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Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Memorandum, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), Armistice Day 1933 - Saturday 11 November 1933, 9/11/1933 12:00:00 AM
Armistice Day 1933 - Saturday 11 November 1933 - Memo from Assistant Manager to Depot Masters and Officers informing that flags are to be flown on all depots for Armistice Day. - D No 2450 - Notice to Drivers & Conductors - All Electric Lines - Power to be cut for 2 minutes at 11am - D No 2451 - Notice to Drivers & Conductors - All Cable Lines - Cables to cease running for 2 minutes at 11amtrams, tramways, instructions, events, flags, electricity, cables, armistice day -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Heritage Victoria, "Recommendation of the Executive Director and assessment of cultural heritage significance - Brunswick West Tramway Substation", Nov. 2019
Digital copy of a 50 page report - "Recommendation of the Executive Director and assessment of cultural heritage significance - Brunswick West Tramway Substation" at 196a Dawson St Brunswick West. Report prepared November 2019. Details the history and context of the location relevant to the development of the West Coburg route, the equipment contained within the building, includes all moveable objects within the building including documents. Has a detailed statement of cultural significance, proposed permit policy. The history includes details of the electrification of the Melbourne's tramways, the mercury arc equipment, its operation, architecture. Report includes photographs of the interior of the building.trams, tramways, substation, west brunswick electric tramway, mercury arc, heritage victoria, significance, dawson st, transformer, power supply, electrical engineering, rotary converters -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Instruction, The British Westinghouse Electric & MFG Co. Ltd, "Parts of Westinghouse Automatic Circuit Breaker Tramway Type", c1920
Instruction - 12 pages + brown covers, centre stapled titled "Parts of Westinghouse Automatic Circuit Breaker Tramway Type", Style Nos. 5401, 5402, 5403 and 5404. Part list B6009. Shows images of the circuit breaker, lists all parts, shows images of the various parts. Has a list of company offices on the last page and the Westinghouse UK printing bureau logo.trams, tramways, electrical engineering, electrical equipment, westinghouse, instructions, maintenance -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Instruction, The British Westinghouse Electric & MFG Co. Ltd, "Parts of Westinghouse Type 1C Tramway Controllers", May. 1913
Instruction - 5 sheets or 10 pages titled "Parts of Westinghouse Type 1C Tramway Controllers" style number 15948, catalogue no. 6551A, published may 1913. Gives images and a list of all the parts including smaller images in the controller and their prices along with the part number. Published in the UK by The British Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. Ltd. London and Manchester.trams, tramways, westinghouse, instructions, maintenance, controllers -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Colour Print/s, Historic Electric Traction, Jan. 2006
Colour print from the "Historic Electric Traction" collection of B1 2001 in all-over advertising for the ANZ Bank Jan. 2006. Photograph at Port Junction, with the Rivergarden Condos in Whiteman St Southbank. Date given in the vicsig.net adtrams article - https://vicsig.net/index.php?page=trams&article=adtrams, accessed 23/7/2020. Historic Electric Traction - www.het.org.au - accessed 23/7/2020.On rear is the "Historic Electric Traction" stamp.trams, tramways, anz, advertising trams, b class, whiteman st, tram 2001 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "MMTB Electric Tramways and Motor Omnibuses Sections and Fares", Feb. 1966
The book titled "MMTB Electric Tramways and Motor Omnibuses Sections and Fares", dated 14 Feb. 1966, the day of the introduction of decimal currency to Australia - all fares in cents. Details the various section stages and fares for each tram and bus route, General instructions, concession fares, and photos or drawings of the various special tickets, eg passes or prepaid tickets. Yields information about the Feb 1966 Fares and Sections for the MMTB at the time of the introduction of decimal currency.Green cloth covered bound book, 108 pages, plus printed end sheets used in covers. Book consists of four sections, bound with sewn cloth binding on the outside with glued white paper end covers. Dated 14 Feb. 1966, the day of the introduction of decimal currency to Australia - all fares in cents.tramways, tickets, fares, sections, decimal currency -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Poster, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "M&MTB - Electric Tramways - Sections and Fares", Sept. 1979
