Sepia toned photograph - W 323 (?) running the opening service on the South Melbourne line, past the South Melbourne Technical College with many students outside the school in Albert Road on the reserved track section. Copied from a newspaper photograph and has the caption underneath the photo. Date of Opening - 31/10/1925 One a set of cards made for the 70th anniversary of South Melbourne Depot - has the anniversary logo stamp on the rear. Two copies - one Sepia toned and the other ordinary black and white.trams, tramways, w class, albert road, opening, south melbourne, tram 323

Set of seven Kodak white cardboard 35mm colour slides by Len Millar of the move of former VR tram No. 34 from Yarrambat to the TMSV site at Bylands on 18/4/1974. Reference June 1974 issue of Trolley Wire. Note the Brill 77E trucks i the background were obtained at the same time. These would have been 5'3" gauge and it would appear that the tram was placed on a set of MMTB No. 1 trucks. Len Millar advised 21-7-2021 - that Trolley Wire says that the tram was obtained from a private property on the banks of thee Plenty River at Yarrambat, It was perched on a steep slope only 50 metres from the house, but two kilometres in from the nearest road. The track out to the nearest road was steep, rough and akin to a “goats’ track”!trams, tramways, vr trams, recovery, transporting trams, tmsv, bylands, tram 34

Newspaper clipping, from The Age 27/8/1973, titled "Out on the track and she looks a winner" reporting of the launch of PCC car 104 (East Preston Route 89). Alongside is W7 1029 (City Route 96). Story by Richard Goodwin, photo by John Lamb of the tram Has comments from officials and passengers - Ken Hall MMTB, Mr Meagher (Minister for Transport), Jack Stranger (AETA) and Conductor Sam Armstrongtrams, tramways, pcc class, new trams, bourke st, launch, route 88, tram 1041, tram 1029

Photograph of track reconstruction of conversion of the cable to electric tramway in Abbotsford near the corner with Canning St, about August 1935. .1 - has the old cable track excavated before the yokes were cut of and the new track - rails and sleepers laid on the previous road bed. In the background is the Homebush Hotel. In the background is a shop advertising Robur Tea. .2 - similar photo but looking along the line of yokes. with the building on the east side which have all since undergone two demolitions. The former hotel building remains but has been converted to set of apartments.Yields information about the removal of cable tram track in Abbotsford St North Melbourne.Set of two Black & White Photographs. Two copies of each held.Has the TMSV Sales stamp on the rear.trams, tramways, cable trams, abbotsford st, conversion

Set of 6 Colour slides- Anscochrome plastic mount taken on 9-3-1970 of the shunting of trams for the Moomba Parade in Sturt St and City Road, prior to the deviation of the tracks to go around the Arts Centre. .1 - W2 631 in turning into City Road from Sturt St .2 - W2 629 turning from St Kilda Road, in to City Road .3 - W2 639 and 550 in Sturt St .4 - W2 550 - route 64, City in Sturt St .5 - W2 629,SW6 898 and 322, Sturt St. .6 - W2 641, 387 and others Sturt St.Has slide number written on itemtrams, tramways, city road, sturt st, moomba, parades, st kilda road, w2 class, tram 611, tram 629, tram 639, tram 550, tram 898, tram 322, tram 641, tram 387

Produced by Yarra Trams with diagrams, maps and instructions for the use by drivers at Clarendon St junction, following the introduction of an additional loop track for the Tramcar Restaurant tram. Demonstrates a set of Yarra Trams instructions for a complex junction.Booklet - 20 A5 pages, centre stapled full colour on recycled paper.tramways, clarendon st, clarendon st junction, instructions, yarra trams, colonial tramcar restaurant

Issued for track work in Kingsway and Park St South Melbourne, route 55, undertaken between 30/11/2013 and 1/12/2013. Has a map showing the work zone, mainly in Park St and buses between the city and Domain Interchange and tram service changes. Produced by Yarra Trams and the PTV.Yields information about track work in Park St South Melbourne during 2013.Pamphlet - full colour DL two fold, printed on light card.trackwork, park st, route 55, kingsway

