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Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Prahran Times, "Railways Pay St Kilda L199,900", "Tramway removal could cost over L280,000", Mar. 1959
Set of two newspaper clippings from the Prahran Times about the removal of the former VR Tram tracks in St Kilda and negotiations with the Victorian Railways. L=Pounds .1 - "Railways Pay St Kilda L199,900" - 24/3/1959. .2 - "Tramway removal could cost over L280,000" - 11/3/1959.Hand written notes in ink re source.trams, tramways, vr, st kilda brighton, track removal, railways -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, Prahran Times, "Signal box Stairs Forbidden', "New tracks in Dandenong Road", Mar. 1959
Set of two newspaper clippings from the Prahran Times; .1 - "Signal box Stairs Forbidden', 24/3/1959 - St Kilda Council refusing to give permission for stairs to replace the ladder at St Kilda Junction. .2 - "New tracks in Dandenong Road" - 18/3/1959 about the reconstruction of track between Orrong Rd and Chapel St.On the right hand side of the cutting, gives the newspaper and date and "Also 518 to Seattle" in ink.trams, tramways, mmtb, trackwork, dandenong rd, st kilda junction, signals -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Age, "New Life in US for our old trams", 13/01/1978 12:00:00 AM
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 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - List, Ian Stanley, "MMTB Rolling Stock Data - cars", c1970
Photocopy of a list of MMTB Rolling stock data or tram cars, titled "MMTB Rolling Stock Data - cars", dated 8-2-45 in the bottom left hand corner. Details the class, car numbers, number in service, type, capacity, trucks, motors, Tare tons, Controllers, Compressors and length over bumpers. 2nd copy added 11/1/2019.Has "8-2-45" written in ink in bottom left hand corner., 2nd copy has "workshops 6542 R-6660 8/2/45" written in blue ink in the bottom right hand corner.trams, tramways, lists, tramcars, melbourne, mmtb -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, Rosalind Landells, "Those first fainting days of Brighton's Street Railway", "Those wonderful old tramways finally rolled to a halt", c1987
Set of two photocopies of articles written by Rosalind Landells, Hon Secretary of Brighton Historical Society and published in the Hampton Bugle about the St Kilda Brighton electric railway or tramway. .1 - "Those first fainting days of Brighton's Street Railway" - Feb 1987 - looks at the construction and history of the tramway. .2 - "Those wonderful old tramways finally rolled to a halt" - March 1987 - looks at the closure of the tramway, the MMTB, riding the trams - includes a cartoon by Duffy.trams, tramways, st kilda brighton, vr, construction, opening, closure, mmtb, cartoons -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Map, Track plan or track map or layout of the Melbourne system, c1973
Track plan or track map or layout of the Melbourne system showing track layout, crossovers, depots, workshops and route numbers, terminus, substations, Bundy clocks, layout of Preston works. On the rear is a detailed layout of the city area. Shows railway stations but not the station names and rivers. Printed on cartridge paper. No details of to who prepared the plan or the drawing or date. Wattle Park line has been duplicated (Sept 1970), but the Essendon Airport line remains (closed Oct. 1976).trams, tramways, mmtb, track layout, junction, depots, substation, plans, trackwork, route numbers, terminus, map, bundy clock -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Programme, M>Tram, "Moomba 2002 - Vintage Tram Parade", Feb to March 2002
Set of papers involved with the organisation and planning for the "Moomba 2002 - Vintage Tram Parade" held in Swanston St 11 March 2002. .1 - Colour A4 pamphlet for the programme on the day - "Melbourne Moomba Trams on Parade" and the street party that followed. Gives the order of appearance of the participants and the trams. (Two copies held) .2 - E-Mail from Gavin Tippett to Lindsay Rickard giving the arrangement of the trams in the Preston Workshops yard for the event - dated 8/3/2002. .3 - Order of trams in St Kilda Road and timing of the event and gives names of drivers. .4 - Driver's Briefing Notes with background documents (7 A4 sheets stapled) .5 - Notice to Employees - M>Tram, to fleet control - 7/3/2002. .6 - Two page listing tram drivers and various management notes. .7 - Set of notes regarding the briefing of drivers who were going to be involved in the parade.trams, tramways, moomba, m>tram, parades -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, VicTrip, "Catching the Met? - This is your first stop.", Apr. 1999
Pamphlet - four fold - special size - full colour titled "Catching the Met? - This is your first stop." giving the list of Metcard shops in central and suburban Melbourne, along with maps of the tram and train systems. The maps show both Yarra and Swanston trams with route numbers along with Bayside and Hillside trains and the various ticket zones at the time. The number of car parking spots at each station also shown. On the rear is general information about Metcard with ticket machines, and validators. List dated effective from April 1999.trams, tramways, maps, metcard, yarra trams, swanston trams, hillside trains, bayside trains, tickets -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, National Express, "All Staff Notice - New Tram and Train Contracts Announced", c2000
