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Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, George Coop, Victorian Railways C-class Steam locomotive C17, 1962
... Victorian Railways C-class Steam locomotive C17 ...c.1962 photo of original Victorian Railways photo From Vicsig.net Loco: C17 In service Tuesday, 30th October 1923 Scrapped Thursday, 30th June 1955 Livery Black Owner VR Operator VR Gauge BG Status ScrappedDigital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford FP3 black and white transparencyc17, c-class steam locomotive, steam engine, victorian railways -
Clunes Museum
Photograph, CIRCA 1900-1906
CLUNES RAILWAY STATION OPENED 1877 .1 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO PRINT OF CLUNES RAILWAY STATION (POSTCARD SIZE) .2 MATTE FINISH ENLARGEMENT OF THE ORIGINAL PHOTO (8X10) MOUNTED ON MASONITE .3 PHOTO PRINT ENLARGEMENT OF THE ORIGINAL PHOTO (8X5) .4 PHOTO PRINT ENLARGEMENT OF THE ORIGINAL PHOTO (8X10) .5 ORIGINALSEPIA POSTCARD OF CLUNES RAILWAY STATION .6 COLOURED POSTCARD OF CLUNES RAILWAY STATION .7 PHOTO PRINT ENLARGEMENT OF ORIGINAL PHOTO (8X10)ON FRONT: "CLUNES RAILWAY STATION" IN WHITE HAND PRINTINGlocal history, photographs, railway station -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways, "General Scheme of Tramways for the Metropolis" & "East Northcote and Ivanhoe Railless Electric Tramways", 1922 and 1923
... Railways...The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways ...Set of two reports from The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways. .1 - 8 pages - stapled report titled "General Scheme of Tramways for the Metropolis", dated 24/7/1923, examining the MMTB's General Scheme for Tramways (See Reg Item 2088, 2089 and 2098), includes financial position of the Board, tramway or railways, the scheme itself, committee recommendations and view of the railway's commissioners. .2 - 8 pages - stapled report titled "East Northcote and Ivanhoe Railless Electric Tramways" - dated 26/10/1922 - looking at proposal for a Railless tramway (trolley bus), district to be served for residential districts, proposals, annual costs, expenses, alternative routes, betterment tax or municipal guarantee, effect on railway revenue, view of the committee and recommendations. Note: These document are available as a pdf on the Parliament of Victoria website..2 - has "Mr. Lormer" in ink on top left hand corner.trams, tramways, mmtb, general scheme, tramways, development, parliament, railways, finances, construction, trolley buses, railless, northcote, ivanhoe -
Vision Australia
Card - Object, Victorian Railways Blind Person's Permit 1981, 1981
... Victorian Railways Blind Person's Permit 1981 ...The travel pass was used by Victorian Railways to ascertain that the bearer was indeed a blind person and entitled to free travel. This example was numbered 1741 and was issued in the name of Mr N.L. Walker. It outlines that the pass is used by a blind person for free travel on suburban journeys and half price fares on country or intersystem journeys.1 rectangular travel pass with red cloth cover and black textvictorian railways, association for the blind -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Head on collision, Victorian Railways photo, 1962
... Head on collision, Victorian Railways photo ...c.1962 photo of original Victorian Railways photo Believed to be 'Overland' crash at Serviceton on 7 Sept 1951. Four locomotives were involved. The Melbourne-bound 'Overland' ran head-on into the stationary Adelaide-bound 'Overland'. Three of the locomotives were written off. One person died - one of the firemen.Digital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford FP3 black and white transparencysteam engine, train crash, victorian railways -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Plan - McKinnon Railway Estate, McKinnon, c 1921
At the end of World War One, there was a renewed interest in residential land and a number of estates opened up in the Municipality of Moorabbin. The train line from the city to Frankston was electrified in 1922 which intensified the sale in the municipality of Moorabbin, particularly land which was in the vicinity of the railway stations.Example of the progress of the Municipality of MoorabbinHand drawn plan of the McKinnon Railway Estate, McKinnonMcKinnon Railway Estate, McKinnon - hand drawn planmckinnon road, watkins street (now bent street), claire street, real estate, mckinnon, moorabbin -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Poster, David Frost, Romance of Australian Railways, c1978
