Yields information about one of the first two maximum traction bogie trams in Ballarat in October 1945 after it had been repainted for use in Ballarat by the SEC and a little photographed single truck tram No. 24. Also has pedestrians in view.Black and White photograph, No. 15 and 24 at the city stop, corner of Lydiard and Sturt Sts, with the Town Hall in the background. No 15 has the destination of Mt Pleasant. Two ladies are sitting on a seat. See also Reg item 3804 for a similar photograph from another angle. No. 15, 2nd bogie tram to arrive, 10/1945. Renumbered to No. 36 in 1953. Presumed photo taken during 1940's. See Keith Kings, The Ballarat Tramways, page 36 and The Golden City and its tramways. Additional large print added 21/3/2021tramways, trams, bogie trams, town hall, city, tram 15, tram 24

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3 NAL - Teepookana - (Mt. Lyell) O 3; 3 NBL - 1st. class saloon car (20) NAL FIRST-CLASS SALOON CAR. Four saloon end-platform cars originally built during 1901–1902 by the Lancaster Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Ltd. for the 3'6" gauge Mt. Lyell Mining & Railway Company in Tasmania and classed O. Converted for use as second-class cars on the 2'6" gauge Puffing Billy Railway during 1965–1966, these cars were reclassified NBL and numbered 1–4. The L recognises their Mt. Lyell origin, No. 1 was kept for use as the Railway's VIP car and was reconditioned to a higher standard. No. 2 was similarly upgraded in 1985 for use on special occasions. In 1989 No. 3 was similarly reconditioned with No. 4 receiving similar treatment in 1995. These cars were re-classified NAL in recognition of their new first-class nature. The Mt Lyell Railway was closed in 1963 and subsequently dismantled, but fortunately several of the locomotives and carriages passed into preservation. Purchased by Puffing Billy Preservation Society from the Mount Lyell Mining & Railway Company in the 1960s, it was converted to 2' 6" gauge. It has since given many years of service on the Puffing Billy Railway. TASMANIAN CARRIAGES & GUARDS VANS No. Builder Type Year built Ex. Location Note NAL 1 Lancaster Railway Carriage and Wagon Co Saloon 1901 Mt Lyell Railway Named Mt Lyell NAL 2 Lancaster Railway Carriage and Wagon Co Saloon 1901 Mt Lyell Railway Named Rinadeena NAL 3 Lancaster Railway Carriage and Wagon Co Saloon 1901 Mt Lyell Railway Named Teepookana NAL 4 Lancaster Railway Carriage and Wagon Co Saloon 1901 Mt Lyell Railway Named Dubbil Barril Lancaster Railway Carriage and Wagon Co The Lancaster Company was formed in 1863 and owned extensive works on the outskirts of Lancaster where it produced railway rolling stock of all descriptions, tram cars, wheels and axles, etc and had a reputation for work of a very high-class character. In 1902 Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage and Wagon Co was registered on 18 April and incorporated as a limited company to amalgamate 6 companies including Lancaster Railway Carriage and Wagon Co These works were closed in 1908 when the business was transferred to Ashbury 1st Saloon Carriage Owner Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company, Queenstown, TAS Builder Lancaster Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Ltd, England Build date 1901 - 1902 Car length 31 ft 4 in (9.55 m) Car weight 11 t (11.18 ton) Gauge Original Narrow: 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Rebuilt Narrow: 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) Configuration Bogie Capacity 1 -3: 20 Passengers 4: 28 Passengers Number in class 4 Numbers Mt. Lyell: O 2 - O 3, O 5, O 6 Puffing Billy: NBL 1 - NBL 4, NAL 1 - NAL 4, Mt. Lyell, Teepookana, Rinadeena, Dubbil Barril First run 1901 No. Name Location In Service Withdrawn Condition Livery NAL 1 Mt Lyell, NBL 1 Puffing Billy Reclassed from O 5. Recoded to NAL 1. Operational NAL 2 Teepookana, NBL 2 Puffing Billy Converted from O 2. Upgraded - 1985. Recoded to NAL 2. Operational NAL 3 Rinadeena, NBL 3 Puffing Billy Converted from O 3. Upgraded - 1989. Converted to NAL 3. Operational NAL 4 Dubbil Barril, NBL 4 Puffing Billy Converted from O 6. Upgraded - 1995. Converted to NAL 4. Operational Historic - Industrial Narrow Gauge railway - Mt. Lyell Mining & Railway Company in Tasmania - 1st Class Saloon Carriage1st. class saloon car made of Timber and steel3 NAL - Teepookanapuffing billy railway

