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Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Public Transport Victoria (PTV), Your New Look Toorak Road Terminus, 2015
Promotion by PTV of upgrade to unsafe terminus on a busy road. It followed similar upgrades to a number of other termini and preceded the combining of routes 8 and 55 into route 58 in 2017. The modern E class trams that feature on the cover did not commence operating on route 58 until late 2021.Shows that relatively high cost infrastructure is being installed on the tram network and that traffic priorities are changing with motor vehicle right of way being reduced in places for passenger and staff safety.Coloured fold out pamphlet DL size when folded, with large photograph of current tram terminus on half of one side. A site plan of the proposed completed modifications on all of the other side.Typed explanations throughoutterminus, network upgrade, platform stop, toorak, route 8, route 58 -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, New South Wales Public Transport Commission, Bogie Booklet
An illustrated list of the different types of bogies used under rollingstock on the New South Wales Railways.p.144.An illustrated list of the different types of bogies used under rollingstock on the New South Wales Railways.railway rollingstock - new south wales, railroad bogies - history -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Boom barriers to go in sooner, 17/05/1978 12:00:00 AM
Article in Nunawading Gazette, the boom barriers at Rooks Rd and Mitcham Rd railway level crossings are due to arrive ahead of schedule.Article in Nunawading Gazette, the boom barriers at Rooks Rd and Mitcham Rd railway level crossings are due to arrive ahead of schedule. Assurances that the boom barriers would precede the eventual abolition of the crossing when the additional Box Hill - Ringwood rail track was laid were obtained last year.Article in Nunawading Gazette, the boom barriers at Rooks Rd and Mitcham Rd railway level crossings are due to arrive ahead of schedule. railways, railway crossings, mitcham road, mitcham, rooks road, nunawading -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BENDIGO LOCOMOTIVE
... trains ...Black and white photograph showing two Locomotives, Diesel & steam, at Bendigo Railway Station, in a cream cardboard mount with caption reading Mr.L.Hogan Depot Foreman, Bendigo Loco from A.R.H.S. Victorian Division in grateful appreciation.transport, railways, trains, transport-rail-trains -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, George Coop, Steam locomotive R-742 hauling a special train arriving at Beaufort Railway Station, c.1971
Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division) Special Train at Beaufort Railway Station. It is presumed the special train carried rail enthusiats as a support visit for the Lake Goldsmith Steam Rally taking place in Baufort. Digital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford HP4 black and white negative transparency, c.1971george coop collection, australian railway historical society museum, lake goldsmith steam rally, r-742, r-class steam locomotive, steam rally -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, George Coop, Steam locomotive R-742 hauling a special train arriving at Beaufort Railway Station, c.1971
Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division) Special Train at Beaufort Railway Station. It is presumed the special train carried rail enthusiats as a support visit for the Lake Goldsmith Steam Rally taking place in Baufort. Digital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford HP4 black and white negative transparency, c.1971george coop collection, australian railway historical society museum, lake goldsmith steam rally, r-742, r-class steam locomotive, steam rally -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, George Coop, Steam locomotive R-742 hauling a special train arriving at Beaufort Railway Station, c.1971
Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division) Special Train at Beaufort Railway Station. It is presumed the special train carried rail enthusiats as a support visit for the Lake Goldsmith Steam Rally taking place in Baufort. Digital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford HP4 black and white negative transparency, c.1971george coop collection, australian railway historical society museum, lake goldsmith steam rally, r-742, r-class steam locomotive, steam rally -
Royal District Nursing Service (now known as Bolton Clarke)
Photograph - Photograph, black and white, 1905