... Romance of Australian Railways ...Poster - foolscap size advertising book "Romance of Australian Railways", drawn by David Frost, glued onto green cardboard and stapled onto cut down SEC roof ad (ex Hot water). Poster has sketch of two trams (SEC Ballarat 38) and a Sydney tram smooching. Has been printed by a duplicator process. Image added 20-12-2016. See Publication date of Romance of Australian Trams, 1978.trams, tramways, tram books, sales, roof ads -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways, "Report - Darling - Glen Waverley" and Outer Eastern Suburbs Connecting Railway, "Proposed Kew to Doncaster Electric Railway Extension", "Keilor and Bulla Districts Connecting Railway", "Proposed Expenditure under railway loan application Act - provision of connecting lines between Glenroy and Albion and Melbourne Goods Yard", 1923
... Railways...The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways ...Set of six reports from the "The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways" .1 - Report - 12 pages + plan printed stapled titled "Report - Darling - Glen Waverley" - includes connexion between Camberwell to Ferntree Gully and Oakleigh. Dated 30/6/1926 .2 - Report - 16 pages - "Report - Outer Eastern Suburbs Connecting Railway or Tramway (Doncaster, Templestowe and Warrandyte)"- 8/7/1925. .3 - Report - 24 pages - "Doncaster and Warrandyte Districts Connecting Railway" - 13/12/1928 - 2 copies held. .4 - Report - 12 pages - Proposed Kew to Doncaster Electric Railway Extension" - 4/12/1930 - 3 copies held - see also Reg Item 414. .5 - Report - 16 pages including plan - "Keilor and Bulla Districts Connecting Railway" - 1926. .6 - Progress Report - 12 pages including plans - "Proposed Expenditure under railway loan application Act - provision of connecting lines between Glenroy and Albion and Melbourne Goods Yard" - 30/6/1926. Includes a circular letter dated 24/7/1926, enclosing reports 5 and 6 from the Secretary of the Metropolitan Town Planning Commission. Note: All these documents are available as a pdf on the Parliament of Victoria website..2 - has "Manager" stamped and "Mr. Murdoch" and a date in the top right hand corner.. .3 - copy 2 - has "Mr. Lormer" as for .4trams, tramways, railways, parliament, darling, glen waverley, doncaster, templestowe, warrandyte, keilor, essendon -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - RAILWAY COLLECTION: SANDHURST (BENDIGO) RAILWAY STATION
Vistorian Railway photograph of Sandhurst (Bendigo) Railway Station and workshops buildingsVictorian Railways -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, "D" Class Steam Trains -- 2 Colour Photos and one black and white at Cato Park
... Railways. ...2 Coloured photos of D Class Steam Rail Locomotive and one Black & White of same engine at Cato Park. c 1974. The engine was subject to vandalism and removed in 1988. The black & white photo of D3 608 was copies from a railway magazine. Two coloured photos & one black & white photo of "D" class 608 Steam rail Locomotive taken at Cato Park. "D" 608. Inscription on the back of both colour photos, "Vec 74. D Class Loco at Cato Park". On the black & white photo " D3 608 one of the numerous and popular D3 class, preserved in a park in Stawell, 2nd April 1978".railways. -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Tickets - Victorian Railways Sandringham to Beumaris Motor Coach, Victorian Railways (VR), mid 1950s
... Victorian Railways (VR) ...Tickets printed and issued by the Victorian Railways for the Sandringham to Beaumaris motor coach (bus) service, following the closure of the tramway to Black Rock in 1956. All tickets numbered for accounting purposes.Yields information about the VR Ticketting System for its Tramways and motor coach services.Set of 7 Victorian Railways Sandringham to Beumaris Motor Coach ticket blocks. Printed on white sheets, stapled at the top with a large staple onto a cardboard backing strip. Each value in green ink with black print information. Each block has the ticket number printed on the stub of the ticket that remained with the block when torn off. Were printed in blocks of 200. 1 - 2d - Nos. 051601 to 051788 - cardboard backing strip, front and some rear tickets removed 2 - 2 1/2d - Nos. 012801 012993 - series A - Child - cardboard backing strip, front and some rear tickets removed 3 - 2 1/2d - Nos. 012801 012999 - series B - Child - front ticket removed 4 - 3d - Nos. 134403 to 134589 - front and rear tickets removed 5 - 4d - Nos 232201 to 232392 - cardboard backing strip, front and some rear tickets removed 6 - 5d - Nos 104801 to 104994 - front and rear tickets removed. 7 - 6d - Nos 134201 to 134393 - cardboard backing strip, front and some rear tickets removedtickets, vr, vr trams, victorian railways, fares, sandringham, black rock tramway, beaumaris -
Bendigo Military Museum
Accessory - TICKET, NSW Railways, 1942
