Use to identify a tramway employee - a trackman - Track maintainer. Would have allowed free travel when on duty and to and from work. Used possibly from mid 1910's when the Board was formed until it was replaced by the MMTB in 1921 or when a different identification system was implemented. Made by Stokes and Sons Melbourne.Demonstrates the method of identifying cable tram employees. Round pressed brass badge with the words "Trackman" and number "240" pressed into the centre of the badge around the top half of the badge "All Lines" with small horizontal lines within the individual letters. Has the Tramways Board logo on the lower part of the badge. On the rear of the badge, two metal lugs have been soldered onto the badge and a single-piece leather strap with a buttonhole cut into it to enable it to be worn on a uniform. The leather strap appears to have been refitted at one stage - marks on rear from previous straps. Second copy No. "236" badges, tramways, trams, employee pass, tramway board, track cleaner, track maintenance

Photograph shows a Foden Steam wagon with a broken front axle delaying cable tram services in Victoria Parade on 31/10/1922. The photo shows the inflexible nature of the cable tram, it could not reverse to a nearby crossover and use the other track. Photo by the The Argus, published on page 9 1/11/1922.Demonstrates a cable tram delay through a broken down steam wagon.Black and white photograph with notes on rear.In ink "11" and "K McC"tramcars, tramways, victoria parade, cable trams, breakdowns, delays

Report titled "Construction of new tramways and conversion of cable tramways" looking at the financial position of the board and the implications of the conversion of cable tramways and construction of new tramways. Signed by W. O Strangward 8/5/1922. Includes analysis of financing the works, the MMTB's ability top meet operating costs and statutory appropriations, loan repayments, construction of new tramcars, over crowding, reserve funds and alternative methods of undertaking the work and meeting the costs of the work. Refers to the Engineers report.Yields information about the MMTB's consideration of the conversion of the cable trams and building new lines in 1922.Report - six foolscap sheets pinned in the top left hand corner, marked confidential, stencil duplicated.trams, tramways, conversion, mmtb, cable trams, finances, new tramway, track construction

Photograph shows Dummy or Grip Car on run-out track outside Brunswick Car Shed in Sydney Road, Brunswick. Lined up in the foreground along the side of the Dummy are approx 20 tram crew and other staff, most in assorted uniforms with unbuttoned jackets. While the photo's reproduction is poor, the destination board reads 'H. B. Railway' (Hobson's Bay Railway) once located at the Flinders and Elizabeth Streets terminus. This early railway became part of the Victorian Railways in 1878, well before the opening of the Brunswick cable line in 1887 and this photograph c1890. Photo from C B Thomas collection.Yields information about Brunswick Car Shed and Sydney RoadBlack and white photograph with notes on rear.In ink "8" and "K McC"tramcars, tramways, cable trams, dummy, grip car, hobsons bay railway, elizabeth street, flinders street, brunswick car shed, sydney road

Photograph shows W class 307 standing on slightly curved track displaying destination "Victoria Bridge" and no route number box attached. The uniformed motorman and conductor stand on the roadway next to the front driver's cab where the trolley pole has been tied down. The conductor wears his coin bag and the driver is holding the tram's key and air brake handle. An elderly male passenger with coat stands at the drop-centre doorway and other passengers are inside. The car body of W 307 was built by Holden Motor Body Builders in South Australia in 1924 as part of a large contract to build W class trams. Victoria Bridge was the termini of both the Collins Street and Victoria Parade cable tram that closed in 1929 and the Mont Albert electric tram from Union Road, via Whitehorse Road and Kew Junction. Perhaps this photograph is of the Mont Albert terminus although the curved track suggests otherwise.Yields information about early W class tramcars . Black and white photograph with penciled dates on rearPencil writing reads "Between 2/9/24 & 19/3/28" trolley pole, drop-centre, w class, tram 307, victoria bridge, route number box, key, air brake handle, car body, holden motor body builders, mont albert, termini

Reports using a photo on the conversion of Victoria St Richmond from cable to electric trams. Shows workmen working laying track and the caption "Making Ready for the thundering progress of electric trams, the work of track laying in Victoria St proceeds apace. The quiet thoroughfare will soon be changed beyond recognition"Demonstrates a Sun photo and story about cable tram conversion.Photograph of part of page 21, The Sun News Pictorial 24/7/1929tramways, cable trams, conversion, cable conversion, victoria st, track laying

The photograph shows a cable tram set with trailer 44 at the Bridge Road Richmond terminus. The S McIntosh's Bridge Hotel is in the background, along with four shops including the Oriental Cafe for Tea and Grills. It would appear that the gripman is ready to leave though a male passenger seems to be hurrying forward to catch the tram. The typed caption records that the dummy is No. 12, the photograph is dated Jan. 1924 and notes the slotted depot lead out track in the foreground. Also discusses the ventilator cones on the grip car, following the installation of electric lights. Photo by A G Renwick. Second print, would have been the original view from which the first one has been taken from.Yields information about the Bridge Road Richmond terminus Jan. 1924Black and white photo with a typed caption attached. Second image - a vertical photo with notes on the rear.See second image. In pencil "163" in top right hand corner and "cable, Bridge Rd line"tramcars, tramways, cable trams, richmond, bridge road, tram 44, tram 12

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