controls, signal instructions for Bendigo and General Instructions. C1940. See also Reg Item 3486 for another version. trams, tramways, sec, instructions, traffic staff, motormen, bendigo, training, signals -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 2 Black & White Photograph/s, LWR, c1920
Set of two copy photographs. Photograph, Black and White of MMTB trams. Both photographs have arrows drawn on them pointing to the top of the cross bench seating windows where the unique drop bar latches appear. These were apparently unique to this class of tram. .1 - K class No. 100 - probably about 1920. Note the twin trolley poles on this single truck car when new. This car also apparently entered service with air brakes. .2 - K class No. 97 - probably about 1920. Photo taken in Glenferrie Road Malvern at High Street. Keith has noted on both prints the in-service dates, though the MMTB had taken over around that time, both painted with "Municipal Tramways" lettering.In ink on the rear: .1 -" Melbourne K97 - probably about 1920 - In service 3.3.1920, with "Municipal Tramways" lettering though M&MTB formed 1.11.1919. No magnetic track brakes." .2 - "as above except for K100 and in service date of 25.12.1919. Has KSK number LWR8 and LWR9 respectively into right hand corner.trams, tramways, k class, pmtt, livery, tram 97, tram 100, trolley poles, mmtb, malvern, glenferrie road -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Personal Papers, John Prideaux, "Details of the Comeng Trams", 1975
... Brakes ...Handwritten draft on ruled Foolscap folio sheet, folded in half and written on three of the four sides, titled "Details of the Comeng Trams". Could have been written by John Prideaux for the AETA Electric Traction. Gives details of the tram, designer, seating, doors, ASEA Equipment, motors, control equipment, braking, resilient wheels, testing. The final page is about the history of the East Preston and East Brunswick Routes.trams, tramways, z class, new trams, w7 class, 1041, prototype tramcar, bogies, trucks, asea, brakes, comeng, electric traction, aeta -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MINING REPORTS - DIRECT-ACTING WINDING ENGINES AT GREAT SOUTHERN EXTENDED LIMITED
Handwritten notes on winding engines supplied by Messrs. Thompson and Company, of Castlemaine, Victoria. Notes give a description of economy, drums, drum brakes, clutches, drum shaft-bearings,Disc brakes, link-motion, dial indicators, stop valve, easing valve spring relief valve and the driver's platform.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, direct-acting winding engines at great southern extended limited bendigo, mines report 1900, w abrahams, messrs thompson and company castlemaine, stephenson's pattern, allen's pattern -
Orbost & District Historical Society
brake pads
A pair of hand-made wooden brake pads. They are slightly curved and made of English hickory. Probably used on a cart or carriage.brake-pads transport hickory