... NSW Railways ...The ticket is signed for use by Spr Mason A.W by the issuing Officer who appears to “DAWSON MAJOR”. Alan Mason VX 140967, refer Cat No 3979.2 for his service details.Railway Ticket NSW, cardboard, black printed, entries in black pen, double sided No 12243, large letter “30” on both sides, 2nd class.For Soldiers in uniform only, expires 31 December 1942, Military fortnightly ticket.tickets railways, military, alan walter mason -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Research Notes, H. S. McComb, "Acts or Parliament Relating to Tramway Undertakings and Street Railways", 1930 to 1955
... Street Railways" ...Set of 10 + 4 unused sheets, hand written double foolscap folio (full foolscap sheet) ruled sheets which detail the various Acts, relating to Tramway Undertakings and Street Railways, that affected the MMTB from 1883 to 1956. Sheets have been pinned in to the top left hand corner. Set of 2 sheets - loose - the detail the Country Roads Act of 1928 and 1936. Set of 3 sheets - hand written notes regarding Acts.trams, tramways, mto co, cable trams, parliament, acts of parliament, order in council, regulations, mmtb, tramways -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Victorian Railways, early 1906
... Victorian Railways ...Black and white photograph of Victorian Railways trams being assembled at the Newport Railway workshops early 1906 for the St Kilda Brighton Tramway. Has many workmen shown and was probably a staged photograph. Shows one of the workshops internal walls - road No. 11 of probably East Block. Photo from the Collection of the Department of Infrastructure now with the Public Records Office - image number H2329.Has Department of Infrastructure copy right stamp on rear and number "H 2329" in ink on rear and "8-4"trams, tramways, vr, new trams, newport workshops, st kilda brighton -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Digital Image, Kevin O'Reilly, looking north west over the Victorian Railways Head Office in Spencer St, Late 1920's
... looking north west over the Victorian Railways Head Office ...Image from CD (Compact Diskette for use in computers) - see Reg Item 135. Image titled "Spencer" on CD, of looking north west over the Victorian Railways Head Office in Spencer St with Collins St and the Spencer St station in the top of the photo. Has cable trams in Spencer St and a cable tram set being shunted in Collins St. The top floor of the VR head office has been added (1922). Possibly late 1920's.trams, tramways, victorian railways, spencer st, collins st, cable trams -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Railway Station Tatura 1954, 1954
Original photograph of Queen Elizabeth 2 and Duke of Edinburgh arriving on platform of Tatura Railway Station, March 1955. Accommpanied by Shire President Cr and Mrs G Brewer, Mr Kelly Station Master and aides.Black and white photograph of Tatura Railway Station for Royal Visit 1954on back: Tatura Railway Station Royal visit 1954royal visit 1954 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White - Loading cable car trailer 88 at Flinders St yard
... railways ...Set of three black and white photographs of cable trailer 88 being loaded onto a wagon at the Spencer St / Flinders St railway yard by the railway yard travelling gantry crane. Trailer lettered M&MTB. Has a man riding the top of the car before being loaded into a I type open wagon. Photo mid to late 1920s? See Reg Item 3713 for a more detailed analysis of the first photograph. Part of the Victorian Railways Heritage series. Yields information about the sale of cable tram trailers.Set of three Photographs - Black and White - Loading cable car 88 at the Flinders St yard adjacent to Spencer St railway station.In ink of rear of prints "Photo Victorian Railways"tramways, trams, flinders st, cable trams, sale of trams, railways -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket Blocks, Victorian Railways, "MetroCard", c August 1980
... Victorian Railways ...Bundle or block of railway tickets, MetroCard, Off Peak concession, numbered 5200 to 5399 (200 ticket) secured with string. Printed on yellow pasteboard as a railway ticket for use in station ticket racks - printed for Seddon station. Ticket available for train and MMTB City Section. For more details see http://www.robx1.net/victkt/pre1981/html/1980.htm - accessed 7/11/2018.trams, tramways, tickets, vr, melbourne, metrocard -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Victorian Railways, 1970s
... Victorian Railways ...Black and White photograph of Victorian Railways VR tram No. 53 outside the Elwood depot, with destination of St Kilda Railway. Not a "brand new" photo, as the tram is damaged on the front end, under the number 53. No details as to date and photographer - could be assumed a VR official photograph and reproduction, based on damage to the tram and seating reconfiguration, thought to be early 1950's. 2nd copy added 18/3/2021Copy 2 in ink "VicRail" and "50A/68"trams, tramways, vr, elwood depot, tram 53 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, David Frost, "A short history of the Victorian Railways Trams - St Kilda - Brighton - Sandringham - Black Rock - Beaumaris", May. 2006