Report or Notice - 5 A4 sheets stapled in top left hand corner with Swanston Trams logo, titled "All Staff Notice - New Tram and Train Contracts Announced", advising the CEO of National Express Group, Peter Strachan, announcing new rolling stock - trams (Combino), Siemens and Velocity train (Comeng) for the V/Line services. Gives details of the 59 new trams and their attributes. Has colour images of the various vehicles. Notice - not dated - c2000.trams, tramways, national express, swanston trams, combino, siemens, new trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, "Report by Administrators", March to June 2003
Set of two "Report by Administrators" concerning the receivership of National Express prepared by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu for distribution to creditors. .1 - Report - A4 - 52 pages + card covers stapled with black binding strip on the left hand side dated 17/3/2003 with table of contents giving the background, corporate structure, financial performance, directors reasons for company failure, possible offences, legal issues, meeting of creditors, deeds and administrators opinion and remuneration. .2 - Report - A4 - 28 pages + card covers, perfect bound, dated 12/6/2003, with table of contents, giving an executive summary, liability for insolvent trading, director's statement of claim, arrangements, meeting of creditors, deeds and administrators opinion and remuneration and draft proposal for a deed of company arrangement. See Reg Item 1332 for other related documents.trams, tramways, national express, meetings -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Swanston Trams, "Swanston Trams and Bayside Trains - Moving Melbourne to the 2000 Qantas Australian Grand Prix", Feb. 2000
Book - 16 pages - centre stapled including card cover, printed on gloss paper, titled "Swanston Trams and Bayside Trains - Moving Melbourne to the 2000 Qantas Australian Grand Prix" giving details of the tram and train services, general information and gate locations for the event.trams, tramways, swanston trams, bayside trains, grand prix, formula 1, albert park -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Bombardier, "Urban Transport - Light Rail Transit System - Metro do Porto, Portugal", 2003
Pamphlet - folded A3 sheet, full colour titled "Urban Transport - Light Rail Transit System - Metro do Porto, Portugal" giving details of the Porto light rail system in Portugal which feature a tram or light rail vehicle built by Bombardier Transportation, known as the Eurotram. Included in the pamphlet is an A5 sheet with notes and a photo of the tram in Melbourne during Jan to March 2003. Gives detailed specification of the tram and the Porto system.trams, tramways, bombardier, testing, eurotram, melbourne -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Drawing, Megafun, "Trams on Parade - Swanston St - 13/3/00 - Draft Assembly Map - Schematic Only", 2000
A4 sheet drawing - titled "Trams on Parade - Swanston St - 13/3/00 - Draft Assembly Map - Schematic Only" showing the proposed layout for trams between Lonsdale and Latrobe Street - prepared 2/2/00 by MM (Megafun)trams, tramways, moomba, swanston st, events, parades -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Instruction, Swanston Trams, "New Years Eve Contingency Plans Update", Dec. 1999
Set of four photocopied documents issued by Swanston Trams for New Years Eve, 1/1/2000 - to address the matter known as the "Y2K bug" - where some computer systems or equipment may not have recognised the change of the year due to using only two digits for the year instead of four. (We all survived! - then the fireworks started and all kept going). Also known as the year 2000 problem. All stapled in the top left hand corner. .1 - eight page document, titled "New Years Eve Contingency Plans Update", detailing what to do in the event the power supply failed. Also has plans for the AVM system, Customer bulletin for the all night service, services during the Christmas New Year period. plans from ADtranz - to provide coverage for the night and a Swanston Trams "All Staff Notice" regarding payment for working during the period and the agreement with the Union. .2 - Copy of the New Year Eve Fleet Rosters - 3 pages. .3 - Swanston Trams Contact List for the period including Customer Service Employees and Adtranz workers - 3 pages. .4 - Vehicle Group list - 3 pages at 238 am on 1/1/2000.trams, tramways, swanston trams, year 2000, events, operations, planning, adtranz, rosters -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Swanston Trams, Preston Workshops, M>Tram, "Swanston Trams - Fleet Availability", 1999 to 2003
