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Melbourne Tram Museum
Drawing, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "MMTB Electric Tramway System 1979", 1979 original
Digital image of a drawing titled "MMTB Electric Tramway System 1979", giving a detailed layout of the Melbourne tram system in 1979. shows depot, storage depots, workshops and tramway terminus names and route numbers. See htd253i.pdf for a high definition pdf file - this does not open on this system - Two page document. See Reg Item 1765 for a 1971 copy.trams, tramways, mmtb, melbourne, map, routes -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection
photograph - gelatin silver photograph, Official Opening of the Black Rock to Beaumaris Tramway, 1926, 1926
This photograph was presented to the Sandringham City Council by the Black Rock Traders' Association and records the official opening of the Black Rock to Beaumaris Tramway on 1 September 1926.beaumaris tramway company, tram, transport, official opening, city of sandingham, black rock traders' association -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, Light Railway Transport League, "Ballarat and Bendigo, Victorian Tramway Preservation", 1975
Twelve page booklet, titled "Ballarat and Bendigo, Victorian Tramway Preservation" written by D. Menzies and J.H. Price, reprinted from Modern Tramway. Front cover has BTPS tram 38 on original depot fan, green banner centrally with title, and Bendigo Birney No. 28. A circular white sticker with "1.00" written on is stuck on the right hand side, centrally. Saddle stapled print in black ink on 120gsm art paper. Written material covers background history of both Ballarat and Bendigo tramways, tramcars, closure, the formation of the BTPS and the Bendigo Trust tramways and their operational history up to about mid 1975 as it mentions the first COTMA meeting. Also has 12 photos inside. On rear cover is an advertisement for the TMSV and the Light Railway Transport League (UK) (LRTL) PDF copy of book added 16-3-2017 Price sticker as noted abovetrams, tramways, ballarat, bendigo, lrtl, tram preservation -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Light Railway Transport League (LRTA), "Ballarat and Bendigo, Victorian Tramway Preservation", 1975
Twelve page booklet, titled "Ballarat and Bendigo, Victorian Tramway Preservation" written by D. Menzies and J.H. Price, reprinted from Modern Tramway. Front cover has BTPS tram 38 on original depot fan, green banner centrally with title, and Bendigo Birney No. 28. A circular white sticker with "1.00" written on is stuck on the right hand side, centrally. Saddle stapled print in black ink on 120gsm art paper. Written material covers background history of both Ballarat and Bendigo tramways, tramcars, closure, the formation of the BTPS and the Bendigo Trust tramways and their operational history up to about mid 1975 as it mentions the first COTMA meeting. Also has 12 photos inside. On rear cover is an advertisement for the TMSV and the Light Railway Transport League (UK) (LRTL). PDF copy of full book added 16-3-2017."D. W. Lees 2/2/76" on top of page 2 and "D. W. Lees" on side of page 10 in a fine felt pen ink.trams, tramways, ballarat, bendigo, lrtl, tram preservation -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Bob Prentice, Peter Bardho, "Tramway by the River - a brief history of the Hawthorn Tramways Trust", 1993
Book - 16 pages printed on off white paper plus light card cover printed on grey paper, titled "Tramway by the River - a brief history of the Hawthorn Tramways Trust". Originally written by Bob Prentice in a TMSV Running Journal of 1966 (Vol. 2 No. 4), then to a booklet by Peter Bardho of Tramway Publications in 1993. Covers the history of the trust, those involved, horse tram, operations, Riversdale Road extension, mileage, track layout with plans, overhead, rollingstock, the Burwood accident of Jan. 1917, depot, substation, Wattle Park, employees strike, fares and sections, annual balance sheets, timetables, rolling stock data, disposal and an epilogue following the establishment of the MMTB. Has numerous photos. 2nd Edition, published by Tramway Publications 2016, Edited by Dean Filgate - digital image added 7/8/2020 as htd1117i2.pdf.trams, tramways, htt, burwood, accidents, depot, hawthorn, tramcars, tmsv, wattle park, employees -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, G. E. Baddeley and E. R Oakley and, "Current Collection for Tramway and Trolleybus Systems", 1975
