Provides information about the UK based Light Rail Transit Association, light rail (tramways), public transport and the future. Has images of light rail systems including Melbourne Z59 at the Bourke St terminus in 1977.Yields information about the UK based LRTA and its work in promoting Light Rail.Pamphlet - folded to DL size, two colour titled "Introducing Light Rail Transit"tramways, light rail, ltra, melbourne, z class, tram 59

Part of rail of LeyLands Ship "Speke "ashore in Westernport 1906Rail wooden polished which is part of a ship's rail from vessel "Speke" on front of the object a photograph of some remains of the vessel.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, rail, speke

Pamphlet, 32 pages, stapled and glued into a green cover slightly larger than the sheets. Titled "The Woods Gilbert Rail Planer Co. Ltd. - Rail Planning Machines" detailing the machines that the company provided with photographs, the type of work done, eg removal of corrugations, list of users including the Melbourne Cable Tramways, MTCo, extract of articles, reports and journals.Has a "CJ Corrugations" in orange pencil on the top front cover.trams, tramways, rails, trackwork, maintenance, rail planning, cable trams

Badge produced by the Rail Tram and Bus Union for members' clothing. Has the word "The Power of Union" on either side of the letters "RTBU".Demonstrates an RTBU badge.Badge - enamel round with a securing pin on the rear.rtbu, union, public transport, unions

Award given to Warren Doubleday for his work on Rail Safety matters that specifically impacted heritage railways and tramways at the ATHRA meeting held at Hawthorn during 2011. Presented by Julie Bullas of ONRSR.Has a close association with Warren Doubleday and his rail safety work.Framed Certificate, black timber formed, with "wood" backing sheets and perspex front.btm, museum, athra, awards, rail safety

Magazine published by the Rail Tram & Bus Union, Winter 2010, Vol 18, No. 2 featuring an article titled "A Century not out" about the 100 years of Malvern Depot. Features an interview with Ron Scholten, Julie Cain, and a photo of Ron along with PMTT trams. Includes notes on the work of the Bendigo Tram Workshops on trams 44 & 84, and has a series of questions about Melbourne's early electric trams.Yields information about centenary of Malvern Depot and the work of Ron Scholten.Magazine - 24 pages, full colour, centre stapled.pmtt, bowen crescent, malvern depot, tram 44, tram 84, bendigo tramways

Yields information about some of the rail used in Bendigo and demonstrates the type of rail used in tramways and made by the Lorain Steel Co. France.Section of flanged tramway rail - saw cut from rail, smooth finished - Stamped "BENDIGO" stamped into the foot of the rail. On the other side of the rail, "81LBS PERYD", stamped onto the head of the rail. and "LORAIN STEEL CO LORAIN" stamped into the web. FRONT - 8116/yd Morain Steel Co. Lorain BACK - Bendigo trams, tramways, rail, bendigo, rail section

Yields information about rails and demonstrates the type of rail used in tramways.Section of flanged tramway rail - saw cut from rail, finished and stamped "102" along the foot of the rail. Shows saw cuts.102trams, tramways, rail, rail section, btm, ballarat tramways

Rail Turning Bar Rail is heavy, sometimes as much as 120 lbs per yard. To assist in being able to move rail, a special turning bar was developed. Usually a long handle, on one end various features in the head allow rail to be moved Historic - Railway Permanent Way and Works - track equipment - Rail Turning BarRail Turning Bar made from cast wrought iron puffing billy, rail turning bar

Yields information about some of the rail used in Northampton UK and demonstrates the type of rail used in tramways.Section of flanged tramway rail - saw cut from rail, polished and then nickel plated silver finished and stamped in italics - "Northampton Corporation Tramways B.S.Section No. 1C" in the head of the rail, "96lbs per yard" stamped in the base of the flange and along the foot of the rail "The North Eastern Steel Co. Ltd Middlesborough" and in the flangeway "1903".Northampton Corporation Tramways B.S Section No. 15 1993 The North Western Steel Co. Ld. Middlesbroughtrams, tramways, rail, uk, rail section

ill, maps, p.56.non-fictionA 1973 British Rail plan for passenger, freight & overnight sleeper services from Britain to Europe via the new Channel Tunnel.railroads - great britain - history, channel tunnel - history

ill, p.64.non-fictionDetails of the locomotives and rollingstock of the NSW Rail Transport Museum at Thirlmere NSWthirlmere railway museum - nsw, tourist railways and museums - australia

app.p.48.non-fictionA list of diesel & electric locomotives, railcars & EMUs as at 30 June 1995.locomotives - queensland - history, railway rollingstock - queensland

ill, p.23.non-fictionA brief history of the rollingstock of the State Rail Authority of New South Waleslocomotives - new south wales - history, railway rollingstock - new south wales