Set of 10 documents, A4 sheets stapled in the top left hand corner unless noted otherwise about the Swanston Trams fleet availability 1999 to 2003. .1 - set of four sheets by Fax dated 10/2/1999 - from Preston Workshops giving "Swanston Trams -Fleet Availability", trams being repaired, being serviced and a sheet giving tram fleet depot allocation. .2 - Swanston Trams - Current Dispersion - 28/9/1999 .3 - ditto - 22/11/1999 .4 - ditto - 13/1/2000 .5 - Depot tram list - Glenhuntly for notes about availability and faults - dated 22/1/2003 .6 - ditto Brunswick .7 - ditto Essendon .8 - ditto Malvern (though undated) .9 - Depot tram list - not sure what this is for, shows where trams were temporarily located. .10 - M>Tram fleet availability - 23/1/2003.trams, tramways, swanston trams, lists, depots, tramcars -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Keith Kings, "The Ballarat Tramways", 1971
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 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Keith Kings, "The Bendigo Tramways", Feb. 1972
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 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, W. F. Scott, "Ballarat's Heritage Tramway", 1993
Book - 28 pages, colour covers with colour and black white photos titled "Ballarat's Heritage Tramway", Tells the story of the Ballarat Tramways and the Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society. Written by W. F. Scott for the BTPS in 1993. Was an update of previous versions. Covers the history of the horse trams, the electrification by the Electric Supply Co. of Victoria, (ESCo) the takeover by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), closure in 1971, the formation of the BTPS and the operation of the tramway. Includes a list of the Museum tramcars at the time, details of the trams, many photos and a map of the system, depot layouts.Has a label on the top right hand corner - giving a price of $6.95.trams, tramways, btps, btm, history -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Sue Mackinnon, "Bendigo and its Vintage Talking Trams", Dec. 1981
Book - 100 pages, plus printed colour covers on gloss paper, centre stapled, titled "Bendigo and its Vintage Talking Trams", authored by Sue Mackinnon, published by the Bendigo Trust December 1981. Has many historic photos of Bendigo, trams in the streets of Bendigo and its then fleet of trams. Gives a history of the trams in Bendigo, including battery tram, steam, ESCo, SEC, the Trust, Central Deborah Gold Mine and its trammies. Has a centre page colour photos of the mine and one of the Birney. In the top right hand corner is a green price label "4.00".In the top right hand corner is a green price label "4.00" and written in ink underneath "1981"trams, tramways, bendigo, battery trams, bendigo trust -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, W. F. Scott, "The Kilmore Horse Tramway", 1985
Book - 12 page book with card covers, detailing the TMSV's Kilmore horse tramway operation with photographs (11), 2 side elevations of tramcars and 1 map. Photos B&W, side stapled with red outside cover.Has a label on the top right hand corner - giving a price of $1.40.trams, tramways, horse trams, tmsv, kilmore -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Graeme Breydon, "Feeding and Filling, The story of the Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust", 1991
Booklet - 12 pages including light brown card covers, titled "Feeding and Filling, The story of the Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust". Gives details of the background history of the PMTT, its services, routes, map and tramcar fleet and route numbers. Has been photocopied and stapled into printed covers. Has the details of the TMSV Bylands and Kilmore operations on the rear cover. Published by TMSV, first edition 1990, second impression 1991. Written by Graeme Breydon. 1350.1 - as above. First edition 1990.Has a label on the top right hand corner - giving a price of $2.00. 1350.1 - "K.S. 28-4-91"trams, tramways, pmtt, melbourne, tmsv, malvern depot -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Leon Marshall-Wood, "The Brighton Electric Line", 1966
Book - 40 pages including card covers - the history of the Brighton Electric Line by Leon Marshall-Wood, published 1966, 3rd edition revised and enlarged. Gives a brief history of the electric tramway operated by the Victorian Railways between St. Kilda Station and the Brighton Beach railway station, that commenced operation in 1905. Also a short history of the Sandringham - Black Rock - Beaumaris - Cheltenham tram electric and horse tram lines. Includes maps, rolling stock and ticket notes. Published by Traction Publications. Has details of the AETA on the back cover and listing of some publications. See Reg Item 2062 for the 1st edition and 3400 for the second edition. Full pdf scan of book added 3-3-2020trams, tramways, vr, melbourne, brighton, st kilda, sandringham, black rock, horse trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Ministry of Transport, "Transport in Victoria - Yesteryear and Today", 1980