4 NAL - Dubbil Barril - (Mt. Lyell) O 6; 4 NBL - 1st. class saloon car (28) NAL FIRST-CLASS SALOON CAR. Four saloon end-platform cars originally built during 1901–1902 by the Lancaster Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Ltd. for the 3'6" gauge Mt. Lyell Mining & Railway Company in Tasmania and classed O. Converted for use as second-class cars on the 2'6" gauge Puffing Billy Railway during 1965–1966, these cars were reclassified NBL and numbered 1–4. The L recognises their Mt. Lyell origin, No. 1 was kept for use as the Railway's VIP car and was reconditioned to a higher standard. No. 2 was similarly upgraded in 1985 for use on special occasions. In 1989 No. 3 was similarly reconditioned with No. 4 receiving similar treatment in 1995. These cars were re-classified NAL in recognition of their new first-class nature. The Mt Lyell Railway was closed in 1963 and subsequently dismantled, but fortunately several of the locomotives and carriages passed into preservation. Purchased by the Puffing Billy Presevation Society from the Mount Lyell Mining & Railway Company in the 1960s and converted to 2' 6" gauge. It has since given many years of service on the Puffing Billy Railway. TASMANIAN CARRIAGES & GUARDS VANS No. Builder Type Year built Ex. Location Note NAL 1 Lancaster Railway Carriage and Wagon Co Saloon 1901 Mt Lyell Railway Named Mt Lyell NAL 2 Lancaster Railway Carriage and Wagon Co Saloon 1901 Mt Lyell Railway Named Rinadeena NAL 3 Lancaster Railway Carriage and Wagon Co Saloon 1901 Mt Lyell Railway Named Teepookana NAL 4 Lancaster Railway Carriage and Wagon Co Saloon 1901 Mt Lyell Railway Named Dubbil Barril Lancaster Railway Carriage and Wagon Co The Lancaster Company was formed in 1863 and owned extensive works on the outskirts of Lancaster where it produced railway rolling stock of all descriptions, tram cars, wheels and axles, etc and had a reputation for work of a very high-class character. In 1902 Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage and Wagon Co was registered on 18 April and incorporated as a limited company to amalgamate 6 companies including Lancaster Railway Carriage and Wagon Co These works were closed in 1908 when the business was transferred to Ashbury.Historic - Industrial Narrow Gauge railway - Mt. Lyell Mining & Railway Company in Tasmania - 1st Class Saloon Carriage1st. class saloon car made of Timber and steel4 NAL - Dubbil Barrilpuffing billy railway, narrow gauge

Notice to Passengers titled "La Trobe St tram service" advising that from 3/11/1952 services from North Balwyn, Mont Albert, East Preston and West Preston would be operated using La Trobe St during the am and pm peaks. Gives details of the services, times, and a list of first and last trams. Dated 27/10/1952 and signed by F G Wraith as Manager.Yields information about the use of the La Trobe St line by suburban trams.Notice - printed on foolscrap size paper.Has "Mr Rigaldi" in pencil in top left hand corner.tramways, la trobe st, timetables

Set of four tram tickets, late 1920s, all MMTB, with the same layout though different pricing. 1 - 2d - green paper - No. 197269 with an advert for Osram Valves - British General Electric Co. Ltd 2 - 2d - green paper - No. 527291 with an advert for Stephens Ink 3 - 3d - pink, No. 870414, with an advert for Kiwi Polish 4 - 4d - fawn - No. 688076, with an advert for Stephens Fountain Pen Ink. All these tickets were recovered by the donor from the inside of a tramcar that was sold by the MMTB during 1928.Yields information about the type of tickets issued by the MMTB late 1920s. Set of four paper tram tickets on coloured paper with black printing.tramways, tickets, melbourne, mmtb