This photograph is a record of Head Nurse, Sister Lee-Archer, and her staff of six Trained nurses, 'Nurses', of the Melbourne District Nursing Society (MDNS) outside their new Nurse’s Home and Headquarters rented at 5 Royal Terrace, Nicholson Street, Fitzroy. The bicycles seen were the first mode of transport purchased by MDNS and allowed these Nurses to extend the nursing visits they made into more Melbourne suburbs.The Melbourne District Nursing Society (MDNS) moved into larger premises at No. 5 Royal Terrace, Nicholson Street, Fitzroy in May 1904. Head trained Nurse, Lee-Archer and her staff of six Trained nurses pose outside the new ‘Nurse’s Home’ at 5 Royal Terrace, Nicholson Street, Fitzroy. The Nurses worked in the districts of North and West Melbourne, the City Proper, Carlton, Richmond, South Melbourne, Fitzroy and Collingwood making 17,954 visits during the year. The Society had a set of bye-laws which outlined the work conditions for the Nurses. Section 111.1 states ‘Each nurse shall be ready to go to her district at 9 am. She will be expected to visit urgent cases on Sundays, and will be required to work eight hours on each week day, to wear the special uniform, and live in the Home of the Society’. In February 1885, only 50 years after Melbourne was founded, it was recognized that nursing care was needed for the sick poor in inner Melbourne. The Melbourne District Nursing Society (MDNS), the first Society of its kind in Australia, was founded with one Trained nurse, known as 'Nurse' in those days, and a second employed six months later. They liaised with Doctors and worked in the now CBD, ie from Spencer Street to Spring Street and from Victoria Parade to Flinders Street. From its inception the Society was at the forefront of health care. They provided high quality nursing care; educated their patients in the curing and prevention of disease; teaching the importance of cleanliness, fresh air and good nutrition, both by verbal instruction and demonstration, even supplying soup and milk when needed. At that time they walked the streets and lane ways amid the slums of inner Melbourne carrying their nursing bag containing lotion, ointments, powders, liniment, bandages, dressings, a case of spirits, and the Nurse's own clean apron, soap and small towel for her use. They loaned equipment, such as earthenware hot water bottles, splints, urinals, bed pans, bed cradles, feeding mugs, and air-cushions as well as providing clean bed linen and nightdresses as necessary. Trained Midwives began home births in late 1893 taking midwifery bundles and providing clothes for the babe and mother as needed. This was arduous work, particularly in the heat of summer. As the work increased a third Nurse was employed but due to this arduous work many Nurses only remained with the Society for several months. Permission to use bicycles was given to the Nurses in 1898 and the Society decided to purchase their own in 1903. A business man offered ‘new free wheel’ bicycles at £13 each which included maintenance for one year. Bells and wooden frames were added, at a cost of £5 per frame, so the Nurses could carry extra equipment. Nurses’ bags were strapped to the handlebars. Soup was made for those in need 2-3 times a week and if patients could not arrange to have it collected the soup was delivered by the Nurses on their bicycles. The use of bicycles caused a change in uniform, with white pith helmets, and veils covering them and tied under their chin, now being used. They provided high quality nursing care to a range of people, often in destitute situations, some lying on rags on the floor as they had no bed, others with just a bed and maybe a thin blanket, a chair and nothing else. Their ages ranged from babes, children, adults to the elderly. The Nurses gave medications as ordered by a Doctor, dressed wounds e.g. to the injured, and surgical cases, and to those with leg ulcers; attended to patients with ‘surgical ailments’ such as ‘hip disease’; gave care to those with acute illnesses such as bronchitis, pleurisy, pneumonia, measles, and scarlet fever, as well as those with chronic illnesses such as consumption (tuberculosis), heart disease, arthritis, cancer, debility, neuritis and paralysis. In 1913 a Nurse had her Board and residence, uniforms, bicycle and laundry expenses provided and was paid £50 a year for her first six months. At the end of a year her salary was increased by £5, and later she earns £60 a year. Over the years the nurses complained that their veils became wet in the rain and asked for a change of uniform but this did not occur until 1921. Bicycles continued to be used in inner areas until 1945. Black and white photograph of six Trained nurses and their Matron, who has her hair swept up, and is wearing a long white uniform with belt, and white cap; part of her veil is seen hanging down her back, outside their Nurses Home The trained. nurses are holding their two wheeled bicycles, and are wearing long grey frocks, white collars and belts and straw hats with a Maltese cross in the centre of headband, this is held in place with scarves over the hat and tied under their chins. Their nursing bags are strapped to the handlebars of the bicycles. A black sign with the white capital letters 'Melbourne District Nursing Society. ....nursing the sick poor in their own homes' is on the metal spiked fence. The building is made of brick and five long sash windows are seen in the upper section. A metal roofed veranda, held up with four posts and two brick columns, divides the upper and lower section. A door and three long windows are seen which are partly obscured by several bushes behind the fence.melbourne district nursing society, 5 royal terrace, nicholson st carlton, nurses home, bicycles, mdns transport, royal district nursing service, rdns, mdns trained nurses, sister florence lee-archer -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Ephemera (item) - Telegram, 10-12-1934