Book - 112 A5 pages + cover centre stapled, titled "Current Collection for Tramway and Trolleybus Systems", written by G. E. Baddeley and E. R Oakley, published by the authors in 1975. Has a table of contents - tramway overhead systems, current collection, trolley bus overhead, collection by bos and pantographs, peculiarities, surface contact systems and slot conduit systems, bibliography. Illustrated with diagrams. trams, tramways, overhead, trolley buses -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, Peter Lambert, "Tramway Celebration Day", mid 1950's
Digital Image of a full colour poster, titled "Tramway Celebration Day" produced by Peter Lambert for the Museum to promote the celebration of the 50 years since closure of the SEC operated tramways for 19/9/2021. Features tram 38 and some of the Museum members. Event was cancelled due to a COVID-19 lookdown. Used in some pre-marketing materials Both pdf and jpg versions held..trams, tramways, btm, covid-19, posters, events, closure -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Map, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Tramway Map of Melbourne and Suburbs", c1939
Folded map (4 x 2) by Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board, c1939, of Melbourne tramways, showing tram routes (cable, electric and VR), bus routes, railway lines, major points of interest and major streets. No printing or information on the rear. Once part of another document with remnants of glue on the rear top left hand edge. See Reg Item 801 for a 1927c map.trams, tramways, map, mmtb, vr, cable trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Robert W. Green, "The First Electric Road - a history of the Box Hill and Doncaster Tramway", 1989
Book - 84 pages + card covers, perfect bound, printed on semi gloss paper titled "The First Electric Road - a history of the Box Hill and Doncaster Tramway", written by Robert Green. Looks at the history of the development of the tramway, its finance, operations, problems, closure and reopening, the personalities. Includes a detailed list of appendices, references, bibliography, sources and an index. Published by John Mason Press - 1989.trams, tramways, box hill, doncaster, tramways -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Slide - T class 181 Footscray Explosives Factory, Tramway Museum Society of Victoria (TMSV), late 1950s
Colour slide of T class 181 with the destination of Explosives Factory leaving Leeds St Footscray. Has the various shops and the Railway Station in the background.Yields information about Footscray trams to the Explosives Factory.Kodachrome colour slides, cardboard mount, duplicate.Stamped "Tramways Museum Society Victoria". In pencil "181 Footscray"leeds st, footscray, explosives factory, t class, tram 181, trams, tramways, mmtb -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Administrative Record - Meeting Minutes, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Tramway Maintenance Minutes of Conference - May 1 and May 2, 1952", 1952
Document titled "Tramway Maintenance Minutes of Conference - May 1 and May 2", attended by SEC Head Office Officers, representatives from Bendigo and Geelong. Topics covered - tyres and wheel centres, truck maintenance, suspension bearings, bearing metal (white metal), motor armatures, carbon brushes, air receivers, overhead equipment, tracks, car renovation - painting, gold lining, roof, floor treatment and covering, trolley wheels, purchase requisitions, spare parts, supplies, brake shoes, timber, castings, tramway drawings, patterns and a summary of action. Also includes notes on tramway statistics, employee's duties, one man operation, track drains, interchange of ideas and experiences and discussions of a general nature and notes on scrapping trams in badly damaged condition. Each item where relevant looks back at the actions from the previous conference. Has a list of attendees.Yields information and demonstrates SEC Meeting minutes about discussions between the three Provincial operators about tramcars and operations.Minutes - 53 duplicated foolscap sheets pinned with a folding clip in top left hand corner.trams, tramways, minutes, sec, geelong, ballarat, bendigo, tramcar equipment, maintenance, trackwork, overhead, painting, trolley wheels, brakes, motors, one man trams, scrapped trams, employees, rules -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Form/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Tramway Conductors' Shortages and Surpluses", 1960's
