Showing 222 items matching bogie tramcars

Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - VR tram 29 at Brighton Beach Baths terminus

Photograph shows bogie car VR tram 29 waiting on UP track with trolley pole raised, destination 'St Kilda Rly', driver's cab vacant, all windows closed and all off-side weather blinds open. Port Philip Bay is in the background and a partially obscured Road Closed sign is at the left of the photo. Yields information of Railways tramcar 34 and St Kilda Railway Station Black and white photograph with note on rear.In red biro: 'VR "Ricketty Kate" 29 Brighton Beach Baths Terminus Jan 58 D Print'victorian railways, vr tram 34, st kilda railway station, fitzroy st, m&mtb
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - VR tram 34 departing St Kilda Station

Photograph taken from a second floor building shows bogie car VR tram 34 crossing Fitzroy St and M&MTB tracks after departing St Kilda Railway Station. All saloon windows are open, all sunshades raised and passengers aboard. A summers day with two male pedestrians and two motor vehicles in foreground. Yields information of Railways tramcar 34 and St Kilda Railway Station Black and white photograph with note on rear.Indistinct blue stamp and 'Summer 1959'victorian railways, vr tram 34, st kilda railway station, fitzroy st, m&mtb
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - VR tram 39

Photograph shows bogie car VR tram 39 with destination Elwood Depot, most likely on an outside track in the depot yard. The tram sits at a turnout surrounded by vegetation with trolley pole raised and all weather blinds down on the off-side. Male with hat ,perhaps workshop staff, appears to be in driver cabin. Yields information of Railways tramcar 39 and Elwood Depot Black and white photograph with letter G showing in lower left corner of print from previous collection. No notes on rear.victorian railways, elwood depot, vr tram 39
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - VR tram 42

Photograph shows side on view of bogie car VR tram 42, most likely on an outside track in Elwood Depot yard. Trolley pole is raised with a background of low vegetation and likely car shed.Yields information of Railways tramcar 42 and Elwood Depot Black and white photograph with letter C showing in lower left corner of print from previous collection. No notes on rear.victorian railways, elwood depot, vr tram 42
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Extract of SEC systems meeting minutes, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), Tramway Conference, 1957

... bogie trams pony axles costs tramcar maintenance brake shoes ...

Extract from the 1957? Tramway Conference of the two tramway systems - notes on Brinell hardness of brake shoes, rails and wheels, tyres on hand, tram 32 and second life tyres, brake adjustment and settings, slack adjusters, renewable cups and steam cleaner use. Date based on two references to 1957 in the sheet.Demonstrates minutes of the 1957 Tramway Conference.Typed foolscap page of a carbon copy document - page 2 - other pages missing.Has three sets of notes in ink written in.tramcars, tramways, bogie trams, pony axles, costs, tramcar maintenance, brake shoes, tram 32, brakes
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document, Frank Shennen, "Melbourne cable car rolling stock numbers, depots etc.", May 1966

Document compiled by Frank Shennen (1907-1998), Managing Editor of "Truck & Bus Transportation" and "Railway Transportation" from own and other records, May 1966. The first page of the records list the source and basis of the records compiled for each cable trailer and dummy or grip car, listing the depot, the line operated on, with remarks about colours, numbers, builder, special features and whether a photo held or seen by Frank. Provides a list by depot as well.Demonstrates an extensive record compiled by Frank Sheenen about Melbourne cable trams.Exercise book - Woolstar - ruled, 80 pages centre stapled.On front cover "F Shennen, "Melbourne cable car rolling stock numbers, depots etc." in ink.tramcars, tramways, cable trams, personal papers, bogie cable trailers, records
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document, Frank Shennen, "Melbourne cable car fleet", c1966

Document compiled by Frank Shennen (1907-1998) providing a list of cable trailers or cars and their lines used on and specifically painted for as of the end of the MTOCo operations in 1916. Includes the zoo, Northcote cars, and spares. Demonstrates an extensive record compiled by Frank Sheenen about Melbourne cable trams.Foolscap hand written sheet, multicoloured.tramcars, tramways, cable trams, personal papers, bogie cable trailers, records
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Functional Object - Tramcar, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), Tram 1029, 1956

A four motor bogie drop centre combination tram of the Melbourne W7 class No. 1029, built at Preston Workshops during 1956, entered service on 1/2/1956. Fitted with sliding doors, Remote Control equipment. See webpage btm.org.au/trams/504.html Spent it appears all its life at Preston or North Fitzroy Depot. Transported to Newport Workshops during 1995. More to come here. Photo - Graeme Farrer - ex Mal Row via TDU of 21-10-2019 See Reg Items 7394 and 7396 for relevant newspaper cuttings and Destination Citytrams, w7 class, tram 1029
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Departing Elizabeth Street Terminus, c1928

Photograph shows a Dummy and bogie trailer car departing Flinders Street terminus in Elizabeth Street while a North Melbourne Dummy is shunted in the background. Several multi storey buildings along Elizabeth Street and a glimpse of Flinders Street Railway Station are also shown. D O'Brien CollectionYields information about Elizabeth Street terminusBlack and white photograph with note on rearIn ink "19" and "K McC"tramcars, tramways, cable trams, dummy, grip car, terminus, elizabeth street, flinders street, flinders street station, north melbourne, shunt
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard - PMTT tram 34 at Malvern Burke Road terminus, c1916

The postcard photograph shows PMTT No. 34 a Maximum Traction bogie, drop centre and drop ends at the Malvern Burke Road terminus. Has the driver and conductor standing by the front of the tram. There is a large "1" in the front window, indicating the route number and the destination of Burke Road.Yields information the PMTT Tram No. 34 and the Malvern Burke Road terminus.Postcard - divided back with hand written note on the rear.In pencil "8 wheel maximum traction bogie, end saloon, drop centre loading, 48 pass, Duncan and Fraser builder 1912, to MMTB as C34, 1920"tramcars, tramways, pmtt, mavern burke road, tram 34
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 2 - Shunting cable trams - Brunswick, Wal Larsen, May 1914

The two photographs show cable trams being shunted into the Brunswick Cable Tram Depot or car house from Sydney Road. The first shows a horse pulling a bogie tram trailer into the car house while the second shows the grip being pushed in by hand. Note the raised position of the grip when this shunting task is performed - 1920s. Yields information about the shunting of cable trams at the Brunswick car house or depot.Set of two black and white copy photographs with adhesive marks on the rear. Two copies of each held. Second copy has "Photo from W H Larsen" written on the back.tramways, tramcars, cable trams, brunswick, brunswick depot, car house, shunting, mmtb, tram 41, trams, grip
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - VR tram 28, Elwood depot, Victorian Railways (VR), c1917

Formal Victorian Railways Rolling stock photo of VR tram No 38, a bogie drop centre tram at Elwood Depot. The tram was built in 1917 and scrapped in 1959.Yields information about VR Tram No. 28, probably soon after its entry into service.Black and white photograph with notes on the rear."Elwood shed" in ink and RS68.tramcars, tramways, vr, tram 28, elwood depot