A digital copy of a telegram informing Arthur Dickinson of Marysville House that a guest's train journey will be delayed, and that they await correspondence from Arthur before proceeding. Marysville House was built in the late 1920s by Arthur Dickinson.A digital copy of a telegram informing Arthur Dickinson of Marysville House that a guest's train journey will be delayed, and that they await correspondence from Arthur before proceeding. Marysville House was built in the late 1920s by Arthur Dickinson.marysville, victoria, australia, marysville house, arthur james dickinson, grace dickinson, arnold spooner, eileen marie spooner, eileen marie dickinson, grace sweetland, eric dowdle, elsie may denton, elsie may dickinson, peter dickinson, linda dickinson, 2009 black saturday bushfires, telegram, ferrisey -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Puffing Billy
Photograph of Puffing Billy train. The carriage of a second train is to the left of the train, with passengers looking out of the carriage. -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Photograph, Ray Jude, Colac: G42 about to depart with the last train, 30 June 1962
The last train to Beech Forest ran on 30 June, 1962. The train had a particularly motley look to it; 180 passengers were loaded into NU goods vans which had been hastily fitted out with temporary seats and tarpaulin roofing. The train was hauled by the dilapidated G42 locomotive, kept alive through patch-up repairs and cannibalised G41 parts, which intending travellers looked at with some trepidation. The train made it without mishap. When it returned to Colac on that cold, gloomy June day it signalled the end of narrow gauge operations in the Otway Ranges.B/W. Locomotive G42 with the sign " Australian Railway, Last Train to Beech Forest, 30-6-62, Historical Society" is departing Colac. NC guard's van and NU louvred van are attached. A woman and man watching. .colac; beech forest; railways; -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph
Work was being done repairing a bridge on the Sunbury - Bendigo line at the former Rupertswood siding, which in the past was used initially by guests who would arrive at the Rupertswood mansion and of later years by students from Salesian College. A scanned photograph of work being done along a rail line. There is a large crane beside the rail track and a rail car is also on the line.railways, salesian college, rupertswood siding. -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - High Street, Kew East, 1916
In 1980, Mr Laurie Bennett presented the Kew Historical Society with a number of photographs and postcards from the estate of his mother Eileen Mary Bennett (nee Clark). His mother was the daughter of Lawrence FH Clark(?-1946) and Mary Clark (?-1925) of 22 Harp Road, East Kew, in whose yard the photograph was taken. A year before the donation occurred a notice appeared in the Canberra Times stating that: "BENNETT, Eileen Mary. — May 8th at Tuross Heads, N.S.W. Late of 22 Harp Rd, East Kew, (Vic). Dearly loved wife of the late Harold Bennett, loved mother and mother in law of Laurie and Shirley (Melbourne), Kevin and Doreen (Canberra), grandmother of Linda, Stephen, Paul, Gabrielle, Peter, Mark and Jon."Part of a large collection of photographs and postcards in the collection. This dated photograph allows the researcher to identify development by 1916 in Kew and East Kew.High Street, Kew East in 1916 looking west. "High Street, East kew, near rail bridge."laurie bennett, eileen mary bennett, eileen mary clark -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, Pre 1989
The bluestone 'road over rail' bridge at Macedon Street is of state architectural, architectural, historical and engineering significance. It spans the first government regional railway. Its design and building was done according to strict English standards and made use of a bridge crossing instead of a level road crossing.A black and white photograph of a stone bridge with an eliptical arch spanning two rail tracks. A workman is standing between one set of tracks in the foreground and a railcart is next to the tracks. The station, footbridge and water tower are visible through the arch.road over rail bridge, bridges, sunbury railway station, water towers, pedestrian bridges, stone bridges, george evans collection -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Set of 5 - loading Geelong 40 for Ballarat, Charles Craig, 27-3-1956
Photos show Geelong 40 being loaded for transport to Geelong 40 on 27-3-1956. The tram became Ballarat No. 43 1 - tram lifted on four jacks with a single trucker behind 2 - Liftng a Brill 22E bogie onto the truck gooseneck. 3 - Tram lifted prior to backing the truck under it. 4 - Tram body lowered onto the truck. 5 - Ready for departure - note the destination of Belmont. See Item 6734 for other photographs.Yields information about the transport of Geelong 40 to Ballarat.Set of 5 black and white photographs of Geelong 40 being lifted and readied for Transport to Ballarat.tramways, trams, sec tramways, geelong, geelong depot, tram 40, tram 43 -
Ambulance Victoria Museum