3055 - Printed form titled "Tramway Conductors' Shortages and Surpluses" of the SEC, Electricity Supply Department, Provincial Tramways, on off white thin paper. Gives name of conductor, outfit number, day of week, total shorts or surpluses, adjustment of shorts, amount deducted from wages and remarks for a specific week ending. Form has number TYE 1 - 520. Form ruled in black ink. trams, tramways, tickets, accounting, conductors -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "Tramway Society celebrates", 26/09/1992
Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, 26/9/1992, titled "Tramway Society celebrates" about the BTPS celebrating 21 years on 26/9/1992. Gives a brief history of the BTPS from formation to opening the tramway on 1/2/1975. Has advertisements from J.B. Cameron, Harris House of Photography and the SEC congratulating the BTPS. Also in an advertisement form is the details of the programme for the day. Date of item in pencil on the bottom edge "Courier 26/9/1992".btps, 21st anniversary -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Personal Papers, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Tramway Acts", 1945 to 1954
Brown coloured file folder marked "Tramway Acts" containing hand written and type written notes on the various MMTB Acts, generally c1945 to 1948 - multiple copies of the same document involving Land Acquisition, Appeals Board, powers under the Act, WW2 National Security Act (under which the Essendon Airport and Maribyrnong or Munitions tramways were built) repeal, buses, and orders in council.trams, tramways, mmtb, acts of parliament, world war 2, appeals, unions, essendon airport, west maribyrnong, munitions factory -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Letter/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Crossing Under Tramway Tracks", 1937
Yields information about the correspondence that was sent to various parties about the opening of tram tracks for underground services in Bendigo.Set of four documents: .1 - Letter on SECV letterhead, "Bendigo Electricity Supply and Tramways", not dated, gives phone number, address, duplicated in black ink, titled "Crossing Under Tramway Tracks", consisting of one foolscap sheet. Would have been written as a base letter to go various bodies, has the word "Manager" on the very bottom of the page. Outlines the processes that have to be undertaken in order to install pipelines under tram tracks. Allows for Emergency installations, gives depths and installation requirements. .2 quarto sheet, as a blank form - application form to install the service. .3 - cut sheet - blank form - Permit for Crossings under Tramway Tracks .4 - cut sheet - blank form - "Pipe crossings under tramway tracks" See Reg Item 4945 for Ballarat, possibly used as a model for the Ballarat document, given Reg Item 4943 correspondence and see Reg Item 4947 for cover letter for these documents.in ink "1" and "2" "3" and "4" on sheets in ink and on sheet 4 - change noted re "Technical Assistant"trams, tramways, letters, sec, tram track -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "All aboard for some education and fun" "Ballarat Tramway Museum has something for everyone", 17/09/2018 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clipping from The Courier, 17/9/2018 in the Advertising feature for the September school holidays. Article titled "All aboard for some education and fun" details the tramway operations, collection, photos, hours and self guided tours. Has a photo of Neville Britton turning the pole with helpers on 27. Below is an advert titled "Ballarat Tramway Museum has something for everyone" with photos of kids and Tram rides fares etc.btm, advertisements, school holidays, courier -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document, Peter Duckett, "North Melbourne electric Tramway and Lighting Company", late 1940's?
Manuscript - 3 foolscap typed - 1st page a title page, titled "North Melbourne electric Tramway and Lighting Company", written by Peter Duckett. Not dated, possibly late 1940's. Outlines the history of the formation of the company, the routes, track construction, depot, power house, car barn, rolling stock, tramcars, overhead and take over by the MMTB - "what is now one of the worlds finest electric tramway undertakings."trams, tramways, nmetl, essendon, keilor rd, saltwater river, track construction, essendon depot, power station -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Map, Gawler and Drummond Architects, "Railway and Tramway Map of Melbourne and Suburbs", 1920's?
