Memo dated 26/8/1960, titled Auxillary lights for safety on blacked out trams from Works Supt to Branch Manager about the installation of a dome light (inside trams?) when the tram is blacked out at a terminus or when the pole has come off the overhead. Suggests a good idea at a cost of 9 pounds / tram. Yields information about the possibility of installing lights inside a tram when it was blacked out. Not know if there was any further work on this.Document - memo - typed on half size foolscap sheet.tramways, emergencies, lights, tramcars, night lighting

Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, 3/10/1968, of the defeat of the Bolte Governments proposals to scrap the trams in Ballarat and Bendigo. Labour and Country parties combined (16-14) to defeat the proposal in the Legislative Council. Bolte said the fares would have to be 30% higher as a result.In red ink in top right hand corner of the item - '3/10/68'trams, tramways, fares, closure, bolte, bendigo, ballarat

Book - 48 pages+ card cover + jacket, perfect bound, landscape format, "Trams and streetscapes Metropolitan Melbourne 1950s - 1960s", edited by Emile Badawy and John Sargent, published December 2002, featuring photos by Keith Atkinson, Graham Evans, Noel Reed and Jim Seletto. See Reg Item 4264 for the first in the series published Apr 2002.trams, tramways, melbourne, work trams, mmtb

Has a strong association with a Ballarat Tramway and its early electric trams - a handwritten copy of an article in The Courier.Handwritten copy of a H.P. James, article that appeared in The Courier, 24-9-1937, titled "Story of Ballarat's Electric Trams" 15 pages, covering the routes, tramcars, fare boxes, Sebastopol, managers, wages, union, arbitration, strikes, events of interest, Contained within Reg Item 5485 - Service Exercise Book, black covers, with label, red binding titled "No. 2 - Ballarat Tramways & S.E.C. Systems". trams, tramways, ballarat, esco

.1 - Pamphlet - 3 fold DL size, full colour titled "Your new tram connection - Route 8 Moreland to Toorak - via Lygon St - Formerly routes 8 and 22", about the amalgamation of the two routes. Includes a map and that a competition was being run to complete a statement. .2 - ditto - "Your new tram connection - Route 16 - Melbourne Uni to Kew - Formerly routes 16 and 69" Pamphlet gives date of change as Sunday 17 Oct, but no year. Yarra trams route number history web page gives it as 2004 - http://www.yarratrams.com.au/media/43839/tramroutenumbers.pdf - access 25-10-2015 Two copies held.trams, tramways, yarra trams, route 8, toorak, moreland, route 16, route 69, kew

.1 Pamphlet - folded DL full colour printed on gloss light weight card, titled "Choose your TramTracker" advertising the iPhone App, its features, desk top gadgets, on line access and where the tram stops ID can be located. Has the various Yarra Trams and TramTracker/ Printed April 2012 Two copies held. .2 - Pamphlet - cut to hang within tramcars, titled "Our Operations Centre in YOUR pocket" advertising the TramTracker system and its attributes. Published early 2017.trams, tramways, tramtracker, tramways, melbourne, control centre

Ballpoint pen - plastic, screw type with silver tip, white bottom half with the Love (the heart symbol), Your trams and Yarratrams.com.au, clear top half with four plastic hearts that move within a liquid and a white top and metal pocket clip.trams, tramways, yarra trams, passengers, publicity

Form - A4 sheet - titled "Special Event Loading Form" - giving tramcar passenger capacity, location, date, counted by, time, tram number, destination, and passengers - to and from the city or the suburbs. Not dated. Two copies held.trams, tramways, yarra trams, tramcars, events, passenger services

Colour - yellow and black - postcard - punched to enable the card to be folded and feature the Rhino standing up, with the words "Beware the Rhino", underneath. On the rear has a place for the stamp, address and the message "Beware: a tram weigh as much as 30 rhinos". Notes it is a ecological friendly card. Produced by Avant Card for Yarra Trams. This campaign was presented at the Oct. 2011 International Rail Safety Conference - see Reg Item 2322 for other items. .1 - same front, different back - no details as to who printed it.trams, tramways, yarra trams, passengers, tram services, safety, rhinos

