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Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Set of 8 tram transfer or check tickets, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), 1920s and 1930s
Passengers could often transfer from one service to another - eg changing from a tram to a bus, without having to pay a second fare. A transfer ticket would be issued on request and this along with the original fare ticket would be shown to the conductor or bus driver at the time of transfer. Check tickets would be issued by a conductor to record that the person had shown a periodical eg scholars ticket. This enabled passenger counting as well. Conditions of travel on the rear. 1 - Elizabeth / Flinders St transfer - Nos 047241 and 143201 2 - cable to/from electric - green - 325472 and 819119 3 - cable to/from electric - red - 984529 4 - Scholar's Concession check - black - 075000 and 168393 5 - Special concession check ticket - black - 999538 with a Bushell's coffee advertisement on rear.Demonstrates various transfer tickets used by the MMTB.Set of 8 tram transfer or check tickets - flimsy - paper,tramways, mmtb, tickets, transfers, check ticks, scholar's tickets -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), history of the cable tram system until its closure in 1940, Oct. 1940
Report - 6 quarto pages, typed, untitled. Dated Oct. 1940. Looks at the history of the cable tram system until its closure in 1940. Appears to have been drafted for a newspaper article as it quotes the Chairman "Mr Bell". Outlines the history of the system, the formation of the Melbourne Tramways Trust, its work and the work of the company, finances, loans, opening dates, construction and timing of the closure of the Bourke St route. Car set No. 1 - "might find its way into a museum" Notes the services of the long serving cable tram employees - Conductor G E Andrew from Clifton Hill, Conductor G. Bresnahan - Northcote, Gripman B. McMahan Clifton Hill and Conductor A. Ogden. Details the history of the Northcote line itself, Northcote Council, current employment conditions.trams, tramways, cable trams, closure, employees, conductors, gripmen, northcote, city of northcote, clifton hill, mto co, mtt -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Preston Workshops", Nov. 1926
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 - Notice, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Northcote Cable Tramway Through Cash Fare Two Pence", "North Melbourne Cable Tramway - Suburban Penny Section", "Carlton & Prahran Cable Tramways", "Suburban Terminal Penny Sections", Jun; 1920
Set of five printed notices regarding fares paid in cash on the cable tram system relating to the issuing of tickets when passing the limits of the first section - dated July 1920. .1 - "Northcote Cable Tramway Through Cash Fare Two Pence" - print number 1174. .2 - "North Melbourne Cable Tramway - Suburban Penny Section" - details the locations - print number 1087 - two copies held. .3 - "Carlton & Prahran Cable Tramways" - as for .2 - 1 copy only. .4 - "Richmond Cable Tramway" - as for .2 .5 - Notice to employees advising of a delay in the introduction of these sections - from above delayed to July 1920. Notice D494, dated 13/2/1920. See also Reg Item 3957 for a notice prior to the introduction.trams, tramways, mmtb, fares, cable trams, northcote, north melbourne, carlton, prahran, richmond, hawthorn bridge -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 5 Black & White Photograph/s, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), 1966
Series of 5 black and white photographs of the trackwork used at specific locations:\ .1 - plated curve of embedded plates for spandrel clips retaining the rails - would have allowed access. .2 - joint between rails - bridge expansion? In a temporary position. .3 - track being laid over a rail based bridge deck. .4 - track being laid or positioned for a bridge or replacement - possible slot beam and cable track in the background. .5 - temporary track over a bridge abutment or structure under construction.trams, tramways, trackwork, rails, track materials, track repairs, sleepers, equipment, bridges -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 3 Black & White Photograph/s, Keith Kings, 11/11/1985 12:00:00 AM
