Set of two black and white photographs and two colour photographs of Prototype tramcar 1041, at Preston Workshops just prior to its formal launch. .1 - At the entry to the workshops showing route 88 and "city". IN the background is a tram stop shelter in St Georges Road. .2 - In Miller St - shows the PCC bogies .3 - as for .1 .4 - as for .1, but on a different track and angle. .1 and .2 on Kodak paper.On the rear of the photograph has in pencil. .1 - "1041-entrance-Preston - MMTB". .2 - "1041-Miller St - Preston - MMTB". .3 - "1041-Preston 2- MMTB". .4 - "1041-Preston 2- MMTB" - has various trimming marks and notes on front and rear of the photograph. Some have MMTB stamps on rear.trams, tramways, 1041, preston workshops, prototype tramcar, miller st, route 88, pcc, tram 1041

Parade of Returned AIF Personnel, Through City Streets Thursday 18th November 1943 - 1.20 to 1.55 PM 1 - Several memos from JM Harry, Dist Traffic Supt, to depots for tram arrangements for above event. Provides details for parking and shunting of tramcars. 2 - Letter from HS Wootton, Town Clerk, to M&MTB regarding traffic and march arrangements for above event.trams, tramways, letters, instructions, events, parades, world war 2, city rd, swanston st, victoria st, hawthorn depot, camberwell depot

Black and white photograph of on end of cable saloon trailer No. 1 with the "Richmond" destination prominent and other details of the end of the tramcar. Photo possibly taken after the repainting of the tram. Photo from the Collection of the Department of Infrastructure now with the Public Records Office - image number H552. Note: this photo is now out of copyright and was not an original VR photograph, but one copied from another source and collected as their Heritage series.Has Department of Infrastructure copy right stamp on rear and number "H 552" in ink on rear and "1-6"trams, tramways, cable trams, trailers, paint, tram 1

List - 8 quarto ruled sheets, hand written, titled "X Series of Drawings", listing in an alphabetical order of drawings, drawing number, date, size and title of the various information drawings as a supplement to the R drawings. Includes maps, site drawings, depots and proposals or concepts for tramcars Keith notes that it was commenced in June 1953. List includes drawings up to 1987. Sheets numbered 101 to 108trams, tramways, drawings, tramcars, preston workshops, depots, buses

Digital image of a report titled "The Melbourne Tram Fleet (Service Trams), listing trams sorted by Tram number with a table giving the age of the tram for tramcars operated by the Colonial Tram car restaurant, privately owned, Public Transport Corporation, Swanston and Yarra trams. Gives the number, class, operator, in service date and age in years. Does not give the actual depot. Dated 5/7/1999.trams, tramways, tramcars, swanston trams, yarra trams, lists, depots, depot allocation, restaurant tram

Set of two Black and white negatives, by Wal Jack, of rail grinder No. 2 parked in Ascot Vale Road, Moonee Ponds during the construction of the connecting line between Moonee Ponds and Union St and Maribyrnong Road corner. The west line has been completed and the eastern line is under construction. Photo dated 17-5-1942 in the Wal Jack album along with details of the location and the tramcar.trams, tramways, trackwork, new tramway, work trams, ascot vale road, moonee ponds, grinder, tram 2

Black and white negative, by Wal Jack, of S158 and S 157 turning from Ballarat Road into Gordon St, while running a SPECIAL E or Explosives factory service. Note the paper boy on the step of S158 with many papers (appears to be a few people on the tram) and a solider in uniform walking across the street. Photo dated 20-4-1945 in the Wal Jack album along with details of the location and the tramcar.trams, tramways, ballarat road, gordon st, footscray, world war 2, special e, s class, tram 158, tram 157

Twenty page booklet, centre stapled, printed with photographs on glossy paper, titled "Public Transport Today; A brief World Survey", by F. Andrews of Queensland, late 1960's early 1970's. Looks at the current developments in light rail, tramways, transit lines, in North America, Continental Europe and the future in public transport. Has many photographs of tramways and tramcars. Two copies held.trams, tramways, public transport, tramways, europe, usa, canada

