The railway track was maintained initially by seven three-man gangs headed by a ganger. The gangers tended to be promoted into the Otways but many of their subordinate staff of repairers were local recruits. There were two track gangs at Beech Forest until 1954, so a large number of gangers and repairers was present over the years. World War 2 with petrol and rubber rationing provided a boost to the line. The 1939 bushfire killed a great deal of timber which had to transported out of the Otways, and the commencement of a vigorous wartime pulp wood traffic from Beech Forest meant that only the railway could efficiently handle the volume of traffic. By early 1940 not only the Garratt was running a daily train to Beech Forest but an NA goods train was scheduled to run at night. As a result the track gangs were also particularly busy at the same time.B/W. In snow at Beech Forest, a track gang on a trolley at the entrance to the Way and Works shed, comprising G. Newland, Ned Hewing, Bill Taylor, Jim Gowty, and Buck.beech forest; railways; g. newland; ned hewing; bill taylor; jim gowty; snow; track gang;

Black and white photograph of the first sliding door new tramcars SW5 840 - side on at Preston Workshops, built 1939. Note the long trolley poles. Printed on Kodak paper.Has on the rear "MMTB stamp and number "P25/1/540" in inktrams, tramways, sw5 class, preston workshops, new trams, tram 840

Tramcar 21 at the Sebastopol Terminus, alongside the Royal Mail Hotel. The conductor looks to the photographer as he is walking around the tram, turning the trolley pole. Yields information about SEC tramway operations.Black and white photograph on plain paperballarat, sebastopol, royal mail hotel, tram 21

Model of Melbourne Restaurant tram No. 939 in a presentation cardboard box, made by Cooee Concepts Pty Ltd in China. Tram secured into the card box by two screws just behind the life guard. Made from plastic with trolley poles from metal (trolley poles can be moved) black roof, red sides, black No. 15 trucks, with the Skyline space marked "RESTAURANT" The box has the side on view of the tram in the background. trams, tramways, models, restaurant tram, cooee models, cuthberts 939

35mm slide, white plastic mount of Tram No. 27 dressed in World War II garb on white bumper and white strips on footstep and door entry and headlight mask. Slide used to make Reg. Item No. 242 used for the CHHA Australia Remembers Exhibition. Made in September 1995. Has tram 28 in the background. Was sent to Sydney for use in Trolley Wire article, Feb. 1996, but not used. See Trolley Wire Feb. 1996.On back in top left hand corner "W.A.Doubleday 9/95"tramways, trams, secv, ballarat, btm, 27, world war ii, tram 27

Set of four photographs of Bendigo trams and infrastructure photographed by Peter Duckett, late 1940s 1 - double trolley wire at a "Y" terminus showing the details of dual trolley wire - Could be either Quarry Hill or Golden Square. 2 - Bendigo trams 24 and 22 at Quarry Hill terminus - note the cream rocker panels. 3 - Bendigo 6 at Charing Cross. 4 - Bendigo 16 - after conversion to one man tram.Yields information about Bendigo trams late 1940sSet of four black and white photographs by Peter Duckett.Details the image on the rear of the print in ink.bendigo, tramcars, bendigo tramways, overhead, double trolley wire, terminals, tram 24, tram 22, tram 6, tram 16, quarry hill, charing cross

Small Trolley Axle with centre pivot, 32cm long, 4cm wide and 1cm thick. Axle bearings are formed 1.5cm diameter. Captive centre pin 14cm long, 1.5cm diameter.

Has a strong association with Richard Gilbert and yields information about the St Aidans Drive terminus prior to closure. Black and white photograph of Richard Gilbert reversing the trolley pole on No. 26 at the St Aidans drive terminus c1976. The tram has been fitted with a blind extension showing Carlton St. trams, tramways, btps, st aidans drive, tram 26

Set of three black and white photographs of activities around the tramway during November 1998 sent to the Editor of Trolley Wire - used in the February 1999 issue of Trolley Wire. All photos by Richard Gilbert. Photos taken early November 1998. 1145.1 - photo of the old fare signs with caption on the rear "Retirement at last for the Museum's original tram ride signs, in service for over twenty years, and looking like it. With the fare rise to $2 / $1 new signs were introduced." 1145.2 - Photo of crew in front of tram 26 with caption on the rear "On Springfest Day in early November, Motorman O'Neil and Conductor Giles on car 26, ready for the onslaught." - photo taken 1/11/1998. 1145.3 - photo equipment on trolley being moved around with caption on the rear - "The motor cases of car 33 are currently residing on the trolley for cleaning. Here they are being relocated to the bottom of 3 road by Al and Dave, with assistance from our youngest and keenest worker, Danny Edwards." All have captions written on back in blue ink (as noted in description) and "Richard Gilbert" in bottom right hand corner, and cropping marks in blue ink on rear.trams, tramways, trolley wire, springfest, btm, volunteers, tram ride signs, tram 26

