Pamphlet, folded to DL size, printed on full gloss paper titled "Toorak Road Tram Terminus Improvement Works", dated Nov. 2006 and part of the "Think Tram" project outlining the redevelopment proposals of the Toorak Road terminus. Shows the track plan and proposed stop, along with the curve into Glenferrie Road. Gives details of the proposal and consultative meetings. Gives details of the VicRoads think tram project contacts. Two copies held. The proposal did not proceed. Another proposal was prepared for Feb. 2015 and was not well received by the City of Stonington. See the local Leader dated 19/2/2015. Work to rebuild the tram stop planned by a Yarra Trams notice of 19-11-2015 to be undertake work at the intersection between 16-11-15 and 3-12-15.trams, tramways, yarra trams, toorak rd, route 8, superstops

Magazine, published by the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Victoria "Met Lines" (Metlines) - A4, printed on white gloss paper, centre stapled with the MTA logo or symbol. Issued under the name of Kevin Shea as Chairman. Continues from Reg Item 1183 "Met Lines" - printed in an A4 version. Notes Editor as Judi Lalor and writer Sandra McLaren. Chris Astridge Major tram and bus items listed. Tramway names only listed, not railway. .1 - March 1989 - 20 pages - Track gangs, graffiti, signalling, making recruitment videos, body building at Preston Workshops. .2 - June 1989 - 16 pages - Flinders St station cover theme - 16 pages - modifications to Z class tram lights to improve visibility at stops, payroll, Wattle Park rejuvenation project, Essendon Depot Soccer team, Ian Barkla on Puffing Billy. .3 - September 1989 - 20 pages - Show grounds theme - Met Planning, Metplan, Met Plan, Jolimont Rail Yards, Mill Park Light rail extension, photo of 2004, The Met shop, 60th anniversary of Camberwell tram depot, apprentice awards, Melbourne Stamp show 1989, Wattle Park, New billiard table at Malvern, recycling of W2 trams in to mobile Tramburgers - Jim Johnstone and Greg Hart - was going to franchise 60 trams cut in half. (See also Reg Item 406 for other background - also see Jim Johnson) .4 - December 1989 - 20 pages - Christmas theme cover - "On the buses", the Met Bus workshop, details the bus maintenance, bundy clocks - where they were maintained, size of the bus fleet and major depots. Festoon lighting at Flinders St station and retirement of Howard Smith - see image i5. For next year 1990 - see Reg Item 1185.trams, tramways, the met, mta, preston workshops, tramcars, repairs, wattle park, essendon depot, metplan, camberwell depot, postage stamps, post office, malvern depot, scrapped trams, w2 class, flinders st station, bundy clock, buses, tram 2004

Set of six documents contained within a card board folder marked "Tram 109 Project" issued at the time of the opening of the tramway. .1 - folded cardboard folder, with 109, State Government, Yarra Trams and VicRoads logos. .2 - pamphlet - fold out - 5 x 2 sections with map of the extension, location of tram stop either kerb or Superstops, notes on the extension and method of track construction - two copies held. .3 - foldout - 4 section - pocket map of stops and service frequencies. .4 - media release for the opening of the line - dated 2/5/2003 - two pages stapled in top left hand corner - two copies held. .5 - folded A3 sheet - printed single side - colour competition for the opening of the tramway, closing 28/4/15 and welcoming people to the opening celebrations. .6 - Colour book - 12 pages + card covers titled "The adventures of Tram 109" with the Alstom and Yarra Tram logos, cartoons or illustrations by Warwick Hook.trams, tramways, yarra trams, route 109, box hill, mont albert, superstops, tram stops, opening, colouring book

Set of 11 reports - A4 full colour centre stapled titled "Track Record", giving performance reports on Victoria's Train and Tram services for Swanston Trams, Yarra Trams, Bayside Trains, Connex Trains and V/line passenger. Each report has a table of contents with introduction by the Minister - Peter Batchelor Report look at punctuality and reliability, payments to and from franchises and customer satisfaction. All have a feedback tear out form. .1 - No. 7 - April to June 2001 - 36 pages .2 - 8 - July to September 2001 - 28 pages .3 - 9 - October to December 2001 - 24 pages .4 - 10 - January to March 2002 - 24 pages .5 - 11 - April to June 2002 - 28 pages .6 - 12 - July to September 2002 - 24 pages .7 - 13 - October - December 2002 - 24 pages .8 - 14 - January - March 2003 - 24 pages .9 - 15 - April - June 2003 - 48 pages 10 - 16 - July - September 2003 - 28 pages .11 - 17 - October - December 2003 - 32 pages This series continued to be published until about 2019 and was available on the PTV website. Other issues were seen for down load on sites such as https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/24433588/track-record-public-transport-victoria The last printed version appears to be No. 74, Jan - Mar 2018. It then went to a digital platform that at the time of this update 15/1/2020, stops at Jan - March 2019. See Reg Item 2833 for issues 1 to 6trams, tramways, public transport, franchising, ptc, privatisation, passengers, minister for transport, timetables, swanston trams, yarra trams, connex

