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Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB)?, Ministry of Transport?, "East Burwood Tramway Extension - Middleborough Road to Vermont South - Feasibility Study, Oct. 1981
... tramways...Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB)?, Ministry ...Report - 43 pages, photocopied, stapled in top left hand corner - titled "East Burwood Tramway Extension - Middleborough Road to Vermon South - Feasibility Study - October 1981". No details as who made the report, assumed Ministry of Transport or MMTB. Gives details of proposals considered, population and land use, existing services, patronage, operating costs, revenue and provides an assessment. Looks at costs for an extension only to Blackburn Road, Springvale Road and to Vermont South. Report showed the cost benefit ratio for Blackburn Road was 1, and less for the other possibilities.trams, tramways, east burwood, feasibility study, new tramway, mmtb, middleborough rd, vermont south -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Tramway Pass 1977, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), 29-4-1977
... Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Issued to T Carter, 29/4/1977 and available to 3/5/1977. Signed by Mr Aird as MMTB Secretary. May have been issued to a Melbourne visitor.Demonstrates a "Free pass" to be used on Melbourne trams, though for a limited time. Brown cloth, covered heavy cardboard both sides ticket or pass, titled "Tramway Pass - 1977". Has MMTB logo on the rear. Ticket printed with paper sheet glued to the cloth on the inside and given Number 116.tickets, passes, mmtb -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Letter - from Alwyn Marshall Toolamba to Wal Jack re Wellington NZ tramways, Alwyn Marshall, late 1950s
... tramways ...Wal Jack had an extensive range of correspondents throughout Australia and the world who often provided him with detail drawings and notes on various tramway system. This set looks at the Wellington system, though undated, most likely late 1950s, based on advice from the Wellington Tramway Museum and Alwyn's travels. Demonstrates some of the correspondence that Wal Jack received from around the world.Handwritten letter and drawing on foolscap ruled paper - four sheets, detailing the Wellington NZ tramway system. letters, wal jack, railways, tramways, alwyn marshall, wellington nz -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Report, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Report and Statement of Accounts" for year ended 30 June 1963, 1963
... tramways...Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Annual report of the MMTB for the year end 30/6/1963 - No. 44 - buff heavy paper cover with 52 pages on inside giving details of the MMTB Board, Officers, Balance Sheet, Statement of funds, operation, schedule of debenture, investments, Auditors reports, record of Annual traffic receipts, passengers, miles etc, tram and bus routes operated, statistical information, graphs and photographs. Photos include site preparation for new Doncaster depot, decorated tramcar for Melbourne cup carnival Nov. 1962, MMTB float - Melbourne Moomba festival Feb. 1963 and Demonstration model of Underground Tramway Intersection.4950 - has Graeme Breydon's address stamp on front cover.trams, tramways, mmtb, melbourne, annual reports, operations, trackwork -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Certificate, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Certificate of Service", Jul. 1947
... Tramways...Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Preprinted Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board form with rounded corners, as a Certificate of Service for Leslie James Denmead, dated 29 Dec. 1948. Form 3/278, July 1947 typed with Name, positions held and dates From to Until. All entries have been underlined in red. Gives date of leaving, conduct and service ("Excellent") and signatures of person and Manager. Held positions of Conductor, Bus Driver, Bus starter, Inspector. Signed by L. J. Denmead and by J. Rigaldi (?) District Officer, for the Manager, F. G. Wraith. Sheet has a watermark "BANK M EXTRA STRONG" Not in good condition, has been repaired with 'sticky tape' and is torn. Multiple pin holes and punch hole in top left hand corner and two punch holes along left hand edge.tramways, trams, certificates, mmtb, denmead -
Tramway Heritage Centre
Book, Rules And Regulations, Unknown, thought to be 1960's
... Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board, Hawthorn depot ...Book with tan coloured fabric cover, 68 internal pages. Book has many clippings added to the pages showing updated, replaced regulations. Is showing signs of wear, with worn edges of cover, a small deposit is stuck to the front cover in top right corner, most pages are yellowing.Cover is plain tan. First internal cover has insciption: Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board Rules And Regulations (snip) Issued by Order of the Board. H.A. Warner, Secretary, 30/5/57 It is numbered 1651.book, mmtb, m&mtb, melbourne & metropolitan tramways board, rules and regulations -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "MMTB Curriculum of Training for Electric Car Drivers", 1955
... tramways...Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Book - heavy card covers with light brown cloth cover, 32 pages, sewn into glued end or cover sheets, titled "Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways /Curriculum of Training for Electric Car Drivers". Book has rounded corners. Issued 1955, has a detail contents index. Sets up the training process, trainer drivers, driver certificates, follow ups, road tests, probationary drivers, training syllabus, training school (at Hawthorn) and procedures and physical standards for tram drivers. See Reg item 882 for the 1960 version.trams, tramways, mmtb, drivers, training, instructions, motormen, hawthorn, medical -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Colour Photograph/s, Mar. 1985
... tramways ...Colour print of Fred Turner (left) and ?? Allan - siting at a table on "Party night on final night of interstate tramway bowling tournament in Brisbane - March 1985" Printed on Fujicolour paper.In ink on rear "Party night on final night of interstate tramway bowling tournament in Brisbane - March 1985"trams, tramways, personnel, sports, bowls -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Functional object - Conductors Bell, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), 1920's?
... Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Demonstrates a conductors communication bell used in Ballarat trams - may have been made either for the SEC or the MMTB. Brass Conductor Communication Bell, consisting of frame, bell, striker, bell pull section, one nuts and two pins. Bell mechanism, note the bell itself covered in SEC Tramway Green paint on one side and the underside.tram, trams, conductors, bell, sec -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Coin - Fare Token/s, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), 1920's
... tramways...Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Set of two fare tokens - 1 1/2d - 22mm diameter - dark brown celluloid - with words "Melbourne & Metropolitan" on circumference and "Tramways Board" in centre of token. On reverse in large font "1 1/2" and a small font "D" at to the right - indicating token had a value of one and a half pence. Both sides have a edge lining border about 1mm from the outer edge. Record updated following a query and being advised of an article in The Argus 1-4-1924 - see Reg Item 3359 for a copy. Item probably dates from c1920, phased out 1924. News item says made from "Paper Mache". See also Reg Item 1635 and 4666 for another example.trams, tramways, tickets, tokens, mmtb, melbourne -
Melbourne Tram Museum
coin - Fare Token/s, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), 1920's
... tramways...Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Fare tokens - 1 1/2d - 22mm diameter - dark brown celluloid - with words "Melbourne & Metropolitan" on circumference and "Tramways Board" in centre of token. On reverse in large font "1 1/2" and a small font "D" at to the right - indicating token had a value of one and a half pence. Both sides have a edge lining border about 1mm from the outer edge. Record updated following a query and being advised of an article in The Argus 1-4-1924 - see Reg Item 3359 for a copy. Item probably dates from c1920, phased out 1924. News item says made from "Paper Mache". See also Reg Item 1635 and 1660 for another example.trams, tramways, tickets, tokens, mmtb, melbourne -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Tramway Pass - 1953-54", 1953