A cheeky thief who loaded a shopping trolley with goods and walked out of a Greensborough supermarket without paying returned 10 minutes later to try it again.News article 1 page, black text, colour image.supermarket, thief, greensborough plaza

Photograph, in poor condition, of a Birney tram MMTB 217, having two trolley poles, which was unusual for 4 wheel single truck trams at Hawthorn Depot.Imported Birney tram from USABlack and white photograph slightly curled and in poor condition of MMTB tram X 217, a Birney tram manufactured in USA. tramways, mmtb, birney trams, x class 217

Has a strong association with BTM staff, Richard Gilbert c2007.Colour print of Richard Gilbert holding the trolley rope on No. 27 prior to turning the pole at Carlton St terminus. Photo c2006, prior to repainting of the tram. Photographer and date unknown at time of cataloguing, trams, tramways, btm, carlton st, trolley poles, tram 27

Yields information about Geelong 1in Ryrie St during the mid 1930's.Black and White Photograph of Geelong No.19 at the depot, with the destination of Chilwell. Shows the tramcar in detail, such as the trolley rope. Photo by John Radcliffe, 11/1/1956, three days after the first closures.In hand writing on the rear "Geelong Pengelly car 19 on depot forecourt 3 days after the fist closures." In the bottom left hand corner "11-1-56" and in the bottom right hand corner "WFS Collection / J. C. Radcliffe (Adelaide)" trams, tramways, geelong, depot, pengelly, tram 19

Photograph, B/W, A4. Near the Weeaproinah railway station (later known as Dinmont railway station) in 1907. Note the trolley with two men aboard following the line on the left-hand side.weeaproinah; dinmont; railways;

Model of a Sydney R class tram - operable - painted in Sydney Tramway colours. The Sydney Tramway Museum has a number of them in their fleet though most are stored.Demonstrates an model that represented the later type of a drop-centre saloon car type trams operated on the Sydney tram network until closure in 1961.Model of Sydney Tramways R class tram, plastic with operable trolley poles. HO Scale. Has been fitted with two different motors with "01217" marked on the smaller motor. No information as to the manufacturer.models, tramcars, sydney, r class

Illustration from a printed document of the construction of four A class trams at the Comeng factory, Dandenong. Shows them being in the fit out stage, with windows, wiring, but no trolley poles. From a Comeng publication.trams, tramways, comeng, a class, construction, commonwealth engineering

Negative No. N308 and black and white print made by a laser printer (stored in folder ) of the drivers cabin and destination box of W6 988 showing the "new type of carbon skid collector" on the trolley pole. This type of collector was to replace the trolley wheels used in Melbourne at the time. Was introduced into the Bourke St. route. Destination blind not fitted to box at time of photograph. Date of photo 19/6/1955. Negative scanned hi res and imaged updated 21/5/2020.trams, tramways, melbourne, bourke st., trolley poles, skid collector, tram w6 988

Single truck, (4 wheel), drop end California Combination tramcar, reconstructed to as built Condition, cross bench seats in drop ends, longitudinal seats in centre saloon, 2 sliding doors internally, air braked. See Destination City, Destination Eaglehawk Fares Please 1978 to 1987 for conversion back to California combination tram. Trolley Wire Aug 1984 re car mileages for 26, 27 and 28 Trolley Wire Feb. 1988 for article re conversiontrams, tram 26

Image shows Ballarat 28 at the SEC Wendouree Parade depot. Tram has two SEC roof advertisements. Note the trolley pole has been removed from the overhead.Yields information about SEC Ballarat depot and tram 28.Digital image of a Kodachrome slideballarat, trams, tramways, tram 28, depot, sec depot