.1 - Printed and folded card to give a ticket holder or wallet, with the title "Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium", at Stop 124, with Yarra Trams and PTV logos. Includes a reference to the new E class trams, "Catch the new attraction on Route 96". Has various cartoon images of sea creatures on a blue back ground. .2 - as for above, but brown background advertising the Melbourne Museum at Stop 12. Has images of the Museum. .2 - added 20/11/2015trams, tramways, yarra trams, route 96, tickets, melbourne museum, museums

Newspaper clipping from Progress Press 28/11/1984 titled "Super trams soon", advising the Member for Bennettswood, Doug Newton that the B class will soon be running the Burwood line. Engineering and crew training in December before becoming operational. Has a photo of B1 2001 in the article.trams, tramways, b class, burwood, new trams, lrv, tram 2001

Demonstrates a Yarra Trams staff newsletter..1 - Magazine - 8 pages, full colour, centre stapled, printed on recycled paper, titled "Yarra Connections Issue 12, December 2003", published by Yarra Trams. Notes the launch of the "Wheelchair users guide" for tram passenger, Yarra Trams support for Wheelchair Rugby, planning for Vermont South extension, French award for CEO, Hubert Guyot, photo exhibition featuring employees by Georgia Metaxas, Boroondara residents and Travelsmart, Metlink Team Tigers Basketball, Ikea store in Richmond, pram friendly trams, feedback and return of W class trams to route 30. New track maintenance vehicle -"scrubber truck". .2 - Letter on Yarra Trams letterhead, addressed to Ron Wilson of Orange Grove Bayswater, signed by Paul Matthews Marketing Manager forwarding a copy of the magazine to Ron, noting highlights. Gives address details. .3 - Magazine - as for .1 - issue 1 dated October 1999 with a forward by the CEO Steve Macdonald , Camberwell depot, Deputy CEO Hubert Guyot, new logo designs, reduction in tram stops, tennis trams, family day, Docklands route 70 extension and competition. .4 - magazine - 3 fold A4 - issue 9, dated Nov. 2002, Notes the construction of Route 109, W class, St Vincent's Plaza, Gordon Atkins, Docklands tram services, explorer program, Feedback, Line Officers, Corporate Report and Melbourne Museum tram. .5 - magazine - issue 11 - August 2003 - 8 pages - opening of Box Hill line, Harry the Wombat, trams in the press, Welcome to Dennis Cliche, B class seating trial, Metlink, Docklands, trial information at tram stops (early TramTracker) project and route 75. .6 - magazine issue 13 - April 2004 - Australian Open tram service, Collins and Spencer Superstop, tram services, feedback, Metlink, Channel 10 - The Secret life of us, PTC Cricket Squad. .7 - issue 8 - April 2002 - Grand Prix, Box Hill update, Citadis update, Collins and Spring superstop, Australia Open, Fare Evastion and track joints. 8 - issue 10, undated - Australian Open tennis, Eurotram comes to Melbourne, Docklands joins the City Circle, route 109, Box Hill extension and what is a substation.trams, tramways, yarra trams, w class, disability services, vermont south, awards, metlink, route 30, camberwell depot, docklands, route 70, st vincent's plaza, line officers, box hill, route 109, b class, superstops, cricket, tennis, tramtracker, route 75, city circle

Newspaper cutting from The Courier, Ballarat, Monday Sept. 28, 1992, page 3 of the celebration of the Museum by operating trams along the shore of Lake Wendouree for almost 17 hours to mark the 21st anniversary of the closure of the Ballarat system. Includes a photo of a group of members sanding on the front of Horse Tram No. 1 - Len Millar, Frank Puls, David O' Neil, Alastair Reither, Colleen Low, John Phillips, Andrew Mitchell and Richard Gilbert. Includes comments by Richard Gilbert on the Museum, its Collection Policy and the winners of the colour competition including details of the prizes. Photo by Lachlan Bence and story by Kim Norbury. 2nd copy added 24/5/2006 Image of newspaper with text added 28/3/2011trams, tramways, 21st anniversary, horse tram no. 1, btm, celebrations

Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat 16/1/1997 page 28, Saturday Magazine, In Retrospect Section, featuring two postcards from the past and associated story expanding on Mr. Phil Dixon's letter to the Courier (Reg. Item 1506) about the possible use of horse trams instead of electric trams in Ballarat. Item compiled by Lorrie Brown. Item title "Horse drawn trams a cheaper option". Features two postcards: 1 - Horse tram No. 5 by A. Ronalds Vine Hotel, Macarthur St. Ballarat. 2. Horse tram ascending Sturt St. by Camp St. on the north side of Sturt Street with buildings in the background.horse trams, ballarat revival, sturt st, vine hotel