Poster - titled "The Melbourne Tramways - A Pictorial History" providing a detail map, showing the opening, closing, dates and notes of Melbourne's horse, cable, electric tramways and railways. Printed on a plain background. Has notes on closures, track layouts, accuracy and acknowledgements. Prepared by Stephen Watson 1993. See Reg Item 506 for later editions.Has a $15 price label on rear.trams, tramways, melbourne, map, tramways, cable trams, horse trams, box hill, vr trams

Set of three news paper clippings from The Age? Natage? about the launch of the 2018-2019 Melbourne Art Trams Project. .1 - item written by Oslo Davis, with a photo of 3003 Oli Ruskidd standing in front of the tram. .2 - Photos Hayley Millar Baker, Oslo Davies, Michael Leunig and Mirka Mora, which art trams are which .3 - image of four of the trams - titled Tramspotting.Has a $15 price label on rear.trams, tramways, transporting art, art trams, decorated trams, tram 3003

Digital image of a group of 11 track labourers with shovels grouped around a tractor during the construction of the Victoria Parade during the winter of 1929, looking east just to the west of the intersection Wellington Parade. Appears to be a press or commercial studio photograph. See history of object for further notes and the donation file. Image i1 - scan of the group Image i2 - scan of the original photo as a wholetrams, tramways, victoria parade, track construction, new tramway, group photo

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping and photograph, from a Melbourne paper, November 1975? featuring a story about Joyce Barry being trained as a tram driver. Details the Union opposition. Notes Essendon and Preston still refusing despite Union members voting in favour. Quotes F Snell MMTB Chairman and Mr. Gordon Bell, Acting Secretary. Photo of Joyce in the cab of tram at Brunswick depot with Conductor Ali Mustapha looking in.trams, tramways, conductresses, tram driving, training, unions, brunswick depot

Black and white photograph of the interchange arrangements in Flemington Road between the cable tram and the NMETL trams, after the Mount Alexander Road track had been extended across the bridge over Moonee Ponds Creek - August 1913. Note the double decker bus in the view. Photo and details appears on the front cover the Jack Richardson book on NMETL, Reg Item 1309.2 of 1963.Has MMTB in ink in the bottom left hand corner and "H113/A"trams, tramways, cable trams, nmetl, flemington road, buses

Sign, metal - machine inscribed, with black paint infill, black edge and four screw holes in corners largely covered in tramway green paint. Has been curved to fit the curved section above the windows which is rounded - the top rail. Titled "Notice to Tram Crews", advising the crews which numbers to ring or call in the event of a delay to service. Gives both the track and public telephone numbers. C1950.trams, tramways, signs, delays, accidents, incidents, control centre, crews

Single A4 sheet - colour copy - titled "Cascade Plan Stage 1 - Tramsformation" giving details of the introduction of the E class trams and the impacts on the various depots, including notes on power supply overhead, track and rolling stock. Includes notes on the retirement of Z1 and Z2 trams.trams, tramways, e class, new trams, depots, z class

Report - Foolscap - approx. 144 pages, bound with sewn sections in a volume with hard covers with red cloth spine, titled "Australian & New Zealand Tramways Conference - Engineering Conference Melbourne - May 1954". Has an index - see htd5643i2.pdf Conference - Monday 24/5/1954 to Friday 28/5/1954. Transcript of the conference, opened by Mr Risson. Had attendees from Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. Lists the attendees, mainly the Chief Engineers. Programme looked at both trams, buses, new developments, inspections, buildings and Perway (track) and research.trams, tramways, conferences, mmtb, chief engineer, tramways, buses, trackwork, trolley wheels, bearings

Report - two A4 sheets with hand drawn tram junctions titled "Tram News 2009" listing the various track work undertaken at junctions during 2009, establishment of route 3A, Franchise agreements and Yarra Trams as operators of the tram network. Junctions listing - South Caulfield, Collins and Spring St, Spring and Flinders St, Kingsway and Sturt St, Carlisle St and Esplanade (Luna Park) and Acland St. Compiled by Peter Carwardine and David Mehlman Dec. 2009.trams, tramways, trackwork, junction, hawthorn rd, south caulfield, glenhuntly rd, spring st, flinders st, collins st, luna park, kingsway, sturt st, carlisle st, esplanade, acland st

