Report on W2 class tramcar No. 491, 23 pages including appendices, titled "Tramcar braking tests - Tram No. 491". Dated October 1960. Report looks at the braking characteristics of the tram using various brake blocks, including those manufactured by the VR, and the degree of chilling in the block and its impact. Testing done in Miller St Preston. Document bound within a manila cover stapled with red cloth adhesive tape on the left hand side. Carbon copy with "Testing Engineer's Copy" written on the cover.trams, tramways, preston workshops, reports, tramcars, w class, braking, tram 491

by Wal Jack, of W2 491, in Church St. in Hawthorn from Burwood Road. The tram has just come over the bridge and is bound for "KEW" on the side destination. "KEW" in the old days was at the intersection of Harp Road and High Street. The park behind the tram is Creswick Street Reserve. The white paint on the front bumper bar is just visible. Note the wartime wastepaper collection basket by the pole and the track in front of it. Photo not dated in Wal Jack album, c1943Yields information about the use of W2 491 during the second world war and the use of bins to collect waste paper.Black and white negative, trams, tramways, w2 class, world war 2, tram 491, burwood road, hawthorn, church st

Black & White photo of M&MTB tram No. 1033 at East Brunswick (Blyth St.) tram terminus, on AETA special tour of 7/4/1956. Tram showing destination "SPECIAL", with auxiliary board "AETA tour", AETA tour board on front bumper and sign board on front dash of tram. See Registered item 491 for details of this sign board. See also item 1620.1 for negative of this item.On rear in btm rh corner, "Geoff Grant, 7 Apr 1956 Victoria"trams, tramways, melbourne, east brunswick, aeta, tours , tram 1033