... tramways...Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Green cloth, covered heavy cardboard both sides ticket or pass, titled "Tramway Pass - 1953-54" for limbless and disabled soldiers, issued by the MMTB with MMTB logo on the rear. Ticket printed with paper sheets glued to the cloth on the inside and a photo of the person issued to glued to the right hand side. Issued to John Cameron of 82 Victoria St Carlton, signed by the Secretary (Mr Warner). Note date of pass is 1-10-53, though it appears to be issued in 1955. Available to 30-6-1954. Has a photo of Mr. Cameron. Advised Mr. Cameron had lost a leg during the war. Note - not available on all night services. Donated by Mal Rowe 25-4-15.trams, tramways, tickets, world war 1, passes, mmtb -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, R.K. Whitehead, A Hisitory of Grampians Tramway, 1972
A History of the Grampians TramwayGreen Paper CoverA Hsitory of the Grampians Tramway Donated to The Stawell "Biari" Group for Genealogy Inc.railway transport -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Instruction Book, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "How to become an efficient conductor", 1950's
... tramways...Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Instruction Book - 20 pages, within manila card covers, titled ""How to become an efficient conductor", published by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board. Gives details on how to be a conductor safely, collect fares, disputes, school concessions, ticket cancellation, accidents, and conduct. A list of dos and donts' employee benefits summary and two drawings showing the consequences of not securing the trolley pole under the hook and step accidents. No date on the documents - assumed 1950's. Second copy added 15/1/2015 from donation of Lindsay Rickard. 739.1 - Second copy added 3/12/15 from donation of Gary Butler - has a green ink printed cover and printed on gloss paper.trams, tramways, mmtb, conductors, instructions, melbourne, depot -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Instruction Book, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "How to become an efficient conductor", 1960's
... tramways...Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Instruction Book - 20 pages, within manila card covers, titled ""How to become an efficient conductor", published by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board. Gives details on how to be a conductor safely, collect fares, disputes, school concessions, ticket cancellation, accidents, and conduct. A list of dos and dents' employee benefits summary and two drawings showing the consequences of not securing the trolley pole under the hook and step accidents. Inside front cover is a list of Melbourne tram depots, giving stop number, and street. Handwritten addition regarding South Melbourne depot - short cut from St Kilda Road - folded printed sheet. No date on the documents - assumed 1960's.trams, tramways, mmtb, conductors, instructions, melbourne, depot -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Drawing, Victorian Railways (VR), Ears Female Tramway, 1958
... tramways ...Gives the design details of the device or fitting known as a trolley wire ear that holds a tramway copper trolley wire in position. Notes that the drawing was traced in 1958 from a MMTB drawing.Yields information about the design of trolley wire fittings and how they were fabricated. Interesting that the drawing is dated 15-8-1958, given that on 1-3-1958 the last street tramways operated by the Victorian Railways closed. May have been used for electrically powered gantry cranes or overhead travelling cranes used in Workshops and railway yards.Dyeline print of Victorian Railways drawing - F6236 - Ears Female TramwayHas number "7515 D.33" in black pen in bottom right hand corner.tramways, trams, overhead, victorian railways, trolley wire, engineering, electrical engineering -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, Australian Tramway Employees Association (ATEA), "Memorandum of Agreement - ATEA with PMTT, NMETL, ESCo & Meakin & Thomas", 1913