A series of three Black and white photographs of tram T class 182 at the Williamstown Road terminus of the Footscray tram system, c1960. Tram photograph in Somerville Road. All showing the return destination of Russell St. .1 - Shows the shops in the background. Trolley pole reversed and appears the driver is about to enter the cab of the tram. Has the run number F6. Has a Caltex, Ampol, Kix and Caravan park sign in the background. .2 - 182 at the terminus with trolley pole reversed and under the wheel locating guard. Has Run No. F5 in the rear cabin window. .3 - ditto, but before trolley pole reversed with passengers leaving the car and one lady waiting to board. Printed on Fujichrome paper. Not known who took the photograph or when it was printed. Two copies of .1 held.Stamped in black ink on back "TMSV Sales"trams, tramways, footscray, williamstown rd, somerville rd, tram 182, t class, mmtb

number in album 03346.02Black and white photograph Peter Wilkinson and Jenny Wall volunteer members of the Rotaract Club pushing trolley fundraising for brain injury charity, as they passed through from Canberra to Melbourne. Lakes Entrance Victoriacharities, volunteering

In 1955 staff numbers were reduced to an absolute minimum with one track gang at Beech Forest and one at Colac, one of whose members resided at Gellibrand. No new sleepers were issued to the track gangs after 1955/56, cut down ones being used instead. Albert Denning, the son of a Gellibrand selector, worked at Driver's planing mill and Hitt's Lardner mill before joining Victorian Railways in 1928 as an engine cleaner at Beech Forest and Crowes, the last one in both places. He later became a track repairer at Gellibrand and worked with this and the Colac track gang until 1962. Bill Jamieson was a track repairer on the Colac-Gellibrand gang from the 1950s until 1962, and witnessed the official policy of minimum maintenance in the last years of the line.B/W. 201mm x 254mm. In c.1950, the Colac track gang near Kawarren, featuring, from left to right, Bill Jamieson, Albert Denning, and Don Loury on an NKS motor trolley..colac; kawarren; railways; track gangs;

Colour map of Perth bus routes and trolley bus routes on soft card or heavy paper. At time of the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. Title "MTT Bus Transport Information 1962" - Perth.mtt, perth, bus routes, timetables

It was constructed on a former Victorian Railways NKS type underframe and powered by a single cylinder, 500 cc B.S.A. side valve motorcycle engine to drive axle by roller chains through an 'Ariel Square Four' gearbox and has traveled on all four 2'6" narrow gauge lines that operated in the state of Victoria.Historic - Narrow Gauge Railway - Track Patrol Vehicle used by Puffing Billy Preservation Society and made from parts of a Victorian Railways track patrol vehicleMotorised small rectangular trolly made of wood and wrought iron ME1 P.B.P.S Track Construction Departmentme 1, trolley, victorian railway, 2'6" gauge, puffing billy, trolly

Photograph of some 94 traffic staff in front of the Malvern Depot, possibly near the time of the MMTB absorption of the PMTT. The employees are wearing two different styles of uniforms (63 dark and 31 light) all with caps. Shows the roller doors at the top of the depot and the overhead trolley mechanism that allowed the doors to close and bypass the trolley wire. There are four trams behind the men - each showing a different destination - Windsor, Esplanade, Mont Albert and Burke Road. The three cars on the right appear to be C class cars. Yields information about PMTT depot employees c1919Black and white print mounted onto a light brown card Under the print is a letter machine blue / white Dymo label under - "KEW DEPOT"tramways, personnel, uniforms, destination boxes, pmtt, mmtb, trams, c class, malvern depot

Part of a collection of Rose & Valentine Postcards. Copied by John Jansson 1984Black & White Postcard. view from end of Cowes Pier looking back at the Isle of Wight Hotel. Large crowd of locals on pier, some sitting on Rail Trolley. Children in foreground Gwenda & Keith MacIlwraith.local history, photography, photographs, postcards, phillip island, black & white postcard copy, cowes pier, jetties, rail trolley, macilwraith children, isle of wight, cowes

On left is Pleasant Creek Cross Reef Mine No1 Shaft, (1300 feet deep) and on right is No2 Shaft (1200 feet deep)Holtermann Black and White photographs of Stawell. April 1874. Poppet Head and winding house of Mine with town in background. Workers can be seen in centre of photo and standing on poppet head and handling ore trolleys on tramway.mining

Constructed by David Hawksworth of the UK, based on photographs and sketches of a Ballarat tram. Demonstrates model making using cardboard and model parts.Model of Ballarat 26 made from cardboard painted or colour photocopied onto cardboard and glued. Has two operable axles, each with a wheel - 30mm gauge. Trolley pole made from a plastic tube.models, tramcars, ballarat, david hawksworth