... "A short history of the Victorian Railways Trams - St Kilda ...Book - 20 pages + card covers, centre stapled titled "A short history of the Victorian Railways Trams - St Kilda - Brighton - Sandringham - Black Rock - Beaumaris". Covers have colour photographs on the outside. Page 11 has a map of the two tramways with the tram lines and features shown in red. Written by David Frost, published May 2006 by Tramway Publications. Edited by Dean Filgate. Provides details of the background of the tramways, Elwood depot fire, Sandringham depot, closure and an Epilogue Has details of the Author.trams, tramways, vr trams, elwood, st kilda brighton, sandringham, beaumaris -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Railway Station Tatura 1954, 1954
Original photograph of Tatura Railway Station decorated for Royal visit 1954. A totally renovated station, newly painted, decorated with masses of flowers and shrubs. The Royal cipher in golden flowers was mounted on scarlet velvet.Black and white photograph of Tatura Railway Station decorated for Royal Visit 1954on back: Tatura Railway Station Royal visit 1954royal visit 1954 -
Greensborough Historical Society
CD-ROM, Australian Railways Historical Society, Heidelberg to Eltham Railway: ARHS Archive, 30/01/2018
... railways...Australian Railways Historical Society ...Report by Australian Railways Historical Society in response to a request for information on the Heidelberg to Eltham railway extension by Peter SimmenauerCD-Rom in plastic caseARHS Archive: Eltham Requestrailways, hurstbridge rail line -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Ephemera (Item) - Information brochure, Victorian Government Tourist Bureau, Forest Giants Victoria Australia, 01-1938
... Victorian Railways ...An information brochure on where to see tall trees, Forest Giants, in Victoria, including Marysville, that was published in January, 1938.An information brochure on where to see tall trees, Forest Giants, in Victoria, including Marysville, that was published in January, 1938.Victorian Railways Print January, 1938 469-38 Stamp of Victorian/ Government Tourist Bureau/ 272 Collins Street/ Melbourne C.1victoria, australia, victorian government tourist bureau, betterment and publicity board, victorian railways, white mountain ash, red mountain ash, messmate, blue gum, mountain ash, cumberland valley, marysville, mount monda, healesville, acheron way, alpine highway, omeo, baw baws, strzelecki ranges, otway ranges, warburton, yarra junction, noojee, bulga and tarra valley park, yarram, turton's pass, otway forest, beech forest, apollo bay, information brochure, brochure -
Puffing Billy Railway
D21 - Diesel Mechanical locomotive, 1968
... Tasmanian Government Railways ...D21 - Diesel Mechanical locomotive Date built - 1968 Original owner - TGR Original gauge - 1067mm Withdrawn - 1983 Built to 3'6" gauge in 1968 by the Tasmanian Government Railways and numbered V12, ownership of this Diesel Mechanical locomotive was transferred to Australian National Railways (Tas.) in 1978. It was withdrawn and sold to the E.T.R.B. in 1983 1968 - D21 ex-Tasmanian Government Railways (TGR) V class No.12, built by the TGR Launceston Workshops in 1968 to a design of Vulcan-Drewry (England). Tasmanian Government Railways V class The V class were the first diesel locomotives operated by the Tasmanian Government Railways (TGR) with four delivered by the Vulcan Foundry in 1948 to a design by the Drewry Car Co. They were a narrow gauge version of the British Rail Class 04. In 1951 a fellow two were delivered followed by another two in 1955. Between 1959 and 1968 the TGR built a further four at its Launceston Workshops. Two identical locomotives were purchased by the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company in 1953. When it closed in 1963, 2405 was sold to the Emu Bay Railway as number 22, while 2406 went to the TGR as V13. All the TGR units were withdrawn between 1983 and 1987 while the Emu Bay unit remained in service until 2000. Ten have been preserved: V1 by the Bellarine Peninsula Railway, Victoria V2 by the Don River Railway V4 by the Hotham Valley Railway, Western Australia V5 by the Hotham Valley Railway, Western Australia V7 by the Derwent Valley Railway V8 by the Bellarine Peninsula Railway, Victoria V9 by the West Coast Wilderness Railway V12 by the Puffing Billy Railway, Victoria (regauged to 760 mm gauge and numbered D21) V13 by the Zig Zag Railway, New South Wales, sold to the West Coast Wilderness Railway, renumbered D2 22 by the West Coast Wilderness Railway, renumbered D1 Tasmanian Government Railways V class Manufacturer Vulcan Foundry Tasmanian