Newspaper reporting on the new East Burwood line. Page 1 - Photo of 857 on a first unofficial trip - with some local ALP involvement. Page 3 - Then and Now - looking back to 1916 with an opening photo to Warragul Road Page 6 - Full page advert of the new timetable for East Burwood commencing Thursday 20/7/1978 Page 9 - "On its way" - with a photo of the a Z class running past the former terminus Page 10 - "Transport tale told in trams" - featuring four types of trams - Hawthorn horse, cable tram, C 26 and Z1. See item 8268 for the formal opening photo and newspaper report.Yields information about the East Burwood tramway extension.Set of five sheets from the Box Hill Gazette - 18/7/1978.tramways, new tramways, east burwood, tramway opening, tram 857, warragul road

Set of two photos of Y1 class tram No. 610 on a tour on the Royal Park line 1/9/1971 for Dave Macartney - see image 3 for the timetable. The second photo shows the tram reversing at the Royal Park crossover with the railway station in the background. Note the open ballast style track and railway style weighted point lever.Yields information about the Royal Park tram line.Set of two Kodachrome cardboard mounted slides.tramways, tramcars, y1 class, tram 610, royal park, railways, tour

Photograph of Advertising tram W7 1024, painted for Dulux paints in Waverley Road, East Malvern, route 3 to the City. In the background is G N Hendy fibrous plaster manufacturing works. Photo dated 30-10-1971Yields information about the use of advertising tram 1024.Kodachrome cardboard mounted slide.tramways, tramcars, w7 class, advertising trams, tram 1024, east malvern, waverley rd

Image of page 33 of the 17 Dec 1910 issue of The Weekly Times with a photo page titled "Sorrento: A favourite holiday resort", featuring: 1 - Arrival of the Excursionists - photo shows the pier and a steamer with people walking to the tram 2 - Rocks on the coast 3 - The back beach from Point Coppin 4 - A glimpse of the business portion of Sorrento 5 - Tram terminus back beach 6 - A study (yacht) outward bound 7 - Point Coppin from the back beach 8 - View looking toward front beach from Amphitheatre road. see http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222543442Yields information about the Sorrento steam trams and Sorrento itself.Digital image from a newspapertramways, sorrento, steam trams, tourist trips

Photograph shows tramway traffic inspectors looking at Gibson ticket machine that has caused a strike at the Footscray bus depot over the use of one-man buses. Details of the event are give in the Melbourne Herald 20/11/1953 - see first reference for the Trove link. The strike also stopped the tram services. Des Shooter Union Delegate was suspended over the issue - Reference trove link 2 and 3 for for developments of the story. Note the "traffic" numbers on the caps of the inspectors - see item 8336 for these. See item 9321 for another report on a dispute in 1955.Yields information about a dispute at Footscray depot in 1953 over one man buses and ticket machines.Black and white photograph with an undated press cutting on the rear."Misc-trams-employees" in red ink, a unreadable date stamp and "Trams Vict" on rear in pencil.tramcars, tramways, drivers, buses, footscray, strikes, ticket machines, one-man buses

Used to stamp sheets at tram depots for correspondence. 1 - Manager Revenue systems 2 - Regional Operations Manager Western 3 - ATM Revenue Head Office - probably should have read "MTA Revenue Head Office"Demonstrates MTA rubber stamps used for correspondence sheets.Set of three MTA stamps - red painted wood block with a black plastic handle and cast rubber adhered to the wooden block.tramways, tickets, revenue clerks, mta, revenue office

These photographs show staff in brown coloured uniform leaning out of/standing beside W class driver's cab showing Kew Depot run number 31. All have a advert for K L Dowling Real Estate on the front dash panel.Yields information about multicultural nature of workforceSet of three black and white photographs with pencil notes on rearDriver Robert Anthony Kerr Pakistan Kew Depot 1979, Driver Khac Cang Tran Vietnam Kew Depot 1979, Driver Tran and Conductress Ngoc Nga To Vietnam Kew Depot 1979tram, w class, kew depot, run number, brown uniform, multiculture