Pamphlet or Book - 20 pages, full colour printed on gloss paper, centre stapled titled "Transport in Victoria - Yesteryear and Today", published by the Ministry of Transport giving an outline of Victoria's transport history from 1834. Provides a short history of the state transport system, railways, roads, trams, Metropolitan planning, the Bland report, social changes, the underground loop, transport interchanges, West Gate Bridge, Roads and Freeways, transport inquiry of 1980 and environmental changes resulting from motor cars. 2nd copy added 14-5-2016 from the estate of Charles Craig.trams, tramways, minister for transport, railways, trb, crb, murla, planning, history -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Randal Wilson, Dale Budd, "Melbourne's Marvellous Trams", 1998
Book - 96 pages + card covers, 5 sections, perfect bound, A4 landscape full colour printed on gloss paper, titled "Melbourne's Marvellous Trams", looking at the history of Melbourne's tram, why, how, culture, economic and relationship to Melbourne and its residents. Contains a forward written by Keith Dunstan. Written by Dale Budd and Randall Wilson, published by University of New South Wales Press in 1998. Has a table of contenttrams, tramways, melbourne, tramways, tramcars, cable trams, history -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Parliament of Victoria, "Report from The Parliamentary Public Works Committee on the East Burwood Tramway Inquiry", Jul. 1976
Report - foolscap duplicated copy of a report - 15 pages stapled in top left hand corner titled "Report from The Parliamentary Public Works Committee on the East Burwood Tramway Inquiry", dated 7/7/1976. Provides details to the background of the recommendation to construct the tramline, including costs, summary of evidence, alternatives and proposed services. See Reg Item 689 for other documents associated with this inquiry.trams, tramways, east burwood, victorian government, parliament, enquiries -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Magazine, Vaughan Mawbey, "A Streetcar named Delight", c1980
Centre page spread of an article titled "A Streetcar named Delight", from the Australasian Post - undated - c1980 about the Melbourne W2 class trams operating in Seattle, Washington. Written by Vaughan Mawbey, gives details of the trams, the construction background of the tramway, some local stories and identities associated with the tramways. Has a number of photos including W2 518. Noted Sir Rupert Hamer was at the opening.trams, tramways, seattle, w2 class, usa -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Magazine, Paul Edwards, "The House that Trams built...", c1980
Centre page spread of an article titled "The House that Trams built...", from the Australasian Post - undated - c1990, full colour, about the two ex Melbourne trams that Rolf Herweg used to build a house at Ferny Creek, tramcars No. 1 and 6. Gives details of the person, costs, and that he wishes to sell the house and move on. Written by Paul Edwards with photos by Barry Weller. See also Reg Item 1518 for another newspaper cutting and 1833 of the tram in MMTB service. See Reg Item 4657 for notes on the sale of the property.trams, tramways, ferny creek, tramcars, pmtt, melbourne, houses, tram 1, tram 6 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Herald, Alan Dearn, "Melbourne's 100 years of trams", 11/11/1985 12:00:00 AM
Pages 12, 13 and 14 of The Herald, Melbourne newspaper, Herald special advertising feature - compiled by Alan Dearn, Monday 11/11/1985 celebrating 100 years of trams in Melbourne - "Melbourne's 100 years of trams", since the opening of the Melbourne cable tramway to Richmond. Includes statement by the Minister of Transport, Mr. Roper, stories from a former MMTB depot Master, Eric Hobday. Articles headed - "Designs from A to Z and back, cable trams, moving people on tracks, uniforms and catch a vintage tram at Bylands. Advertisements from Myrina M oil, Comeng, Sands and McDougall, James Hardies, Union Steel, The Mettrams, tramways, 100 years of trams, melbourne, mmtb, cable trams, uniforms, the met, bylands, tmsv -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Notice, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Notice to Traffic Staff - East Burwood Tram Route Extension", 13/07/1978 12:00:00 AM
Duplicated foolscap notice - titled "Notice to Traffic Staff - East Burwood Tram Route Extension", printed by the MMTB, dated 13/7/1978 - signed by R. C. Drummond as Traffic Manager, No. C 2768 - advising of the opening of the extension on 20/7/1978, tram stops, running times, traffic signal lights, toilet facilities and track telephones.trams, tramways, mmtb, east burwood, opening, new tramway -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Swanston Trams, "Swanston Trams future projects presentation 1999 - 2000", Oct, 1999
Report - photocopied 27 x A4 sheets, stapled in the top left hand corner titled "Swanston Trams future projects presentation 1999 - 2000" looking for submissions from consultants to undertake a number of projects - signed by Russell Nathan, 6/10/1999. Projects included - (see image i3) - ticket machines at various locations, a city sights tram service, all night tram service, deviation of route 82, Park St link, tram maintenance facilities, consolidation of depots, tram stop improvements and traffic management initiatives.trams, tramways, swanston trams, national express, proposals, route 82