Set of three Photographs, Black and White, Photo of: .1 - Minister for Transport Tom Roper unveiling a plaque at the City Sq, 11/11/1985? celebrating the centenary of 100 years of Melbourne tramways. See image i1 and i2 for close up of the plaque. .2 - display of cable car 299 and grip car at the city square along with a pseudo railcar. .3 - group of four cars on display in Swanston St with Y469 on the rear.trams, tramways, 100 years of trams, tmsv, swanston st, y class, tram 469 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Keith Kings, "The Privatisation of Melbourne's Public Transport - Has the wheel turned full circle?, Apr. 2002
Set of two reports by Keith Kings, titled "The Privatisation of Melbourne's Public Transport - Has the wheel turned full circle? for the Second Annual RMIT Sir Robert Risson Memorial Lecture. See Reg Item 4679 for the first lecture by Graeme Turnbull. .1 - 12 A4 pages - Keith notes that it was the actual handout of the presentation. Two copies, one stapled. 2 - 20 A4 pages, single sides - copy of the initially drafted document. Both copies have handwritten notes about their origin and use. The lecture looks at early railway development in Melbourne, private operators, development of horse drawn buses in Melbourne, competition, bus chassis, body builders, operators, private suburban operators, tramway buses, cable tram MTOCo, tramway trusts, Government involvement, formation of The Met, PTC, V/Line, corporatisation of public transport, franchising, passenger expectations of public transport, Yarra Trams and the future.trams, tramways, buses, cable trams, mto co, public transport, competition, yarra trams, franchising, the met, ptc, tramways -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Administrative record - Correspondence, Heritage Victoria, "Roadworks reveal artefacts from Melbourne's cable tram cars", 4/2007 to 9/2007
Set of 6 sets of correspondence or notifications regarding the Abbotsford St North Melbourne cable tram discovered following roadworks during May 2007. Comprises 18 A4 sheet 1 - Press release from Heritage Victoria titled "Roadworks reveal artefacts from Melbourne's cable tram cars", advising of a Interim Protection Order. 2 - Letter to Keith Kings from Kay Oddie re Council involvement and other parties - dated 27/6/2007. 3 - Victorian Heritage Register VHR H0988, dated 10/7/2007 adding the track - has details and photographs - interim pending consultation. 4 - Letter to Keith Kings from Kay Oddie re Council involvement and other parties - dated 11/7/2007. 5 - Keith Kings handwritten notes regarding the history of the lines. 6 - E-mail to Graham Jordan dated 3/9/2008 forwarding a copy of Kay Oddie's submission to Heritage Victoria and letter. Scanned as a single pdf file.trams, tramways, cable trams, abbotsford st, north melbourne, trackwork, closure -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Instruction, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Notice to Conductors - St Kilda (Brighton Road) Line", Mar. 1920
Set of 7 Notice or instructions to Conductors March 1920, advising conductors that checkers will be boarding trams between 7am and 11pm and asking Conductors to give the checker specific information. In relation to the proposed penny sections. Printed on foolscap or quarto duplicated sheets. .1 - St Kilda (Brighton Road) .2 - Esplanade Line .3 - North Carlton Line .4 - Toorak Line .5 - Brunswick Line .6 - Nicholson St Line .7 - Fitzroy Line See Reg Item 3927 for the proposed introduction.trams, tramways, mmtb, fares, cable trams, ticket inspectors -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Form/s, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Memo for Batterymen - Loading of Motor Generator Sets", "Reading recorded in testing level of Generator Set at..... Car shed", Jan. 1920
.1 - Memo on foolscap sheet dated 19/1/1920, titled "Memo for Batterymen - Loading of Motor Generator Sets" issued by the Electrical Foreman to cable tram depots to charge the battery lights for cable trams advising the requirements to keep loads and voltages at a specified level and the recordings to be made of the equipment. .2 - form - foolscap sheet titled "Reading recorded in testing level of Generator Set at..... Car shed", for recording balance or level using a spirit level of the armature shafts. Two copies of each held.trams, tramways, mmtb, cable trams, lights, tramcars, batterymen, maintenance -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Legal record, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Memorandum of Agreement ..... between MMTB and the Australian Tramway Employees Association", Apr. 2020