Contains reports from Union officials including the Hexham Train crash of July 2002, reports on the unraveling of rail privatisation in Victoria, the demise of National Express, and a report by Lou Di Gregorio titled "Bright future for Trammies" including an agreement for the Bendigo Trust.Demonstrates a RTBU quarterly publication for its members.Magazine - A4 - 20 pages full colour, centre stapled titled "RTBU Tram & Bus Worker" - Spring 2002, Vol 10, No. 3.tramways, unions, rtbu, national express, privatisation

Set of letters written to Brian Cotter of the MMTB or MTA from 1977 to 1987 as either Special Clerk or Operations Project Office thanking him and or others for their work to facilitate tramway arrangements. 1 - Crawford Productions - 16/11/1977 - The Sullivans 2 - ditto - 27/4/1978 3 - ditto - 29/11/1978 - Christmas 3A - ditto - 30/4/1979 4 - ditto 30/5/1980 - The Sullivans - filming a segment on a tram 5 - The film house - 3/6/1980 6 - Crawford Productions 1/7/1982 - The Sullivans 7 - Fresh Flicks - 4/10/1982 - filming a new tram - Connie Snyders, 8 - National Book Council - 30/11/1982 - promotion - inspectors Turnball, Katina, Hawkings, Hornidge and La Rocca 9 - John Sexton Productions - Phar Lap - 10/1/1983 10 - Filmwings - undated 11 - Schofield, Sherbon Baker - 5/8/1983, and Mr McLeod 12 - Aust Broadcasting Commission - 15/12/1983 - "The Young Wife" and Mr Alan Parkins 13 - ditto - 12/7/1984 - "The Fast Lane" and Jack Bevis and Bruce Johnson 14 - Queen Victoria Medical Centre - 15/10/1985 - tram 676 and Mr Bernie Low 15 - ditto - 18/11/1985 - 676 and the Transit Band 16 - Fun Day at Wattle Park - tram 676 and Transit Band - 17/11/1985 17 - MTA - Kevin Shea - 11/11/1985 for 100 year celebrations 18 - Goosey Ltd - 16/9/1986 - filming 19 - Caulfield Festival - 17/12/1986 - for the Peace Tram 20 - Great Southern films - 2/2/1987 - filming for a TV commercial - also Tom Walton, Joe Kausey, Kevin Cooper and Dave Thomas. 21 - USP Needham - 16/10/1985 - TV shoots set of envelopes and cards from Crawford ProductionsDemonstrates thank you letters for assistance by the MMTB for filming for local productions using trams.Set of 20 letters, generally A4 size, one A5 and three envelopes.tramways, mmtb, mta, the met, filming, films, tv broadcasts, crawford producitons

Used by The Metropolitan Transport Authority (The Met) to provide a multi-journey trip ticket within a nominated City (CBD) area. Could be used for 10 trips. A check ticket was issued by a conductor for each trip made. Has details of the availability on the rear. Notes that the ticket is available for trams, buses and light rail. Two different versions - priced at $7.20 and one unpriced. The first has The Met logo on the rear (see item 6313 for $5.60 version). The unpriced version has the PTC logo on the rear, indicating a later issue. c1990.Demonstrates a multi-use ticket used by The Met in the City area of Melbourne.Set of 3 City Savers, printed on green card with a map of the available CBD travel area on the rear. Nos - 37482, 37494, and 277526. All have been stamped "Cancelled"public transport, tickets, the met, tramways, city saver, ptc

Information card for tram crews about the phone numbers to ring, either Radio Centre or Carlton Control (electrical) in the event if an incident. Gives the phone numbers, hours, and a public number. Has both 6 digit and 7 digit numbers. Second cards for Carlton Control and Fleet Operations Centre and district mangers/superintendents. Third copy has District Managers, District Superintendent numbers and Revenue office with red suffixesDemonstrates a tram crew information card regarding contact phone numbers.Document - printed card on manila paper - set of 3mmtb, radio centre, carlton control, tramways

