Yields information about the use of the bogie cars when first introduced to Ballarat.Negative and Digital image of the Wal Jack Ballarat Negative file of a new bogie tram at the City stop in Sturt and Lydiard Sts, with the destination of Victoria St. The Town Hall is in the background. Most likely No. 22, based on Reg Item 5273 - 16/12/1945trams, tramways, city loop, sturt st, tram 22

Yields information about a new depot for Ballarat - the track plan proposed but not followed through for ESCo. Gives the layout and the proposed manufacturer Hadfield's.Print made from a microfilm using a microfilm printer, of "Ballarat Plan 6", a drawing showing trackwork for a new tram depot proposed for the ESCo owned property near the power house. Shows an 8 track tram depot in association with existing Wendouree Parade trackwork. Prepared by Hadfield's Sheffield, drawing No. 6745 as Plan No. 6. Gives details of the proposed rail weights - 90lb and 83lb and location details. Drawing held as one complete assembled print and two part prints. The assembled print was scanned. Note not printed at full size. See Alan Bradley article on the Power Station and power supply to Ballarat.depot, trackwork, ballarat, esco, hadfield's

Magazine - 24 pages - A4 full gloss paper - central stapled titled "ASEA Journal 1977 - Vol. 50 - No. 4", published by ASEA Pty Ltd. Has an article "New Trams for Melbourne" - written by Lars Friden, ASEA Transport division and Ross Coltman of ASEA Lilydale. Includes information on the tram itself, background, contractors, design, equipment, control equipment, internal and external photographs, under floor layout, bogies, electrical diagrams, panels, and layouts. See also Reg item 1603 for September 1976 issue about the 50th Z class delivery. 2nd copy added 10-1-2019trams, tramways, asea, sweden, mmtb, z class, electrical equipment, controllers

Newspaper Clipping - set of three adhered to both sides of a sheet of ruled quarto paper with punched holes on the left hand side - The Sun Newspaper 7/1/1969. 1 - Cartoon - Jeff ' - with Henry Bolte driving a tram, with $ signs, and a sign for the donation of a Silver coin - following the introduction of new tram and train fares. (2nd copy cut from newspaper added 30/7/2020 from donation of Robert Green) 2 - "Cheaper on the Outer" about the increasing the suburban fare zone and revised fares. 3 - "What you'll pay by rail" - a table of old and new fares for a list of suburban stations.trams, tramways, tickets, railways, fares, cartoons

Colour slide of a new Z class tram at Preston workshops on stands being fitted out. TMSV duplicate slide - MP175.Yields information about PCC car 1041, a prototype all electric tramcar Kodachrome colour slides, duplicate cardboard mount.tramways, z class, new tram, preston workshops

One(1) New South Wales tram ticket, 5c-6d(five cents or sixpence), No. PB50682.Printed in black with a mauve cross placed over the printing on the front.person, individual, basil miller

Item written by Shaunagh O'Connor for the Herald Sun at the time of the publication of a book, "Trams and Streetscapes, Metropolitan Melbourne 1950's 1960's edited by Emile G Badaway and John Sargent and published by Train Hobby Publications. Features photos of W2 231 in Flinders St, T181 in North Fitzroy and Footscray, W6 982 in Bourke St, W2 636 in Market St, W3 667 in Swanston St, Y1 613 in Elizabeth St and X1 677 in Footscray. Features in the centre a photo of the photographer, Keith Atkinson. Keith was a Ballarat Tramway Museum member and benefactor.Yields information about publication of a book, the photographer and his work.Newspaper - centre page titled Tracked on film - Keith Atkinson, from the Melbourne Herald Sun, 9/1/2001 featuring a story on a new book of tram photographs. trams, books, keith atkinson, melbourne, train hobby publications

Item written by Shaunagh O'Connor for the Herald Sun at the time of the publication of a book, "Trams and Streetscapes, Metropolitan Melbourne 1950's 1960's edited by Emile G Badaway and John Sargent and published by Train Hobby Publications. Features photos of W2 231 in Flinders St, T181 in North Fitzroy and Footscray, W6 982 in Bourke St, W2 636 in Market St, W3 667 in Swanston St, Y1 613 in Elizabeth St and X1 677 in Footscray. Features in the centre a photo of the photographer, Keith Atkinson.Yields information about publication of a book, the photographer and his work.Newspaper - centre page titled Tracked on film - Keith Atkinson, from the Melbourne Herald Sun, 9/1/2001 featuring a story on a new book of tram photographs. tramways, trams, w2 class, t class, books, w3 class, x1 class, w2 231, t 181, w6 982, y1 613, w2 636, x1 677