Brochure, Operating Instructions, Port-O-Cot, The Commonwealth Industrial Gases Limited, Circa 1960
Brochure provides information on the use and maintenance of port-o-cot infant incubators/humidycribs.8 page brochure. Cover has brown stripe down right hand side with a photograph of a nurse place a term-o-cot humidicrib in the back seat of a car THE SAFE TRANSPORT OF TINY BABIES -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Adams John, The Tambo Shire Centenary History, 1981
A history of the Shire of Tambo, East Gippsland, Victoria, including many aspects of settlement, development, industries, transport, and the hardy people who tamed this varied and often inhospitable region.A history of the Shire of Tambo, East Gippsland, Victoria, including many aspects of settlement, development, industries, transport, and the hardy people who tamed this varied and often inhospitable region.land settlement, transport -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, 21/04/2005
This photograph was taken during the upgrade of the Bendigo Railway line at Sunbury Station. The upgrade of the line took twelve months to complete and during that time buses replaced the train services.A coloured photograph of construction on the site of the Sunbury Railway Station. The photograph shows the pedestrian bridge and the platform for the Bendigo trains before the bluestone wall was removed and the platform was narrowed.railways, bendigo line, railway stations, bridges, sunbury railway station, george evans collection -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Slide, Keith Kings, 16/04/1968 12:00:00 AM
35mm Kodak white cardboard colour slide by Keith Kings of per way works car No. 15 being used to transport brake shoes (blocks) around the depot. Being loaded at Preston Workshops. 16/4/1968Keith Kings stamp and number "21-36", with details of exposure. in ink "MMTB No. 15 (ex Q 198) being used to transport brake shoes around the depot. Being loaded at Preston Workshops.trams, tramways, work trams, brake blocks, tram 15 -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, 17th April 1919
On 17th April 1919 a stock train travelling north crashed head-on with a goods train coming in the opposite direction. The driver thought he had been given the all-clear to proceed into Sunbury and it was only when the train was approaching the Macedon Street bridge that he saw the red light and it was too late. The accident caused damage to rolling stack and disruption on the Bendigo and Maryborough lines. The train coming from Bendigo smashed onto the platform at Sunbury. The driver of the stock train was thrown under the van and suffered a broken arm and facial injuries. The fireman was thrown clear of the tracks. A local Sunbury doctor treated them before they were taken by a casualty train to hospital. A crew from Melbourne came to Sunbury to repair the damage. The track was cleared by that afternoon.This rail crash is one of a number that have happened in and near Sunbury over the years.A black and white photograph with a cream border, of a goods train smash at a railway siding. The carriages have 'jack-knifed'. Four men are on the tracks looking at the damage while a number of onlookers are surveying the damage from a footbridge. There are boxes of rabbit carcasses in crates stacked in the foreground.rail crashes, sunbury -
City of Kingston
Photograph - Black and white, c. 1957
... Trains ...This image depicts the increasing urbanisation of Moorabbin. While there are several cars in line waiting for the train to go through the crossing and the gates to open, in the distance there is a lot of activity on the road, with many cars.Black and white photograph depicting the railway crossing at South Road, Moorabbin. There is a 'Red Rattler' passenger train going through the level crossing travelling towards the city.Handwritten in blue ink on reverse: 57-4078 Handwritten in red ink on reverse: 82% Handwritten in black ink on reverse: Ch. 6moorabbin, trains, cars, urbanisation, suburbs -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Keith Kings, 20/09/1994 12:00:00 AM
Photograph, Black and White, Photo of the formal launch of Hawthorn Tramways Trust No. 8 (HTT) a Princes Bridge on 20/9/1994 by the Minister for Transport, Alan Brown, following the completion of the work by the PTC at Preston Workshops.In ink on the rear: Keith Kings stamp and number 365-25 "TMSV / PTC, Society Tram restored as HTT No. 8, ready to be "launched" by Mr. A. Brown, Minister for Transport, at Batman Ave Terminus 20/9/1994"trams, tramways, batman ave, htt, restoration, tram 8 -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, Narrow Gauge Loco 6A on transporter wagon in goods yard at Surrey Hills, 12/05/1950
The engine was being transported because it had broken a coupling in transit. Windsor Crescent is in the background. We have an original copy donated by Ian Barkla and a larger one copied by Ken Hall. The Barkla original has a sticker with his reference details on the back.A black and white photocopy of a steam engine. There are some local kinder children and an adult inspecting the train and climbing on the picket fence. The house in the background is in Windsor Crescent.surrey hills railway station, goods yard, steam train, transporter wagon, 1950, children, clothing and dress -