Conference material as listed below. Part of Yarra Trams safety campaign, Beware the Rhino, presented at the International Rail Safety Conference, held in Melbourne Oct. 2011. All items have been collected elsewhere, this lists the contents of the bag which have been retained. 1 - Reg Item - 1130 - Yellow bag with carry string - "Beware, Look, Listen" 2 - 1125.2 - Pamphlet - "Think like a passenger' 3 - 2316 - Pamphlet - "Getting around safely on trams" 4 - 2317 - Pamphlet - "Pedestrian Safety Campaign - May 2011" 5 - 766 - Bookmark - TramTracker 6 - 2318 - Pamphlet - "Think like a passenger - customer profile" 7 - 2319 - Postcard - "Beware the Rhino" 8 - 2320 - Postcard - City circle tram 9 - 765 - badge - "Love your trams" 10 - 767 - badge - "Beware (rhino)" 11 - 2321 - Ballpoint pen - with four hearts 12 - 761 - Cardboard fold up model of C3599trams, tramways, yarra trams, passengers, publicity, safety, rhinos, tramtracker

Poster or pamphlet printed on semi gloss A4 white paper, full colour titled "Tram Service Changes - Industrial Action - Thursday 10 September" (2015), showing replacement bus services during a stop work meeting for period 9am to 3pm and on the rear travel options, how to get to key destinations and the CBD. This was one a series of stop works meetings held by the RTBU Tram division in the support of a wage increase.trams, tramways, strike, rtbu, buses, yarra trams, stop work, timetables, service changes

Set of 7 letters, from Yarra Trams during 2007 and 2009 to Keith Kings re various maters, sending the latest issue of "Tramlines". 1 - 20/12/2007 - re tramlines 2 - 18/2/2008 - hand written letter to Paul, re not being able to receive the electronic version of tramlines and asking to be put on the mailing list for "The Pantograph". 3 - 11/4/2008 - tramlines, C2 trams, TramTracker and St Kilda Road. 4 - 23/4/2008 - response from Paul Matthews re his letter of 18/2 and sending a copy of the mini-CD - Driving with trams 5 - 12/8/2008 - re Bumblebee 2 - signed by Dennis Cliche 6 - 16/12/2008 7 - 23/3/2009 Signed by either Dennis Cliche as CEO or Paul Matthews as Marketing Manager.trams, tramways, yarra trams, passengers, letters, c2 class

Newspaper Clipping (p6 of Ballarat Courier 27/11/96) of handover of 2km of new trolley wire to Museum by Vic Minister for Transport Alan Brown. Photo of drum of wire with horse tram and No. 18 in background. Photo has Paul Jenkins, Alan Brown, James Coghlan (Mayor) and Richard Gilbert. The Ballarat Courier - Gabrielle Hodson (reporter) &Alan Marini (photo). Image of newspaper added 27-11-2016 trams, tramways, trolley wire, btm

Newspaper cutting from the Letters to the Editor Section of The Courier, Ballarat dated Friday 2/8/2002 regarding the reintroduction of trams to Ballarat. Has a photo of Allan Snowball working (welding) a rail joint in Wendouree Parade. Letter to the Editor titled - "Lake tram may be way to go" - written by Graham Jordan questioning the City Tramway proposal. Letter to the Editor, by William J Hoath titled "Who will subsidise cost of the trams", questioning who would pay when no one is on the trams and what is councillors position on this?ballarat revival, letter to the editor, ballarat city tramway, lake wendouree tramway

Large set of photocopied documents - titled "Comeng – submission bid – to build artic trams (Contract 4000) – March 1984" - B class trams .1 - Book 1 - Commercial submission - tender response, commercial payment, schedules. .2 - Book 2 - Technical submissions, equipment from AEG, GEC, ACEC, Brush, Mitsubishi, Ganz Electric, Holec, Itoh/Garrett/Hitachi and Stromberg, drawings, and alternatives, options. Also looks at the financial aspects. Documents not in order but marked what they are. All documents stored in a single box - taped together. Dated March 1984. Has a table of contents.trams, tramways, mta, the met, b class, tenders, specification, comeng, commonwealth engineering