Black and white photograph showing W4 class tram No. 674 westbound to St Kilda Beach in Fitzroy St with the Edmaro building (31 Fitzroy St) in the background. The tram appears to be fairly new. The tram was built and entered service in September 1935 and is now at Whiteman Park Perth.Yields information about tram 674Photograph with Ken Magor stamp on the rearHas in ink "per RS" trams, tramways, w4 class, tram 674, fitzroy st

Colour print of the drivers console of a new Z class tram, c1975, with seated driver. The street image in front of the driver may not be actual. MMTB Photograph? Two copies heldtrams, tramways, z class, interiors, drivers

Memorandum, typed foolscap, 8 sheets, titled "Memo to Members of the Board - The Bourke Street - Nicholson Street and Clifton Hill and Northcote Conversion" dated 13/10/1938. The report looks at major English cities, excluding London, transport to developing housing areas outside existing transport links, costs of conversion compared to buses, success of diesel buses (referred to as crude oil buses), construction of new tram lines, use of trolley buses and tables looking at the cost and revenues for each routes, comparison of service levels, capital costs and other factors. Recommends that the Collingwood cable line be closed as soon as practicable. See also Reg Item 934 for a bound copy of his full overseas tour report.trams, tramways, mmtb, bourke st, conversion, double deck buses, tours, overseas tours, buses, trolley buses, uk, costs, housing

Contains full colour photographs of Australian & New Zealand trams - Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Hobart, Dunedin, Christchurch Trolley bus, Brisbane. Includes photos of trams that visited Melbourne - Porto 018, Lisbon C008, and Adelaide Flexity 111 on test at Preston Workshops. Also includes a photo of two of C2 class trams, in their Bumblebee livery/Demonstrates production of calendars featuring tram photographs, with photographs of trams on test in Melbourne.Wall Calendar - heavy card covers, 28 gloss art pages inside, titled "Trams - 2010" with a punched hole along the top edge to enable wall use.tramways, melbourne, adelaide, sydney, dunedin, christchurch, brisbane, hobart, c2 class

Black and white negative by Wal Jack of the then Preston Depot, Thornbury Depot from St Georges Road, 19-1-1941. A man in a white jacket is sweeping the curve track. Inside the new shed, trams W2 477? (showing City Route 9D), 644 (Thornbury Route 9) and 444 (Thornbury Route 9D)trams, tramways, preston depot, thornbury depot, st georges road, w2 class, route 9, route 9d, tram 477?, tram 644, 444

Set of three photocopied notices onto foolscap, heat sensitive paper, c1937, with details of alterations due to revised or new tram routes. All signed S. M. Richardson as Manager. .1 - "Notice to Passengers - Through routing of Preston and South Melbourne Services" Gives new route numbers. Dated 10th July 1937. .2 - "Notice to Passengers - Extension of Brighton Cemetery tramway via Hawthorn Road, to Point Nepean Rd, East Brighton" - November 1937, part of copy missing on left hand side. Opening date to be 5th December 1937. .3 - "Notice to Passengers - Collingwood cable tramway bus service on Sunday mornings", gives details of bus times and frequency - and commencement times for the cable trams. Dated 3rd November 1937.trams, tramways, preston, south melbourne, east brighton, hawthorn rd, opening, routes, buses, cable trams, collingwood

Report - approx. 55 A4 photocopied sheets - bound with white comb binding, with embossed leather imitation grey card covers, titled "Symposium 'Electric Traction Systems' ", presented by the Institution of Engineers Australia, Vic Div, Tues 6/5/1975. Contains three papers: 1 - "Electricity of Transportation" - R. G. Chapman, SEC 2 - "Electric vehicles for Street Transport:" - F. D. Snell - MMTB 3 - "Electric Railways" - A. Firth - VR Paper 2 looks at the history of the MMTB system, the W class tram, control systems, lack of new trams in the 1960's, ordering of the Z class tram, its specification and manufacture, 980, 1041 and other forms of public transport on roads - trolley buses, gadgetbahns, and lots of possibilities of new systems including battery vehicles.On rear in ink in top right hand corner "D. W. Lees"trams, tramways, reports, mmtb, tramcars, pcc class, z class, melbourne, history, trolley buses, electrical engineering, controllers

Image from CD (Compact Diskette for use in computers) - see Reg Item 135. Image titled "Kew Burke Rd' on CD, of looking at the East Kew Tram terminus with the city skyline in the background, c1925. Photo published in the Bellcord No. 16, Oct. 2012. From the article with the photograph; The terminus was located at the intersection of High St, Burke, Kilby and Doncaster Roads. We are at the outer edges of Melbourne’s suburbia at the time, unlike the current tram terminus of today. Burke Road, north of Doncaster Road is clearly under construction in preparation for the new river crossing. The vacant block of land in the foreground will remain so for another ten years or so. In 1960 the new Dickens Supermarket was built on this site and the intersection became known locally as Dickens Corner. The narrow track on the left hand side of the photo is Doncaster Road. The tram at the terminus is a straight-sill single trucker of one of the G, K, Q or R classes. It is finished in the late MMTB chocolate and cream livery. A cable grip car body has been placed as a tram shelter at the terminus. The church was subsequently relocated to Francis Street Yarraville where it still stands today as a private residence. Behind the large hedge on the south side of High Street is Smith’s Dairy. Part of this land would be sold to the MMTB for a planned new tram depot Behind the large hedge on the south side of High Street is Smith’s Dairy. Part of this land would be sold to the MMTB for a planned new tram depot but by the early 1960s it was transferred to the Education Department for construction of the Kew High School. The last portion of the dairy closed in the 1970s.trams, tramways, kew, burke rd, east kew, doncaster rd