Newspaper clipping from Preston Post Times, 24/5/1983, titled "Steve's in a spin" of the launch of the 100th Z3 class tramcar at Preston Workshops. Newspaper clipping notes that there are 15 more Z3's to go, then the A class and also the introduction of the articulated trams and extension to Bolderwood Parade opened in May. Has a photo of the Transport Minister, Steve Crabb with his head out of the window of Z3 215.In ink on top edge "Preston Post Times 24/5/83"trams, tramways, preston workshops, z3 class, launch, tram 215

Duplicated A4p 9 page document titled "Operation of Z class Trams", providing instructions for the operation of Z class trams, fault finding, running out, changing ends, brake issues, defective doors, track brake, lights, automatic points, loud speaker, Public Address, safety, hot weather, tram No. 5, Z3 tramcars, slip indication, changing destinations, overspeed and defects.trams, tramways, mmtb, z class, training, operations, instructions, faults

Demonstrates a drawing of an X class tram by Chris Andews..1 - Drawing - special size sheet - titled "MMTB Class X", drawing No. 1, series 2 by C Andrews 10/67 for the TMSV giving a GA type drawing of the MMTB X class tram No. 217 - Birney. Includes data on the tram such as truck, controllers and colours. .2 - as above for an X1 class tramcar dated 7/5/1967. .3 - Original pen and ink drawing.trams, tramways, x class, drawings, birney, x1 class

Three page item, cover letter dated 28/8/47 from "The Fremantle Municipal Tramways & Electric Lighting Board" in reply to W.Jack letter of 21/7/47 - requesting info. 2nd page list tramcars, 3rd page - possibly a draft layout used in item 136. 2nd page- list tramcars, 3rd page - possibly a draft layout used in item 136. Second page on heavy sheet, 3 page light lined paper. Letter signed by the Tramways Engineer. Page 1 - 262H x 208W Page 2 - 230H x 243W Page 3 - 200H x 247W See Reg Item 5628 for a hand written list dated 1/1/50 from the Wal Jack collection and also Reg item 136 for a list prepared by Wal Jack. Image scans added 14-9-2013 and record checked.fremantle, tramcars

Report - carbon typed copy - 43 foolscap sheets bound within a brown card folder, stapled, with signs of an adhesive tape binding on the outside. Titled "Information - Tram 980 (PCC Equipment)", dated February 1964, prepared by the MMTB Engineering Department Testing Department Report No. I 5/1/144. Signed by W. Hines 6/2/64, report prepared by CLF. Provides a synopsis of the report, purpose of investigation, design, operational history, time in workshops, maintenance program, schedule speeds, riding qualities, has appendices with design modification, list of time in workshops, PCC tramcars maintenance program, workshops maintenance of ten typical trams, MMTB Tramcar Schedule speeds. Includes photographs of the failure of the main body transom and the replacement one, and two graphs. Second copy added 31-5-2016 from donation of Geoff Warburton. This copy - has red binding tape.trams, tramways, testing, pcc, preston workshops, reports, specification, tramcar manufacture, tramcar design, maintenance, tram 980

Newspaper clipping from the Ballarat Courier of 7/1/2000 featuring two photographs taken on 26/12/1999 during the 25th anniversary celebrations of the operations of the tramway by the BTM. Item within the People and places section. The first photo - Gavin Young standing in the doorway of tramcar No. 40. The second - Mr. Matthew Hutchison holding his son Henry inside a tram - possibly No. 13 - see also item 1290. "7 Jan 1999 Courier" in black ink, top right hand corner - date was actually 2000.trams, tramways, btm, visitors, 25th anniversary

Set of four colour photographs of the 500,000th passenger on BTPS/BTM tram services on Sunday June 10, 2001. Congratulating Mr. Lou Abbruzzi is Len Millar. Photos by John Phillips. Tramcar No. 45 in background. Photo on Kodak paper. For details of the event see Fares Please! July 2000. Image btm1824i4 used in the August 2001 issue of Trolley Wire (black and white). See Fares Please! July 2001On rear of each photo "9.06.01" (actual date was Sunday 10 July) and "Photo by John Phillips" in blue ink. On rear of 1824.4 is a white sticker "Photo 29, reduce to 7 x 10.5cm" instruction for use in Trolley Wire.500, 000 passenger, btm, btps, gold tram, tram 45