Set of two agreements dated 23/4/1920 between the MMTB and the Australian Tramway Employees Association .1 - two foolscap pages - pinned in top left hand corner - sets out that the MMTB has taken over from the Tramway Board, annual leave, wages, continuous service, pay rates, car repair sheds, variations, employees and signature block - Alex Cameron, H. Bell and W. O Strangward for the MMTB and John Abfalter and T. Jewell for the ATEA. .2 - three foolscap pages - pinned in top left hand corner - refers to the various Acts that formed the Board and Arbitration Act, the PMTT, Northcote council, MBCTT, carrying past agreements forward, minimum wages for cable trams workers, juniors, cost of living adjustments and application of the agreement. Signature block - Alex Cameron, Ernest Willis, and W. O Strangward for the MMTB and John Abfalter and T. Jewell for the ATEA.trams, tramways, mmtb, unions, agreements, legal agreements, tramway board, workshops, cable trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Tender Document, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Manufacture, supply and delivery of iron castings contract No. 96", 4/1920 and 6/1920
Set of two tender documents, each of two foolscap sheets for the supply and delivery of castings to the Boards repair shops (Nicholson St or Holden St?), with patterns supplied by the Board. Gives details of the quality, approx. quantity, patterns, delivery, rejection, payment, cancellation and other details. .1 - "Manufacture, supply and delivery of iron castings contract No. 96" - 70 to 85 tons /half year - tenders closed 29/4/1929. .2 - "Manufacture, supply and delivery of steel castings contract No. 96" - 50 tons / year - tenders closed 10/6/1920. 2 copies of each, either pinned or clipped with a brass clip in top left hand corner.trams, tramways, tenders, contracts, mmtb, cable trams, castings, brake blocks -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Tender Document, Tramway Board, Misc. Tramway Board contracts, 1916 - 1919
Set of 23 tender documents, typed or duplicated, for the Tramway Board, typed or printed onto Foolscap sheets. Each give some detail of the contract, quantities, delivery and quality. Short titles are: .1 - Contract No. 4 - supply and delivery of wood paving blocks. .2 - No. 5 - steel castings .3 - No. 7 - rolled steel bars for grip dies .4 - No. 9 - rolled mild steel plates .5 - No. 10 - Kerosene oil .6 - No. 12 - Tar paving .7 - No. 13 - steel files .8 - No. 15 - iron castings .9 - No. 16 - cotton waste .10 - No. 18 - hemp rope .11 - No. 19 - tar oils .12 - No. 23 - steel wire rope (for cables) .13 - No. 24 - cotton waste .14 - No. 26 - iron castings .15 - No. 27 - purchase and removal of cottage at 87 Acland St St Kilda .16 - No. 28 - radial drilling machine .17 - No. 29 - steel castings .18 - No. 31 - paving blocks .19 - No. 33 - cotton waste .20 - No. 40 - substation building at Rathdown Street .21 - No. 47 - iron castings .22 - No. 54 - steel castings .23 - No. 72 - tar oils - from the Board's distilling works in Flinders St extension. Documents note scanned, just two samples.trams, tramways, tramway board, tenders, cable trams, grip tram, equipment, substation, cable grip, cables, demolition -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 6 Colour Print/s, Ray Jackson, 1979
Set of six colour prints of trams at Preston workshops 1979. .1 - 9W Scrubber on temporary cable tram bogies while body is repairs. Side panels have been removed. .2 - W2 234 (Transporting Art) and other stored trams. .3 - SW2 275 with lights on and a "Tram Alive" sign. .4 - Z1 class tram front with power on. .5 - Z2 114 being commissioned - vicsig.net gives the in service date of July 1979. .6 - PCC 1041 Printed on Kodak Papertrams, tramways, preston workshops, service tramcars, scrubber tram, transporting art, w2 class, z class, tram 9w, tram 234, tram 275, tram 114, tram 1041, pcc class, sw2 class, z2 class -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 5 Black & White Photograph/s, Sutcliffe Pty Ltd, c1924