Poster, paper mounted or glued to cardboard sheet for use in tramcars - titled "M&MTB - Sections and Fares" giving details of fares for each section, location of sections for all routes, including via William St. Notes prepayment of fares, children fares, passengers luggage including baby carriages, golf buggies and shopping pushers. Dated September 1979. Printed by Standard Commercial Printers, Cheltenham. Two copies held. .2 - ditto but with a paper addition dated August 1980 glued over the fares etc. Has been used. From donation of Yarra Trams.trams, tramways, fares, mmtb, posters, routes, william st -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Personal Papers, Wikipedia, Max Hayes, Copies of Wikipedia pages re buses and tram in Melbourne, 6/07/2006 12:00:00 AM
Personal papers - set of 9 copies of pages downloaded from the Wikipedia pages all accessed 6/7/2006 of use in the provision of information to "Tickets Please". Shows what information was available at the time. Most sheets have been stapled. Comprises: 1 - National Bus Company (2006) - 2 sheets 2 - Ventura Bus Lines - 4 sheets 3 - Skybus Metcards - 2 sheets 4 - Melbourne’s Tram History - 4 sheets 5 - Melbourne’s cable trams - 2 sheets 6 - 100 years of electric trams - photo gallery - 2 sheets 7 - Yarra Trams - trams in the war years - 2 sheets 8 - The history of Yarra Trams - 1 sheet 9 - A Century of electric trams in Melbourne - multiple sheets ex Yarra Trams website. - listed by decade - 28 sheets.trams, tramways, centenaries, 100 years of electric trams, buses, metcard -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s and Newspaper Clipping, John Stanley Caddell, MMTB Cable and Electric tram through tickets, c1928
Tickets and newspaper clippings glued to a folded sheet of cardboard comprising: Inside: 19 - MMTB Cable and Electric tram through tickets - transfer and priced, all numbered. Newspaper clipping from The Sun, 21/4/1927 - featuring a image of the opening of the Federal Parliament in Melbourne 9/5/1901 Outside: 11 - Transfer tickets for five different cable with marks to be punched for hour, date (All Dec 21). Newspaper cuttings - Photo of HMS Renown, article "Happy" Pearl leaves Eastern Hill (fire station), dated 1/8/1928, and Monday is ANZAC day.trams, tramways, tickets, cable trams, transfer tickets, parliament, mfbb, anzac day -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s and Newspaper Clipping, John Stanley Caddell, How St Kilda welcomed the King and Queen, c1927
Tickets and newspaper clippings glued to a folded sheet of cardboard comprising: Inside: 20 - MMTB Cable and Electric tram through tickets - transfer and priced, all numbered. Newspaper clipping from Friday Feb 18, 1927 - HMAS Bacchante under sail and Bearded Pioneers at Ballarat. Outside: 4 MMTB ES (Eastern System) tickets - different colours, un-priced, all printed as between Regent St and High St. 1 - Transfer ticket - blue, punched for "to Northcote Town Hall". 1 - MMTB Scholar's concession check - block - printed for Prahran, Malvern and Hawthorn Electric Tramways Newspaper cuttings - How St Kilda welcomed the King and Queen - 6/5/1901 - Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York. and a cartoon, of an overloaded cable tram trailer with a gentlemen carrying a bag marked CRB and many parcels with the conductor asking "Fares Please!", drawn by Percy Leason.trams, tramways, tickets, cable trams, transfer tickets, cartoons, regent st, crb, royal visit -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s and Newspaper Clipping, John Stanley Caddell, Melbourne's first motor buses, c1927
Tickets and newspaper clippings glued to a sheet of cardboard comprising: 21 - MMTB Cable and Electric tram through tickets - transfer and priced, all numbered, 4 employees pass, check tickets and 1 one penny ES ticket.. On the other side a set of four newspaper cuttings is a photo of "Melbourne's first motor buses", some old Australian Steamships, poem and a piece of a person's body.trams, tramways, tickets, cable trams, transfer tickets, buses, employees pass -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Map, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Map of Melbourne Tramways", 1934