Royal District Nursing Service (now known as Bolton Clarke)
Photograph - Photograph, black and white, 1907
This photograph was taken four years after bicycles were purchased by the Melbourne District Nursing Society (MDNS) and is a record of the first mode of transport used by their Trained nurses, and a record of the change of head ware needed now bicycles were in use. The uniforms were grey with white collar, belt and cuffs and a red Maltese cross was in the centre of the pith helmet. Prior to the use of bicycles the trained nurses walked to their patients and had become exhausted, particularly in summer. The bicycles were a solution to this problem, and now they could visit more patients and the Society's areas (districts) could be extended. In February 1885, 50 years after Melbourne was founded, it was recognized that nursing care was needed for the sick poor in inner Melbourne. The Melbourne District Nursing Society (MDNS), the first such Society in Australia, was founded with one Trained nurse, called 'Nurse' in those days, and a second employed six months later. They worked in the now CBD, ie from Spencer Street to Spring Street and from Victoria Parade to Flinders Street. From its inception the Society was at the forefront of health care. They provided high quality nursing care; educated their patients in the curing and prevention of disease; teaching the importance of cleanliness and good nutrition, both by verbal instruction and demonstration, even supplying soup and milk when needed. At that time they walked the streets and lane ways amid the slums of inner Melbourne carrying their nursing bag containing lotion, ointments, powders, liniment, bandages, dressings, a case of spirits, and the Nurse's own clean apron, soap and small towel. They supplied equipment on loan, such as earthenware hot water bottles, splints, urinals, bed pans, bed cradles, feeding mugs, and air-cushions as well as providing blankets, clean bed linen, and nightdresses as necessary. Trained Midwives began home births in late 1893 taking midwifery bundles and providing clothes for the babe and mother as needed. This was arduous work, particularly in the heat of summer. Permission to use bicycles was given to the Nurses in 1898 and the Society decided to purchase their own in 1903. A business man offered ‘new free wheel’ bicycles at £13 each which included maintenance for one year. Bells and wooden frames were added, at a cost of £5 per frame, so the Nurses could carry extra equipment. Nurses’ bags were strapped to the handlebars. Soup was made for those in need 2-3 times a week and if patients could not arrange to have it collected the soup was delivered by the Nurses on their bicycles. The use of bicycles caused a change in uniform, with white pith helmets, and veils covering them and tied under their chin, now being used. The Nurses provided high quality nursing care to a range of people, often in destitute situations, some lying on rags on the floor as they had no bed, others with just a bed and maybe a thin blanket, a chair and nothing else. Their ages ranged from babes, children, adults to the elderly. The Nurses gave medications as ordered by a Doctor, dressed wounds e.g. to the injured, and surgical cases, and to those with leg ulcers; attended to patients with ‘surgical ailments’ such as ‘hip disease’; gave care to those with acute illnesses such as bronchitis, pleurisy, pneumonia, measles, and scarlet fever, as well as those with chronic illnesses such as consumption (tuberculosis), heart disease, arthritis, cancer, debility, neuritis and paralysis. Over the years the Nurses complained that their veils became wet in the rain and asked for a change of uniform but this did not occur until 1921. Bicycles continued to be used in inner areas until 1945. Black and white photo of a group of ten (one partially hidden at rear) Melbourne District Nursing Society (MDNS) trained nurses, with each standing with their bicycles in front of a spiked metal fence.The Nurses are wearing their MDNS uniform long grey frocks with white collar, cuffs and belt and white pith helmets with a central Maltese cross. Nursing bags are strapped to five of the bicycles. A large pedestal urn is seen to the left behind the fence between the 3rd and 4th nurse. Bushes and trees are seen in the background. melbourne district nursing society, mdns, nurses, uniforms, mdns transport, mdns equipment, rdns, royal district nursing service -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Station facelift, 15/09/1992 12:00:00 AM
... Trains ...Nunawading Station will be one of the first to be converted into a Travel safe Station under A.L.P. policy.Nunawading Station will be one of the first to be converted into a Travel safe Station under A.L.P. policy. Details were released by minister for Transport Spyker and Member for Mitcham, Harrowfield launched at Mitcham Station the $630,000 facility would be monitored by closed circuit T.V., have an open looking counter and air conditioned waiting room. Security car parking and improved passenger information systems. The number of police employed to secure safe travel on public transport will increase from 130 to nearly 300.Nunawading Station will be one of the first to be converted into a Travel safe Station under A.L.P. policy. trains, nunawading railway station, spyker, peter, harrowfield, john, safety, pescott, roger -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - RAILWAYS COLLECTION: TRANSCRIPT OF A PRESENTATION OF TWO TRACKS TO BENDIGO