Map - photocopy - titled "Railway and Tramway Map of Melbourne and Suburbs", c1920 showing railways, cable, electric tramways and authorised electric additions. Shows the South Melbourne St Kilda tram line and some lines in the Footscray area as dotted. Prepared by Gawler and Drummond Architects. Has an advertisement for "Rolfes" tea along the top edge and "See Victoria First" - Government Tourist Office, corner of Swanston and Collins St.trams, tramways, map, footscray, st kilda, new tramway, melbourne, tourism -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Drawing, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Route Map showing location of special work and pole numbers" "Electric Tramway Routes - showing routes in colours and numbers", late 1941
Map of the system shown at two inches = 1 mile. Drawing No. P5799. Shows crossovers, track layouts at junctions, signal cabins roads, railways and stations. Originally signed by Perway Engineer - 20/12/1940, though originally drawn in 1922. Has been marked up in coloured pencil to show the routes and route numbers. The plan shows the lines to Maribyrnong Munitions works along Cordite Ave and Wests Road and the track from Moonee Ponds to Union Road, which opened in July 1941, but not the extension to Essendon Airport built-in 1942. See Reg Item 1561 for a 1963 version and 1683 for a 1987 versionDemonstrates the use of a MMTB drawing to show tram routes and their route numbers at the time.Drawings - dyeline cloth backed print - titled - "Route Map showing location of special work and pole numbers" and subtitled - "Electric Tramway Routes - showing routes in colours and numbers". trams, tramways, mmtb, trackwork, tramways, junction, map, world war 2 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Invitation, Public Transport Corporation (PTC), "Inauguration of the refurbished Tramway Museum", Sep. 1992
Invitation - printed on DL stippled card, inviting the donor to attend "Inauguration of the refurbished Tramway Museum", on 15/9/1992. Opening to done by Peter Spyker MP, Minister for Transport.trams, tramways, opening, malvern, stanhope st, museum -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Postcard, Kodak, "Opening of Tramway System Geelong", 14-3-1912
Postcard produced by Kodak of the opening of the Geelong Tramway System on 14 March 1912. Shows the highly decorated trams in the background and a large crowd. See also item 9056 for another view, 4407 and 5900.Yields information about the opening of the Geelong tramway system.Black and white Postcard divided back, unused.tramways, trams, geelong, opening, new tramways -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Research Notes, H. S. McComb, "MMTB - Data Regarding Essendon - Tramway Services", 1956
.1 - Set of 8 foolscap pages, carbon copy of "MMTB - Data Regarding Essendon - Tramway Services", from 1.10.1887 to 1.12.1955, giving a list of events, extracts from government papers, concerning the development of the Essendon Tramways. Prepared by H. McComb, dated 8-8-1956. .2 - Set of approx. 80 plain note paper half quarto sheets, giving hand written events for the above notes - gives date, event etc. Some have initials AR by the date. Sorted in date order. Items 2027 to 2030 and 1309 copy 2 contained within box 72.3 in a brown folder marked "Historical Data regarding Essendon Tramways and their services to the City"trams, tramways, essendon, saltwater river, keilor rd, reports, essendon depot, nmetl, moonee ponds -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Photocopy, Boyce Pizzey and Booz Allen & Hamilton, "Final Report - New Directions for Melbourne's Tramway Heritage", 2001
Photocopied Report - 105 pages, titled "Final Report - New Directions for Melbourne's Tramway Heritage", dated Jan. 2001, prepared for the Department of Infrastructure by Booz Allen & Hamilton, Convergence Design Pty Ltd and Boyce Pizzey Strategic. Chapters are Introduction, Tramcar Collections, Other Tramway Heritage, Heritage Significance, Opportunities and Management Plan. Held by a large spring back binder. See Reg item 4264 and 4266 for associated papers. trams, tramways, melbourne, heritage, trams, museum, conservation -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Poster, Victorian Railways, "Sections and Fares - St Kilda - Elwood Electric Tramway", 1957
Poster printed in two colours (red and blue) on heavy cartridge paper titled "Sections and Fares - St Kilda - Elwood Electric Tramway" - following the closure of the tramway back to the Elwood depot. Gives details of the Sections, Fares, combined rail and tram fares to Flinders St or Spencer St stations, weekly and monthly tickets, student and concession tickets, children's tickets and passengers luggage. Printed by the Victorian Railways - print number 3589-57.trams, tramways, vr, st kilda brighton, elwood depot, tickets, fares, sections, victorian railways -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Personal Papers, Victorian Parliament, "A Bill to authorize the Construction of an Electric Tramway from South Melbourne to Melbourne.", 1943
