2 small booklets for instruction related to traffic control and signals, Both have paper covers, one on red paper and the other is pink. Each one is bound with staples along the centre fold and printed in black ink.fiction These manuals were printed by Victorian Railways in 1927 and 1969 and therefore document the changes in signalling systems over this time frame.vline training, railways victoria, railways signalling systems

Book or folder, printed card cover set of instructions titled "Standard Procedure covering the duties and responsibilities of all Uniformed and Plain Clothes Traffic Officers". Printed by the MMTB mid to late 1950's. Comprises: 1 - two pages of introduction and a fold out sheet showing the details of the Traffic Manager's department; 2 - Card divider labelled "District Inspectors" - 29 sheets listing duties and arrangements. Divisional Superintendents R. C. Drummond and J. H. Ritchie. 3 - Card divider labelled "Traffic Inspectors" - 19 sheets 4 - Card divider labelled "Revenue Inspectors" - 16 sheets 5 - Card divider labelled "Depot Starters" - 12 sheets 6 - Card divider labelled "Staff Signalmen" - 12 sheets 7 - Heavy card backing board. All sheets stapled at the top with two heavy staples.On the top of the cover in ink "Inspector de Dohse 52 Monash Street Box Hill"trams, tramways, mmtb, traffic officers, traffic staff, inspectors, district inspectors, ticket inspectors, revenue clerks, depot masters, signalmen

Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, 9/9/1971 titled "Tram winds hinder traffic", reporting on the problems at Mair and Lydiard St North for a hour yesterday at 925pm when the overhead sagged, hindering high load trucks.closure, overhead, sec, lydiard st nth

A plan to develop a six-storey apartment complex next to Greensborough station will cause a "chaotic traffic disaster", concerned residents say.News article 1 page, black text and colour image.greensborough station, apartment complex, poulter avenue greensborough, banyule city council

Black cloth covered book with grey end papers glued to cover with 16 page single section stapled into covers. Titled "MMTB Rules and Instructions for Traffic Inspectors", issued May 1937, signed by S. M. Richardson as Manager with number 32 stamped in the front cover. Has a forward, then rules and instructions for General items, supervision of employees and traffic. PDF (text searchable) added 26-12-2016. 2nd copy added 5/5/2019 from donation of Barry Brooks ex Bob Prentice Collection. Images revised - jpgs removed and pdf added.trams, tramways, mmtb, instructions, inspectors, rules

A black and white and a coloured photograph of Hue, South vietnam, Circa 7th Dec 1968. A traffic jam of Vietnamese motor bikes, cars and pedestrians is stopped on the bridge over the Perfume River at Hue leading to the city. The local population was on its way to work.photograph, hue, gibbons collection catalogue

Routes and traffic arrangements for the visit to Victoria on 26 May - 7 June 1920 by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII). The visit was to officially thank Australia for the support to Great Britain during World War I and to strengthen the links between Australia and the Empire. The booklet details the routes, escorts, and traffic arrangements, starting with the procession from St Kilda Pier to Federal Government House on his arrival on 26 May.Multi-page booklet of white pages with a brown card cover and bound with two staples. Printed in black.royal visits, prince of wales

Probably a Shire of Eltham investigation into traffic and parking at school pick-up times At the junction of Grove and Beard Streets viewed from Wycliffe CrescentRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 3 stripsKodak GA 100 5095shire of eltham, eltham east primary school, roads, grove street, beard street, wycliffe crescent

Probably a Shire of Eltham investigation into traffic and parking at school pick-up times At the junction of Grove and Beard Streets viewed from Wycliffe CrescentRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 3 stripsKodak GA 100 5095shire of eltham, eltham east primary school, roads, grove street, beard street, wycliffe crescent

Report - Foolscap, card covers, red comb binding, 15 pages, titled "Traffic Operations Investigations - Route Study Methodology". Looks at the methodology for studying the operating characteristics of transport route and the programme for doing it. Dated Nov. 1975. Signed R B Sinclairtrams, tramways, routes, passengers, planning, development