Issued for trackwork at the corner of Spencer St and Collins St, track replacement including a portion in Spencer St. Major works undertaken between Friday 30 June and Monday 10 July 2023. Produced by Yarra Trams and the PTV.Yields information about track work during 2023.Set of two notices - printed on A3 paper folded to A4trackwork, spencer st, collins st, tramways

Issued for track work in Holmes Road and Nicholson St Brunswick between 23 Feb. and 7 March 2019 impacting routes 1 and 6. Produced by Yarra Trams and the PTV.Yields information about track work in Holmes Rd and Nicholson St Brunswick 2019.Pamphlet - full colour DL 6 fold.trackwork, tramways, nicholson st, holmes road, brunswick, route 1, route 6

Yarra Trams has employed a small team of security staff in an attempt to improve network safety.Digital image of a newspaper clipping from the Age titled: "New team on trams hopes to keep your safety on track"tramways, safety

Collection of newspaper clippings pasted into the scrapbook by the donor. Covers the period 1979 to 1990 when the Melbourne tram system underwent large changes. All from The Herald Sun or The Sun, unless noted otherwise. Contains the following cuttings: 1 - New tram link proves popular - Progress Print 12/12/1979 2 - Extension for tram? Standard 28/11/1979 3 - Ban trams from mall call - Herald - 14/12/1979 4 - Its war on tram yobbos - Sun 25/4/1980 5 - A bus drivers' dream sale 6 - Art lovers in transport of delight - The Bulletin 3/4/1979 7 - Your turn: Our Red cars are gone and all but forgotten - Los Angeles Herald Examiner 21/6/1978 8 - Push for tram line - Eastern Standard - 3/12/1980 9 - Photo of the opening of Bundoora line - 19/5/1983 10 - From cable cars to electric trams - Reg Baird - City Extra 13/11/1985 11 - Louie fears he'll soon be history - Sun 12/11/1985 12 - The first tram rolls unofficially of course - Box Hill Gazette - 18/7/1978 13 - Then and now - Board looks back to 1916 - Box Hill Gazette - 18/7/1978 14 - Blockade - trams buses choke city - 20/7/1987 15 - What a clangers - Tranquil city of trammies, and a City of the Rails - 21/7/1984 16 - Trammies on the buses - 24/7/1984 17 - A tram voted a winner - Progress Press 17/10/1984 18 - A class trams - Eastern Standard 23/10/1984 19 - Danton Carson - ex cable trammie - 12/11/1985 20 - Tram line upgrade - 10/9/1985 21 - Launch of B1 2001 - 16/11/1984 22 - Home built from trams - Progress Press - 9/11/1983 23 - A shortcut on the Brunswick line - Malcolm tram on Miller St bridge - 22/8/1985 24 - Stone and brick and cable tram - The Age 2/11/1985 25 - Danton Carson article by Lahey at Large - The Age 9/11/1985 26 - Why not a City tram loop? - 21/11/1986 27 - tram route ruling angers commuters - (route 82) - 4/1/1986 28 - History back on the tracks - photo o W1 612 - 3/8/1987 29 - The last number 77 - The Age 8/1/1986 30 - Art on wheels (tram 336) - Progress Press 10/12/1986 31 - Ban on Trams - Kew Depot - Progress Press 10/12/1986 32 - The Ghosts of Brisbane Past - Brisbane Courier Mail - 9/10/1987 33 - Trammies had to be tough in the days of cable cars - The Herald - 11/11/1985 34 - Catch a vintage tram at Bylands - 11/11/1985 35 - Aboard the trams home - 26/8/1987 36 - The end of the line for a private tram fleet - 28/3/1989 37 - Jim's tram plan clangs to a halt 38 - Red nose trams in a class of their own 39 - PTC Statewide Open Day - 17/10/1991 40 - Trams a vital part of city's transport - 18/5/1988 41 - Fun tram just the ticket -15/3/1988 42 - Desire is a streetcar for Jim, a collector obsessed 0 8/3/1988 43 - Tram crash 31 hurt - 7/2/1989 44 - Tramway exhibition to roll - Progrss Report - 18/10/1989 45 - Business on the right line - Restaurant tram - 30/10/1989 46 - Experience the 'real' tram museum on a shaky ride - 17/6/1989 47 - The start of electric trams - progress press 18/10/1989 48 - Trams Back - fights erupt as trammies vote - 2/2/1990 49 - Tram row legacy to linger on - 2/2/1990 50 - Trams back, but travelers aren't - Progress Press - 14/2/1990 51 - advert by The Met - Trams operating today - 8/2/1990 52 - Trams roll - rebe;'s rage still a threat - Z33 3/2/1990 53 - An early tram catches a few passengers - Month before all trams back - 5/2/1990 Yields information about the Melbourne tram network in the 1990sScrap book - Olympic - 32 plain sheets + printed card covers, centre stapled.tramways, melbourne, newspapers, box hill, tram museums, unions, tram blockade, a class, east burwood, bundoora, cable trams, b class, route 82, route 77, danton carson, brisbane, restaurant tram, adelaide