Printed document - headed "Legislative Assembly", first reading dated 16/11/1943, titled "A Bill to authorize the Construction by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board of an Electric Tramway from South Melbourne to Melbourne.". Details the route: Sturt and Hanna Streets to William St via Queens Bridge St and Little Flinders Street - notes can be of open ballast construction and which authority responsible for costs. Notes part is cable tram conversion.trams, tramways, mmtb, south melbourne, hanna st, conversion, william st, queens bridge st, acts of parliament -
Upper Yarra Museum
Negative Photographic Reproduction, Charlie McCrae of Wesburn on Platts Tramway Mt Ben Cairn, 1920
03030 Charlie McCrae of Wesburn on Platts Tramway Mt Ben Cairn,1920. Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Negative, Black & white. Scanned at 600 dpi. charlie mccrae wesburn platts tramway mt cain 1920 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Map, Sands McDougall, "Tramway Map of Melbourne and Suburbs", c1906
Shows railways, cable and electric tram lines c1906. One of a number of maps produced by Sands McDougall of Collins St. Includes the MTOCo horse tram lines and the Caulfield horse tram lines. See items 2885 and 6573 for other editions. Yields information about Melbourne c1906 and its public transport lines. Map - folded sheet of paper 5 sections wide x 4 sections or folds deep contained within a light grey paper cover titled "Tramway Map of Melbourne and Suburbs"maps, melbourne, cable trams, tramways, railways, horse trams, nmetl, vr trams, sands mcdougall -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Map, Osboldstone & Co Pty Ltd, Railway and Tramway Map of Melbourne and Suburbs With Tram Timetables, 1917
The Railway and Tramway Map of Melbourne and Suburbs With Tram Timetables lists existing Cable Tram Services before the entire network was electrified. By 1917 the tramways system was divided into regions including: the Melbourne Cable Tram Service; Prahran - Malvern Electric Trams; Hawthorn Electric Trams; Melbourne, Brunswick and Coburg Electric Trams; and Brighton Beach Electric Trams. The old Outer Circle railway line is marked as ending in Deepdene, with the remainder of the line to Fairfield marked as 'Unused'. The Kew tram along High Street in 1917 ended at the Harp Junction. The Kew Spur Line is also marked on the map.The Railway and Tramway Map of Melbourne and Suburbs With Tram Timetables is historically significant as it captures at a point in time, 1917, the development of public transport infrastructure in Melbourne. As such it illustrrates the theme: Connecting Victorians by transport and communications.Printed card-covered pocket sized map that folds out with three horizontal and vertical folds. Colour map, with scale, of the rail and tram networks on one side and sixteen sections of black and white printed text and timetable information on the reverse.railway maps -- melbourne (vic.), tramways maps -- melbourne (vic.), public transport -- melbourne (vic.) -- 1910-1920, cartography -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Report, Bill Denham and Trolley Wire, "The First Conference of Australian Tramway Museums Ballarat ", 1975
Has a strong association with the formation of COTMA and the work undertaken by Australasia tramway and rail heritage organisations at the time and the organisers of the first COTMA Conference in 1975.82 page A4 sized bound document - "The First Conference of Australian Tramway Museums Ballarat 25-27 April 1975" . Has a light weight card cover, with black plastic binding/spine strip. Produced by Trolley Wire 1st Conference Proceedings Contents: Acknowledgements Message from BTPS President - Maurice Calnin Convenor's Note - Bill Kingsley List of Museums Invited List of Delegates Conference Minutes of Special General Meeting COTMA Operational Guidelines Papers Wymond - Financing the Railway / Tramway Operating Museum Kahn - A history of experience Breydon - Accounting methods suitable for museum operations Prentice - Tramcar Maintenance - Museum Style Radcliffe - Buses - their preservation and relevance to tramway museums (supplement document_ Rawlings - The formation of an Association of Tramway Museums of Australasia Stamford - Museum Publications Workshops Engineering Cars and Parts Treasury Publicity Management Governments Removals Membership Special Has a red dot, taped onto the spine of the front cover.Inside front cover label "Graeme S. Breydon" and his address and on front cover in pencil, "G.Breydon".trams, tramways, cotma, ballarat, proceedings, conferences -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Slide, Tramway Museum Society of Victoria (TMSV), Tram VR 53 in Mt Alexander Road North Essendon, c1975
Colour slide of VR class tram 53, route 59 Essendon Aerodrome in Mt Alexander Road just to the north of Shamrock St, North Essendon. Has the Ambasador Motel in the background. The tram was built for the Victorian Railways St Kilda - Brighton tram line in 1942 and sold to the MMTB when that line closed. On display at the Melbourne Tram Museum.Yields information about VR tram 52 in Mt Alexander Road c1975.Kodachrome colour slides, cardboard mount.Has "MP146" in pencil and stamped "Tramways Museum Society Victoria" on rear.tramways, vr class, tram 52, route 59, mt alexander road