Map booklet consists of three pages of bus and tram round trips, 3 center pages for a map of electric and cable trams, route numbers, and points of interest. Has 4 pages giving an index to routes and first and last trams to and from the City. Shows points where suburban routes are intersected by City routes. One page of places of interest. Dated 1934/35.Demonstrates methods of giving information to visitors to Melbourne and yields information about tram services at the time in Melbourne.Map - 2 octavo cards stapled and folded into 12 pages. All printing is in black with red headings and highlights except for the map which is in four colours.tramways, trams, mmtb, map, timetables, tourist trips -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Drawing - Tramcar floor plans to 1923, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), c1924
Set of 16 floor plans of electric trams of the MMTB and the trusts from the A class of 1910 to W class of 1923. Shows floor plan, seats and a table with car numbers, loading, truck type, type of equipment, horse power, remarks and total weight. 1 - Malvern Combination - A, B, H, J classes 2 - Drop centre cars - Malvern - C, E and D classes 3 - Summer car - Malvern - F class 4 - Short saloon combination - Malvern G class 5 - Short saloon combination - Malvern K class 6 - Four motor bogie car - Malvern - L class 7 - Combination car - Hawthorn - M class 8 - Drop centre bogie car - Hawthorn - N and P class 9 - Closed bogie car - Hawthorn - O class 10 - Combination car, Preston - R and Q class 11 - Combination car, Coburg - S class 12 - Double saloon combination car - Coburg - T class 13 - Box Car Essendon U class 14 - Cross seat (toastrack) car, Essendon, V class 15 - Four motor bogie car - W class 16 - "Birney" Safety car - X class Plain copies - black on white paper held for all cars except the X class.Yields information about various classes of electric trams up to about 1923 that the MMTB absorbed from the Trusts and/or built themselves.Folder of 16 blue prints secured with three brass clips,tramways, tramcars, floor plans, drawings, a class, b class, c class, d class, e class, f class, g class, h class, k class, l class, m class, n class, o class, p class, q class, r class, s class, t class, u class, v class, x class, pmtt, htt, mbctt, fnptt -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Administrative record, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Supt electric running sheds daily return", 1939
Administrative record - "Superintendent electric running sheds' daily return" for MMTB dated 28/2/1939 - form 3/312 of 1938. Give details of the weather, traffic conditions, depot tram cars - bogie and single truckers and the cars for the All Night services and their availability. Lists 5 cars taken out of service - defective or accidents, provides detail of status of fire services at depots, and watchmen's tell tales. Would have been compiled from individual depot reports. See item 7516, 7517 and 7518 for similar reports.Yields information the mmtb tram allocation and events at electric running sheds - 1939Completed preprinted foolscap form with type information.tramways, trams, mmtb, depots, daily reports -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - St Kilda - Brighton, Victorian Railways (VR), "Instructions supplmentary to Rules and Regulations", 1911
Provides a set of Instructions supplementary to the Rules and Regulations of the VR St Kilda Brighton Electric St Railway dated 1911. Not all pages have been copied. Issued under the name of W A Holmes Telegraph Superintendent. Gives instructions to crews and workers regarding emergency working, single-line working and operational instructions.Yields information about the "Rules and Regulations" - St Kilda Brighton - Electric Street Railway Document - photocopied, approx 80 pages secured along the top edge with two Arnos style clips.trams, tramways, victorian railways, vr, st kilda, brighton, employees, safeworking -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Administrative record, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Supt running sheds daily return", 1938
Administrative record - "Superintendent electric running sheds' daily return" for MMTB dated 5/4/1938 - form 71 of 6/37. Give details of the weather, traffic conditions, depot tram cars - bogie and single truckers and the cars for the All Night services and their availability. Lists 6 cars taken out of service - defective or accidents, provides detail of status of fire services at depots, and watchmen's tell tales. Would have been compiled from individual depot reports. The rear of the sheet has been used to prepare notes on applicants for a position - Snesby? ,Fay, Hughes, Jones, Snout, Low, Quick and Coates giving details of seniority, service and Order from buses. See item 7521, 7516 and 7517 for similar reports. Yields information the mmtb cable tram allocation and events at electric tram running sheds - 1925 employee listing.Completed preprinted foolscap form with typed information and hand writing on the rear.tramways, trams, mmtb, depots, daily reports, employment -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White, David Menzies, Tram 1041 & cable tram set 1 at Preston Workshops, Dec 1974