Black and white print of the installation of traffic barriers in Nicholson St in 1975. See item 342 for a report on the impact of the barriers. 1 - Carlton Gardens - Z13 2 - Nicholson St Traffic Barriers - Z9, near Gertrude St. with W11 in the background. 3 - Nicholson St barriers at Johnston Street with Z15, Tankerville Arms Hotel, and a Mobil service station. 4 - Nicholson St barrier installation, Carlton Gardens area - Z9Yields information about the installation of traffic barriers along Nicholson St Fitzroy 1975,Set of four Black and White photographs - printed on plain paper with photographers stamp and notes on rear.Has stamp of David Menzies on rear. and in ink details of photo.tramways, trams, mmtb, nicholson st, safety barriers, z class, tram 13, tram 9, tram 15

Provided by the MMTB to its Officers, eg Inspector as a pass for free travel on its trams and for identification. See items 7082 and 577 for other examples and 7447 for the circular issuing these in Nov. 1963.Demonstrates a travel pass issued to MMTB Officers for free travel and identification to crews.Stamped metal badge, "M&MTB Traffic Officer" pass, brass 6 sided, with hole in top with green enamel around the letters and the number "135" stamped into the base. On rear has remains of "Stokes Melb". Badge was used by the Donor as part of his work uniform.trams, tramways, badges, officers, mmtb, passes

A painted road island designed to ease congestion along a busy arterial in Watsonia (Greensborough Highway) is instead causing traffic chaos, with motorists calling it "ridiculous" and "dangerous".News article 1 page, black text.greensborough highway, watsonia, traffic chaos

Form - large ruled sheet titled "MMTB Traffic Return", listing the depot, date, machine number (ticket machines), registers, passenger totals, opening and closing machine numbers. No form number or date. Use for recording ticket machine sales - Z class or buses? 3 copies heldtrams, tramways, conductors, ticket machines

Report - single sheet, typed, titled, "Northern Area - Lengths of track where traffic is abnormally frequent", listing: 1 - Routes where 2 or more services run - giving the length in miles. 2 - route where only one service runs. Gives an analysis of the results. Two copies held.trams, tramways, cable trams, track, services

Instruction or Manual, brown comb binder, green covers with Metropolitan Transit logo on front cover and name on rear cover, 66 single sided pages. Provides information for the training of inspectors titled "Metropolitan Transit Authority - Tram and Bus Division - Tram and Bus Traffic Officer's Training Manual - November 1984".trams, tramways, the met, inspectors, metropolitan transit authority, traffic officers, training, instructions

One of three traffic warning lanterns donated by the City of Kew in 1984. The lanterns were used by the City Engineers Department for emergency street lighting to indicate dangerous conditions. The red glass in the lanterns symbolically represented danger.The Kew Historical Society is fortunate that the City Engineer, Mr Poulter, donated a number of items held by the City of Kew to the Society for safekeeping, rather than identifying them for destruction. The most significant items donated included old maps, including those issued by the Board of Works. Other items included photographs of public works undertaken by the Department. These traffic warning lanterns, while less historically significant, are indicative of a period of rapid urban development in the district during the post war period.City of Kew warning lantern (left) previously located in various streets and plant nurserytraffic lanterns -- city of kew, emergency lighting, public works -- kew (vic.)

One of three traffic warning lanterns donated by the City of Kew in 1984. The lanterns were used by the City Engineers Department for emergency street lighting to indicate dangerous conditions. The red glass in the lanterns symbolically represented danger.The Kew Historical Society is fortunate that the City Engineer, Mr Poulter, donated a number of items held by the City of Kew to the Society for safekeeping, rather than identifying them for destruction. The most significant items donated included old maps, including those issued by the Board of Works. Other items included photographs of public works undertaken by the Department. These traffic warning lanterns, while less historically significant, are indicative of a period of rapid urban development in the district during the post war period.City of Kew warning lantern (centre) previously located in various streets and plant nurserytraffic lanterns

One of three traffic warning lanterns donated by the City of Kew in 1984. The lanterns were used by the City Engineers Department for emergency street lighting to indicate dangerous conditions. The red glass in the lanterns symbolically represented danger.The Kew Historical Society is fortunate that the City Engineer, Mr Poulter, donated a number of items held by the City of Kew to the Society for safekeeping, rather than identifying them for destruction. The most significant items donated included old maps, including those issued by the Board of Works. Other items included photographs of public works undertaken by the Department. These traffic warning lanterns, while less historically significant, are indicative of a period of rapid urban development in the district during the post war period.City of Kew warning lantern (right) previously located in various streets and plant nurserytraffic lanterns

