Photograph of an Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus cable tram showing the axle box, springs and wheel supporting the body of a trailer. Shows the side skirts around the wheel. Part of the brake rigging can be seen as well.Yields information about cable tram trailers wheel sets.Black and white photograph on paper. Two copies held.trams, tramways, mtoco, cable trams, trailers, wheels, axle boxes

Sign for advertising or promoting Metlink - the marketing body and umbrella brand for public train, tram and bus transport operators in Melbourne, Australia. Commenced in 2003. On 2 April 2012, the operations of Metlink were transferred to the newly created public transport planning and management authority, Public Transport Victoria.Yields information about some of the public transport signage used by Metlink.Sign with adhesive backing. The letters have their own adhesive which would allow them to be placed on a wall or window.public transport, melbourne, signs, metlink

Used to prevent scattering of papers in an office environment.A stationary that is associated with a now-dissolved corporate body which existed in the 1980s.Rectangular, transparent, and (presumably) acrylic paperweight with a single green printed sheet (presumably paper) with the logo of the Metropolitan Transit Authority and the text "METROPOLITAN TRANSIT" in gold.the met, public transport, metropolitian transit authority

Used to hold docket books in an office environment.A stationary that is associated with a now-dissolved corporate body which existed in the 1980s.A dark green docket holder, made of plastic/synthetic material with cardboard as internal filling. The logo of The Met is printed on 3/5 sides, with the text "METROPOLITAN TRANSIT" printed below, all in bright yellow. One of the sides has a cut-out to facilitate inserting/removing paper. The fold-out bottom of the object is attached to the side of the cut-out and retracts upward for folding. Two copies held.the met, public transport, metropolitian transit authority

Stationery - The Met - Metropolitan Transit Authority of Victoria. White paper item used for external mail, the brown paper item used for internal mail. Two of them have the first The Met logo printed on them and the full organisation name and one without the logo. The small envelope notes the "Tram and Bus Division"A stationary that is associated with a now-dissolved corporate body which existed in the 1980s. Set of three large envelopes - printed with or without The Met logo - white and brown paper and one small envelope printed on white paper with a sealable flap.tramways, stationery, the met, metropolitan transit authority, envelopes

Used as disposable seals by The Met to permit resuability of envelopes. 47 copies held.A stationery that is associated with a now-dissolved corporate body which existed in the 1980s. Likely well-used by employees of said body.A stack of envelope labels (47 in total). The logo and the text "The Met" are printed on top; serial numbers (10029 and 7605-88) flank them. Below are 3 blank lines for writing in an address to the receiver, followed by instructions that indicate its intended use: to permit reusability of envelopes (i.e., sealing an envelope with the label adhering to its opening allows removal of sender information without destruction of the envelope). At the bottom is a blank dotted line for the name of the sender.public transport, the met, letters, stationery

Used as posted public information on surfaces. such as the interior of tramcars, buses or trains.An advertising/public information publication that is associated with a now-dissolved corporate body which existed in the 1980s.A yellow adhesive poster that provides information for customers on what types of tickets can be refunded and if so how. The brand of the adhesive (JAC) is printed on the adhesive-covering paper on the reverse side.public transport, the met, posters, tickets, fares

Used for notetaking in an office environment.A stationery that is most likely associated with the time where the transition of the public transoprtation body from the Metropolitan Transit Authority to the Public Transport Corporation, due to the presence of both logos and the mentioning of V/LINE.A notepad with the logo of The Met (i.e., the Metropolitan Transit Authority), the title "PUBLIC TRANSPORT CORPORATION" and the text "V/LINE" at the top. A serial number (10033) is printed below. The notepad is ruled with an exposed adhesive spine desiged to tear pages off easily.public transport, the met, ptc, public transport corporation, v-line, stationery

Used as advertised public information on the interior of vehicles to encourage football patrons in particular to use public transport, rather than drive to the venues. Also promotes not drinking and then driving a car afterwards.An advertising/public information publication that is associated with a now-dissolved corporate body which existed in the 1980s and promoting the use of public transport.A black-and-white adhesive poster that advertises public transit services (e.g., The Met, V/Line) for people attending sports events in Melbourne, in particular the AFL or Football. The title reads, "Catch the match of the day, the easy way." Phone numbers and publications that provide relevant information are mentioned, along with a logo for Victoria Transport which discourages drink driving. The brand of the adhesive (JAC) is printed on the adhesive-covering paper on the reverse side.public transport, the met, posters, v-line, drink-driving, football

