Railways Collection-1946 glossy paper Railway Map of Victoria Australia Reproduced courtesy of V/Line by the Railway Museum North Williamstown Victoria 1988 price 3 pence. The maps shown are Railway Map of Suburban Lines Melbourne and Railways map of Victoria Showing Victorian Government Railways in red.map, victoria

RAILWAYS COLLECTION -NEWSLETTER 'HUDSON NEWS' Front cover features the R707 steam train- City of Melbourne -including a colour photo. 'The bottom of the page states' Hudson news is the news letter of Seven -O -Seven Operations Inc. The NEWSLETTER contains photos and articles about the train.newspaper, trains

Guard's Train Book - Victorian Railways 1970s. This Train Book has some limited entries with details of journeys as per requirements. Inside front cover has annotation: ''Donated by John Shinns 279 High St Echuca 3564; Leading Shunter, Melbourne Yard 1960 - 1975''. Book is largely unused. Front cover has no information in allotted spaces.government, state, victorian railway, guards train book

RAILWAYS COLLECTION -Black and white photo of K class steam train Number 171 - which appears to be outside a Railways workshop sitting behind an Inspection pit and flanked by workers inspecting the train. There is another steam train inside the Repair shop. An explanatory note says - In this photograph taken in 1951 Workshop staff gather around what appears to be a freshly overhauled k 171 at the Bendigo north weighbridge. New boilers for D and K class locomotives were built at Bendigo North in the 1950's.railways, bendigo to melbourne

RAILWAYS COLLECTION- photo of Railway Postal & Telegraph Map of Victoria 1887- aged map showing the various Country Lines and insets show Melbourne and vicinity, Ballarat and vicinity and Geelong and vicinity.Picturesque Atlas Publishing Companyphotograph, railway postal & telegraph map of victoria 1887-

Railways collection -photo of a sketch of 'Jackson Creek Viaduct Opening (Courtesy ARHS Vic Division Inc.)'. The Jackson Creek Viaduct is a bridge about 24 miles from Melbourne and is 80 feet high being constructed of Footscray Bluestone piers and abutments and wrought iron girders. The girders were made in England and delivered to the colony by the time the the piers were ready to receive them. The laying of the foundation stone of this viaduct marked the opening of the line to Sunbury on 13 January 1859.photo, 'jackson creek viaduct

RAILWAYS COLLECTION - STATE ELECTRICITY COMMISSION OF VICTORIA. Electric Tramways By-law No1 small light brown book H.E.Daw, Government printer, Melbourne light brown cover - back missing.H.E.Daw , Government printertramways

RAILWAYS COLLECTION- Victorian Railways train times country and interstate - summer issue 1971/72 as at Nov 1, 1971 price 5c, glossy cover in blue, black and white showing a Diesel train on the front, first page is loose.railways, bendigo to melbourne

RAILWAYS COLLECTION - Victorian Railways train times country and interstate - winter issue 1965 - as at May 3, 1965 price 6d - glossy cover in orange, black and white showing a Diesel train on the front. Back page has a fold out map of rail routes.railways, bendigo to melbourne

Damaged Hard backed RAILWAYS COLLECTION Alphabetical Register of Railway Employees Circa. 1960s 1970s / Black cardboard cover with red binding. Pages are alphabetically indexed. Inside front cover has a Victorian Railways Memo re: J.S. Baker's transfer from Melbourne Goods to Bendigo dated 13.11.1973. Each right hand page has columns for Name, Address, Date of Birth, Marital Status and, 1st date. Left hand pages show Staff Transfers, Appointments, Resignations, Terminations etc.book

Photocopied newspaper cutting from Bendigo Advertiser 22nd Dec 1952, pertaining to donation of Joseph Brady bound notebooks. Brady was engineer of the Bendigo Waterworks in 1858 and accepted appointment as engineer to the contractors of the construction of a segment of the Melbourne Sandhurst railway. One book was related to the Bendigo Waterworks containing particulars of Crusoe Reservoir. The other surrounding Cornish & Bruce contracts for the middle section of the Mt Alexander Railway. Books donated to Bendigo by Mrs A Strickland of Currie King Island, Brady's granddaughter. Town Clerk accepted books and said Museum was closed but Historical Society would welcome donation.bendigo, waterworks, coliban water

Railway Postal & Telegraph Map of Victoria 1887 printed on canvas in a fold out book form with name printed on back F.L.Outtrim, in a cardboard cover with red and blue pattern.Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co Ltd Sydney & Melbournemap, victoria, railway

A box decorated with Christmas paper containing Australian news and cuttings of items of interest in Australia. Includes the history of the M.C.G., Lord and Lady Casey, Treasure from Gilt Dragon wreck, Flinders Street railway station, 'The story of 100 years by Roy Bridges, The 24th Annual Report of AMPOL 1960, magazine titled,' A picture of the Commonwealth' and various other items of news. 1960s.Australliana 5australia, history, general item of interest, lydia chancellor, collection, australia, australiana, history, person, melbourne cricket ground, flinders street railway station, governor general of australia, 'gilt dragon' wreck, australian history

Four copies of an article reprinted from Smith's Weekly, November 30, 1940 titled Magic Mercury Bulb Does Many Marvellous Things. It mentions the inventor, Hartley Abbott, the use of the scalebuoy by the Victorian Railways. There is a brief explanation of how the scalebuoy works. It was used to treat hard water and was claimed to have certain health benefits. The inventiveness of the Abbott family is also mentioned.sciences, instruments-general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection, magic mercury bulb, hartley abbott, scalebuoy, victorian railways department, buckingham palace, auckland general hospital, melbourne university, mr n brearley, glamis castle, lancet, crown hotel, smith's weekly