Black and white print of PCC Class Tram 1041 & cable tram set 1 at Preston Workshops Dec 1974 See also items 1036 and 72 for other photographs of this event.Demonstrates the prototype all electric tramcar alongside the first cable tram set of 1885Black and White photograph - printed on plain paper with photographers stamp on rear.Has stamp of David Menzies on rear.tramways, trams, tram 1041, cable trams, prototype tramcar, mmtb, preston workshops, tram 1, pcc class -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White, David Menzies, Tram 1041 at Malvern Depot, 1974
Black and white print of PCC Class Tram 1041 at Malvern Depot with the front door open showing the entry. Has the destination of Special. Demonstrates the prototype all electric tramcar at Malvern Depot.Black and White photograph - printed on plain paper with photographers stamp on rear.Has stamp of David Menzies on rear. and in ink "1041 Malvern Depot"tramways, trams, tram 1041, prototype tramcar, malvern depot, pcc class, mmtb -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Cable tram track removal Abbotsford St, 1935
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 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA), Set of 6 options for Doncaster Light Rail Line, 1991
In 1991, the Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA) produced 7 different options to provide public transport to the Doncaster area. See reference for background to the proposals. Six of the seven options have been found and collected. Each option provides a summary, costing based in a scope of works. The Options were: 1 - Light Rail to Doncaster Shoppingtown via Eastern Freeway/Doncaster Road 2 - Light rail to Mitcham Road/Springvale Road 3 - High-performance train to Doncaster Shoppingtown via Victoria Park station Eastern Freeway/Doncaster Road 4 - Heavy rail to Doncaster Shoppingtown via Eastern Freeway to Bulleen Road and underground to Shoppingtown 5 - Heavy Rail to Blackburn Road/George St East Doncaster 7 - Extension of the Camberwell Tram (72) along Burke Road from Cotham Road to Doncaster Road. Out of all the studies, nothing happened.Yields information about the early 1990s proposal to provide public transport to the Doncaster area.Set of 6 reports or options printed on A4 paper, stapled in top left hand corner.tramcars, tramways, aeta, new tramways, doncaster, railways, light rail -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Olympic Scrap book, "MMTB #1", 1987 to 2003
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 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Slide - Set of 11, Ron Scholten, Tram 1041, 1973/1974
Set of 11 colour slides of PCC car 1041 taken during its early operations around Melbourne. Where the slide has a printed date, it is listed. 1 - Collins St, between Elizabeth St and Swanston St, route 47, Depot - Sept. 1973 2 - Batman Ave in Swanston St, route 15, with W2 383 alongside - Sept. 1973 3 - Elizabeth St terminus with Flinders St station in the background - route 19, North Coburg - Sept. 1973 4 - Arriving Batman Ave terminus, route 70, - Sept. 1973 5 - ditto 6 - Bourke St Mall, route 96 East Brunswick - during a trial closure of Bourke St between Elizabeth Street and Swanston Street , given the seats outside Buckley's store - Nov. 1973 7 - Night photo - TMSV slide - MP166 8 - turning from Glenferrie Road into High St - route 6 Glen Iris - a very tight turn - TMSV slide 9 - Wattle Park terminus, route 70 - 1974 10 - Flinders St -route 74 near William St with the railway viaduct in the background. 1974 11 - Interior photo - Ron Scholten - 1973Yields information about PCC car 1041, a prototype all electric tramcarSet of 11 Kodachrome colour slides, cardboard mounts.tramways, pcc class, tram 1041, collins st, elizabeth st, batman ave, st kilda rd., glenferrie road, wattle park, flinders st, interior, bourke st, route 19, route 70, route 74, route 15, route 47, w2 class, tram 383, route 6, route 96, trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Slide, New Z class tram Preston Workshops, c1975