Set of Notices to crews associated with the opening of the Port Melbourne Light Rail Line, following its conversion from a Heavy rail line. Signed by Dennis Griffiths, Manager Tram Operations - Western. C5043 - gives details of the route, tram stops, route numbers, traffic signals and T lights, running times, toilet facilites, time clocks and track telephones. Dated 16/12/1987 C5044 - details the new types of automatic points at Flinders and Spencer Sts and Clarendon and Whiteman streets - their operation, associated signals and a layout plan. Dated 22/12/1987 C5046 - Installation of automatic points - Whiteman St Y Junction - later known as Port Junction - St Kilda - Port Melbourne lines - dated 22/12/1987 Interoffice memo to Conductors - Preston and North Fitzroy depot routes - regarding section points on the Port Melbourne and St Kilda light rail routes. Dated 25/6/1987 - signed by Ray Stock, Manger Revenue Systems.Yields information about the opening of the Port Melbourne line in 1987.Set of 7 A4 sheets stapled in top left hand corner.tramcars, tramways, port melbourne, opening, new tramway, points, operations, fares, signals

Obituary - "Tough fighter with a one-track mind" - The Age 2/9/2006 written by Anne McKernan, looking at the life of one of the first female tram drivers in Melbourne. Gives details of her background before becoming a conductor, the Union battles and then becoming a driver for 7 years. Yields information conductor/driver Joyce BarryCutting from The Age, 2/9/2006.tramways, women, drivers, women drivers, joyce barry

Full colour, 52 pages, printed on gloss paper magazine - "Panorama in-flight with Ansett", No. 4, March / April 1982 featuring on pages 29 and 30 an item "On the right track" featuring eight Transport Art trams with photos and text. Written by Stephen Gilfedder. Trams: 567 (Peter Corrigan - slightly modified from the original - see Electric Traction August 1979 for notes on modification of paintwork.), 243, 607, 525, 504, 384, 336 and 497.trams, tramways, transporting art, decorated trams, tram 243, tram 607, tram 525, tram 504, tram 384, tram 336, tram 497

Book - 24 pages including heavy card covers centre stapled - titled "A Brief History of The Melbourne Brunswick and Coburg Tramways Trust", MBCTT, written by Bob Prentice and edited by Dean Filgate. Published by Tramway Publications 1999. Provides details on the formation of the Trust, appointments, financials, track and overhead construction, power supply, street lighting, depot and offices, opening, map, tickets, staff, operation statistics, extensions, rolling stock. Illustrated with many photographs including a photograph of the Trust Tramways Band.trams, tramways, mbctt, tramways band, coburg, tramcars, construction