Single sheet of A4 blue paper, printed on both sides, folded in half to form the notes for a bus tour to the "The Bulli Tramway Company's Last Tram Day at the Yangardook Tramway, Toolern Vale", outside Melton on Sunday 6 November 1994. Gives details of the tramway, the tramcars (large scale models), track, map, details of vehicles, operators and last tram details. Operated in conjunction with the Australian Electric Traction Association.model tramways, closure, toolern vale, yangardook tramway

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) of a photograph of No. 28, Depot Loop, Tramsheds Loop, Wendouree Parade, with destination of Gardens via Drummond St. Nth. Photo taken late 1960's. Probably taken from a tramcar in the opposite direction. Slide rescanned at 3200 dpi 25-10-2020, jpg replaced, tiff file retained. This file was scanned in 2003 and may show colour changes."BAS 51" in penciltramways, trams, wendouree parade, depot loop, tramsheds loop, tram 28

Printed full colour postcard titled "The Victorian Goldfields" / "Ballarat / restored trams at Lake Wendouree". Features BTM tramcars 661, 28 (being repainted), 671 on the depot fan and No. 45, Gold tram in Wendouree Parade during winter. Photo taken c2001, No. 28 returned to service Oct. 2002. On rear is places for correspondence, stamp, barcode, address. Has the name of the publisher "Givenworks" and name of photographer "Mal Austin". trams, tramways, btm, wendouree parade, depot, tram 661

Yields information about the Quarry Hill terminus and roof advertisements on the tramcar.Black and white print on heavy matt photographic paper of Bendigo 18 at Quarry Hill terminus with the driver walking back to the tramcar. The tram has a White Horse Whiskey advertisement on the front dash panel, and two electric cooking roof advertisements. 2nd copy - laser print - with date etc on rear - added 22/2/2010, copy from Ron Hann. Printed on Fujifilm, Fujicolour Crystal Archive for Frontier"On rear in pencil "18 Quarry Hill 1963" 2nd copy has label "Reference 6/214/28" Photo by Ron Hann" and another label "Bendigo Quarry Hill 01.63"tramways, trams, bendigo, quarry hill, tram 18

Booklet that provides a short history of the Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust and details of some of the rollingstock that provided trams to the SEC Provincial systems. Second edition.Booklet - 12 pages including light brown card covers, titled "Feeding and Filling, The story of the Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust". Gives details of the background history of the PMTT, its services, routes, map and tramcar fleet and route numbers. Has been photocopied and stapled into printed covers. Has the details of the TMSV Bylands and Kilmore operations on the rear cover. Published by TMSV, first edition 1990. Written by Graeme Breydon. trams, tramways, pmtt, melbourne, tmsv, malvern depot

Kodachrome Transparency - 35mm slide - cardboard mount, with one side with red border and words "Kodachrome Transparency" top and bottom. On the other side is "Made in Australia" and "View from this side". Photo taken by Ben Parle 4/1956. Has slide No. "2" stamped in red in top corner. Photo of the Ballarat Scrubber, standing on "0" road, with the tennis court in the background. Has a friend of the photographer standing at the back of the tramcar. "Depot Ballarat" "4/56"tramways, trams, wendouree parade, sec depot, depot, scrubber tram, scrubber

Yields information about the process of preparing lists of ex MMTB tramcars that were used in Ballarat and demonstrates the record keeping of the SEC in relation to time worked by employees.List of Ballarat Tramcar numbers against their original MMTB numbers which have then been ticked off. Written on the back of an SEC Daily Time Sheet for the Afternoon Shift - form No. FTK 2-1-2 - printed in red on off white paper. Item was contained within Reg Item 5507 - Foolscap binder with green covers, black binding edge and metal clips - see btm5507-list.pdf for actual location. trams, tramways, sec, wages, tramcars, mmtb