City of Stawell Diesel Engine 3. Diesel Rail Engine City of Stawell N467 and three carriages in cutting 4, Close up of Diesel Engine City of Stawell N467 drivers cabin window 5. Diesel Rail Engine City of Stawell N467 pulled up at Stawell StationSix Colour photographs of Orange coloured diesel rail engine stawell

Yields information about some of the rail used in Ballarat and demonstrates the type of rail used in tramways.Section of flanged tramway rail - saw cut from rail, smooth finished - Stamped "BALLARAT" stamped into the web of the rail " 90A", stamped onto the head of the rail. with a hole drilled through the head of the rail."BALLARAT" stamped into the web of the rail and "90A" stamped onto the head of the rail.trams, tramways, rail, ballarat, rail section

Victorian Railways began offering several petrol bus services in the late 1920s, including in services to tourist destinations around Melbourne such as Queenscliff, Portsea, Monbulk and Warburton. This bus, running from Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, is interesting given this route was already serviced by rail. It opened on July 7th 1930, but by 1931 was cut back to Cockatoo; it ceased operation entirely on February 14th 1941. This bus may be built on a 1929 Thornycroft chassis, which this line used two of by the time it ceased operation. Even by 1934, the line mostly only ran as far as Belgrave, with limited Cockatoo services on weekdays, one on Saturdays and none on Sundays.While relatively short-lived, the Victorian Railways motor service is part of the complex tapestry of the region's transport history.This item includes a printed black and white photograph mounted on card. The photograph is framed by green and black lines, and accompanied by annotation in marker below it. The reverse of the card has further annotation handwritten in pencil, alongside an accession number. The photograph shows a stationary bus parked on grass, with trees and a hedge behind it. In from of the bus, a man stands facing the open door.Obverse: Annotation: "Rail Bus - Run by / Railways - about 19[30 crossed out]20s" Bus, Front: "RAIL BUS / 35-485" Bus, Side: "RAIL BUS U.S. [illegible] / PAY AS YOU [illegible]" Reverse, Annotation: "Rail bus from Ferntree Gully to Gembrook 1920s"railway, transport, cockatoo, gembrook, upper ferntree gully, 1930s

Booklet - "Moving Victoria - A World of experience in Light Rail" - produced by the Victorian Government to advertise and market its expertise in Light Rail manufacturing and operation. Notes Melbourne trams, track infrastructure, Electrical systems and Asset Management. Includes images of Sydney Light Rail and Hong Kong vehicles. Has a forward by Mark Birrell, Minister for Industry Science and Technology (Minister from 1996 to 1999). Includes an extensive list of contacts, companies and their products. See item 7206 for a similar document c2003.Yields information about Victorian Light Rail manufacturing capacity.Booklet - 24 pages, centre stapled titled "Moving Victoria - a world of experience in Light Rail"victoria, tramcar manufacture, sydney, hong kong, melbourne, light rail, tramways, marketing

Wood Stacks at Stawell Rail Yards 1942 with people stacking the wood. Black and white photo and enlarged copy of wood stacks at a rail way line. People working at the site.stawell

Bendigo first commenced tramway operation in 1890 using battery trams. These were not successful. The rail, approx 36lb/yard or about 38kg/m has been sawn from an original length and collected.Demonstrates a light weight section of tram rail used in Bendigo.Section of flanged steel rail, sawn, fitted with two engraved gold colour plastic signs. Engraved on the signs or plaques - "Bendigo Tramways 1890" and "Original Battery Tram Rail, No. 4"tramways, bendigo, rail, battery trams