Railways Collection -Transcript of a presentation of 'Two Tracks to Bendigo' by Terry Davidson - A talk presented as part of the Making Tracks Exhibition 150 th Anniversary of rail Transport in Victoria. Presented at Dudley House, View St Bendigo on 20.2.2005 by Terry Davidson.railways, bendigo to melbourne -
Puffing Billy Railway
TACL - Erica State Sawmill Rail Tractor, 1928
TACL-Tractor Appliance Company Limited TACL rail tractors manufactured by Malcolm Moore of Port Melbourne Located in the Parishes of Moondarra and Telbit, Gippsland, the tramway terminated at Collins Siding on the Moe Walhalla 2'6"gauge branch of the Victorian Railways. Its construction by the Forests Commission of Victoria was to facilitate the extraction of timber from the Southern and Western slopes of Mount Erica and to replace the outlet tramways destroyed during the disastrous forest fires of February 1926. Tyers Valley Tramway The line, following the Eastern arm of the river, passed Ingrams Siding (7m.) to terminate at a forest area, known as "Ten Acre Block", 8m. 60c. from Collins Siding. The western branch of the line followed the Western Tyers Valley to Growlers Creek, 13m. 40c. from Collins Siding. THE T.A.C.L. TRACTORS at Tyers Valley tramway. On the 19th January 1928, T.A.C.L. locomotive, purchased from Tractor Appliance Co. Ltd. (Malcolm Moore), was delivered. This unit had a 20 h.p. Fordson engine coupled by a chain drive to the two axles, providing a tractive effort of approx. 2000lbs. Wheelbase was 5’ and weight was four tons. It was intended that the two tractor locomotives, working with the grade, would deliver timber from the branch lines to Tyers Junction, from which place it would be steam hauled out to the Collins Siding transfer point. Following a breakdown of the steam locomotive, haulage during the early months of 1928 was carried out by the T.A.C.L. unit, supplemented by the Nattrass, which was, by this time, becoming unreliable. During April 1928, after ensuring that no suitable locomotive was available in Australia, an order was placed with the Climax Manufacturing Co., U.S.A. for the supply of a geared locomotive. A second T.A.C.L. engine was purchased during May and, on the 27th, the local mill owners, having obtained running rights on the tramway, commenced haulage with the Harman. The three tractor units worked the branch lines and transported ballast, whilst the Harman hauled the timber to Collins Siding in rakes of eight trucks (56 tons). The weekly loading of the line for the first, second and third weeks were 54, 62 and 71 trucks respectively. info from : http://www.nmra.org.au/tyersvalley/Tyers-Tram.html Historic - Industrial Narrow gauge Railway - Timber working - Rail Tractor used by the the Forests Commission of Victoria on the Tyers Valley TramwayRail Tractor with Fordson engine coupled by a chain drive to the two axles - made of steel and wrought ironerica sawmill, puffing billy, tacl, rail tractor, tractor appliance co. ltd. (malcolm moore), industrial narrow gauge railway, tyers valley tramway, forests commission of victoria -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Photograph - Souvenir folder, Another View of the Moyne River
This photograph probably taken during Terang day. The people of Terang used to come to Port Fairy by train for the day and lots of events were put on for the people to take part in. Boating, swimming, picnicing in the botanical gardens, foot races, cricket etc.black and white photograph of the Moyne river showing a crowd of tourists possibly on Terang day as they alighted from the train that has pulled onto the wharfAnother view of the Moyne riversouvenir, port-fairy, terang day, train, wharf, moyne river, boats, crowd, people -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: ALL ABOARD
Bendigo Advertiser ''The Way We Were'' from 2001. All aboard: Inglewood's transport, a horse and lorry, wait for the train to deliver goods, such as ice-cream packed on dry ice, to the shops and hotels in the district: circa 1942. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book, Newmerella Valley of Plenty, 2010
This is a 2nd edition of an earlier print, 1978. It has been revised and edited by John Phillips for the Orbost & District Historical Society in 2010. Harry Grosvenor was the headmaster at Newmerella School from 1962 to 1972. Harry was deeply involved in the 1978 publication by the Newmerella Progress Association called: Newmerella - Valley of Plenty. The book is a pictorial history of the early Newmerella district ( west of the Snowy River ).This is a local history book written by Harry Grosvenor a local author.A paperback book, titled Newmerella Valley of Plenty. The front cover is brown with white text and has three b/w photographs of the Snowy River flats as sen from the Newmerella hill. One is a photograph of the railway line with a steam train on the rail viaduct. newmerella-history