Printed - 10 page foolscap, stapled on left hand side, 2 sections, Victorian State Parliamentary Report titled "Report - The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways on the Proposed Black Rock, Beaumaris and Mentone Connecting Railway.", together with minutes of evidence, dated 19/12/1910 References the Black Rock tramway, background of the district, evidence, tramway or railway service, land acquisition, cost of railways or tramways, report from Traffic Officers, costs and recommendations.trams, tramways, sandringham, mentone, beaumaris, railways, tramways, proposals

Printed - 6 page foolscap, stapled on left hand side, 2 sections, Victorian State Parliamentary Report titled "Report - The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways on the question of the Beaumaris Electric Street Railway." - dated 22 December 1916. References previous reports, Black Rock, Beaumaris, residential development, routes and costs of the proposed tramway, costs provided by the Chief Engineer for Railway Construction, E. Kernot, and Committee recommendations - tempered by the War.trams, tramways, sandringham, black rock, beaumaris, railways, tramways, proposals

Printed - 8 page foolscap, centre stapled, Victorian State Parliamentary Report titled "Report - The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways on the Outer Circle Railway.", together with minutes of evidence, dated 20/12/1918. Provides a history of the railway, financial results, tramway competition, fare comparison, goods traffic, Kodak and APM Developments, Railway views, committee recommendations including railway closure and dismantling.trams, tramways, outer circle railway, kew, railways, tramways, proposals, burwood

Printed - 10 page foolscap, stapled on left hand side, 2 sections, Victorian State Parliamentary Report titled "Report - The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways on the Proposed Suburban Electric Tramways (Camberwell, Hawthorn, Richmond and Melbourne)"", together with minutes of evidence, dated 20 December 1912. Background, the existing Hawthorn Horse Tramway, acquisition of the horse tramway, area served by the proposed tramways, costs, possible loss, views of the committee, railway commissioners, conclusion, vote for and against, future of Melbourne tramways in general.trams, tramways, tramways, htt, camberwell, hawthorn, richmond

Wall Calendar - wire spiral bound along top edge with hanger, gloss paper, with cover and each month featuring various transport related photographs. Includes photo of Flinders St station, cable tram in Bridge Road and horse drawn vehicles delivering cable from the port to Brunswick, including a number of railway photographs. Titled "Victorian Ministry of Transport - Transport Calendar - 1984", featuring photographs from the VR heritage collection. Two copies held.trams, tramways, railways, tramways, cable trams, flinders st station, calendar

Folded map of Victoria, showing in colour relief Victorian area, national parks, highways, towns, railways, airport, wine growing areas, towns with information centres, historic parks, ski fields. NSW and SA show major towns and highways. Front cover includes an image of a Z class tram and two penguins. Has town index. Folded 7 folds horizontally by 3 folds deep. On rear is a listing of locations with major tourist destinations provided. Provides location of VicTour offices. Prepared by the Surveyor General for the Victorian Tourism Commission, printed by the Government Printer, 4th edition 1985.trams, tramways, victoria, map, victour, tourism

Set of four pamphlets A4 size, for distribution or display on trams/tram, railway stations stops etc. .1 - Travel all weekend anywhere in Zones 1 and 2 for $3.50/day .2 - Royal show 2013 - take the tram to the show. .3 - Breathe Easy - tram shelters and platforms will be smoke free from 1/3/14. .4 - Victorian Seniors Festival for 2013 and free public transport. .5 - Reporting taggers to the Police or crime stoppers - Graffititrams, tramways, yarra trams, tickets, royal show, festival program, smoking, ptv, graffiti

.1 Full colour, A4 report printed on gloss paper, 16 pages, centre stapled titled "Public Transport community consultative Committee - First Annual Report 1993/94", reporting on the Victorian Public Transport Forum, Accessible Transport Consultative Council and the "W class tram implementation monitoring committee". Has a foreword by Alan Brown, provides membership of each Committee, meetings, Consultation, major issues, public transport safety, Upfield railway line, sponsorship of tram shelters and signage, Metcard, fares, public relations, on-train refreshment, First class fares, accessible travel, driver-only trains and trams. The W class committee look at the major issues, tram livery, advertising on the trams, deployment, storage and alternative uses for stored trams. .2 - Full colour, A4 report printed on gloss paper, 16 pages, centre stapled titled "Public Transport community consultative Committee - Annual Report 1997", reporting on the Victorian Public Transport Forum, Accessible Transport Consultative Council, City Circle tram promotion committee and public transport heritage advisory committee. Has forward from Robin Cooper, lists membership of every committee and gives detail of their work and project outcomes.trams, tramways, minister for transport, accessible transport, w class, advertisements, city circle, heritage