Second of four documents compiled by Alf Twentyman about the history of Melbourne cable trams. The first seven pages list each cable car or trailer (1 to 601) and its depot, including some notes on their individual disposal. Page 15 lists additions to the fleet of cars - 1-7-1916 to 3-6-2024 including numbers and notes. Pages 16 to 37 provide cable and track diagrams and notes on St Kilda Junction, Collins and Market St, City Road & Clarendon St, Elizabeth St, Spring-Albert and Brunswick Sts, Swanston St, (Princes Bridge to Lonsdale St) and Lonsdale St to Russell St, Spencer St and Flinders St including the Bourke St terminus, Clifton Hill terminus, Nicholson and Gertrude, Spring and Nicholson, Lygon Elgin and Rathdowne Sts, various terminal arrangements and car shed access, Queensberry and Abbotsford, St Kilda Road, Chapel and Wellington, Acland St and other notes on the last pages.Demonstrates the recording and drawing work of Alf Twentyman and his notes.Exercise book - printed for Scotch College, ruled in an accounting ledger format - 40 pages with red card covers.On cover in ink "A E Twentyman, Inter Maths B Ledger"tramways, cable trams, alf twentyman, history, track plans, records

Set of three Victorian Railways Rail & Tram weekly Periodicals with conditions of travel on the rear, See reference page 124 and Figure 6-27. Such tickets were introduced on 1/7/1939. All tickets were available for 14 tram trips only, but unlimited rail trips: 1 - Balcombe Road and Melbourne - First Class - white card - No. 1346, marked cancelled 13/5/1939 2 - Sandringham and cnr Bluff Road and Royal Ave - white card - Male, No. 41618, price 1/3 with a red 1 (first class?) - stamped cancelled 3 - North Road and Melbourne - white card overprinted in pink to leave a cross, Female, No. 506, Second class, with cancelled hand written on the front.Demonstrates a Victorian Railways Rail and Tram weekly tickets for both their tramways and the changes made over time. May have been used for training samples.Set of three printed card tickets with over printing and hand writing as shown.tickets, vr, vr trams, victorian railways, st kilda brighton tramway, weekly tickets, sandringham to black rock

Set of 5 Tram Scholars's Concession Ticket - all printed with the heading "St Kilda and Brighton Electric Street Railway", See reference page 126 for background. Type used between Jan 1915 and 1928. Gives hours of availability, not available or holidays or during school vacations. Three have been overstamped "Not Available for smoking compartments". All have plain backs. See item 7799 for a used sample and associated correspondence. 1 - No 3126, sections 1 and 2, price 4/6 2 - No. 2895, 1 and 2 adjoining sections price 4/6 3 - No. 1998 - three adjoining sections, price 5/- 4 - No. 398 - four adjoining sections, price 6/3 5 - No. 294 - dittoDemonstrates a set of Victorian Railways Scholar's tickets used on the St Kilda Brighton tramway.Set of five card tickets - all have been stamped "Cancelled" by the Auditor of Receipts.tickets, vr, vr trams, victorian railways, st kilda brighton tramway, scholar's tickets

Scholar's concession ticket available for 60 trips, No. 1588, fare 14/3 between Sandringham and Balcombe Road by the Co-ordinated Motor Coach service. See reference 165 and figure 7-82 for an example. Has been cancelled in red ink. Has hours of availability and conditions of use printed on the ticket.Demonstrates a set of Victorian Railways Scholar's tickets used on the former Sandringham - Black Rock service replacement bus service.Printed card ticket, with tape on the outside fold.tickets, vr, vr trams, victorian railways, scholar's tickets, sandringham to black rock, buses