Image shows a newspaper photo of a new W Class tram body being transported by horse drawn jinker from the body builders. Possibly from J Moore of South Melbourne.The W Class Trams were a highly successful design of trams for Melbourne. The body of a MMTB Tram being delivered by horse drawn jinker from the body builders to a depot.tramways, trams, w class trams, horse drawn jinker

Book titled "Melbourne's Tramways in 1974" written by David R. Keenan. Details the operation of the Melbourne Tramway system prior to the introduction of the then new Z class trams, in the final decade of the MMTB, its operations, track, training, management, power supplies, tickets and other operational systems. Includes notes on services, tramcar fleet allocation, depots, fare sections and running times. Has introduction by author looking at Melbourne compared to other tramway systems around the world at the time and acknowledgements. Two copies held. Yields information about Melbourne Tramways in 1974.Forty Eight page book stapled with a fold out track map at rear contained within a glued light card cover. Printed on gloss paper with many black and white photos. Book titled "Melbourne's Tramways in 1974" written by David R. Keenan. Details the operation of the Melbourne Tramway system prior to the introduction of the then new Z class trams, in the final decade of the MMTB, its operations, track, training, management, power supplies, tickets and other operational systems. Includes notes on services, tramcar fleet allocation, depots, fare sections and running times. Has introduction by author looking at Melbourne compared to other tramway systems around the world at the time and acknowledgements. Two copies held. On the front cover in black ink "Ex ARHS Archives". Copy 2 has a price sticker "2.25" in top right hand corner.trams, tramways, melbourne, mmtb, tramways, tramcars

Yields information about the construction of the depot building for the BTPS in the south Gardens Reserve and the landscape at the time.Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, dated Tuesday, 16/5/1972 titled " 'Home' for trams". Features a photograph of the erected steelwork for the new BTPS tram depot in the South Gardens Reserve. One of a large group of newspaper cuttings from John Bainbridge, 7/4/02. See Reg Item 3819 for a print of the actual photograph.btps, depot, buildings

Image shows a 1924 newspaper photo of one of the new W Class trams in service. The photo caption gives details of the tram including its length. It has the destination of St Kilda Road.The W Class Trams were a highly successful design of trams for Melbourne. W 220 was the second W Class tram built. Photo was taken in 1924 showing this tram with St Kilda Road on the destination board. Note there is no destination route number box.tramways, trams, st kilda road, tram 220, w class trams

Each copy consists of a chapter, one page titled "Early History", five pages titled "Part 1 - Horse Trams - Ballarat 1887 - 1905, Sebastopol 1893 - 1912, Ballarat East Nil" Notes on the construction of the tramway, opening, personalities, Julien Battery tram, and half a page titled "Bits of Interest". The 3rd chapter, 3 pages, titled "Part 2 - Electric Trams - Ballarat 1905, Ballarat East, Sebastopol 1912". Notes the early power supply history in Ballarat, opening of the electric routes, (conversion of horse trams to electric), and the purchase of new trams ex Melbourne 1930. Chapter ends with 3 short paragraphs notes on the SEC taking over, Conductresses during the war and reconstruction. Author - unknown - possibly the SEC, Les Denmead and others - notes the scrubber car still in service in 1969? See also item 106 and 6419 for similar documents.Yields detailed information about the history of Ballarat's tramways.Three copies of a typed manuscript titled "Ballarat Tramways" - 18 foolscap pages. Each document has been typed, 1.5 line spacing on foolscap paper, 2nd and 3rd copies are carbon copies.On front cover of copy 1 hand written in black ink "BTPS No. 419". Copy 3 has "Incomplete" on the top right hand corner.trams, tramways, manuscript, ballarat tramways, ballarat, horse trams, esco, statistics

