Demonstrates how tramcar braking performance could be measured mid 1990's.Original chart outputs of brake testing carried out by Met Tram (Mal Ashworth & Les Jeans) on tram 671 on 20/2/1996 - following installation of composite brake shoes. From a machine set up to measure de acceleration. 275.1 - Test results for 25psi and 39 psi application - driver WAD - 125H x 820 long 275.2 - test results for full service application - 125H x 600 long. Photocopy of charts made at the time. Images of charts added 22/10/2013 See Fares Please! March 1996various notes regarding pressures etc. on chart.tramways, trams, w4 class, brake charts, testing, tramcar brakes

Charts 2, 3, 4 and 6 or drawings showing automatic brake operations for possibly Ballarat tram 26 which was trialled in Ballarat during 1948 See item 9894 for instructions and item 9891 for a memo regarding operations. Shows the various stages of operations. Charts 1 and 5 missing.Demonstrates SECV document and chart of operations about the trialing of automatic braking systems on tram 26.Set of four foolscap sheets - dye line prints, marked up in red ink.tramways, ballarat, brakes, tramcar brakes, braking, tram 26

Set of documents, charts, notes and other papers about Braking chart / graphs for A and Z3 class trams - produced c1998 - has notes on charts etc.trams, tramways, tramcars, preston workshops, maintenance, a class, z class

Set of two documents: 1 - Braking chart for a retardation or deceleration of 4 ft/sec/sec - for miles per hour and distance in feet. 2 - calculations for above.Yields information about braking distances for various speeds.Set of two documents - on quarto graph paper and hand written foolscap sheet.trams, tramways, brakes, braking

Report on PCC type tramcar No. 980, 50 pages including appendices and charts, titled "Braking Tests - car 980 - June 1950". Dated 10 July 1950. Report looks at the braking characteristics of the tram. Testing done in Miller St Preston. Document bound within a manila cover with fold back clips and white adhesive tape over the left hand side. Includes a distribution list on the inside of the front cover.trams, tramways, preston workshops, reports, tramcars, pcc, braking, tram 980, tram 886

Report on G class tramcar No. 140, 19 pages including appendices and charts, titled "Braking Tests - car 140 - March 1952"". Dated 2 April 1952. Report looks at the braking characteristics of the tram under varying conditions.. Testing done in Miller St Preston. Document bound within a manila cover stapled with adhesive tape binding on the left hand side. Original copy marked "Chief Engineer's Copy"trams, tramways, preston workshops, reports, tramcars, g class, braking, tram 140

Report on W6 class tramcar No. 977, 40 pages including appendices and charts, plus one bound drawing and one loose drawing, titled "Dynamic Braking on Tram No. 977". Dated 10 September 1954. Report looks at the effectiveness, wear, use and suitability of dynamic braking on trams. Gives results with comparisons to other tramcars. Document partly scanned, excludes some appendicies. People involved were: J Barry, I Coates, E Collins, G Drummond, G Foster, L Fouvy, S Hopkins, R Ken-Allen, J Miller, C Steele, B White, report signed by C L Steele Investigating Engineer, A Hines for Testing Engineer. Yields information about the development and testing of dynamic braking on remote control tramcars by the MMTB.Document bound within a manila cover stapled with red adhesive tape, 40 pages + loose drawing R9222.trams, tramways, preston workshops, reports, tramcars, w6 class, braking, tram 977