... tramways ...Four separate agreements, one for each organisation. All details wages and conditions of work and disputes, grievances, and discipline, leave etc. Pages 1 - 10 - agreement with the PMTT - dated 14/1/1913, applied from 1/10/1912 to 1/6/1916. Signed for PMTT by Alex Cameron Chairman; Thomas King Member; and Thomas King Secretary and for Union by Lionel L. Hill President and A. C. Warton General Secretary. Pages 12 - 20 - ditto with NMELTL - dated 14/1/1913, applied from 1/1/1913 to 30/6/1916. Signed for NMETL by L. Voight, A.D. Murdoch and for Union by A. C. Warton General Secretary. Pages 21 - 32 - ditto with ESCo - dated 14/1/1913, applied from 1/12/1912 to 30/6/1916, includes rosters for Ballarat and Bendigo. Signed by William J Home for P. J. Pringle for ESCo and for Union by Lionel L. Hill President and A. C. Warton General Secretary. Pages 33 - 42 - ditto with Messrs Meakin and Thomas, Lessees of the Northcote Cable Tramways. Dated 14/1/1913, applied from 1/12/1912 to 30/6/1916. Signed by F.W. Meakin and Lena Thomas in front of Louis Waxman Solicitor and A. C. Warton, General Secretary. Yields information about the industrial agreements with Tramway operators in Victoria, except for MTOCo.Forty-Four page booklet, off-white paper, saddle-stapled, with additional dark grey colour paper cover titled "The Australian Tramway Employees' Association with the The Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust / The North Melbourne Electric Tramways and Lighting Company Limited/ The Electric Supply Company of Victoria Limited and Messrs. Meakin and Thomas". Two copies held. "Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society Catalogue No. 213" in ink on top of first page, inside cover on both copies. Copy 1 - has name of "H.W.H.Collett" and "1913" on front cover, and pencil or red pencil notes against various rules in the ESCo section. Copy 2 - some minor pencil marks.trams, tramways, bendigo, ballarat, atea, unions, agreements, esco, nmetl, pmtt, northcote cable trams, meakin & thomas -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Memorabilia - Framed HTT window glass, Duncan & Fraser, c1916
... Hawthorn Tramways Trust (HTT) ...Etched glass panel from the sliding saloon door of a Hawthorn Tramways Trust (HTT) Tramcar with a wooden surround or frame. The saloon doors on HTT trams were fitted with this style of panel. Manufacture of the glass was arranged by the Adelaide-based builder of HTT tramcars, Duncan and Fraser.Demonstrates the logo of the HTT etched into the glass part of a saloon door.Wooden framed etched glass panel with HTT logo and name. Frame secured with wood screws and nails and varnished.htt, logos, doors, glass, duncan and fraser -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Magazine, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "MMTB News", 1967
... tramways...Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Eight issues of "MMTB News" - The Magazine of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board. No. 1 not in bag 11/9/2016 when checked - further checking to be done. All issues printed with an cream colour paper cover with the rest of the magazine white glass paper. 2721.1 - Vol. 4, No. 1 - 16 pages, January 1967, with a photo of the W7 1031 prior to running out of Preston Depot with its crew and depot starter, photo of opening of Glenferrie Rd Malvern, "Like to Drive a Tram?" - Hawthorn driver training school with photos, intake of new conductors, Stores - The Board's Housekeeper - Mr. D. Tatam, extension of the East Preston route, Children's Christmas party, trackwork and duplication of East Coburg to Bell St, laying of a cable tram cable. 2721.2 - Vol. 4, No. 2 - 16 pages, February 1967, with a photo of North Fitzroy bus crews prior to running out, "Sixty years of Essendon Tramways", R. Risson's speech to the ANA on 26/1, Annual report highlights, Tramways band, retirement of Max Jones. Photo of Mr. Risson scanned - see i9 2721.3 - Vol. 4, No. 3 - 16 pages, March 1967, with a photo of a model of the proposed St. Kilda junction arrangements, "Trams and Buses - they keep them rolling", St. Kilda Junction scheme, Overhead crews, Conductresses Uniforms, new conductors, sports and social club news. 2721.4 - Vol. 4, No. 4 - 16 pages, April 1967, with a photo of the reconstruction of Camberwell Road, "Melbourne Needs Trams", Tramways Band, Long Service awards, retirement of Roy Allen, Jack Moffatt World wide TV broadcast from South Melbourne depot, sports and social club news. 2721.5 - Vol. 4, No. 5 - 16 pages, May 1967, with a photo of bus maintenance work at North Fitzroy, Tram track maintenance procedures, retirement of Arthur Battye, death or Harold Wallace, sports and social club news. 2721.6 - Vol. 4, No. 6 - 16 pages, June 1967 with a photo of the World TV broadcast, "Our World" that featured South Melbourne Depot, tram track maintenance procedures, TMSV Visit to Rubicon with bus 570, staggered working hours, first MMTB built tramcars (T166), TMSV all night tour, retirement of Bill Trickey, sports and social club news. 2721.7 - Vol. 4, No. 7 - 16 pages, July - August 1967 with a photo of visiting US Sailors on a tramcar, changes to tramways routes (Norm Cross), retirement of Val Marchesi, Tom Addison, J. J. McKenzie, Gordon Mitchell, sports and social club news. 2721.8 - Vol. 4, No. 8 - 16 pages, September - October 1967 with a photo of Ray Harvey working on a RC2 Controller, tram charter by Bob Wilson, Essendon reunion, sports and social club news. Two copies of each other than No. 1, No. 3 and No. 8 as at 12/9/2016.