Report from the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) on the visit by several officers of the board to the United States (Manila – formerly as part of US territory, Guam, Honolulu, San Francisco, New York, Washington D.C., Pittsburgh, Boston, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Cleveland) and Canada (Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria). The tour examined the fleet, operations and maintenance of these North American cities. Has an index on the rear.A document that detailed operations of North American streetcars from an Australian perspective, in particular PCC cars during the 1940s, some systems of which no longer exist.Report of Visit to United States and Canada by S.M. Richardson, H.H. Bell, Jnr and J.R. Patterson - Officers of the Board. Approx 90 duplicated pages, secured with folding clips with card covers.public transport, tramways, mmtb, reports, usa, canada, pcc class, overseas tours

Series of 10 black and white photographs of the construction of the prototype or mock-up model of the prototype for tram 1041 at Preston Workshops c1971. See Reg Item 2502 and 7370 for other photos. .1 - external view shows the centre door and the mock-up construction. .2 - external view showing small entry door - at the back of the tram? .3 - Front entry door. .4 - internal view showing conductors desk and seats .5 - internal view showing conductors desk, ticket machine and microphone. .6 - another view looking along the tram length. .7 - same photo. .8 - Drivers seat showing the mock-up pedals and drivers console. .9 - ditto - different view. .10 - close up of the drivers pedals mock-up box. The photos could have been taken at different stages of the design process and after layout changes had been made.Item 6 has MMTB stamp and "P25/1/1016""trams, tramways, prototype tramcar, tramcar bodies, preston workshops, 1041 mock-up, interiors, tram 1041, pcc class, gibson ticket machines

Photographs, Black and White, of: "South Melbourne Depot - re "Our World" TV programme. Hosing the yard to produce a wintry affect. W5 774 at left, then 980, 834, 955, 940. Monday 26/6/67" Herald and Weekly Times photograph with Copyright stamp on rear. The TV programme was the first world wide made through new overseas satellite systems.In ink on the rear: Keith Kings stamp and number S-A-1082 "South Melbourne Depot - re "Our World" TV programme. Hosing the yard to produce a wintry affect. W5 774 at left, then 980, 834, 955, 940. Monday 26/6/67"trams, tramways, south melbourne depot, tv broadcasts, w5 class, sw6 class, tram 774, tram 980, tram 834, tram 955, tram 940, pcc class

Report - approx. 55 A4 photocopied sheets - bound with white comb binding, with embossed leather imitation grey card covers, titled "Symposium 'Electric Traction Systems' ", presented by the Institution of Engineers Australia, Vic Div, Tues 6/5/1975. Contains three papers: 1 - "Electricity of Transportation" - R. G. Chapman, SEC 2 - "Electric vehicles for Street Transport:" - F. D. Snell - MMTB 3 - "Electric Railways" - A. Firth - VR Paper 2 looks at the history of the MMTB system, the W class tram, control systems, lack of new trams in the 1960's, ordering of the Z class tram, its specification and manufacture, 980, 1041 and other forms of public transport on roads - trolley buses, gadgetbahns, and lots of possibilities of new systems including battery vehicles.On rear in ink in top right hand corner "D. W. Lees"trams, tramways, reports, mmtb, tramcars, pcc class, z class, melbourne, history, trolley buses, electrical engineering, controllers

Set of three Agfa colour slides, blue / white plastic mount, photos by Keith Caldwell. Nicholson Street. North Fitzroy tram and bus depot. .1 - view of depot looking towards the tram depot building itself with trams 1033, 980 and bus 557 (AT 047) in the view. .2 - ditto with trams 962, 1033 and buses in the view. .3 - ditto looking into the building. 4/1964In ink "Nicholson St Dep 4-64"trams, tramways, nicholson st, north fitzroy, north fitzroy depot, w7 class, buses, tram 962, tram 1033, pcc class, tram 980, sw6 class, mmtb buses, aec mk iii, aec

Set of four Black and White photograph of recovery equipment for tramcars. Two prints of each except - .4 .1 - steel beam shown in position in the saloon portion of a tram used to secure a bogie to the body of tram with steel section over transom and showing lifting hooks and securing or lifting bolts. Shown in position where the tramcar body floor was above that of the tramcar transom. .2 - ditto, but on an angle in a wide body tram where the top of the transom matched the top of the floor. The bogies are on an angle. .3 - brackets in position for securing the body spring on the truck fitted to tram 980 to the body of the tram. .4 - brackets shown stored inside the cabin of the tram. Mid 1970's? Photographer likely MMTBtrams, tramways, recovery, accidents, tramcars, sw6 class, pcc class, w2 class, tram 980, st. louis b3

Black and white photograph of prototype 1041 and the cable tram set 1 side by side at Preston workshops c1974. Photograph by David Menzies. See also Reg Item 72.Has stamp on rear "D. Menzies 237 Wattletree Rd, Malvern, Vic 3144"trams, tramways, cable trams, prototype tramcar, mmtb, preston workshops, tram 1041, pcc class, tram 1

Black and white photograph of an all night tour group - Flinders St, 3AM, 17-12-1966, group standing in front of 980 showing Special. Written on the back of a railway circular are the names and position on the photograph - see image i2 Photo by Dave Macartney.trams, tramways, tours, flinders st, special trams, are, tram 980, pcc class

Colour slide of a new Z class tram at Preston workshops on stands being fitted out. TMSV duplicate slide - MP175.Yields information about PCC car 1041, a prototype all electric tramcar Kodachrome colour slides, duplicate cardboard mount.tramways, z class, new tram, preston workshops