Letter on foolscap paper, typed on State of Victoria letterhead from the Premier R. J. Hamer to Mr. W. Aird, MMTB thanking the Board for its work on arrangements for the visit of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh for the Jubilee year of her accession. Notes the work of Mr. N. Elliott. Dated 29/3/1977. Signed by R. J. Hamer as Premier. Has the received stamp of 30 March 1977 and the Chairman's stamp of the same date.trams, tramways, royal visit, victorian government, mmtb

Stamped metal uniform badge for MMTB Depot starters. Tramways Board logo at top of badge in silver finish, the words "DEPOT STARTER" and the scroll outline in brass or gold colour. The enamel finish within the scroll work also finished in royal blue. On rear badge in brass/gold finish, with word "RG LUKE MELB" stamped into . Two metal rings were soldiered onto the rear of the badge, but have been removed.trams, tramways, badges, depot starter, mmtb

Black and white photo of Bendigo 21 at SEC depot Bendigo. Tram has been fitted with dash canopy lights, but not the enlarged white strip. Taken 11/64. Tram has destination of "Rly Station", roof ads for SEC and Mamouney's Furniture and Carpets and a small ad on the drivers cab panel for "Dancing" on Saturday night. On Kodak paper.On rear in black biro "11/64 Bendigo Dept No. 21 ex 188 MMTB"trams, tramways, bendigo, depot , tram 21

Black and white print of Ballarat No. 22 at the Mt Pleasant terminus, mid 1940's to early 1950's prior to its renumbering. The crew is swapping ends. The tram has the destination of Mt Pleasant. In the background is the General Store at the time. On rear in ink "HTT 11 = MMTB N 117 = Ball 22 Renumbered 37"trams, tramways, mt pleasant, tram 22

Yields information about Ballarat's bogie trams after the disposal from Ballarat and the work of the TMSV Bylands tramway museum.Set of three colour photographs of Ballarat No. 36 at the Bylands Museum of the TMSV during the late 1970's or early 1980's. Photos by Ron Scholten. Printed on Fujichrome paper.On rear of .1 - in black ink "P / HTT 26 / MMTB 132 / BALL 36"trams, tramways, tmsv, bylands, tram 36

Black and white photograph of W5 817 (West Maribyrnong, route 57) in Union Road Ascot Vale. Photo by Bob Lilburn Dec. 1962.Has on the rear in ink "MMTB 817 Union Rd Ascot Vale Dec 62"trams, tramways, w5 class, route 57, west maribyrnong, union road, tram 817

Black & White Photograph of cable set, saloon car 563 in Bourke St, 1938, with the building at 150 Queen St in the background. The car set is well loaded with a group of four ladies sitting on the front of the car.In red ink along the bottom edge "MMTB Car 563 Bourke St 1938"trams, tramways, bourke st, cable trams, passengers, tram 563

Black and white photograph of Bendigo No. 3 at the Eaglehawk terminus late 1960's or early 1970's. Has passengers boarding the tram. The tram has the destination of Quarry Hill.On rear in pencil "Max Tract Ex Geelong, Ex MMTB ex Hawthorn TT"trams, tramways, maximum traction, secv, bendigo, tram 3

Black and white photograph of CW5 684, route 70 outbound in Batman Ave. Ray Pearson's photo listing dates the photo as 1937. The CW5 tramcar was effectively a W5 tram using Brill 22E bogies or trucks as an economy measure during the mid-1930s. The trams were underpowered, with MMTB No. 15 bogies being fitted in 1956. Most of the louver sashes have been lifted, indicating a hot day.Yields information about a CW5 class tram and its fitment at the time with Brill 22E trucks.Black and white print with adhesive marks and photographers stamp on the rear.Has "R W O Pearson" stamp on the rear.tramways, tramcars, cw5 class, tram 684, route 70, mmtb, batman ave

Black and white photograph of MMTB SW6 896 at South Melbourne depot. Photographed on the fan, looking at the depot building. Has route number "68" visible. On the sides has two advertisements for TAA (Trans Australian Airlines) - "TAA Airmanship" and "Fly TAA the friendly way". Trams have trolley wheels. Indicates possibly early 1960's?.On the rear in pencil "Melbourne"trams, tramways, mmtb, south melbourne depot, sw6 class, taa, tram 896

Duplicated notice printed on foolscap paper titled "Double Deck Bus (AT 220) for War Loan Rally at Northcote, Thursday 21st October 1943", MMTB, issued 18/10/1943, signed by W. Simpson Assistant Manager. Gives details of a service to pick up and transport the Vic L of C. Military Band for a War Loan Rally.Has "M. Starry" ?? in ink top left hand corner.trams, tramways, mmtb, world war 2, bands, double deck buses, buses