Manila folder, Wotan flat file, with built in fold back metal clips (see images 19 and 20) holding 9 plastic sheets that have been made to hold railway (Edmondson pasteboard) or tramway paper tickets. Sheet 1 - 25 No. MMTB tickets, ranging from 3d to 2/6 and two decimal conversion tickets, including 5 tickets which have been overstamped "City Section". On the rear are adverts for Blind Babies (Royal Victorian Institute for the blind), John Randle hair salon, Leighton home builders and the Promote Thomastown Committee. Sheet 2 - 25 No. MMTB tickets - decimal currency - two conversion tickets and other decimal currency tickets ranging from 6c to 25c. Included are 6 overstamped City Section tickets. Sheet 3 - 25 No. MMTB decimal currency tickets - ranging from 25c to $1 with one ticket overstamped "City Section". Includes one ticket with a red P overstamp. Sheet 4 - 22 No. MMTB tickets - 13 tickets overstamp P, for Pensioner, one bus transfer ticket, 3 non-cash tickets, one city concession tickets and four machine issued bus tickets. Sheet 5 - small sheet with four pockets with three tickets, - MMTB 1981 single journal ticket, MMTB day tripper $2 and MMTB bus ticket. Sheet 6 - 13 No. MMTB Section tickets, hospital travel, Australia post, incapacitated soldier and special police department concession. Sheet 7 - 8 MTA paper tram tickets and 9 The Met paper tram tickets. Sheet 8 - 23 Ballarat or Bendigo tickets, both pence and decimal currency including 6 BTM or BTPS tickets. Sheet 9 - 10 VR motor coach tickets, both pence and decimal and one single ticket - East Kew to East Camberwell. See Reg Item 5424 for a further folder of tickets from the same donor.trams, tramways, tickets, mmtb, vr, the met, btps, btm, ptc

Magazine - 48 pages - full colour print on full gloss or plain paper titled "Trust News Victoria - Vol 27, No. 2, October 1998". Contains a 24 page Annual Review or report of the Victorian branch. Has a number of items of tram and rail interest. page 6 - Decorative tram poles in Fitzroy St Kilda and Peel St North Melbourne page 7 - St Kilda Railway Station platforms page 8 - "Trams back on Track" about the return W class trams - has a photo of 750 in St Kilda Road with the Shrine of Remembrance in the background. page 7 of the annual report - Hawthorn Tram Depot and Heritage Tram Fleettrams, tramways, w class, st kilda, overhead, fitzroy st, peel st, hawthorn, hawthorn depot, national trust

Book - 20 A4 pages, centre stapled printed on gloss paper titled "Linking Victoria - issue 1 February 2002", published by the Victorian Department of Infrastructure. Includes a message from Steve Bracks Premier and Peter Batchelor Minister for Transport. Looks at Transport Planning, Spencer St Station redevelopment, Fast rail regional links, passenger services, new low floor trams, notes Yarra and M>Tram rollingstock, route 109 to Box Hill, buses and other transport projects underway or planned. Not known if there were further publications with this title.trams, tramways, planning, doi, m>tram, spencer st, public transport, railways

Report or Book - 28 A4 pages, full colour centre stapled printed on gloss paper titled "A transport system that works for all Victorians", published as a progress from the Bracks Government, April 2001. Includes a message from Peter Batchelor. Looks at the forward planning for transport in Victoria, including various public transport projects.trams, tramways, planning, doi, m>tram, spencer st, public transport, railways

Sign - steel sheet, with four screw holes in each corner, marked with the destinations of a VR tramcar for the St Kilda Brighton Beach line, to enable the crews to set the relevant destination.trams, tramways, signs, tramcars, victorian railways, destination roll, st kilda brighton

