Showing 14 items matching "grooved tramway rail"
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Ballarat Tramway MuseumPhotograph - Geelong Esplanade Tramline Construction, Melbourne Electric Supply Co. (MESCo), 1928
... ...Grooved tramway rail...Geelong Esplanade Grooved tramway rail Corio Bay Geelong Esplanade track construction Repeat 8-14, 24/25 - 36, written in pencil on the rear of the photograph. ...Construction of the North tram route along The Esplanade, looking north. New grooved rail is laid out on the slope down to Corio Bay. 1928Yields information on the development of Tramways infrastructure in Geelong.Black and white print on paper.Repeat 8-14, 24/25 - 36, written in pencil on the rear of the photograph.geelong esplanade, grooved tramway rail, corio bay, geelong, esplanade, track construction -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - New run out track Essendon Depot, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board MMTB or VicRail or Ministry of Transport, Sept 1960
... Photograph shows the laying of a new northern exit/entry road for Essendon Depot. Grooved tramway rail and turnouts are in place supported by timber sleepers. ...Melbourne Tram Museum 8 Wallen Road Hawthorn melbourne Photograph shows the laying of a new northern exit/entry road for Essendon Depot. Grooved tramway rail and turnouts are in place supported by timber sleepers. ...Photograph shows the laying of a new northern exit/entry road for Essendon Depot. Grooved tramway rail and turnouts are in place supported by timber sleepers. Part of the footpath and a section roadway on Mt Alexander Road are excavated for these works. Three workmen in civilian clothes are tightening tie bars; W2 class tram 552 has cleared the new works bound for Essendon Aerodrome route 59 with weather blinds down; three motor vehicles are shown in the distance, two with the distinctive shape of a Holden. The high fence and tennis court opposite the depot are part of a Catholic convent and teachers college. Records suggest the date is September 1960 when the single northern exit/entry track to the southbound line was replaced with this double track. Until this time, a separate crossover provided a connection to the northbound line. This new arrangement meant that trams running out or in from the northbound track no longer had to negotiate a crossover, thus reducing motor traffic congestion. The obsolete crossover was removed. It is likely that in the following days mass concrete was used to rebuild the roadway. As tramway rail with a flangeway was no longer produced in Australia from the 1960s, railway-type rail without a flangeway was used instead and the flangeway provided by a groove in the concrete. This photograph is likely an official M&MTB photograph.Yields information about Essendon Depot and track improvements c1960 Black and white photographs with no note on rear. official m&mtb photograph, essendon depot, exit road, mt alexander road, tie bars, w2 class, 552, weather blinds, essendon aerodrome, route 59, holden, catholic convent, teachers college, crossover, turnout, mass concrete, railway type rail, flangeway -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumDocument, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Geelong - Method of Sealing Tracks", 1930s?
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree Parade Ballarat Ballarat goldfields Document undated, most likely SECV, sets out the methods for the resealing of tram tracks in Geelong for either grooved rail or T rail. ...Document undated, most likely SECV, sets out the methods for the resealing of tram tracks in Geelong for either grooved rail or T rail. Demonstrates a document that sets out the procedure for the repair of the road surface in Geelong.Document - typed quarto sheet original.tramways, procedures, track maintenance, geelong, trackwork -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumDocument, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Notes on Tramway rail and tyre wear", c1962