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 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Administrative record - Folder stamps, Australia Post, "Australian Historic Tramways", 1989
Presentation folder of five stamps, 41c, to celebrate the launch of series of "Australian Historic Tramways" 11 October 1989 by Australia Post. Features a photograph of Hobart Electric trams on the inside cover, with the five stamps behind a plastic sheet. On the front is a photo of Railway Square Sydney, the rear cover has a description of the trams and of Australian tramways. Five stamps, all 41c: Adelaide Horse Tram Sydney Steam Tram Melbourne Cable Tram Hobart electric Tram Brisbane Electric Tram. See also Reg Item 471 to 474 for other examples and associated materials and 510 for a Poster. Second copy from donation of Shirley Ramsay, Hawthorn Historical Society added 15-1-2018. See Reg Item 4701 for a set of five blocks (4 stamps) of each.trams, tramways, stamps, australia post, cable trams, horse trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Poster, Australia Post, "Australian Historic Tramways", Oct. 1989
Poster - full colour for the launch of the five postage stamps featuring Australian tramcars. "Australian Historic Tramways" 11 October 1989 by Australia Post. Features the stamps on a background of a view of Swanston St. Has the details of the stamp show on the bottom of the poster - 18 - 22 October 1989. Five stamps, all 41c: Adelaide Horse Tram Sydney Steam Tram Melbourne Cable Tram Hobart electric Tram Brisbane Electric Tram. See also Reg Item 471 to 474 for other examples and associated materials. 2nd copy added 9/6/2020 from donation of Keith Stoddentrams, tramways, stamps, australia post, cable trams, horse trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Poster, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "M&MTB - Electric Tramways - Sections and Fares", Sept. 1958
Poster, paper mounted or glued to cardboard sheet for use in tramcars - titled "M&MTB - Electric Tramways - Sections and Fares" giving Section number, street corner, and Fares, for all routes, including Footscray, (not Point Ormond), including via William St. Notes combined section, prepayment of fares, children fares, scholars concessions, luggage and all night services. Dated 14th Sept. 1958. Printed by Sands and McDougall Melbourne. Note the section detailing Combined fares etc in the lower right hand corner is an update sheet adhered to the original. Second copy added 30-10-2016.trams, tramways, fares, mmtb, posters, buses, routes, william st, latrobe st, all night services -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of four Black & White Photograph/s, late 1920's
Set of four small black and white prints of the interior of the Carlton MMTB substation, Bouverie St, Carlton during the construction phase. Printed on Kodak paper. Has English Electric equipment. .1 - Boxes of equipment and some assembled items .2 - View of substation with rotary converter and a switch board .3 - ditto with a transformer behind .4 - ditto and more boxes. Items .1 to .3 feature a man in a white shirt. Item .3 has a hand written note and arrow "ME".On rear in ink "Carlton" on all photos, with "Control Station" in addition on item .1trams, tramways, mmtb, substation, carlton, rotary converters, switchboards, english electric -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Peter Duckett, late 1890's?
Yields information about the appearance of Bendigo Birney trams during the 1950's, possibly during enthusiast tour.Black and White Photograph of Bendigo steam tram motor No. 2 and bogie trailer No. 5, 1890's?, photographed with a building marked "Dining Rooms" in the background. Has the driver in the steam tram motor and the conductor standing alongside. Trailer marked "B.T.Co. Ltd", possibly around the turn of the century. Earlier photos have the full company name. Trailer has roof advertisement "Buy your Lamps at Faull's" - oil? or electric? Taken from a postcard or a magazine - has the caption "Street Railway Train in Bendigo, Victoria", possibly North American origin given the language. Peter Duckett Collection.On the front, top left hand corner of the print "26" in ink within a circle. On rear, stamped in black ink "Photo supplied from P.W. Duckett Collection, All Rights Reserved, 69 Howitt Rd. Nth Caulfield 3161." On rear in ink "Motor 6 and Trailer 5" and a "William F Scott" address label.trams, tramways, bendigo, steam tram motors, trailers, tram 6, tram 5 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Badge - SEC pass - set of 27, AMOR, c1950?