Book, 64 pages, gloss art paper, in black ink with a yellow card cover in green ink, centre stapled, titled "The Ballarat Tramways" Details history of Ballarat tramways, its tramcars and the involvement of the various operators. Has maps and photographs. Written by Keith Kings and published by the Victorian Division of the Australian Railway Historical Society and others at the time of the closure of the Ballarat system. Has details of the various organisations that published the book on the rear cover. 1345.2 - 2nd Edition Oct. 1971 - see image i4. For a complete image of the book see pdf files i1 to i3.'1345.2 - has the "Technical Book * Mag Co." yellow name label on the front cover and "75c" in pencil in the top right hand corner.trams, tramways, ballarat tramways, history, tramcars of ballarat

Book, 80 pages, gloss art paper, in black ink with a yellow card cover in green ink, centre stapled, titled "The Bendigo Tramways" Details history of Bendigo tramways, its tramcars and the involvement of the various operators. Has maps and photographs. Written by Keith Kings and published by the Victorian Division of the Australian Railway Historical Society and others at the time of the closure of the Bendigo system. Has details of the various organisations that published the book on the rear cover.trams, tramways, bendigo, battery trams, steam trams, history

Report - 26 pages, printed, contained and stapled within a grey "Roneo Numeralpha System" folder, titled "Report on Traffic Congestion", containing a Victorian Parliamentary Report, dated 1919 with titled "Report of Board appointed to investigate the problem of relieving congestion of traffic in Melbourne." Full title "Report of Board Appointed to Investigate the problem of Relieving Congestion of Traffic in Melbourne" The Board or "Traffic Board" comprised 5 representatives of Councils, MMTB, Railways and the Public Works Department includes comments on growth of Melbourne, railways, tramways, new arterial roads, subways, new bridge at Spencer St, regulation of street traffic, looks at new tramway routes, hours works and provides a summary of recommendations including drawings for new arterial roads, graphs and roads / tramway layouts in two chain wide roads. Note: This document is available as a pdf on the Parliament of Victoria website. Second copy - unbound as printed, stapled on the left hand side, from McComb collection, box 10 - added 5/1/2017. added a 2nd copy from Russell Jones (28/05/22). Poor quality copy.Has in ink on the bottom edge "17th June 1919", Copy 2 - "H. Lormer"? in ink in the top right hand corner.trams, tramways, mmtb, general scheme, tramways, development, parliament, spencer st, railways, finances, construction, traffic control

Timetable - 36 pages, printed on off-white paper, cover printed on pink paper, centre stapled titled "Victorian Tramways Guide" for October 1917. Details the timetables for the Tramway Board, Northcote Council, PMTT, NMETL, HTT, MBCTT and the VR Brighton line. Gives details of fares, routes, signs, first and last cars. Middle page - has a map and details of a Round trip and shows other lines and change points. Foldout map included on the inside rear cover, showing tramways, railways and rivers. Has many advertisements for the re-election of Sir Frank Madden (he was not re-elected - see http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/details/569-madden-frank - accessed 30-12-2016). Polling day 15/11/1917. Has adverts for: Commercial Union Steel Castings Proprietary Limited Myer's Country of Bourke Permanent Building and Investment Society Prohibition - Canada, USA Royal Insurance Company Australian Ladies Commercial College Incley Frederick Collis Tramways Advertising Co. Stott's Business College Chambers and Seymour W. M Richards Huttons Ham Sterling Preparationstrams, tramways, timetables, melbourne, nmetl, vr, cable trams, htt, pmtt, map, advertising

Set of three newspaper cuttings from The Argus - Students section. .1 - General Knowledge - has photos of 6 Victorian tramcars with notes - 3/5/1947 - has advert for Parsons Custard Powder on the rear. .2 - Travel - Tramways and Protests - about the derivation of the word tramways and railways and their development -6/5/1950. 3 - Australiana - Australia's first electric tram - details the Box Hill to Doncaster tramway with an image of the poster - 15/7/1950.trams, tramways, tramways, box hill, doncaster, tramcars

Wall Calendar - heavy card covers, 12 gloss art pages inside, titled "Trams - 2006" containing full colour photographs of Rockhampton, Ballarat, Fremantle, Grenoble France, Geelong, Sydney, Brisbane, VR Sandringham and Transporting Art Melbourne trams. Has a punched hole along the top edge to enable wall use. Provides dates for holidays, school holidays and Pension payment days and phases of the moon. Produced by Topmill Pty Ltd and distributed by Gordon & Gotch Pty Ltd. Photos by Archer Park, William Scott, A. W. Perry, Ben Parle, Maurice Kelly, Ken Smith,trams, tramways, rockhampton, ballarat, fremantle, geelong, sydney, brisbane, victorian railways, sandringham, brisbane, transporting art, tram 2107, tram 50, tram 384, tram 340, tram 497, tram 567