... Document titled "Notes on Tramway rail and tyre wear", undated, looking at the wear patterns of tramway wheels and rails, wear on check rails, width of the flanges, increased by 1/16 of an inch in 1958, flange height, wheels running on the top of the groove, flange running through special work, and groove clearance. ...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree Parade Ballarat Ballarat goldfields Document titled "Notes on Tramway rail and tyre wear", undated, looking at the wear patterns of tramway wheels and rails, wear on check rails, width of the flanges, increased by 1/16 of an inch in 1958, flange height, wheels running on the top of the groove, flange running through special work, and groove clearance. ...Document titled "Notes on Tramway rail and tyre wear", undated, looking at the wear patterns of tramway wheels and rails, wear on check rails, width of the flanges, increased by 1/16 of an inch in 1958, flange height, wheels running on the top of the groove, flange running through special work, and groove clearance. Report prepared for both Ballarat and Bendigo. Possibly c1962. See also item 10062.Yields information about the wear on tramway wheels and rails.Document - three foolscap sheets, stapled in top left hand corner.tramways, trackwork, reports, track materials, tram track construction, rails, profiles, wheels, tyres, tramcars -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumBook, Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd (BHP), "BHP - Hot rolled carbon steel sections and plates", 1967
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree Parade Ballarat Ballarat goldfields Published by BHP 1967 gives the dimensions and properties of rails, steel sections and plates produced by Australian Iron and Steel and Broken Hill Pty Ltd. Was supplied free by BHP to students. Rail sections listed: 387 pound/yard crane rail 175 lb crane rail 146 lb crane rail 107 lb - 53 kg/m with fishplate and sleeper plates details 102 lb or 51 kg grooved ...Published by BHP 1967 gives the dimensions and properties of rails, steel sections and plates produced by Australian Iron and Steel and Broken Hill Pty Ltd. Was supplied free by BHP to students. Rail sections listed: 387 pound/yard crane rail 175 lb crane rail 146 lb crane rail 107 lb - 53 kg/m with fishplate and sleeper plates details 102 lb or 51 kg grooved tram rail 94 lb or 47 kg - fishplates and sleeper plates 91 lb or 45 kg NZR standard rail 82 lb or 41 kg - fishplates and sleeper plates 75 lb or 37 kg - fishplates and sleeper plates 63 lb or 30 kg - fishplates 45 lb or 22 kg - fishplates 30 lb or 15kg - fishplates 20 lb or 10kg - fishplates Yields information about rails and associated items produced by BHP AIS in 1967 along with other steel sections and plates.Book - 132 pages, white comb bound + blue plastic covers.railways, tramways, rails, bhp, fishplates, sleeper plates -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumDocument - 102 lb Grooved Rail - SEC note
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree Parade Ballarat Ballarat goldfields Provides a section of BHP Rolled grooved rail 102lb/yard, and that 10 lengths were ordered. ...Provides a section of BHP Rolled grooved rail 102lb/yard, and that 10 lengths were ordered. Undated, possibly early 1960s.Yields information about SEC Ballarat purchasing new rails.Photocopy onto heat-sensitive Quarto paper undated - note to Mr W Trussler, Works Foreman SEC Ballarat from Alan Stewart regarding grooved rail.tramways, rails, tramway rails, sec tramways, ballarat, w trussler -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumPrint, Geoff Grant, 24/06/1955 12:00:00 AM
... tramways Melbourne Bourke St Swanston St. Work Trams tram 7 Negative No. N337 and black and white print made by a laser printer (stored in folder ) of MMTB works car No. 7, bogie tank car for flushing rail grooves crossing Swanston St. in Bourke St., heading west with Foy and Gibsons building in the background. ...Negative No. N337 and black and white print made by a laser printer (stored in folder ) of MMTB works car No. 7, bogie tank car for flushing rail grooves crossing Swanston St. in Bourke St., heading west with Foy and Gibsons building in the background. Photo taken Friday 24/6/1955. Alongside No. 7 is a Spencer St. bus Negative scanned hi res and imaged updated 22/5/2020.trams, tramways, melbourne, bourke st, swanston st., work trams, tram 7 -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Scrubber No 4 Elizabeth St
... rail grooves. Undated, mid 1940s? Yields information about MMTB Scrubber trams. tramways trams scrubber 4 Elizabeth St MMTB tram 4 K class tram 96 works cars Black and white on plain paper. ...Photo shows MMTB Scrubber No. 4 in Elizabeth St. Tram was converted from K class No. 96 in 1929. Renumbered No. 4 in 1934. Out of use from 1947 and the body sold in 1950. Used to clean rail heads and rail grooves. Undated, mid 1940s?Yields information about MMTB Scrubber trams.Black and white on plain paper.tramways, trams, scrubber 4, elizabeth st, mmtb, tram 4, k class, tram 96, works cars -
Melbourne Tram MuseumDecorative object - Memento, Melbourne Cable Tramway /1885-1940 / Original Rail:, 1970's?