Tram originally built for The North Melbourne Electric Tramways and Lighting Co. (NMETL) in 1906 as a straight sill open cross bench tram. Photograph is of the tram body on an un-motored truck or wheel set and has been posed for an official MMTB photograph in 1925, soon after the workshops were completed. It shows the destination of "M River" for Maribyrnong River.Shows the only type of fully open cross bench tram operated by the MMTB. This style was popular as a summer tram in North America. Originally built by Brill (USA) in 1906 and assembled by Duncan and Fraser for the NMETL as Tram No. 14. Taken over by the MMTB in 1922 and given the number 215.Black and White photograph of V class 215 at Preston Workshops 1925.In ink on rear "V class"trams, tramways, v class, preston workshops, tram 215, nmetl, brill, mmtb, uniforms

Set of eight small silver MMTB Coat buttons with brass backs and hooks. Five of the buttons (approx. 16mm dia) are made by Stokes and Sons Melbourne and three by Buttons of Birmingham UK One of the button has a metal clip in the rear. Four large, one brass finished and three nickel silver buttons, 23mm dia. with brass backs and hooks. Two by Stokes and Sons and two by Buttons of Birmingham.trams, tramways, melbourne tramways, uniforms, buttons, mmtb

Report - photocopied on foolscap paper, about 35 pages, titled "An Investigation into the adoption of automated procedures for the preparation of crew duty rosters and timetables" Prepared by B. G. Cargill, dated 8/1/1973. Has a table of contents. Looks at the preparation of rosters, development of an automated system, proposed procedures, various outputs and has appendices. Outcome of this proposal not known. Not known if the author worked for the MMTB or this was an consultant proposal.trams, tramways, rosters, timetables, crews, mmtb

Black and white photograph of W3 662 at the corner of Brunswick Road (Holden St) and Lygon St with the Exchange Engines and MMTB substation in the background during a special tram tour, 9/2/1969. Photo by Chris Phillips. Showing Destination of St Kilda Junction. ARE Tour ex South Melbourne depot. Printed on Kodak Paper.On rear in red ink "W3 662 Holden St and Moreland Rd 9/2/69"trams, tramways, mmtb, special trams, holden st, brunswick rd, tram 662, w3 class

Image shows a newspaper photo of a new W Class tram body being transported by horse drawn jinker from the body builders. Possibly from J Moore of South Melbourne.The W Class Trams were a highly successful design of trams for Melbourne. The body of a MMTB Tram being delivered by horse drawn jinker from the body builders to a depot.tramways, trams, w class trams, horse drawn jinker

Typed two page list - one foolscap and one quarto sheet, titled "Rolling stock data list of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board, as at 10th Jan. 1927", listing each class, car numbers, type, seating capacity, truck, wheelbase, motors, Horsepower, Tare Tons, Controllers, Compressors and Length. Extends to X1 class tram - typo - 469 instead of 468. Includes cable cars. Has some depot allocation notes. Similar style to 5673, possibly re-typed by Keith Kings, from a MMTB data sheet.Has a pencil note against "469" - bogie?mmtb, tramcars, melbourne, lists

Negative No. 290 and colour print made by colour laser printer (stored in folder ) of the stained glass MMTB logo or seal on the saloon door of Q190, taken while at Camberwell depot on 7/5/1955. Photo by Geoff Grant. Envelope that was with the negative, notes as "1 of the very few that do exist." Hi res scan of negative and image updated 19/5/2020.trams, tramways, melbourne, mmtb, stained glass, logos, tram q190

Newspaper clipping from The Age, 13/1/1978 titled "New Life in US for our old trams", written by Ross Warneke on the sale of two W2 tramcars (481 and 484) to Seattle. Quotes MMTB Chairman, Mr. F. Snell, Paul Class of Gales Creek Enterprises and Councilman George Bensen of Seattle who are to visit Melbourne next week.On the right hand side of the cutting, gives the newspaper and date and "Also 518 to Seattle" in ink.trams, tramways, sale of trams, tramcars, melbourne, mmtb, seattle

Newspaper, full colour four pages - Surrey Hills Neighbourhood News, Issue No. 205, December 2016/January 2017" with an obituary titled "Vale Kenneth Hall", about the death early November of MMTB tramway Engineer Ken Hall. Notes his involvement with the Z class tram and has a photo of him at the controls. Active at the Surrey Hills Neighbourhood Centre.trams, tramways, preston workshops, personnel, engineers, z class, mmtb

Ray Roberts commenced with the MMTB in 1961 at South Melbourne depot. Born at Reefton NZ. Worked as a connie for 33 years. This volume has many personal notes on his work, his colleagues and events that affected the tramways. Includes many photocopies of newspaper articles. At the rear has a item about the history of the South Melbourne tram depot. See also items 639 and 7272 for other versions and documents.Demonstrates a set of memories or memoirs of a Melbourne tram conductor and his 33 years of service.Black Comb bound volume, approx 140 pages, green covers, clear plastic sheets with many loose photocopied sheets.ray roberts, mmtb, south melbourne depot, memories, memoirs, trams, tramways, conductors