Quarto Sheet Gestener printed notice titled "Australian Electric Traction Association Member's Excursion by Railway Electric Tram - Elwood Depot - St Kilda - Vaulter St - Elwood Tram Depot", advising of the tour on 29 Nov. 1958. Gives times, tram No. 52, and ticket details. Signed by T. R. Collier, Chief Traffic Manager, 24 November 1958.trams, tramways, aeta, vr, tours, special trams, st kilda, elwood depot, tram 51

Half foolscap Sheet Gestener printed notice titled "Overhead Electrical Equipment - 600V Traction System - St Kilda - Brighton Electric Street Railway" advising that the overhead and feeder between Hardwood St and Park St was taken out of service and abolished. Signed by T. R. Collier, Chief Traffic Manager, 23 Dec. 1957.trams, tramways, aeta, vr, overhead, closure, st kilda

Twelve page booklet, titled "Ballarat and Bendigo, Victorian Tramway Preservation" written by D. Menzies and J.H. Price, reprinted from Modern Tramway. Front cover has BTPS tram 38 on original depot fan, green banner centrally with title, and Bendigo Birney No. 28. A circular white sticker with "1.00" written on is stuck on the right hand side, centrally. Saddle stapled print in black ink on 120gsm art paper. Written material covers background history of both Ballarat and Bendigo tramways, tramcars, closure, the formation of the BTPS and the Bendigo Trust tramways and their operational history up to about mid 1975 as it mentions the first COTMA meeting. Also has 12 photos inside. On rear cover is an advertisement for the TMSV and the Light Railway Transport League (UK) (LRTL). PDF copy of full book added 16-3-2017."D. W. Lees 2/2/76" on top of page 2 and "D. W. Lees" on side of page 10 in a fine felt pen ink.trams, tramways, ballarat, bendigo, lrtl, tram preservation

Magazine - five Gestener duplication sheets - titled "Tram Tracks - Vol 1 - No. 3 - July 1946" - the Journal of Association of Victorian Tramway Enthusiasts. Has notes on the PCC car, Glenhuntly depot tour, construction of the Latrobe St tram line, C class 36 "dog car", use of T class cars, W3 class trams, U206, Ballarat 16, notes from other cities, Sydney, notes on VR tramcars and details of the Association.trams, tramways, melbourne, t class, w3 class, vr trams, glenhuntly tram depot

Original and five carbon copies of the three pages extracted from the Victorian Government Gazette - 14/9/1888 authorising the construction of a tramway in the City of Northcote, giving details of routes, railway crossing of the proposed Clifton Hill and Royal Park lines, depot, motive power, speed, time, passengers only, safety, tolls and charges and governance. Each of the three page sets have been clipped together using a paper clip. Items 2053 to 2057 within box 72.3 in a brown folder marked "Northcote CC" in red pencil.trams, tramways, northcote, cable trams, electric traction, horse trams, railways

Newspaper clipping from The Argus, titled "Latest Model Tramcar" with a photo of VR No. 43 entering service after being built at Newport Workshops. Cutting not dated, sometime April 1922.trams, tramways, victorian railways, st kilda brighton, newport workshops, new trams, tram 43

Photo shows the new Spencer St station which was completed around 1962 with tram W2 430 (Spencer St, Route 48), fitted with large trolley bridges, northbound to the terminus at Latrobe St. Eight taxis are lined up at the taxi stand, mostly Holdens with at least one Ford.Yields information about the Spencer Station building when new and the taxis serving the station.Colour print - satin finish print - Spencer St Station and W2 536 c1962railways, victorian railways, spencer st, spencer st station, taxis, w2 class, tram 536

A4 printed map, full colour published May 2017 titled on one side "Melbourne tram network" and the other "Victorian train network", showing the tram and train routes, and details of each route or line. Published by Transport for Victoria and PTV. Two copies held.trams, tramways, maps, railways, tramways, victoria, tram routes