Newspaper clipping from a local Sandringham - Black rock newspaper printed on gloss paper titled "On the right track" about the recovery and storage of a former Black Rock horse tram that had been used as a tool shed. Quotes Carolyn Brown of Black Rock House. Has a photo of the vehicle at the house in the yard? Not dated - c2010? Following a query, advised that the body is now (2017) at Bylands. See image 5649i1.jpgtrams, tramways, black rock, horse trams

Pamphlet - 4 pages photocopied, quarto sheets, stapled in top left hand corner, titled "Melbourne's Cable Trams", written by Brian J McKinlay. Has an image of Bourke St 1885 and "The Educational Magazine - April 1970", gives the origins of the cable tramways, San Francisco, Melbourne, George Duncan, cartoons, how they operates, and that the tracks had only recently disappeared.trams, tramways, cable trams, education, schools, melbourne, san francisco

Typed on a sheet of foolscap paper, titled "Estimated cost of Electrification of Port Melbourne Cable Tramways", prepared by Mr C W Young Assistant Manager and S M Richardson Assistant Accountant, late 1929 or 1930. Has references to 30/6/1929 costs, includes costs for track, substation, depot (would operate from Hanna St), 10 additional trams, standing charges, costs and traffic receipts. Report showed a loss of some 2500 pounds.trams, tramways, port melbourne, conversion, costs, cable trams, electrification

Letter dated 24/2/1916 from F A McCarty HTT Engineer and Manager to Jas R Henderson, Construction Engineer PMTT about the supply and possibly welding the bonds between track joints to ensure electrical continuity.Has a close association with the two engineers named and their correspondence re working.Letter typed on HTT letterhead watermarked - "Sovereign Ultra Strong" and "British Made"tramways, htt, pmtt, electrical engineering, track work.

Drawing - showing the extent of the "Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust" tramways prior to the take over by the MMTB in 1920. Shows their lines, as well as cable trams, Hawthorn Tramways Trust lines and the Victorian Railways tramways and railways. Includes depots and substations. Used in publications such as Feeding and Filling by Graeme Breydon item 1350, though slightly modified to show the curves at junctions.Yields information about the PMTT operated lines and how they served the eastern suburbs of Melbourne.Drawing - black ink on linen.Has "1/" in top left hand corner.tramways, pmtt, track plans, tram lines, htt

Set of 3 MTOCo cable tram equipment specifications: 1 - Contract No. 8 - sheave pulleys, crown pulleys, curve pulleys, depression frames, manhole covers, and manhole frames 2 - Contract No. 9 - for 13500 casks of cement - imported from Europe, including storage, tensile strength, and timing of deliveries. 3 - Contract No. 11 - similar to 1 - (11 has been typed over the 8) - details the items, referenced drawings, signed by Geo S Duncan as Engineer. Includes Schedule and Tender forms. Undated, though does have a dated of "188_".Yields information about the style of the specifications issued by the MTOCo during the 1880s for the supply of materials.Set of 3 documents printed on foolscap sheets.tramways, cable trams, specification, track work, tenders, tender documents

Drawing No. 939 signed and dated by the Chief Engineer, Mr. Strickland on 31-5-1922, Drawing "Built up Yoke", for contract No. 158 shows a cable tram Yoke possibly to be used in the link between Swanston St and Lonsdale St (west) or repairs. Signed by James Henderson Engineer for Permanent Way. The yoke could be used to support a cable pulley.Demonstrates a drawing made for cable tram track parts during the early 1920s.Drawing - blue print - No. 939trams, tramways, cable trams, trackwork, yokes

Provides the Rules and Regulations for the St Kilda - Brighton Electric Street Railway, dated June 1907. The railway opened on 5/5/1906 and to Brighton on 22/12/1906. the latter largely as a single track. Has the name F E Bradford on the front cover. Gives rules for crossing cable tram lines, those for drivers, speeds, conductors, accidents, bell signals, signals on overhead line, regulations for working by staff and ticket, pilot working, rules for workers on the permanent way, and additional rules such as collecting money from passengers for breaking windows. See Reg Item 3508 for a "Supplement to the Book of Instructions re the working of the St Kilda and Brighton Electric Street Railway, dated 1/1/1915", item 2840 for the 1926/27 version and 7580 for a 1911 version.Yields information about the "Rules and Regulations" - St Kilda Brighton - Electric Street Railway Book - cloth cover red covers, 20 pages, centre stapled.Has initials "PwR" and "Secretary" in ink on the first page.trams, tramways, cable trams, trackwork, vr, victorian railways, st kilda - brighton, rules, employees, safeworking