Fold out pamphlet, 7 folds, titled "How to track it down by tram on The Met", early 1980's, with a map of the tram system, The Met logos, providing information about tram services to specific locations. Also provides details of first and last trams for all tram routes and service frequency. Second copy added 17-4-2017trams, tramways, melbourne, map, tram services, the met

Photocopied, 14 A4 sheets stapled in top left hand corner, Lecture notes or report titled "Light Rail - An Overseas Challenge for Australia", presented by Bill Kingsley presented in Adelaide. Not formally dated, but late 1970's. Looks at Light rail / tram from a international perspective with references to motor vehicles, oil shortages, track, vehicles, overhead and signalling, costs, capacities, conclusion and challenges.trams, tramways, light rail, lectures, papers, adelaide

Book - 104 pages printed on newsprint, stapled with two colour light card cover, titled "Getting on the Right Track - The public transport crisis in Australia". Produced by the National Action for Public Transport, largely transport union based (see page 104 for contacts), looking at the lack of investment into public transport and the construction of freeways, roads and the growth of motor cars. Has a table of contents and many sketches, cartoons and tables. See inside front cover for sources, names and who produced the document, Friends of the Earth. Appears to have been produced mid to late 1970's. Two copies held.Has a "$1.50" Angus and Robertson price sticker on the front cover, top right hand corner.trams, tramways, public transport, unions, motor vehicles, road transport

Newspaper clipping from the Obituaries section of The Age, Melbourne, Thursday August 30, 2012 titled "One-track mind about all transport", William Kingsley, 14.12.1935-3.5.2012, with a photograph of Bill at Ballarat, detailing BTM Member's life written by Roderick Smith. Bill was also a member of the Friends of Hawthorn Tram Depot.trams, tramways, obituaries, btm

Research Report titled - "Melbourne electric Tramways - Gunzel Notes - a timeline of the Melbourne Electric Tramways", 94 A4 unbound pages, secured by a fold back clip. Gives a summary of the periods between 1884 and 1904, 1904 to 1920, 1920 to 1983, 1983 to 1997. Has appendences for route numbers, tram allocation, depot lists, trams sold to Ballarat, Bendigo or Geelong and Preserved track. Index note an appendix for track maps but not within document. Has been scanned into two pdf (unsearchable files) pages 1-49 and 50-96 - see image files. See also Reg Item 715 for a similar document published by the ARE in 1997. See http://www.classicaustraliantv.com/Gunzel.htm - accessed 1-11-2016 Prepared by Don Storey See also Reg item 2922 for another version of the depot allocation lists.trams, tramways, melbourne, history, mmtb, the met, ptc, cable trams, history, depot allocation, preserved trams, route numbers

Large lever arch folder, containing many notices issued to platform staff and depot staff at South Melbourne depot from November 1975 through to Feb 1985, when issued by the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Contains ticket information and circulars, special arrangements, job advertisements, social club events, sale of old motor cars, circulars re tickets, sample tickets, notice of poll for election of union rep on the MMTB, job applications, results of applications for tram and bus driving, scholar concession tickets, lost passes, depot staff rosters for public holidays, track reconstruction. Part in date order, the first two years in reverse date order.trams, tramways, mmtb, south melbourne depot, notices and information, passes, tickets, employees, mta

Illustration of Driver John (Jack) O'Callaghan and a conductor at a terminus or short working with tram W 342. Has the dates regarding the tramcar's working life on the top of the illustration. Advised by Donor that Jack was a "tram employee" between 1919 and 1922, a Gripman - 1924 - 1925 and a Motorman 1928 - 1931. After that he was a signalman. The photo was possibly taken at an opening of new track event. Scanned from an original photograph by the donor and sent to the depot when visiting about organising a tour. Tram crew in full uniform of the era, driver holding the controller and brake handles. Conductor with ticket bag etc. In 1927 the tram was based at Essendon Depot - see Reg item 800.trams, tramways, motormen, conductors, w class, tram 342, uniforms