Large white paper pre-printed envelope for the Public Transport Corporation (Vic). Has the PTC logo but no return address details. The smaller DL envelopes each have a different style for the return address and use of the name, one having the logo.A stationery that is associated with a now-dissolved corporate body which existed in the 1990s. White paper printed envelope for the Public Transport Corporation (Vic) with logo. Has a removable tab on the flap exposing the adhesive section to seal the envelope. Included are three DL size envelopes - two with a window.public transport, letters, stationery, ptc, public transport corporation

Envelopes used by the Department of Transport when located at 589 Collins St Melbourne. Has the logo and return address details printed on it. The large one would have been used for A3 size documents. The medium size for specially printed document as it does not match a standard size envelope and the DL for sending out invoices and of letters.A stationery that is associated with a now-evolved department body which existed in the 1990s. Set of 2 brown paper envelopes - medium and large - pre-printed for the Department of Transport with a flap that required to be moistened for sealing and one DL size window envelope with return address.public transport, letters, stationery, transport, department of transport

Manufactured by the Adelaide tramcar body builder, Duncan and Fraser to indicate or advise passengers who built the tram. Were generally located above a doorway of the tramcars. Demonstrates the method of recording who built the tramcar body.Oval shaped engraved Builders plate with the words "DUNCAN & FRASER BUILDERS ADELAIDE" . Has two 2mm diameter holes on either end of the plate.builders plate, duncan & fraser, adelaide, tramcar

Used by the company on the W class tramcar bodies it built for the MMTB in the 1920's. See item 2430 for another example. Demonstrates the method of recording who built the tramcar body.Builders Plate, sign - pressed brass sheet with burnished black background around the raised letters - "Coach Work by Holdens Motor Body Builders Ltd Adelaide & Melbourne". Has screws holes in each corner.builders plate, adelaide, tramcar, signs, tramcars, holdens, new trams, w class

Set of two Report - carbon copy typed foolscap blue sheets, giving reports on tenders received from the Controller of Stores to the Deputy Chairman. .1 - "Tender 2161 - manufacture of two tramway tower waggon bodies" - dated 12/9/1960, proposed to award to Ansair Pty Ltd. (Did this occur - about the time the Sydney system closed and two tower wagon bodies without towers were obtained?) .2 - "Tender 2167 - reconditioning of ten tramcar roofs with plastic coating of "Nyolac" - Liquid Polyurethane. Only one tender received from Austral Floors. Dated 5/10/1960.trams, tramways, tower wagon, tramcar bodies, maintenance, overhead

List - 7 foolscap sheets, duplicated, stapled in top left hand corner, titled "Official opening of Bourke Street - Northcote Routes at East Preston Depot 24th June 1955 at 3.00pm", listing the guests and the tram departure times along the route and those travelling on their own transport. Lists some 240 people overall. Lists their position or body representing for about half of the people. Dated 23/6/1955trams, tramways, east preston, bourke st, opening, new tramway

Set of two black and white photographs, of the front of a Mock-up tram at Preston workshops, the fore running of prototype tram 1041. In an e-mail of 2/9/2019, Mal Rowe advised: - > The second one I think is of a large model of the future 1041, of interest. > The left side photograph could be a model or an early rough-up of the mock up. The right side Photograph is probably the mock-up - judging by the window in the background. See: https://tdu.to/m/168842/melbourne-1040-and-a-half c late 1960's. The photo with the window in the background could be the actual mock-up (two copies held), while the 2nd is of a narrower body, but has workshop lights reflected in the window. All photos have a remnant of an adhesive strip on the rear.trams, tramways, prototype tramcar, preston workshops, models, 1041

Manuscript - 8 quarto sheets carbon copy - assumed for a newspaper article - has "Sydney Sun 5/11/48" on top of the sheet. Has notes on the MMTB, the Trusts, its powers, borrowings, capital reserves and finances, Special Schemes, administration, Preston Workshops, Uniform manufacture, numbers of trams and buses, buses, age of fleet, vehicle maintenance costs, bus body building, fares, community obligations, licensing fund discontinued as it had too much money, reserve funds, Bourke St conversion and followed by other cable tram routes that at the time were buses.On top of page 1 - in pencil "Sydney Sun 5/11/48" On base of page 3, hand written notes about the number of trams in 1938 and 1939 and discontinuation of cable tramstrams, tramways, mmtb, workshops, cable trams, st kilda rd, finances, buses, bourke st