Photocopy of a 10 page document titled "Policy Statement - Australian Tramway & Motor Omnibus Employees' Association - Victorian Branch - In Relation to Changed Ticketing and Operational Methods for Melbourne Trams". Records the union's opposition to the agreement attached to the document on the first page. Pages 2 to 10 provide the agreement between the PTC and the ATMOEA. On page 8 of the agreement has the space for the signatures of the Transport Minister, Labour Minister, PTC Chief Executive, Secretary of the Victorian Trades Hall, and for the ATMOEA. On the last page, provides the award rates. Dated 2/2/1990, follows the tram blockade.trams, tramways, employees, ptc, wages, personnel, tram blockade, strike, unions

Yields information about the services in Wendouree Parade and the Carlton St loop.Colour slide, Kodak white cardboard mount, developed Dec 1968 of No 17 crossing No. 14? at the Carlton St loop. No. 17 has a roof adverts for Wilkinson Sword Razor blades. The other tram has Twin Lakes sign. Has Lake Wendouree in the background.ballarat, tramways, trams, wendouree parade, lake wendouree, carlton st, tram 17, tram 14?

Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat titled "26,427 passengers for trams", reporting on the BTPS's 1976 AGM held at Electra Hall. Reports on the plans of the Society, acquisition of trams ex Lismore and Melbourne, the surplus, office bearers.btps, agm, electra hall

Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, 2/9/1971 titled ""Bus Takes Over" & "Trams Crusader still campaigning". Has a photo of people boarding a route 15 bus for Sturt St. West and an item about Mr. Alf Mercer making an emotional please for support in his campaign for the trams. Item notes that Mr. Mercer is a tram driver.closure, buses

Digital image of a Pamphlet - A4 4 pages, titled ""Bridge Strengthening works High St Northcote"" for dates 28/11/2021 to 6/12/2021, published by Yarra Trams, gives details of bus replacement and tram stops. Pavement and foundation reconstruction of tracks over the Merri Creek. This section of track was subject to a speed restriction. Gives details of the work and photos of the bridge itself. See also Reg Item 6095.3 - for another pamphlettrams, tramways, yarra trams, high st, northcote, bridges, merri creek, trackwork

Set of 16 Tram Route Guides, published during April 2010. Has the Yarra Trams, TramTracker and Metlink logos, listing the stops, interchanges with bus and other tram services, ticketing zones, estimated frequencies. See Reg Item 5435 for possibly earlier versions. Routes 1, 3/3a,5, 6, 8, 16, 64, 67, 70, 72, 75, 82, 78/79, 82, 86/95 and 112trams, tramways, timetables, maps, route 112, west preston, st kilda, route 1, route 3/3a, route 5, route 6, route 8, route 16, route 64, route 67, route 70, route 72, route 82, route 78, route 79, route 82, route 86, route 95, route 112

White cotton T-shirt, no size label remains, printed with an image of Ballarat 43, showing Mt Pleasant as a destination and the words "Save the Trams" May not have been worn and may be in its original packaging. Were sold by Myer's Ballarat near the time of closure. See also Reg Items 8017 and 6872 for other examples.trams, tramways, clothing, btps, closure, t-shirts

Illustration of cable trams in Melbourne (Collins St. and Elizabeth St.[location confirmed by WD 07112023]) - trailer lettered "St. Georges Fitzroy Rd. North), with Green bands top and bottom, textured bands and two lines of a Poem from Kendall on rear. Image re-scanned at high density 14-9-2013 and record checked.trams, tramways, melbourne, collins st., cable trams, fitzroy

Poster advertising to the Citizens of Ballarat and Sebastopol to "Save our Trams". Ballarat Trammies ask that on 30 May (1970 - see Reference page 87) people vote Labor. Provided names of the Labor candidates. Authorised by E. R. Courtney, Secretary of the Tramway Employees' Association (Ballarat Division). Printed by R. Fletcher & Sons. See also item 3327 - for a similar poster and Page 87 of The Golden City and its Tramways. Demonstrates a poster to try and save the tram system - in reference to the 1970 election which Bolte one both houses and led to the demise of the tram system in 1971.Quarto size printed poster, printed on slightly pink paper. Three copies held. trams, tramways, closure, ballarat, protest, meetings