Rail tractors were popular with Victorian sawmillers. They were generally cheaper than a steam locomotive, required no special qualifications to drive, and used proven power plants for which spares were available locally. The tractor was constructed by Day’s Engineering of South Melbourne which, although better known for its pumping equipment, built more than fifty rail tractors for Victorian sawmillers and other industrial tramway users. W. Day & Sons is believed to have constructed its first light railway locomotive in 1926. From then until the mid 1940s, the firm appears to have built at least fifty locomotives at its premises in South Melbourne, of which roughly half were four-wheel locomotives and roughly half were six-wheel locomotives like the restored Day’s rail tractor formerly operated by Ruoak Timbers. Of the four-wheel locomotives, ten were 2-ft (610mm) gauge locomotives similar to this one. Today, only two survive, a complete example at the Puffing Billy Railway Museum at Menzies Creek, and one at Alexandra Timber Tramway Museum This 2-ft gauge 4wPM locomotive is believed to have been one of two Day's Petrol Rail tractors formerly used by Cheetham Salt, possibly at the Moolap works near Geelong. Service History :owned by Cheetham Salt, Moolap ( dates unknown ) Geelong Steam Preservation Society , Belmont 1973 ? Puffing Billy Steam Museum , Menzies Creek Historic - Industrial Narrow gauge Railway - Rail Tractor used by Cheetham Salt Company works at Laverton, Moolap and Geelong, Victoria , Australia Petrol Rail Tractor made of Iron , wrought iron, steel puffing billy, industrial narrow gauge railway, rail tractor, days engineering, cheetham salt,, petrol rail tractor

Provides details of the history of SECV rail operations in the Yallourn and other power station open cuts and the transport of coal and the locomotives used in the Latrobe Valley operations of the SEC. Possibly prepared in the early 1980s. Rail operations on the interconnecting railway ceased in 2000. Shows outline diagrams of the steam, electric and diesel locomotives and the coal wagons.Provides information about the SEC Coal railways and their rolling stock used for power generation in Victoria.Report or document - 16 A4 pages titled Report - 'State Electricty Commission of Victoria Rail Transport: Yallourn Open Cut"sec tramways, power supply, secv, open cut mining, locomotives, interconnecting railway

The Public Transport Union was formed in 1993 from the various Australian Public Transport Unions, see reference. It was renamed as the Rail Transport and Bus Union in 1998 to reflect the impact of privatisation. See 4201 and 7089 for the earlier badge of the same layout. Demonstrates a badge issued to members of the RTBUBadge - Rail Transport and Bus Union. The badge is made on a brass backing with the words "Rail Transport and Bus Union" on the outer edge of the badge with a black enamel background. In centre of badge are images of the modes of transport the union covers - trams, rail, and buses on a yellow background within a map of Australia. On the rear is a spring pin clip and the name of the manufacturer - Pratick Sydney and a telephone number. tramways, trams, badges, personnel, unions, employees, ptu, rtbu

Produced by the SECV to document the fish plates used on Tram rail.Yields information regarding the Tramrail fishplates.SEC drawing number VW4/28, ""90LB. LORAIN" Tram-Rail Flame Cut Fish Plates". Drawn 10/02/1965. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print. Copy of original.electricity supply department, secv, works division, fishplates

Colac was the centre of a spidery rail network over which were carted anything and everything by Victorian Railways, the common carrier throughout the area. The main line through the region was the 35 km rail route from Birregurra (and thence to Geelong) though Colac to Pirron Yallock (and thence to Warrnambool and Port Fairy) from March, 1877, to July, 1883. The first branch line ran from Irrewarra to Beeac in 1889, which then extended in stages to Cressy and on the Ballarat. The second branch line was the 31 km long Birregurra to Forrest in 1891. The cost of building railways into mountainous terrain meant the third branch line was a narrow-gauge 2 foot 6 inch line, first of all to Beech Forest in 1902, and then to Crowes in 1911, for a total of 71 km. The final rail connection was the 16 km branch from Colac to Alvie to facilitate the transport of onions, opening in 1923. Each line had its own character and peculiarities derived from its foundation, geography and economic base. As a general rule, the loadings on the branch lines had greater output tonnage than inwards, the reverse of the main line. The lines traversed agricultural and timber areas where inputs like seed, grass, fertiliser and labour were minor, compared with the output, timber, wool, cream, butter, cheese fruit, potatoes, onion, grain and livestock.Rail Centre Colac. Rail stations in the Colac Otway Shire, 1877 to 2014. Norman Houghton. 1st ed. Norman Houghton; Geelong (Vic); 2014. vi, 262 p.; illus., maps, index. Soft cover.colac; cressy; forrest; beech forest; crowes

Original photograph taken around 1916 when the Linton rail line was extended to Skipton.Black and white copy of original photograph of men with horses and wagons in cutting. The photograph is understood to show men digging the rail cutting between the Glenelg Hwy and the Mortchup Rd reservoir in Linton.railway, workers, rural activity, railway line extension to skipton 1916