Set of two typed reports detailing Preston Workshops. .1 - Report - marked draft, dated 24/11/1926 - 4 foolscap pages with marks, corrections, changes outlining the need for a workshop, refers to the Malvern depot, acquisition of the land, design, capacity, description of the various shops. Gives a description of the operation, construction of trams in the future, notes the cable repair shops at Nicholson St, cranes, employee numbers, costs, paint and body shop. Notes the mess room and that an ambulance room will be provided. .2 - Report - 3 quarto pages - undated - but based on the first sentence, c1929 - titled "Tramway Workshops Preston". Gives a description of the workshops, the main groupings, building sizes, cranes, floors, building and maintenance capacities, tracks, admin block, employment, sub-station and power supplies.In top right hand corner of each sheet of .1 "Reference RS 49/1" stamp and handwritten.trams, tramways, preston workshops, malvern depot, nicholson st, workshops, workplace conditions

Form - duplicated - "Progress Certificate - Preston Workshops - Form R18", giving a summary of work undertaken by Preston Workshops. Has space for the Electrical Shop, Air shop, Body Shop, Truck shop, and Paint shop. Form used to advise that works car 19 had a loose tyre 2C, advised by South Melbourne Depot 3-12-1970. Tram 19W. Electrical shop cleaned and checked both controllers with dates of test, air shop - air and sand ok, and truck shop put notes in as well, not sure what they mean, though the axle is 33" by Thomson's & Co and it was fitted with GE 241 motors. Noted it was test run 21-12-70. Item was located within Reg Item 3912.trams, tramways, preston workshops, forms, tramcar trucks, axles, wheels, maintenance, advertising trams, tram 19, tram 19w

Series of 2 black and white photographs of the construction of the frame at Preston Workshop for prototype tramcar 1041. Shows the first frame positioned with the main bogie centre beam cross member. See Reg Item 2521 for other photos of the frame under construction.Some photos have pencil marks on rear.trams, tramways, 1041, prototype tramcar, new tramcars, tramcar bodies, preston workshops, tram 1041

Series of 10 black and white photographs of the construction of the prototype or mock-up model of the prototype for tram 1041 at Preston Workshops c1971. See Reg Item 2502 and 7370 for other photos. .1 - external view shows the centre door and the mock-up construction. .2 - external view showing small entry door - at the back of the tram? .3 - Front entry door. .4 - internal view showing conductors desk and seats .5 - internal view showing conductors desk, ticket machine and microphone. .6 - another view looking along the tram length. .7 - same photo. .8 - Drivers seat showing the mock-up pedals and drivers console. .9 - ditto - different view. .10 - close up of the drivers pedals mock-up box. The photos could have been taken at different stages of the design process and after layout changes had been made.Item 6 has MMTB stamp and "P25/1/1016""trams, tramways, prototype tramcar, tramcar bodies, preston workshops, 1041 mock-up, interiors, tram 1041, pcc class, gibson ticket machines

Series of 2 black and white photographs of the finishing off and testing of tram 1041. .1 - Internal view with conductors desk and workmen possibly installing the glazing sections or cleaning the tram. .2 - weights laid out on the floor to simulate a full passenger load for braking tests.trams, tramways, 1041, prototype tramcar, new tramcars, tramcar bodies, preston workshops, testing, interiors, tram 1041

Set of four colour slides, white cardboard, by Kodak, of trams 912 and 1018 in the City area testing clearances around safety zones, as part of the development of the Z class tram. Done on a Sunday morning. .1 - 912 in Flinders St with Flinders St station, platform 1 west in the background - slide dated May 1973. .2 - tram 1018, without the tram protrusion on the top of the car body as in 912 at Victoria Parade and Brunswick St. Tram 644, City Brunswick St, in the background. In the back is Eastern Hill Fire Station. .3 - as above. Has advertising for Amoco Petrol and White Horse Whiskey .4 - 1018 in Brunswick St returning to Preston Workshops. Has St Patrick's Cathedral. Slides 2 and 3 are dated June 1973.All have a running number "1202" and "1218", "1219" and "1221" and "1018" written on the slide.trams, tramways, w7 class, sw6 class, flinders st, testing, safety zone, bourke st, safety, z class, brunswick st, victoria parade, tram 1018