-Each issue has stamped on the front cover or inside "The Australian Railway Historical Society (S.A. Branch).trams, tramways, mmtb, hawthorn, essendon, tramways band, st kilda road, trackwork, tmsv, tv broadcasts, tramcars -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Magazine, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), MMTB News, 1967
... tramways...Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Eight issues of "MMTB News" - The Magazine of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board. Two copies of each issue held. All issues printed with an cream colour paper cover with the rest of the magazine white glass paper. 1724.1 - Vol. 4, No. 1 - 16 pages, January 1967, with a photo of the W7 1031 prior to running out of Preston Depot with its crew and depot starter, photo of opening of Glenferrie Rd Malvern, "Like to Drive a Tram?" - Hawthorn driver training school with photos, intake of new conductors, Stores - The Board's Housekeeper - Mr. D. Tatam, extension of the East Preston route, Children's Christmas party, trackwork and duplication of East Coburg to Bell St, laying of a cable tram cable. 2721.2 - Vol. 4, No. 2 - 16 pages, February 1967, with a photo of North Fitzroy bus crews prior to running out, "Sixty years of Essendon Tramways", R. Risson's speech to the ANA on 26/1, Annual report highlights, Tramways band, retirement of Max Jones. Photo of Mr. Risson scanned - see i9 1724.3 - Vol. 4, No. 3 - 16 pages, March 1967, with a photo of a model of the proposed St. Kilda junction arrangements, "Trams and Buses - they keep them rolling", St. Kilda Junction scheme, Overhead crews, Conductresses Uniforms, new conductors, sports and social club news. 1724.4 - Vol. 4, No. 4 - 16 pages, April 1967, with a photo of the reconstruction of Camberwell Road, "Melbourne Needs Trams", Tramways Band, Long Service awards, retirement of Roy Allen, Jack Moffatt World wide TV broadcast from South Melbourne depot, sports and social club news. 2721.5 - Vol. 4, No. 5 - 16 pages, May 1967, with a photo of bus maintenance work at North Fitzroy, Tram track maintenance procedures, retirement of Arthur Battye, death or Harold Wallace, sports and social club news. 1724.6 - Vol. 4, No. 6 - 16 pages, June 1967 with a photo of the World TV broadcast, "Our World" that featured South Melbourne Depot, tram track maintenance procedures, TMSV Visit to Rubicon with bus 570, staggered working hours, first MMTB built tramcars (T166), TMSV all night tour, retirement of Bill Trickey, sports and social club news. 1724.7 - Vol. 4, No. 7 - 16 pages, July - August 1967 with a photo of visiting US Sailors on a tramcar, changes to tramways routes (Norm Cross), retirement of Val Marchesi, Tom Addison, J. J. McKenzie, Gordon Mitchell, sports and social club news. 1724.8 - Vol. 4, No. 8 - 16 pages, September - October 1967 with a photo of Ray Harvey working on a RC2 Controller, tram charter by Bob Wilson, Essendon reunion, sports and social club news. Two copies of issue 4 held. Second copy added 31/8/2004. Two copies of issue 6 held. Second copy added 26/09/2006.trams, tramways, mmtb, hawthorn, essendon, tramways band, st kilda rd, trackwork, tmsv, tv broadcasts, tramcars -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Proposed East Burwood Tramway Extension - Warragul Road to Middleborough Road - Feasibility Study, Sep. 1974
... tramways...Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Report - 68 pages, photocopied onto light cartridge paper with brown covers both sides, overlain with clear plastic covers and black comb bound. Titled "Proposed East Burwood Tramway Extension - Warragul Road to Middleborough Road - Feasibility Study June 1974", looks at the purpose of the extension, possible patronage, construction details, costs, existing services and impact on these, proposed services, operating costs, revenue and social benefit - cost analysis. Has many tables, diagrams including fold out map. Showed that the benefit outweighed the costs of the project. Prepared by the MMTB June 1974 - report on front page notes it is Amendment A, September 1974.Stamped "Australian Electric Traction Association Public Transport Committee" on both cover and inside front page.trams, tramways, burwood, east burwood, feasibility study, new tramway, mmtb, middleborough rd -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Specification, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "specifications - MMTB various", 1922 to 1925