Features a photo of a cooking lesson in Electra Hall and the Mayor of Ballarat driving No. 30, following its conversion to the Ballarat style of trams in September the previous year at the time of the inauguration of the new rolling stock. Notes the progress in Ballarat in the last 18 months, reconditioning of the tram lines, the "new" trams, the changeover from DC to AC, new sub-stations, distribution networks and electrical development, including work at the power station. Has an "Important Notice" advising readers of the scope of the Departmental Journal "CONTACT" and its relationship with the social and sporting activities magazine "SEC MAGAZINE". See Reg Item 3011 for a print of the photo of No. 30. Record revised 3/4/2019 to add digital images with those from Andrew Cook CD and to include an item titled "A Page from Geelong" about a fractured pole, two minutes of silence and the impact on power generation and a thankyou letter. Demonstrates the reporting and promotion of SEC activities to its staff and public in Ballarat.Photocopy of an article in the State Electricity Commission of Victoria Magazine, Contact, Vol 1, No. 1, May 1936 titled "Progress in Ballarat". trams, tramways, sec, ballarat, electricity supply, tramcars, power station, electra hall, geelong, poles

Yields information about the relocation of the single truck trams from the old SEC depot to the new BTPS depot in the gardens and partly how it was done.Newspaper cutting from The Courier, Ballarat Monday 17/7/1972 of tram 27 in Wendouree Parade, the previous Saturday, while being moved into the new depot. Tram parked at the future depot junction. Has destination of Mt. Pleasant and a Twin Lakes sign. See Reg. item 1788 and 1789 for further references. See Reg Item 3821 for a print of the actual photograph.btps, moving trams, depot junction

Provides information about the construction of the Bourke Street lines, silent trams, overhead installation and replacement buses. Shows the emphasis on the use of silent trams.Yields information about the construction of new silent trams and the Bourke Street lines.Set of three newspaper clippings regarding Bourke St construction and new silent trams. 1 - "1000th tram so quiet it wasn't seen" - dated 31 May 1955 - The Argus 2 - "Silent tram for Bourke Street" - dated 20 June 1955 - Photo by Geoff Grant 3 - "Trams to Replace East Brunswick Buses Soon" - dated 29 Mar 1956 - The AgeDated with a hand date stamp.tramways, trams, bourke street, new tramways, bus replacement, silent trams, tram 1000

Single printed page with nine photos of Wanganui New Zealand trams, most of tram bodies after completion of service and on the other side, six photos of transport in Australia - 1 Sydney bus and last piece of tram track, four of Brisbane and one of Melbourne - W2 385 and another W2 tramcar. on white paper. Australian photos by Alan Smith. Possible source of sheet is NZ Tramway topics.trams, tramways, wanganui, brisbane, melbourne, sydney

Black and white photograph of W7 1012 at the then new Bourke St terminus. Tram has the destination of Exhibition and route 95. In the background is the Mail Exchange and the Spencer St. Station.trams, tramways, bourke st, opening, new tramway, w7 class, exhibition, route 95, tram 1012

Single sheet of paper, folded to from a four page newsletter, titled "METRA News, the news vehicle for MMTB employees" and dated Winter 1980. Has the title printed in red ink and uses the same colour for other titles for items with the newssheet.. Items of interest: 1. Bourke St. Mall 2. Senior citizens help design new tram - Z3 class trams 3. Bus only lane in Johnston Street 4. Education of City Police 5. An extensive item on people, new employees, promotions - including the promotion of BTM Board Member Greg Rodgers to Trainer Drivers at Camberwell. A number of these people have been underlined or circled in red ink. 6. Depot employees' social and facility fund 7. Profile on R.C.Dummond, Traffic Manager 8. Wilbur's corner - a review of out of court settlements for accidents. 9. Two cartoons by AugustineRed ink circling or underling specific employee names in the people section.trams, tramways, mmtb, bourke st, bus only lane, accidents

Magazine cutting or photocopy of an article titled "Trams to Replace buses in Melb's Bourke St Lines", from the September 1943 issue of Truck and Bus Transportation. Quotes MMTB Chairman Mr Bell, Premier Mr. Dunstan. Notes problems with the extra war time traffic, not coping with maintenance issues, problems with double deck passengers, passengers not wanting to use upstairs, trams superior for the short haul, Fisherman's Bend services, number of buses and that the Board is building new trams, the SW6. Notes service schedules to Northcote, could operate Bourke St with 55 trams instead of 74 buses. Notes the work to consider replacement done by Mr. Simpson, the Acting Manager. Has photo of Mr Bell and the exterior and interior of an SW6 class tram. Has adverts for General Motors Holdens making bomber parts, Better Brakes and Hastings Deerings. 2nd copy added 8/4/2021trams, tramways, bourke st, sw6 class, buses, double deck buses, conversion, northcote, services, general motors

Copy negative of a photograph of W5 808 in The Esplanade St Kilda near the corner with Fitzroy St. The tram entered service on 23/12/1937. The tram appears in a very new condition. The tram has the destination of Moreland. Photo considered to be post WW2Yields information about W5 808 soon after construction.Copy negative of a black and white photographtramcars, tramways, tram 808, st kilda, the esplanade, w5 class, moreland