The drawing shows a 3 road depot layout, with an access track from Glenferrie Road, referring to a letter and a point D on the drawing. Drawing dated 18-12-1908 is some 18 months before the PMTT opened with a 6 road depot and is possibly related to land acquisition. Yields information about PMTT depot planning in 1908.Blueprint of a drawing showing the track layout for the entry to Malvern Tram depot.tramcars, pmtt, malvern depot, trackwork

Hawthorn Tramways Trust form No. 95, recording the work done on the reconstruction of the HTT track for the week ending. The card has been marked up in ink for changes to the layout, at the time of the takeover of the Trust by the MMTB and the formation of the Eastern System. The HTT tramway track had fell apart due to poor ballasting material and had to be reconstructed by the Trust and the MMTB.Demonstrates an HTT track reconstruction form.Printed form on off white - form No. 95tramways, htt, forms, trackwork, track repairs

Report by T Hamilton Engineer and Secretary of the Melbourne Tramways Trust dated 10/3/1913 on the wear of the Melbourne cable rails with the assistance of Mr Gerard Wight on Melbourne University. Looks at the type of rail used, the wear per annum on average, life span, wood blocks and a summary of the wear on each line including the opening dates. Includes comments on the renewal of the rails and the relationship with the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Co.Yields information about the wear on the Melbourne cable tram rails by 1913.Document printed quarto paper, four pages.tramways, technical information, motors, cable trams, rails, track materials, track maintenance, mtt, mtco

Booklet published by the Melbourne Tramways Trust outlining its operations to Oct. 1888. Gives details on the formation, Trust members, Committee, motive power, Officers, agreements, Acts, description of the cable system including materials, relocation of services, horse or cable, contracts, engines and boilers, issues with patents, and dates of opening of lines to 26/10/1888. Gives details of each line, contracts, engine houses, issues, including horse tramways with some notes on finance.Yields information about the construction of Melbourne Cable tramways to 10/1888.Booklet - 48 pages stapled and glued within light manila coloured cover.tramways, cable trams, mtt, mtoco, track construction, engine houses

Typed report by Mr Alex Cameron of the PMTT titled "Chairman giving a comparison between Original and Revised estimate of Noyes Bros in regard to proposed tramways" Orginal Estimate dated May 1906, revised June 1907. One of the principal savings was the purchase of power from the Electric Traction and Lighting Co instead of building their own Power Station. There were other changes to the estimates for track, alterations to sewers, water mains and drains, and rolling stock.Yields information about the cost of construction of the first stage of the PMTT in 1907.Document or report 5 foolscap sheets - carbon copytramways, tramcars, pmtt, costs, new tramways

Item used on the Victorian Railways Sandringham - Black Rock tram line for the short section of the single track of the line between the railway station in Station Street and the depot entrance in Bay Road. Tram drivers were required to carry this to prevent a head-on collision on the single-line section. Image 3 shows the driver placing the item in the "staff box" outside the depot. Image from the DVD "VR Tramways in the 1950s", with permission from Effectch the Producer. The Newport Railway Museum holds the other staffs for this line along with a damaged one (or two) for the same section - see photo 4 for the Black Rock to Beaumaris Section.Demonstrates an item used to safely work trams on the Sandringham - Black Rock - Beaumaris tram line.Two sections of steel intermeshed to form a cross and stamped.Stamped "No. 1 Section" and "Sandringham - Staff Box"trams, tramways, safeworking, sandringham, section staff

Newspaper cutting about the position of Melbourne trams in the world in terms of kilometres of track and the number of routes based on Jane's Urban Transport Systems. Has comments from the National Trust, PTUA, and about the tram fleet. Notes the recent growth in the Melbourne system. Item written by Bruce Tobin. How Jane's obtained or intepreted their information is unkinown - a check at the time of cataloguing notes that Prague was 144km and Poznan was about 66km of route - based on their Wikipedia pages. Yields information about Melbourne's position in the world tram list in 1995 - but this is subject to interepretion.Newspaper cutting from The Age 16/1/1995tramways, melbourne, length, routes

Set of four items (six images) regarding the colour of the City Circle trams: 1 - "W is for Waste" - The Age 10/2/1994 - photocopy of a newspaper cutting. 2 - "Mixed hues on 'new' trams - Herald Sun 8/2/1994 3 - "Trust tracks down our new trams" - with Michael Norbury peering over a fence - Herald Sun 8/2/1994 4 - Three page letter from Robert Green to Alan Brown dated 20/11/1993 and response dated 1/12/1993 regarding colours of the trams.Yields information about Melbourne City Circle tramcars.Set of four items regarding the introduction of the City Circle trams.tramways, conductors, city circle, livery, w class