Set of five Photographs, Black and White, of St Kilda Road, with works about to commence to convert the cable tram to electric trams. .1 - Overhead pole holes being dug in the one of the central plantations - pole and a Furphy water cart alongside. A cable tram is passing at speed. Note the scale of the houses opposite and the number of side walk superintendents! .2 - View of St Kilda Road with a few motor cars and one cable tram. Looking south on the Sth Melb. side. .3 - ditto, view of cable tram track, poles laid out on the central plantation, note the street lights. About seven cable trams in the view. Look south towards St Kilda Junction. The Junction hotel is in the view. .4 - similar photo, but further north. Cable trailer 74 in the view. .5 - View of St Kilda Road, vehicle road with a number of vehicles in the view. Looking south on the east side of the roadway. Photos Print and photograph by Sutcliffe of Cromwell buildings 366a Bourke St. Melbourne.In ink and pencil on the rear: .1 - "M&MTB H-60, Kew Depot `1920's (E45 in shed)" and the photographers stamp. .2 - "MMTB St Kilda Road about 1924" and in pencil "Tramway poles erected, pole not removed? Sth Melb side, looking south along motor track" .3 - As above - and in pencil - Tramway poles not erected - ????" .4 - As above with notes in pencil. .5 - As above with notes in pencil. About 1924 KSK print number SA932 to SA936.trams, tramways, st kilda rd, cable trams, conversion, trackwork, overhead, construction, tram 74 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 8 Colour Photograph/s, Kevin Tierney, 1/05/1989 12:00:00 AM, 19/04/1995 12:00:00 AM
Set of 8 colour prints of a tram cavalcade in Swanston St Melbourne - 19/4/1995 about the Parade of historic trams in Swanston St that day, titled ”Tram Day - A Celebration of Trams” , See Reg Item 1876 for event details, some history of the tramcars and an item “Our Landmark on wheels” written by Keith Dunstan - about his thoughts on Melbourne and its trams, cable trams and that they are a Landmark (see also Reg Item 1873).. .1 - HTT 8 with the Melbourne Town Hall in the background. .2 - 104 ditto .3 - horse tram 256 with No. 8 behind .4 - 774 .5 - 862 .6 - 217 .7 - 431 .8 - 380trams, tramways, melbourne, tourism, w class, parades, swanston st, events, horse trams, tram 8, tram 104, tram 774, tram 862, tram 217, tram 431, tram 380, tram 256 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Drawing, Victorian Railways, "Overhead at rail tram crossings", 1920 to 1959
Set of 12 Victorian Railways prints of drawings of overhead arrangements at locations where trams and trains crossed in Melbourne. .1 - L6866 - wood break section insulator for tramway intersections, earthed section - has Merz McLellan stamp, originally prepared by the British Insulated and Helsby Cables - 1920. .2 - L5564 - Tramway intersection wood break section insulator - 5/49 .3 - L687 - Tramway and Railway Intersection fittings details - has reference to original 1920 drawings, Rev C 9/56. .4 - L6514 - Tramway and Railway Intersection Nicholson St North Fitzroy - 5/49 .5 - L652D - Tramway and Railway Intersection fittings details - has reference to original 1920 drawings, Rev D 8/48. .6 - L6656 - Tramway and Railway intersection fittings assembly - 6/56 .7 - L6511 - Tramway and railway intersection fittings assembly - for trams fitted with carbon skids - 4/55 .8 - L7025 - Tramway and railway intersection Glenhuntly Road GA - pencil drawings 6/59 .9 - L8106 - GA for tramway crossing Lygon St originally prepared by the British Insulated and Helsby Cables - 1920. .10 - L1749 -GA for tramway crossing Burke Road, originally prepared by the British Insulated and Helsby Cables - 1920. .11 - L1757 - blue print - fittings for tramway and railway contact wires at level crossings originally prepared by the British Insulated and Helsby Cables - 1920. .12 - L3506 - GA of tramway crossing St Georges Road. 6/30trams, tramways, railways, tramways, overhead, glenhuntly rd -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Photo Album, Graeme Breydon, "Tickets and Postal Covers", c1970 to 1990