Photo Album - titled "TAP - Part E - VR Trams – Sheets E1 to E24 ", from Transit Australia Publishing. Photos used in the Destination City and other publications series. For a detailed list of photographs see htd4604i.pdf. For individual photo images see: \dbtext\hawthtramcoll\photo collections\TAP-Part D, images TAP269 to TAP315. TAP269_1-scrubber-OrmondRd_c1943_LeonMarcshallWood.jpg (Bob Lilburn notes in a letter to Keith Kings, photo dated 10/1942 - see 4064.1 in the same folder) TAP270_7_BrightonBeach_1954_HughBallment.jpg TAP271_17_ex-Sydney_LeonMarshallWoodCollection.jpg TAP272_23_ElwoodDepotTurntable.jpg TAP273_26_SandringhamDepot_LGPooleColln.jpg TAP274_40_BrightonBeach_1954_HughBallment.jpg TAP275_43_Sandringham_1943_LeonMarshallWood.jpg TAP276_43_ElwoodDepot_HughBallment.jpg TAP277_48_BlackRock_1954_HughBallment.jpg TAP278_51_ElwoodDepot_25Jan1957_LeonMarshallWood.jpg TAP279_ElwoodDepot_1918.jpg TAP280_6-ElwoodDepot.jpg TAP281_8-9trailer_LeonMarshallWoodCollection.jpg TAP282_3_ElwoodDepot_HughBallment.jpg TAP283_6_ElwoodDepot.jpg TAP284_6_ElwoodDepot_RayPearsonColln.jpg TAP285_trailer_ElwoodDepot_PTC.jpg TAP286_23_Sandringham_RayPearson.jpg TAP287_28-32_ElwoodDepot_PTC.jpg TAP288_32_StKilda_HughBallment.jpg TAP289_34_OrrmondRd_TMSV.jpg TAP291_37_ElwoodDepot_LindsayCrowe.jpg TAP292_36-39_VautierSt_JimSeletto.jpg TAP292_36-52_ElwoodDepot_1959_JimSeletto.jpg TAP293_40-33_ElwoodDepot_HughBallment.jpg TAP294_41_StKildaStation_1959_JimSeletto.jpg TAP295_43_StKildaStation_HughBallment.jpg TAP296_48_BlackRock_1954_HughBallment.jpg TAP297_51_Sandringham_LindsayCrowe.jpg TAP298_51_leaving-Sandringham_HughBallment.jpg TAP299_51_Sandringham_RayPearson.jpg TAP300_50_Sandringham_1955_GeoffGrant.jpg TAP301_LuxuryCar_Elwood_VictorianRailways.jpg TAP302_52_leaving-StKilda_HughBallment.jpg TAP303_53_ElwoodDepot_HughBallment.jpg TAP304_53-40_StKilda_NoelReed_19Jan1954.jpg TAP305_54_ElwoodDepot_NoelReed.jpg TAP306_Esplanade_MiddleBrighton_TMSV.jpg TAP307_BrightonBeach_TMSV.jpg TAP308_SandringhamStation_TMSV.jpg TAP309_34_ElwoodDepot_JimSeletto.jpg TAP310_34_Yarrambat_JimSeletto.jpg TAP312_34_Elwood_VictorianRailways.jpg TAP313_43_StKildaStation_HughBallment.jpg TAP314_43-894_StKildaStation.jpg TAP315_53_VautierSt_JimSeletto.jpgtrams, tramways, transit australia, destination city, tramcars, depots, vr, victorian railways, st kilda brighton, sandringham, tram 1, tram 7, tram 17, tram 23, tram 26, tram 40, tram 43, tram 46, tram 51, tram 6, tram 3, tram 13, tram 23, tram 28, tram 32, tram 34, tram 36, tram 39, tram 37, tram 52, tram 40, tram 43, tram 41, tram 48, tram 51, tram 50, tram 53, tram 4, tram 54, tram 42

Poster - printed on heavy card, titled "St Kilda - Elwood Tramway Service", advising that the tramway service would cease as of Sat. Feb 28 (1959). Gives details of the replacement service and combined road/rail tickets. VR Printed 542-59 2 copies held.trams, tramways, vr, st kilda brighton, elwood depot, closure, victorian railways

Bundle or block of railway tickets, MetroCard, Off Peak concession, numbered 5200 to 5399 (200 ticket) secured with string. Printed on yellow pasteboard as a railway ticket for use in station ticket racks - printed for Seddon station. Ticket available for train and MMTB City Section. For more details see http://www.robx1.net/victkt/pre1981/html/1980.htm - accessed 7/11/2018.trams, tramways, tickets, vr, melbourne, metrocard