Model tram - Z3 No 167 made by The Met for their model tram at the Royal Show Melbourne c1985. Consists of: 1 - Fibreglass section, Z3 body, fitted with two trolley poles, painted in The Met colours with number 167 with destination of "City". 2 - Heavy duty electric motor, geared to two four wheel bogies. Numbered MMTB No. 6 on one side. Made from brass, steel, plastic - purpose made. Placed with one section of O gauge track - 340mm long.trams, tramways, models, z3 class, the met, royal show

Set of five photographs of the loading of SW2 644 at Preston Workshops in the body shop, placing on a semi trailer for transport to the TMSV Bylands 16/12/1987 (date from the TMSV Website) In the background at Preston Workshops is W6 973 in the background. Photographs show the lifting method and crane at the workshops.trams, tramways, tmsv, preston workshops, preserved trams, transport, tram 644

Set of two reports by Keith Kings, titled "The Privatisation of Melbourne's Public Transport - Has the wheel turned full circle? for the Second Annual RMIT Sir Robert Risson Memorial Lecture. See Reg Item 4679 for the first lecture by Graeme Turnbull. .1 - 12 A4 pages - Keith notes that it was the actual handout of the presentation. Two copies, one stapled. 2 - 20 A4 pages, single sides - copy of the initially drafted document. Both copies have handwritten notes about their origin and use. The lecture looks at early railway development in Melbourne, private operators, development of horse drawn buses in Melbourne, competition, bus chassis, body builders, operators, private suburban operators, tramway buses, cable tram MTOCo, tramway trusts, Government involvement, formation of The Met, PTC, V/Line, corporatisation of public transport, franchising, passenger expectations of public transport, Yarra Trams and the future.trams, tramways, buses, cable trams, mto co, public transport, competition, yarra trams, franchising, the met, ptc, tramways

Set of 14 colour prints of Z and Z3 trams being built and equipment at Preston Workshops and Comeng Dandenong, c1979. .1 - Two pantographs of different types laid on top of each other. .2 - ASEA trucks or bogie one marked 115 .3 - Jacobs truck or bogie for a Z3 tram .4 - Z class roof sections stored at Comeng yard .5 - Z class fronts being finished off .6 - Z or Z3 class cars bodies being built at Comeng .7 - Z cab interior showing control panel .8 - Z cab being built .9 - Z class underside or underframe .10 - Interior of Z class being built .11 - ditto .12 - as for .8 .13 - Z3 front .14 - Z class being built. Printed on Kodak Papertrams, tramways, preston workshops, z class, z3 class, pantographs, bogies, tramcar bodies, tramcar manufacture, tramcar trucks, tram 115

Watch - stainless steel body and band with adjustable band and clip with the word "Access Combino" on the face of the watch. Has the word "Stainless Steel" on the band. No markings on the rear of the watch body. Watch does not appear to be operable, cannot use the knob on the right hand centre side. See Reg Item 1341 for the background of the object and its story.trams, tramways, combino, souvenirs, siemens, new trams

Report - 6 foolscap sheets, stencil cut and duplicated titled "Class W7 Tramcars", giving a detailed written description of the trams (1001 to 1040). References a photograph which is not included. Gives notes on the General Design, body construction, windows, doors, finishes, seats, motorman's compartments, sound insulation, ventilation, lighting, signalling, destination signs, trucks, wheels, brake gear, motors, current collection control equipment and dimensions. Notes the Authority of the Chief Engineer Mr. D. H. Eakins.trams, tramways, w7 class, tramcars, preston workshops, tramcar construction, specification

Report - photocopied on foolscap paper, 5 sheets, titled "Works Programme", memo from the Civil Engineer to other Engineers dated 20/10/1972. Details the various locations, including reconstruction and maintenance and the extent of work to be undertaken and the involvement of other departments or bodies. Extends out to May 1974.Has notes in the left margin on some sheets showing current status.trams, tramways, civil engineering, trackwork, maintenance, reconstruction