Newspaper clipping from The Melbourne Sun, 22/9/1971, about the operation of Ballarat No. 36 promoting the City of Ballarat, during Tourism Week. Notes that it will be running in Swanston St. during the week. Quotes Mr. N.C. Elliott of the MMTB, acting Traffic Manager about the tram. Includes a photo of the tram at a Swanston St. stop. (probably Flinders St.). Notes its running to Hawthorn and the relevant Mayors travelling on the tram. See also Reg. Item 3432.On rear in ink "Sun Wed Sept 22, 1971"melbourne, tourism, mmtb, swanston st, hawthorn

Yields information about the process of preparing lists of ex MMTB tramcars that were used in Ballarat and demonstrates the record keeping of the SEC in relation to time worked by employees.List of Ballarat Tramcar numbers against their original MMTB numbers which have then been ticked off. Written on the back of an SEC Daily Time Sheet for the Afternoon Shift - form No. FTK 2-1-2 - printed in red on off white paper. Item was contained within Reg Item 5507 - Foolscap binder with green covers, black binding edge and metal clips - see btm5507-list.pdf for actual location. trams, tramways, sec, wages, tramcars, mmtb

Drawing, coloured with water based drawing wash, titled "Plan of Survey of Part of Crown Allotments 15 and 16 at Hawthorn, Parish of Boroondara, County of Bourke". Shows the tram track, Wallen Road, changes around the intersection with Power St, buildings. A note at the bottom notes who owns what - MMTB and City of Hawthorn. Prepared by H. S. McComb, licensed Surveyor 6-9-1922. Stored folded.Stamped "Drawing Office" "Office Copy" and in red pencil "Hawthorn" in the bottom right hand corner, and on the rear "Drawing Office" "Office Copy" and "Hawthorn Depot" in pencil.trams, tramways, htt, mmtb, hawthorn depot, plans

Set of five nickel silver MMTB Coat buttons. Three of the buttons (approx. 22mm dia) are made by Stokes and Sons Melbourne and the two (approx. 25mm dia) are made by K. G. Luke Australasia. The badge backing piece is brass. It is fitted with a lug for sewing onto a jacket and have name of manufacturer stamped on rear part. The Stokes and Sons badges are two small holes in the rear, while the Luke's badges do not.trams, tramways, melbourne tramways, uniforms, buttons, mmtb

Black and White print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Photograph of MMTB 138 arriving at the Bendigo depot on a Yellow Transport truck, Sept 1945 - shows the transport arrangement from a side view. Tram became No. 24. No other details available. See Keith Kings "Bendigo Tramways" for the tram number. "29" on reartrams, tramways, bendigo, delivery of tramcars, mmtb, tram 138, tram 24

Black and white photograph of Bendigo 7 and 19 at Charing Cross, with the end of a Bogie tram in the background. Bendigo 19 has destination of "Nth Bendigo", 7 of "Golden Square". Both trams have the large white strip under the dash canopy lighting. In background is a driver and conductor walking towards 19. Tram 19 has two large SEC roof ads. Taken 30-8-1969. On Kodak paper.On rear in black biro "Bendigo 19 at the Fountain, 30-8-69 / Ex 185 MMTB"trams, tramways, bendigo, pall mall, charing cross , tram 19, 7

Black and white photograph of Bendigo 3 at Charing Cross, with the Fountain in left hand edge of photograph. Photo shows the curve from View St. into Pall Mall. Tram has "White Horse" whiskey ad and another ad on the drivers dash panel, an SEC roof ad on the rear of the tram and R.J.Conroy's Victa Mowers roof ad on the front of the tram. Conductor in a short sleeved shirt, is standing at front of tram talking to the driver. AMP and CML buildings in background. Tram has been fitted with dash canopy lighting, but not the enlarged white strip. Not dated.On rear in black biro "Bendigo No. 3 at the Fountain ' Ex Geelong 32, Ex 122 MMTB".trams, tramways, bendigo, charing cross , tram 3

Yields information about the appearance of SEC single truck trams during 1945 and a photograph of a tramcar that later ran in Bendigo. Has a strong association with Wal Jack.Black and white photograph of No. 25, at the depot, taken on 11/1/1945. Photo by Wal Jack - details on rear in his hand writing. Has part of depot building in background. Original negative scanned at hi res and image updated 1/6/2020.On rear in blue ink "No 25, Depot Ballarat / Jan 11th, 1945" and in brackets "ex MMTB".tramways, trams, depot, secv, tram 25

The two trams originally built for the North Melbourne Electric Tramways and Lighting Co. without windscreens. Both trams have had their trolley poles removed and the bodies are awaiting disposal. Photo c1940. See also Reg item 5289 for another photo of these cars by Wal Jack and 5089 for 211 at a Men's Home in Arden St North Melbourne.Yields information about the U class trams awaiting disposal.Black and White photograph of - U211 and U209 at Preston Workshops.MMTB U 211(?) and U 209 (Derelict) Preston Workshops. RWO Pearson in ink on rear.tramways, trams, preston workshops, u class, trram 209, tram 211