Set of 10 Monthly tickets for the Sandringham based Co-ordinated Motor Coach service. See reference 165 and figure 7-78 for an example. Tickets were available for unlimited bus travel and were introduced in Sept. 1957. All dated July 1964 using blue card except for one dated June 1962 and most likely used as a training set. AF - Adult Female, AM - Adult Male 1 - Sandringham Beaumaris AF - 001, 002 2 - Sandringham Balcombe Rd AF 002, 004 and 005 3 - ditto - AM - 004, 005 4 - Sandringham - Royal Ave - AM - 001 5 - ditto - AF - 000 6 - Sandringham - Haydens Rd - June 1962, pink card - AM - unnumbered.Demonstrates a set of Victorian Railways monthly tickets used on the former Sandringham - Black Rock service replacement bus service.Set of 10 printed card tickets, all with trimmed or 45 degree corners.tickets, vr, vr trams, victorian railways, sandringham to black rock, buses, monthly

Tickets sold on trams for a through journey to Melbourne, the format indicating the availability. See reference 120 and figure 6-1 for an example. 1 - Brighton Beach to Melbourne First class - 55591 2 - ditto - first class return - 45158 3 - Vautier St to Melbourne - first class - both numbered 41723 - training set? 4 - ditto - return first class - both numbered 41700Demonstrates a set of Victorian Railways tram - rail tickets for use on the St Kilda Brighton tramway.Set of 6 Edmondson style railway tickets, printed on pasteboard and cancelled.tickets, vr, vr trams, victorian railways, st kilda - brighton

Set of two sheets of paper tickets - 3 x 1d and 2 x 1.5d, unnumbered for the Sandringham - Beaumaris electric tramway - possibly printed as a sample for discussion. This style of ticket was used for child fares. The reference pages 129 to 130 and figure 6-24 refer. This shortlived tramway 1926 to 1931 was known as "B Division" and would have allowed separate financial accounting. Demonstrates a set of tickets that were likely produced for discussion purposes for the Sandringham to Beaumaris tram line.Set of 2 sets of paper tickets on salmon coloured paper, price printed in blue ink.tickets, vr, vr trams, victorian railways, sandringham to black rock, beaumaris

Issued to drivers to aid fault finding of modified W class, A class and Z class trams. undated c2000.Yields information about fault finding for trams by drivers.Set of 3 laminated sheets for tram fault finding - cheat sheets.tramways, training, a class, z class, w class, faults

Set of the three drawings of the Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust (PMTT) Depot in Glenferrie Road, Malvern. 1 - Drawing No. 22 - Sheet No. 1 - Contract No. 8 - "Car shed offices and converter station buildings" - by Noyes Bros, dated 10/10/1909 2 - Drawing No. 23 - Sheet No. 2 - Contract No. 8 - Plan view of above - shows the first three roads or tracks within a larger building. Shows the room layout of the first depot building. 3 - Drawing No. 156 - Layout of Offices, car depot, and substation - c1920 - showing additional buildings, floor plans, extensions and the small four road workshop on the northside of Coldblo Road.Yields information about Malvern tram depot by the PMTT.Set of three prints on paper from a larger drawing reduced to A3 size.trams, tramways, depots, pmtt, malvern depot, drawings, noyes bros

Form for reporting accidents for both trams and buses, dated August 1975, form No. 3/263. Provides spaces for information about a traffic accidents, witnesses, vehicles, diagram of the scene, details of the event, damage, and for a general description of the accident with space for signatures. Asks Depot Masters to see that form is fully and intelligently made out.Demonstrates a MMTB Accident report form.Document of form - foolscap sheet printed both sides. Three copies held.trams, tramways, forms, accidents, reports, claims

Manufactured by the Bell Punch Company Ltd of London as the "Ultimate Fare System", for issuing bus and tram tickets. Used by the MMTB for street sellers at Safety Zones in Melbourne. See items 7504 for a roll of 10c MMTB tickets and 7889 for a circular regarding their introduction in 1951. The machine was received from the donor with five rolls of NSW bus tickets - 3 Section, 25c, 45c, 60c and $1.00. Demonstrates a ticket machine used at Melbourne tram stops by "Safety Zone sellers".Complex apparatus consisting of metal parts, grey frame, levers, numbering counters, fitted with a cloth strap with clips and brown plastic backing. Contains five rolls of paper tickets. Strap 25mm wide x 1100 long leather with clips.Engraved on the top part "MMTB No 9"tickets, ultimate, mmtb, machine issued tickets, ticket machines