Photo Album - dark blue plastic covers with the letters "photo album" in raised letters, stippled finish containing 10 leaves ring bound with an adhesive surface with clear plastic sheet on each cover. Page 1 – set of 8 Last day tram tickets – 16/4/1972 and four SEC tickets rear. Page 2 – set of 10 SEC tickets and 2 backs Page 3 – 2 BTPS 10c tickets, MMTB 25c, 3 Brisbane City Council tickets, two Trittons furnishings, one WCC (Wellington?) cable car and two MMTB City Concession tickets Page 4 – Set of 9 MMTB tickets 4d, 7d city, 7d, 8d, 1/-, 1/ 4, 2/- or 20c, 2/6 and one Pensioner’s check ticket. Page 5 – Set of 9 MMTB tickets, 4c, 8c, 9c, 10c, 30c, Pensioner’s concession, two $1 City concession cards, city concession check ticket and two machine issued tickets 1c and 15c. Page 6 – set of 16 MMTB tickets that have been recovered from within trams, very dirty, check tickets, value tickets and advertising on the rear. Page 7 – various special train tickets – Stainless steel train, ARHS tours, TMSV, ARHS Farewell, ARHS SA Mile End, Ballarat trams x 2, Crich exhibition ticket and one MTT (Tas?) 30c. Page 8 – VR Windsor to Melbourne Quarterly 1940, 7 VR various country and suburban tickets and two VR Motor coach services tickets. Page 9 – two interstate reserved seat tickets, Brisbane suburban ticket and 8 various values QR Parcel tickets – very dirty. Page 10 – Two Puffing Billy guest passes, 10th anniversary ticket, 10 various card tickets for Puffing Billy and tours. Page 11 – 6 + others MTT Adelaide value tickets with adverts on rear and four AETM St Kilda Museum tickets. Page 12 – four Red Bus Rover London tickets, four Peak Tramways tickets, one toll bridge, 6 London machine issued tickets. Page 13 – One San Francisco Municipal Railway ticket, one LlafrairPG platform ticket and two MMTB Machine tickets. Page 14 – One $1 MMTB city concession card and one Parramatta Park tramway ticket issued for COTMA during 1976. Page 15 – One Emerald Park vehicle entry ticket and one PBPS opening day of the extension to Lakeside in 1975 with certificate. Page 16 – One PBPS Notice. Page 17 – not used. Page 18 – three commemorative envelopes – WA Railway Centenary, Standard Gauge to Melbourne, and Sydney to Perth. Page 19 – Brisbane tramways last day, two Last day envelopes for Ballarat and Bendigo. Page 20 – three different St Kilda Centenary – Adelaide. Contained within the album was loose tickets - see Reg Item 3970 and a pamphlet for the opening of the Transport Mural at Spencer St Station on 30 Jan. 1978.has a label on the side in punched letters on a green tape "Tickets and Postal Covers"trams, tramways, tickets, secv, mmtb, adelaide, brisbane, arhs, aetm, aeta, pbps, cotma, tmsv, victorian railways, vr, post office, envelopes, post office -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, mid 1920's
Black and white photograph of a very crowded cable tram set inbound in Bridge Road, c1925, lettered M&MTB" with the destination of Spencer St with many men crowding onto the tram. Alongside the tram is the front of a motor vehicle. Cable tram 81? In the background is a number of shops - L. Johnson Saddler, S. Christie and J Hogan (?) Trotting Sulky Manufacturers and A. Vickery & Son Manufacturing Engineers, Photo from the Collection of the Department of Infrastructure now with the Public Records Office - image number H212. 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. Note from Rod Atkins 29/7/2019: The tram is full because the crowd as discharged from the racecourse so most likely taken on a Saturday. A few of buildings are still there today on the north side. Date 1920’s 2nd copy from Keith Kings added 6/8/2020 - see images i2 and i3.Has Department of Infrastructure copy right stamp on rear and number "H 212" in ink on rear and "1-10"trams, tramways, bridge rd, spencer st, cable trams, tram 81 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Folder, William Pollock, "The Melbourne Cable Tramway System", c1940
Folder - heavy red covers with two screw sets containing a photocopy of a report by William Pollock, prepared after the closure of the cable tram system titled ""The Melbourne Cable Tramway System". Image numbers listed: Folder – htd4715i1 Inside of folder – htd4715i2.jpg Report –Photocopy of a 14 foolscap sheets, paper titled “The Melbourne Cable Tramway System” by William Pollock, describing the system in detail, listing 26 appendices. Has notes on each Power Station, including a table of opening, closing, power produced and cables, fuel, permanent way (track), cables, underground gear, tunnels, flooding and the grip. Image – htd4714i3.pdf Appendix 1 – Handwritten table “Cost the Melbourne Tramway System” – photocopied special size sheet folded. See image htd4715i4.jpg 2 – Drawing – Typical Power House layout - image htd4715i5.jpg 3 – Drawing – Head of Cable Driver – htd4715i6.jpg 4 – Drawing – Rope Drive – htd4715i7.jpg 5 – Photocopy of a Fuel and Water test sheet for the Esplanade Power House – two sheets – 14/5/1918 – htd4715i8.jpg and htd4715i9.jpg 6 – Section of Cable Tram track – htd4715i10.jpg 7 – Tar Burner used by MTOC 1893 – 1900 - htd4715i11.jpg 8 – Yoke Bracket for line drums – A1 Pulley – htd4715i12.jpg 9 – Tunnel Yoke – htd4715i13.jpg 10 – Elevating Wheel or Pulley with shield plate – htd4715i14.jpg 11 – Curve Pulleys, curve drum and rubbing bar – 2 sheets – htd4715i15.jpg and htd4715i16.jpg 12 – Curve or Conical drum – htd4715i17.jpg 13 – Cable Separating pulley or cone line drum – htd4715i18.jpg 14 – Yoke Pulley or General Pulley – htd4715i19.jpg 15 – Yoke Bracket for Drums – htd4715i20.jpg 16 – Automatic Switch Gear – htd4715i21.jpg 17 – Hand operated switch gear – htd4715i22.jpg 18 – Hand pickup – htd4715i23.jpg 19 & 20 – Photo of bunched strands and damaged cable – htd4715i24 21 – Diagram of Rope – Clarendon St Rope No. 41 – htd4715i25.jpg 22 – Strand Alarm – htd4715i26.jpg 23 – Rope History – two sheets – htd4715i27 and htd4715i28.jpg 24 – Rope Splice – htd4715i29.jpg 25 – Cable Grip – htd4715i30.jpg 26 – Crown Pulley – two sheets – htd4715i30 and htd4715i31trams, tramways, drawings, tramcars, cable trams, trackwork, mto co, reports -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Canberra Tradesmen's Union Club, "Canberra Tradesmen's Union Club", c2010
Set of 8 pamphlets or souvenirs from the Canberra Tradesmen's Union Club, that had a collection of trams from Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne in their premises. .1 - Pamphlet advertising the club and showing photos and details. (two copies) .2 - ditto advertising their Meat Market .3 - Postcard - from a MTT Adelaide card on boarding and leaving a tramcar .4 - Ticket - with W2 447 on one side advertising the club and a MMTB 1d ticket on the other. .5 - Beer coaster - W2 447 .6 - ditto, Sydney P 1729 .7 - ditto Melbourne cable tram 589 .8 - ditto Brisbane FM 499. .9 -- small brown card with the image of 447 along the bottom about Jarrah wood blocks in Melbourne.trams, tramways, canberra, hotels, preserved trams, sydney, brisbane, w2 class, cable trams, tram 447, tram 589 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, Wal Jack collection, 3/01/1939 12:00:00 AM
Negative of a photograph of two cable tram sets waiting to shunt at the Bourke St terminus, 3-1-1939. Has trailers 237 and 379 and 262 in the photo along with the Mail Exchange, and the Sunshine Machinery Depot. One of the cars has lady passengers on the grip car.trams, tramways, cable trams, bourke st, tram 237, tram 379, tram 262 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 2 Black & White Photograph/s, Keith Kings, 22/12/1974 12:00:00 AM
Black and White Photograph of TMSV workers replacing the canopy roof on the bulkhead of cable tram 256 during restoration work - replica horse tram 256. Taken by Keith Kings 22/12/1974. .2 - has been masked by paper to crop the image. Has number (21A) in the top right hand corner.On rear in ink detail notes see image i3 and notes on the other print with number 27-1.trams, tramways, tmsv, horse trams, cable trams, tram 256 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Timetable, Tramway Board, "Decorated Illuminated Peace Car", Jul. 1919
... Trams tramways Tramway Board World War 1 Cable Trams ...Set of two timetables, both printed on duplicated foolscap sheets for the decorated Peace tram, July 1919. .1 - timetable for the 14/7/1919 and 15/7/1919 - gives time and routes arrangements. .2 - ditto for 21/7 and 22/7 - 2 copies held. See reg Item 4255 for the associated illustration of the car.trams, tramways, tramway board, world war 1, cable trams, celebrations, timetables, peace tram -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Instructions, Tramway Board, "Rules and Instructions for Gripmen and Conductors re Electric Lighting of cars and dummies", "Edison Car lighting system - rules for the guidance of employees", 1/03/1919 12:00:00 AM
Set of two instructions, duplicated foolscap sheets. Both signed by H. A Wilcox, General Manager. .1 - "Rules and Instructions for Gripmen and Conductors re Electric Lighting of cars and dummies", notes care for lamps, battery leads, failure, electric shock (7 volts) and cautions. Two sheets, Two copies held. Dated 1/3/19. .2 - "Edison Car lighting system - rules for the guidance of employees" - 4 sheets with brass pin in top left hand corner, giving details of connecting the batteries for charging, charging, battery car, methodology of using the rheostat, cleaning, jumper cables, reports, faults and contact electrical foreman Mr. T Dawe. Not dated.trams, tramways, lights, cable trams, batterymen, equipment -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Notice, Tramway Board, "Influenza sick pay", May. 1919