... tramways...Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...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 - List, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Salute to Australia Pageant - Australia Day 1st February 1982", "Background details of Vintage Trams in Service", Jan. 1982
... tramways...Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...List of tramcars used in the Australia Day Pageant, 1982. Prepared by the MMTB, titled "Salute to Australia Pageant - Australia Day 1st February 1982", "Background details of Vintage Trams in Service" for use on 1/2/1982. Printed on both sides of pink sheet of foolscap paper, using a wax stencil and duplicator. Gives details of MMTB 214 (V), Ballarat 27, MMTB 180 (T), Bendigo 19, MMTB 104 (L) and standby tram MMTB 164 (S). Details tram number, date built, for built for, points of interest and present operator. Also lists other vintage passenger vehicle displays in Wellington Parade, abbreviations and list of significant events concerning Melbourne tramways.trams, tramways, australia day, mmtb, melbourne, tramcars, pageant -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, R. J. H. Risson, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board, "Public Transport in Big cities", 1966
... tramways...R. J. H. Risson, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board ...Report 6 pages, photocopied onto head sensitive paper titled "Public Transport in Big cities" printed in the October - December 1966 issue of Australian Transport. Written by R. J. H. Risson, Chairman of the MMTB. Includes a photo of the author. Paper looks at Public Transport in Melbourne, its past and where it is going, car parking, that trams will stay in Melbourne, US cities though winding down, UK hardly a model, must do better, looks at New York, growing cities, the work place and workforce, transport essentials, fares, speed, new buses and trams, articulated vehicles, solutions, plans for Melbourne, underground tramways. Has photos of European trams.On rear of page 5 are a numb er of algebraic equations!trams, tramways, mmtb, tramway, melbourne, underground tramways, new trams, public transport -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Specification, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Tender Schedule for All-Electric Trams", 1972
... tramways...Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Comb bound (white plastic) specification document, approx. 70 pages, with glossy card covers, titled "Tender Schedule for All-Electric Trams", published by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board, closing 2 Oct. 1972. Details the conditions of tender, conditions of contract, notes, specification, gives background information about Melbourne, dimensions, performance, drivers and conductors, trucks, wheels, brakes, electrical equipment, control panels and drawings. The drawings give a map of the system, typical city route, Glenferrie Road route (grade diagram), concrete track construction, min. radius curves, loading gauge, all-electric tram and mounting details for the trolley base, schedule of prices, tender form, form of contract, schedule of information to be provided by the tenderer.trams, tramways, specification, tenders, z class trams, mmtb, melbourne -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Preston Workshops", Nov. 1926
... tramways...Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Set of two typed reports detailing Preston Workshops. .1 - Report - marked draft, dated 24/11/1926 - 4 foolscap pages with marks, corrections, changes outlining the need for a workshop, refers to the Malvern depot, acquisition of the land, design, capacity, description of the various shops. Gives a description of the operation, construction of trams in the future, notes the cable repair shops at Nicholson St, cranes, employee numbers, costs, paint and body shop. Notes the mess room and that an ambulance room will be provided. .2 - Report - 3 quarto pages - undated - but based on the first sentence, c1929 - titled "Tramway