Set of 27 Stamped enamelled round brass pieces with a hole stamped at the top and ring placed through. Used as a SEC tramways employees pass for either all Provincial tramways, Ballarat or Bendigo only. All badges have the SEC logo in the centre, organisational name (State Electricity Commission of Victoria) in white enamel and outer ring the words "Electricity Supply Department, Provincial Tramways", or "Electric Tramways Ballarat" or "Electric Tramways Bendigo". This is in blue enamel. On the rear are stamped numbers and manufacturers name - "AMOR" or "AMOR MELB" or "STOKES & SONS MELBOURNE" in the bottom portion of the pass. Items .1 -> .10, .12, .13 individually tagged. Item .11 not tagged Item .13 -> .27, single tagged, tied together with a length of string. 1941.1 - Bendigo - No. 9 - Stokes - silver background instead of gold, appears to have been used. .2 - Bendigo - No. 43 - Stokes - has been used - partially worn, has additional clip joined to main ring. .3 - Ballarat - No. 51 - Stokes - has been used, worn and chipped under main ring. .4 - Ballarat - No. 61 - Stokes - has been used, worn, and chipped on blue enamel in at least two places. .5 - Ballarat - No. 72 - Stokes - has been used, worn and chipped on blue enamel in many places - btm1941i1 for reverse side. .6 - Ballarat - No. 86 - Stokes - has been used, worn, dirt on rear - see image btm1941i2 for front side. .7 - Bendigo - No. 107 - Stokes - appears not to have been used - see image btm1941i3 for front side .8 - Bendigo - No. 108 - Stokes - ditto, but gold by SEC shield is discoloured - see image btm1941i4. .9 - Bendigo - No. 121 - Stokes - appears to have been used, more silver than 1941.8 .10 - Provincial - No. 124 - AMOR - may have been used - see image 1941i5 for front side .11 - Provincial - No. 156 - AMOR - small clip broken off at top, has been used, worn (Not tagged) .12 - Provincial - No. 306 - AMOR - no larger ring, has been used, worn and discoloured .13 - Provincial - No. 656 - AMOR MELB - has not been used, no larger ring, see image 1941i6 for back side. .14 - Provincial - No. 642 - AMOR MELB - has not been used. .15 - Provincial - No. 644 - ditto .16 - Provincial - No. 645 - ditto .17 - Provincial - No. 646 - ditto .18 - Provincial - No. 647 - ditto .19 - Provincial - No. 648 - ditto .20 - Provincial - No. 649 - ditto .21 - Provincial - No. 650 - ditto .22 - Provincial - No. 651 - ditto .23 - Provincial - No. 652 - ditto .24 - Provincial - No. 653 - ditto .25 - Provincial - No. 654 - ditto - to A. Reither for 21st from BTM 2/8/03 - see attached image btm1941i7 .26 - Provincial - No. 655 - ditto - to P.Mong for 21st from BTM 2/8/03 - see ditto .27 - Provincial - No. 564 - ditto - added 21/1/2007 from somewhere - at WAD's house 12/2006. .28 - Provincial - No. 589 - ditto - dittotramways, trams, employees pass, tickets, provincial tramways, badges -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Report, Electric Supply Co. of Vic (ESCo), "Mileages Ballarat", "Fare Distances", c1920?
Yields information about track mileages and horse tram track and information used in calculating fares.Report or chart - set of two documents pinned together in the top left hand corner giving information of system miles for both track and fares. .1 - Blue print - Mileages Ballarat - giving route including Sebastopol Horse car and one leg of a loop. Provides single track miles, double track miles, Total track, Total Single track miles, miles for car mileages. .2 - "Fares Distances" dated 7-3-01 - all routes. Has been prepared on the rear of a 1921 calendar, Brown, Win? of 30 Armstrong St Ballarat.trams, tramways, mileage, horse trams, esco, fares, crossing loop