Memorandum hand written on preprinted ruled paper with rounded corners dated Friday 11/5/1962, titled "Tramway Traffic" detailing the Revenue and wages along with passenger counts for weekdays, Saturdays, Sundays after 8pm and Sundays after 9pm. Not detailed whether a date or an average over the summer loading. Wages for the crews only.,trams, tramways, closure, fares, wages, revenue, passengers

Letter - photocopy of a two page letter titled "Appearance before Traffic Personnel Office", dated 23/4/1991 to L. DiGregorio Secretary of the ATMOEA about the procedure for employees appearing before the panel with or without pay. Signed by Russell Nathan, contact Alan East. Letter has been faxed to Footscray Bus Depot.trams, tramways, unions, atmoea, discipline, crews

Yields information about the construction of the tramway in Ballarat from a newspaper viewpoint of 1904 and compares the construction with that of Bendigo.Photocopy of an extract and article from the Ballarat Start, Friday 16 September 1904" titled "The Electric Tramway System - What it will be in Ballarat - A revolution in street traffic". Describes the tramway system that is planned for Ballarat, including the power station, the routes, rails, gauge, overhead, tramcars, with comparison with the Bendigo system. Photocopy provided by Andrew Cook 15-1-2015.trams, tramways, ballarat, esco, ballarat a power station, opening, newspaper clippings, bendigo

Heading reads, "New Road to Ringwood Station" Printed below photograph, "At long last, after much paper work by the Council Ringwood Station is to have a new entrance to relieve the traffic congestion. Work has started on the new roadway which will come in through the present car park". "Mail 28/7/55".

Document titled "Sundry Traffic Information Cable and Electric Depots" 23-3-1927 photocopied from an original MMTB document. Lists for each depot, both cable and electric, details of the personnel, tramcars, operations, route details and for electric depots, location of cross overs.Yields detail information about cable and electric tram depots in Melbourne.Information book - card covers, containing photocopied pages - 26 sheets for cable trams and 28 sheets for electric depots. Covers and binding strip cut from a 1967 Sands McDougall calendar. Cable tram section has letraset black tabs. tramways, trams, cable tram, depots, car houses, operations, tramcars, mmtb

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

Instruction - two foolscap sheets - titled "Traffic Wages - Rates of Pay", listing rates the various components of the pay, including weekly and hourly rates for Tram and Bus conductors, tram drivers, bus drivers two man and bus drivers one many. Gives details of service increments and how paid hours are calculated. Sheet 1 dated 4/11/1979 and sheet 2 - 1/7/1984.trams, tramways, mmtb, mta, wages, payroll, conductors, drivers, buses

Photocopied Instruction or Notice titled "Notice to Traffic Staff - New Type of Automatic Points", 3 stapled A4 sheets detailing the operation of points fitted with an inductive loop control system at Spencer St in Bourke St (Up) and Clarendon St at Whiteman St (Down). Gives details of their operations, associated signals. Provides a diagram. Signed by Dennis Griffiths Regional Operations Manager, Northern 20/11/1987.trams, tramways, mmtb, points, operations, safety

Grey card covers book, with the yellow pages only of the sections for general information, tram fares, secured with an Arnos binder metal clip on the left hand side, untitled containing an extract of the "MMTB Electric Tramways and Motor Omnibuses Traffic Information Book", dated March 1981. Pages 1 - 32 Details the various section and fares for each tram route. See item 1302 for the full book. 2 copies held.trams, tramways, mmtb, tickets, fares, sections

Cutting from the "For the Record" section of The Courier, Ballarat's weekend magazine of Saturday August 12, 1995 about the location of Ballarat's first set of traffic lights. Were at the corners Mair St. with the intersection of Doveton, Armstrong and Lydiard Streets. The latter had trams at the time. They became operational about May 1970. Generally understood not installed at other streets at the times because of the complexity of the tramway system and its impending closure. Item written by Danny Roberts.trams, tramways, traffic lights, lydiard st. north, ballarat