Government Railways Entered service 1948 Number built 14 Number preserved 10 Fleet numbers TGR: V1-V13 Emu Bay: 22 Power: 152kW (204hp) or 114kW (153hp) Motor: Gardner 8L3 (V) or Gardner 6L3 (VA) Wheel Arrangement: - C - Weight: 25.6t Allowable load on 1:40 grade: 170t Length over headstocks: 6.8m (22ft 6in) Introduced: 1948 Built By: Vulcan Foundry, England; TGR Workshops, Launceston; Using parts supplied by Drewry Car Co (UK) Number Preserved: 10 Number In Service: 0 Total Number Built: 14Historic - Tasmanian Government Railways - Diesel Mechanical locomotive - V12 / Puffing Billy Railway Diesel Mechanical locomotive D21D21 - Diesel Mechanical locomotive made of steel D21diesel mechanical locomotive, puffing billy, d21, v12 diesel mechanical locomotive, d21 diesel mechanical locomotive, tasmanian government railways -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Booklet - Booklet - The Seaside Calls, n.d
... Victorian Railways Print ...Sixteen page booklet, issued by Victorian Railways Publicity and Tourist Services, Melbourne. Information on Victorian seaside towns, from Mallacoota Inlet on the east to the South Australian border in the west.Front: 'VIVIAN' - handwritten, biro, top right. -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, David Frost, "A short history of the Victorian Railways Trams - St Kilda - Brighton - Sandringham - Black Rock - Beaumaris", May. 2006
... "A short history of the Victorian Railways Trams - St Kilda ...Book - 20 pages + card covers, centre stapled titled "A short history of the Victorian Railways Trams - St Kilda - Brighton - Sandringham - Black Rock - Beaumaris". Covers have colour photographs on the outside. Page 11 has a map of the two tramways with the tram lines and features shown in red. Written by David Frost, published May 2006 by Tramway Publications. Edited by Dean Filgate. Provides details of the background of the tramways, Elwood depot fire, Sandringham depot, closure and an Epilogue Has details of the Author. Copy 2 added 31-10-2020trams, tramways, vr trams, elwood, st kilda brighton, sandringham, beaumaris -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Drawing, Victorian Railways (VR), "Sandringham" - Plan No. R17384, July 1940
... Railways...Victorian Railways (VR) ...Drawing - Victorian Railways R17384 showing Sandringham Railway station yard, facilities, tram depot, tram tracks, railway tracks, buildings, drains, poles, adjacent streets and buildings. Dated July 1940. The tram tracks have been inked in on the print.Yields information about issues Sandringham depot and its tram tracks.Drawing - photocopy of original- two parts joined in the centre by adhesive tape.trams, railways, vr trams, sandringham, tram tracks, depot, sandringham depot -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book, Victorian Railways Public Relations and Betterment Board ; Tourist Development Authority, Gippsland and its Lakes and Caves Victoria Australia, November 1954
... Victorian Railways Public Relations and Betterment Board ...Chairman of the Victorian Railways, Harold Clapp, established The Victorian Railways Public Relations and Betterment Board as part of a campaign to launch the Spirit of Progress – the first new train constructed during the Depression era. Clapp was an aggressive Chairman of Railway Commissioners who was determined to keep Victorian Railways prospering. This book was a promotion book for "The Gippslander". The Gippslander name has been used for trains in the Bairnsdale corridor since 1954This book is a useful research tool.A 28 pp paper back book, titled Gippsland and its Lakes and Caves Victoria Australia. The front cover has orange and black print with yellow, green and blue motifs on a white and yellow background. The book has a stapled spine. It contains a short description of each of Gippsland's towns, a centre, double page maap of the region and many b/w photographs.railway-transport gippsland clapp-harold -
Puffing Billy Railway
Locomotive Head Board - Puffing Billy Railway - Young Volunteers Operating Day
Historic - Puffing Billy Railway Locomotive Head Board used on Young Volunteers Operating Days Historic - Puffing Billy Railway Locomotive Head Board used on Young Volunteers Operating Days Locomotive Head Board - Puffing Billy Railway - Young Volunteers Operating Day tin sign with Black vinyl letteringYoung Volunteers Operating Day Puffing Billy Railway puffing billy, young vounteers day, head board -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Booklet - Booklet - Hotel and Guesthouse Guide, c. 1950
... VICTORIAN RAILWAYS PRINTING WORKS ...Promotional booklet 'Where to go in Victoria (Hotel and Guesthouse Guide) produced by the Vic Govt, printed and published by the Victorian Railways Advertising Division and Printing Works. Print and pictures in black and white