Set of 6 notices and other documents concerned with the sick pay during the Influenza pandemic of 1919. .1 - Notice to Superintendents, Line Mangers titled "Influenza sick pay", two foolscap duplicated sheets dated 13/5/1919 - with pencil alterations relating to item .2 .2 - Replacement notice for above, dated 15 May 1919. .3 - Form - printed foolscap sheet, ruled, to certify employees that had were sick and subscribers to the local sick pay relief fund - No. 780, printed 5/19. Two copies held. .4 - Memorandum - "donations to the "Influenza sick pay" funds - by the Board - dated 13/5/1919 - half foolscap duplicated sheet - two copies held. .5 - Notice to Employees - D424, similar to above - dated 12/6/1919. .6 - Receipt of payment form - No. 785 of May 1919, printed form, special size - 10 copies pinned together.trams, tramways, tramway board, cable trams, sickness, influenza, employees -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Tramway Board, "Average Shortest Headway lines north and south of the Yarra", c1916 to 1920
Set of typed sheets and map: .1 - carbon copy on quarto paper titled "Average Shortest Headway lines north of Yarra", giving the average headway for each street, route, eg Collins St, .57mins and for West Melbourne 8.5mins. Has in pencil alongside in pencil, the times for "Royal Commission Report 1911" .2 - ditto "Average Shortest Headway lines south of Yarra" Has a note that these numbers were for ordinary weekday tables, holidays and special traffic excluded. .3 - Map - accompanied these reports, titled "Map showing tramway Lines", which has been marked up in red with numbers and the road names. Not understood what the numbers mean, could be a reference to a report numbering. All documents undated, c 1916 to 1920.1 - has stamp "Copy to Engineer" in top left hand corner.trams, tramways, cable trams, reports, services, map, mto co, royal commission, timetables -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 2 Black and White photograph, c1900
Black and white photograph of Collins St, looking east from Market St. Has two cable sets showing the destination of Port Melbourne. 2nd copy from Keith Kings added 6/8/2020 - see images i2 and i3. - different crop. .1 - Black & White Photograph of a postcard made by the TMSV Sales - better version.in ink in the corners "La Trobe" and number 512 45trams, tramways, cable trams, port melbourne, collins st -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Photocopy and Black and White photograph, late 1930's or 1940
Black and white photocopy of a photograph of Bourke St from just east of Swanston St looking west with two cable sets (trailer 283) in the view along with many motor cars. The intersection is fitted with traffic lights. In the photo are the Leviathan, London, Buckley and Nunn and Myer stores, Francis and Co chemist. Titled "Bourke St Melbourne", with a subheading of "Looking west from Swanston St intersection, Elizabeth Street (in the middle distance) to Queen Street (on the hill)." .1 - Black & White Photograph of a postcard made by the TMSV Sales of the same view.trams, tramways, cable trams, swanston st, bourke st, tram 283 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 3 Black & White Photograph/s, Public Transport Corporation (PTC), early 1950's
Set of three black and white prints of Bourke St, early 1950's with extensive traffic photographed in the afternoon. Photos have the cable tram track, GEC Australia (General Electric), BGE, Coles and Garrard, Myer, Post Office, Berger Paint, London Stores, Foys .1 - Looking east from about Queen St at 4pm, with two Mk 3 buses. - PTC H188 .2 - ditto with a double deck bus east bound at 215pm, PTC H189 .3 - ditto at 3pm, nearer to Elizabeth St with multiple double deck buses in the block between Elizabeth and Swanston St and extensive motor vehicle traffic. This print has been photographed from an image - has a screen. Photos maybe MMTB origin to show traffic levels in the streets. Photographed prior to the removal of double deck buses in Bourke St by January 1954. All have PTC Copyright Stamp on rear.trams, tramways, bourke st, elizabeth st, buses, double deck buses, post office, traffic control