Yields information about Wal Jack's understanding of Bendigo tramcars in the late 1950's through a list.Handwritten list of Bendigo trams, late 1950's giving tram number, where from and former tramcar number and status - whether sold or still going. On rear has a list of ex Geelong numbers and relationship to Bendigo numbers and some in service dates for bogie trams from Melbourne. Contained originally within Reg Item 5507 at the back of the binder. For items see BTM5507 loose items list.pdf bendigo, tramcars

Yields information about the visit of Ballarat Tram 36 to Melbourne after the closure of the Ballarat SEC system and its use for a celebration and visit to Hawthorn Depot.Newspaper cutting from The Courier, possibly the Sat Sept. 24, 1971, with the title "A long way from home", with a photo of Ballarat No. 36 at the Batman Ave terminus. The cutting refers to its operation and TV start on the previous Wednesday. Photo has the tram with Hawthorn Town Clerk Mr. B. Johnson, Cr. Chisholm, Cr Keith Miller Mayor of Hawthorn and Cr. Fred Johnson, Mayor of Richmond. Tramcar No. 36hawthorn, tourism, batman ave

Yields information about the Ballarat overhead, track layouts, terminals and the Sebastopol type cars.Three hand written foolscap pages with notes on the Ballarat Tramways overhead, the Sebastopol tramcars axle boxes, double ended sidings at Victoria St and Lydiard St North, possible track extensions, Viewpoint terminus, Forest City signs, View Point Loop and Bridge St relaying in 1957. Contained within Reg Item 5507 - Foolscap binder with green covers, black binding edge and metal clips. overhead, terminus, view point, signals, sebastopol type

Yields information about a PMTT tramcar that was sold to Ballarat and an operating member of the BTM fleet. Yields information about uniforms.Digital Image of Prahran and Malvern Tramway Trust, Maximum Traction tramcar No. 35 at Burke Road, late 1910's. Tram later became Ballarat No. 40. Tram has the destination of St Kilda, and has three crew members in uniform standing in front of the tram. Driver on the left hold handles, Conductor in the middle - with a conductors jacket lapel badges and the man on the right, with a cash bag, but not in full uniform - a trainee?trams, tramways, pmtt, st kilda, maximum traction, tram 35, tram 40

Set of two lists from Ron Scholton of Malvern Tram Depot to Keith Stodden regarding tramcars and another list - all handwritten. .1 - on ruled paper, 24/3 (1986?) listing trams in MTA colours, defective or out of service. .2 - ditto - includes references to B1 class trams and depot movements. Received 13/3 (86?) .3 - list dated 1-86 of Glenhuntly trams.trams, tramways, tramcars, lists, malvern depot, b class, glenhuntly depot

Depot list - book formed from 2 sheets, centre stapled with a single stapled titled "Melbourne tramcar to depot allocation during the year 1936 prior to the opening of Brunswick Depot" Published as a supplement to June 1968 issue. Prepared by B. Dwan from information supplied by R. G. Bishop. On the rear has a list of the number of grip cars and trailers at Clifton Hill, Collingwood, Nicholson St and South Melbourne.trams, tramways, preston workshops, lists, tramcars, lists, depots, depot allocation, brunswick, cable trams

Newspaper clipping from the Herald-Sun, Sunday 11/8/1991, titled "Thank you, Melbourne", written by Michael Ryan about saving Melbourne's W class trams. Premier Joan Kirner announced a moratorium on scrapping or selling the previous Wednesday. Gives background to the tramcars and their use. Notes a comment from David Clarke, Spokesman for Friends of the W class trams that they should be operational. Has a photo of tram 758.trams, tramways, w class, sale of trams, scrapped trams, tramcars, tram 758

Newspaper clipping from the Whitehorse Leader, Monday 23/4/2018 titled "All aboard our famous tram", subtitled "The Wattle Park 'green and gold jewel' has a rich history". Story about the history of the park, and the tramlines in the district, tramcars that have been placed there. Parks Victoria now managing the site. Has a photo of five girl scouts on one of the trams. Story by Amy Hall and Christine McGinn.trams, tramways, wattle park, tramcars