Workshops Preston". Gives a description of the workshops, the main groupings, building sizes, cranes, floors, building and maintenance capacities, tracks, admin block, employment, sub-station and power supplies.In top right hand corner of each sheet of .1 "Reference RS 49/1" stamp and handwritten.trams, tramways, preston workshops, malvern depot, nicholson st, workshops, workplace conditions -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Approximate data as to Population, Valuation and Car Mileage run in the 28 Municipalities which constitute the Tramway "Metropolis""., "Approximate percentages of surplus profits for the year ended 30th June 1920 which would be obtained by adopting any of the following basis", Jul. 1920
... tramways...Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ....1 - Report - duplicated foolscap sheet titled "Approximate data as to Population, Valuation and Car Mileage run in the 28 Municipalities which constitute the Tramway "Metropolis"", setting out the information as of 31/12/1919 population, valuation as at 30/9/1919 and cable and electric mileage as at 30/6/1920. Dated 20/7/1920. 2 copies held. .2 - Report single foolscap sheet titled "Approximate percentages of surplus profits for the year ended 30th June 1920 which would be obtained by adopting any of the following basis", setting out for each municipality on the basis of population, valuation, tram mileage, one third each or 40 / 40 /40 or the length of single track in each. Has a note re Northcote. Dated 23/7/1920.trams, tramways, mmtb, finances, cable trams, councils, city of melbourne -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), late 1964
... tramways...Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Black and white photographs of the Electrical Control room supervisory panel, that was located in Bouverie St and Queensberry St Carlton known as Carlton Control. Photograph most likely taken at the same time as the new panel was implemented - see Reg item 4514 - late 1964. Shows the panel and its set up, maps on the wall and other equipment and a table in front of the operators table or position. The MMTB News - 1721.4 - Vol. 1, No. 4 - 20 pages, November - December 1964, with a colour photo of the new Supervisory control room at Carlton on the front cover. Has articles on; chairman's message, tramway band, Carlton Control - Supervisory Centre, safe electrical working, Christmas celebrations, the old power control centre, a obituary for H. H. Bell, Remembrance day. Printed on gloss white paper.trams, tramways, carlton, substation, electrical equipment, electrical switching, carlton control -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Folder of Track crossections drawings, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), c1928
... tramways...Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...The document provides cross sections of track used from c1920 to 1928. The folder is marked "H Bell" most likely the son of the later Chairman, Mr Hector Bell who was a civil engineer with the MMTB. 1 - P3948 - Camberwell Road - 1926 2 - P2789 - Camberwell Road reconstruction - 1920 3 - P3753 - Chapel St - 1926 4 - P60 - Expansion joints Church St bridge - 1924 5 - P3686 - Commercial Road reconstruction - 1926 6 - P4024 - Cotham Road reconstruction - 1927 7 - P4699 - Droop St duplication - 1927 8 - P2384 - Flemington Road conversion - 1925 9 - P1187 - Flemington Road tramway - undated c1920 10 - P4131 - Flinders St conversion - 1927 11 - P4132 - Flinders St conversion - special track drains where subject to flooding - 1927 12 - P3603 - Glenferrie Road east track - 1926 13 - P2608 - Glenferrie Road reconstruction - 1925 14 - P3577 - Glen Huntly Road extension - 1926 15 - P3745 - Glen Huntly Rd duplication - 1926 16 - P4655 - Gilbert Rd duplication - 1928 17 - P2472 - Hannah St at Crossings 1925 18 - P2459 - Hannah St in plantations - 1925 19 - P2582 - High St Prahran reconstruction - 1926 20 - P1594 - High St Prahran reconstruction - 1925 21 - P3611 - High St Malvern reconstruction - 1926 22 - P3900 - Lygon St - 1926 23 - P3689 - Malvern Road reconstruction - 1926 24 - P3951 - West Coburg Route - sleeper spacing - 1926 25 - P4703 - Nicholson St Coburg - duplication - 1928 26 - P4470 - Norwood Road duplication - 1927 27 - P2473 - Park St tramway - 1925 28 - P3707 - Riversdale Road reconstruction - 1926 29 - P4630 - Riversdale Road extension - 1927 30 - P4497- Riversdale Road duplication - 1927 31 - P1387 - South Melbourne Road - special boxed