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Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Map, Ministry of Transport, "Melbourne Your Guide PUblic Transport Pocket size map", 1979
Provided a detailed map of Melbourne's public transport, route number list and brief description. Has contact details for bookings and lost property etc. Priced 20c, published 1979 as map No. 9Demonstrates the methodology of providing map and transport information at the time.Fold out map (27 sections 9 across x 3 deep), coloured of Melbourne's Tram and Bus routes, route numbers, rail lines, detailed for the central part of Melbourne and insert section for Frankston. melbourne, map, tram and bus services, railways, mmtb, ministry of transport -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - PCC 980 - releasing drum brakes, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), 8/1960
The photograph shows the procedure for releasing the drum brakes on PCC tram 980 and where the brace (spanner) is located on the tram. Dated 24/8/1960.Demonstrates the methodology of releasing the drum brakes on a PCC car.Photograph - black and whiteHas MMTB stamp on rear and number P25/1/248 in ink.trams, tram 980, brakes, pcc class, tramways, mmtb, st. louis b3 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Functional object - Brass coin holder - 3d and 6d
Used by tramway revenue clerks, most likely the MMTB to count coins, as only so many 3d or 6d would fit into each container. Each has a hole in the base to enable it to be checked that it was empty prior to use or after being used. One of the 3d containers have a loose "washer" which shows the nature of the construction. Has been secured with a piece of string.Demonstrates the methodologies used to count coins and stack them in a revenue office. Provides a sample of each coin that would have been used.Brass coin holder - for use in counting 3d and 6d coins. Made from brass tube with a brass washer rolled or fixed to one end. In storage bag is a 3d and a 6d coin. 5 x 6d and 6 x 3d holders held in the collection.See physical descriptiontramways, tickets, cash handling, depots, revenue clerks, coins -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Map, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), Melbourne's tramway routes and timetables - MMTB, 1925
Map of the MMTB Tramway routes 1925 with a list of first and last cars, along with photographs of Wattle Park, Luna Park, and Studley Park. Provides information for the Prahran and Malvern lines, Hawthorn, Footscray, Essendon, Coburg, Kew, St Kilda, cable tram routes, and buses. Also provides information for passengers. The cover photo is of the front of W 296, with the destination of Esplanade. The map is dated by the opening of the line to West Brunswick as far as Albion St, the City Road to St Kilda line via Sturt St lines, and the electric line in Flemington Road which were all opened during mid to late 1925. See Reference. Shows a number of buildings and locations by a numbered reference list, including the Federal Parliament house. The map has advertisements around the outside of the map for Kiwi Shoe or boot polish.Yields information about the Melbourne tramway system in 1925 and demonstrates the methodology the MMTB used to provide information to travellers. Shows both cable and electric tram lines and the development of the Melbourne system.Map book - 15 fold paper titled "Melbourne's tramway routes and timetables"trams, tramways, mmtb, tramway maps, wattle park, studley park, timetables, cable trams, w class tram, tram 296, kiwi shoe polish