... Memento - comprising a section of Melbourne grooved or flanged cable tram rail sawn and then mounted on a varnished wooden board with a plastic sign mounted in front "Melbourne Cable Tramway /1885-1940 / Original Rail: Not known who made the item....Melbourne Tram Museum 8 Wallen Road Hawthorn melbourne Trams tramways Cable Trams Rail Section Melbourne Memento - comprising a section of Melbourne grooved or flanged cable tram rail sawn and then mounted on a varnished wooden board with a plastic sign mounted in front "Melbourne Cable Tramway /1885-1940 / Original Rail: Not known who made the item. ...Memento - comprising a section of Melbourne grooved or flanged cable tram rail sawn and then mounted on a varnished wooden board with a plastic sign mounted in front "Melbourne Cable Tramway /1885-1940 / Original Rail: Not known who made the item.trams, tramways, cable trams, rail section, melbourne -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Black & White Photograph/s and Illustration, c1925
... Black and white photograph of a illustration of the Royal Park Tramway reproduced from a report The photo is titled: "Section of West Brunswick Electric Tramway Through Royal Park" The newly constructed permanent way viewed from just south of the Melbourne to Fawkner railway embankment (c1925). Note the clean ballast under the track, the guard rail provided on the curves using non grooved rail, the new platform stop and the timber picket fence around the Zoo. ...Melbourne Tram Museum 8 Wallen Road Hawthorn melbourne Trams tramways Royal Park West Brunswick Electric Tramway Track Laying Rails Reserved Track Black and white photograph of a illustration of the Royal Park Tramway reproduced from a report The photo is titled: "Section of West Brunswick Electric Tramway Through Royal Park" The newly constructed permanent way viewed from just south of the Melbourne to Fawkner railway embankment (c1925). Note the clean ballast under the track, the guard rail provided on the curves using non grooved rail, the new platform stop and the timber picket fence around the Zoo. ...Black and white photograph of a illustration of the Royal Park Tramway reproduced from a report The photo is titled: "Section of West Brunswick Electric Tramway Through Royal Park" The newly constructed permanent way viewed from just south of the Melbourne to Fawkner railway embankment (c1925). Note the clean ballast under the track, the guard rail provided on the curves using non grooved rail, the new platform stop and the timber picket fence around the Zoo. Refer to article "A Winding Road" on the Melbourne Tram Museum website for more details. http://www.hawthorntramdepot.org.au/papers/westcoburg-2.htmtrams, tramways, royal park, west brunswick electric tramway, track laying, rails, reserved track -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Set of 3 Black & White Photograph/s - mounted, 1950s
... Melbourne Tram Museum 8 Wallen Road Hawthorn melbourne Trams tramways Rails Testing Series of three Mounted black and white photograph - rail. .1 - close up or high definition of two sections of rail - showing metallurgical structure and failure in one case. Cast numbers 100 and 103 have been written under the respective photographs. .2 - as above for cast Number 54 - showing failure, possibly after testing. .3 - two sections of grooved rail which has been bent around the vertical web without failure. ...Series of three Mounted black and white photograph - rail. .1 - close up or high definition of two sections of rail - showing metallurgical structure and failure in one case. Cast numbers 100 and 103 have been written under the respective photographs. .2 - as above for cast Number 54 - showing failure, possibly after testing. .3 - two sections of grooved rail which has been bent around the vertical web without failure. All have a date stamp in top right hand corner "2 Nov 1923" - the three could be another numeral.trams, tramways, rails, testing -
Melbourne Tram MuseumDocument, Frank Shennen, "Originals (from Alf Twentman's account), April 1978
... rail groove scrapers. First sheet dated 13-4-1978 and numbered. Demonstrates an extensive record compiled by Frank Sheenen about Melbourne cable trams. tramcars tramways cable trams Personal Papers Records Hand written notes on 9 sheets of paper. ...Document or list compiled by Frank Shennen (1907-1998) providing a list of cable cars or trailers, lines, builders numbers and those equipmed with rail groove scrapers. First sheet dated 13-4-1978 and numbered.Demonstrates an extensive record compiled by Frank Sheenen about Melbourne cable trams.Hand written notes on 9 sheets of paper.tramcars, tramways, cable trams, personal papers, records -
Melbourne Tram MuseumFunctional object - Rail Section - grooved or flanged tram rail
... Rail possibly 96lbs/yard, used on street based tramways, rolled with a heavy check or flange for use on curves. Matches BS Section 1C - see item 3292 of the Ballarat Tramway Museum. Demonstrates a rail section used on street based tramways. tramways rails rail section Rail Section - grooved or flanged tram rail cut from rolled rail. ...Rail possibly 96lbs/yard, used on street based tramways, rolled with a heavy check or flange for use on curves. Matches BS Section 1C - see item 3292 of the Ballarat Tramway Museum. Demonstrates a rail section used on street based tramways.Rail Section - grooved or flanged tram rail cut from rolled rail.tramways, rails, rail section -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumPhotograph - SECV Geelong trams 6 & 1 in Ryrie St, 1950s
... grooved rail was not obtainable at the time. Car 1 is on the Newtown - Eastern Park run, as is car 6 with the conductor having forgotten to change the destination. Photographer unknown, 1950s. Note the two safety zones, and the tram stop sign on the centre pole. In the background is the Geelong Gas Co. offices. Yields information about Geelong trams 1 and 6 in Ryrie St. Geelong tramways ...Photo of SECV Geelong trams 6 and 1 in Ryrie St just east of Moorabool St. The eastbound track along Ryrie St was built with railway rail, made by BHP in the early 1920s as grooved rail was not obtainable at the time. Car 1 is on the Newtown - Eastern Park run, as is car 6 with the conductor having forgotten to change the destination. Photographer unknown, 1950s. Note the two safety zones, and the tram stop sign on the centre pole. In the background is the Geelong Gas Co. offices.Yields information about Geelong trams 1 and 6 in Ryrie St.Black and white photograph with printers dates on the rear. on rear in ink "East line built with 80lb railway track not grooved rail 1922"geelong, tramways, ryrie st, tram 1, tram 6