in Construction for Albert Road (parking loop) - 1924 32 - P4691 - Swan St reconstruction - 1927 33 - P3640 - Victoria St part - 1926 (2 copies) 34 - P4522 - Wallen Road reconstruction - 1927 35 - P3939 - Wallen Road reconstruction in front of depot - 1927 36 - P4702 - Trial types of track - 1928 37 - P4254 - Wattletree Road reconstruction - 1927 38 - P4531 - Wattletree Road connection to Glenferrie Road - 1927 39 - P4708 - Wellington Rd siding - 1928Yields information about the various tramway track cross sections used by the MMTB including cable tram conversions.Folder - heavy card cloth covers fitted with two interscrews containing some 39 plus one duplicate folded blue prints. Covers made by Swinnerton Bros of Melbourne - see image 6 for their logo/trademark.Has "H Bell" in ink on rear cover.tramways, mmtb, tram tracks, rails, civil engineering, cable conversion, new tramways -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Magazine, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "MMTB News", 1966
... tramways...Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Eight issues of "MMTB News" - The Magazine of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board. Two copies of issues 1 to 6 held. Second copy added 31/8/2004. All issues printed with an cream colour paper cover with the rest of the magazine white gloss paper. 2720.1 - Vol. 3, No. 1 - 16 pages, January 1966, with a photo of the Mark VI bus No. 702 on the front cover, notes on Traffic Congestion, motor cars and supermarkets, depot masters, engineering, bus maintenance, sports and social club news. On rear cover includes a photo of a Christmas function with past senior employees - left to right - H. R. Steains (architect), H. S. McComb (Chief Surveyor), Mr. Aird, Mr. P. M. Ireland (Rolling stock engineer), J Fisher (Civil Engineer) and H. A. Warner (Secretary) 2720.2 - Vol. 3, No. 2 - 16 pages, February 1966, with a photo of counting decimal coins, Tribute to the W2 class tram written by Norm Cross, (with photo), Hawthorn Clothing Depot, retirement of Harry Munroe, introduction of decimal currency, donation of 1B bogies to SPER, tramways band, death of Neil Olsen, sports and social club news. See btm2720i9.jpg for image of the Norm Cross photograph. 2720.3 - Vol. 3, No. 3 - 12 pages, March - April 1966, with a photo of Tramways Bowl Tournament presentation on the front cover, Recent developments in public transport in North America, Vera Cruz Mexico, cable cars at Rushworth, sports and social club news and photo of the Melbourne bogies under Sydney tram. 2720.4 - Vol. 3, No. 4 - 16 pages, May 1966, with a photo of W2 321being overhauled at Preston Workshops, change over to decimal currency for accounting machines, "Tram Driver Salutes the L class tram" - written by A. Bailey, Melbourne's New Trams, retirement of Gordon Wilson, sports and social club news. 2720.5 - Vol. 3, No. 5 - 16 pages, June 1966, with a photo of the track relaying in Camberwell Rd with Camberwell fire station in background, Melbourne cable tram routes, opening and closing dates, retirement of G. H. Box, visit of SPER members to Melbourne, memories of Malvern Depot, sports and social club news. 2720.6 - Vol. 3, No. 6 - 16 pages, July - August 1966 with a photo of the view from the St Kilda Junction signal box, more trams for Russia, retirements of 31 Employees, a contest to win an old W2, St Kilda Road Junction box - and how it works - signalling and interlocking, closure of Port Melbourne bus depot, sports and social club news. 2720.7 - Vol. 3, No. 7 - 16 pages, September - October 1966 with a photo of 610 on the Maribyrnong River Bridge, during the SPER tour, "Public Transport in Big Cities" - R. Risson - with photo - see image i10, MMTB Ambulance division, new trams, trams or buses, death of Harry Hood, Chas Samuels, retirement of Jack Ferguson, Reg Maxwell, manufacture of trackwork, cable tram working, sports and social club news. 2720.8 - Vol. 3, No. 8 - 16 pages, November - December 1966 with a photo of a wedding party on a tram (Richards / Fuller), apprenticeship training, Christmas message from the Chairman, tramway canteens, art of rostering by R. Drummond, Wattle Park Chalet, clock and instrument shop at North Fitzroy, tramways band, sports and social club news.Each issue has stamped on the front cover or inside "The Australian Railway Historical Society (S.A. Branch).trams, tramways, mmtb, sper, wattle park, port melbourne, st kilda junction, decimal currency, w2 class, l class, hawthorn