Melbourne Tram Museum
Slide - MMTB and MTA tramway operations and light rail - set of 11, Hugh Ballment, 1950s to 1987
... Port Melbourne viaduct.
HBM052 - MTA, Aug 1987, Reconstruction of the Bourke and Spencer Street corner with new curves. Note the open Railway carpark on the west side of Spencer Street.
HBM053 - MMTB, W5 737, 1950s, Elizabeth Street at Londsdale...Port Melbourne viaduct.
HBM052 - MTA, Aug 1987, Reconstruction of the Bourke and Spencer Street corner with new curves. Note the open Railway carpark on the west side of Spencer Street.
HBM053 - MMTB, W5 737, 1950s, Elizabeth Street at Londsdale ...
Set of 11 photos by Hugh Ballment, unless noted, of MMTB, MTA trams or works:
HBM047 - MTA, Sep 1987, New St. Kilda light rail line beside Whiteman Street looking toward the city, with the Melbourne skyline in the background.
HBM048 - MTA, Sep 1987, Light rail from Clarendon Street, under construction. Junction installed and track being positioned.
HBM049 - MTA, Aug 1987, New St Kilda light rail from beside Whiteman Street from under the new West Gate Freeway and a Port Melbourne train, with work on the new light rail underway.
HBM050 - MTA W2 380, 1987, Flinders Street, with St Paul's Cathedral and the former Gas & Fuel building being refurbished
HBM051 - MTA, Z 83, bound for Domain on Route 55. A Volvo B59 bus in 870's is bound for Garden City. 1987, Queensbridge, Light Rail billboard at left, with former St Kilda/Port Melbourne viaduct.
HBM052 - MTA, Aug 1987, Reconstruction of the Bourke and Spencer Street corner with new curves. Note the open Railway carpark on the west side of Spencer Street.
HBM053 - MMTB, W5 737, 1950s, Elizabeth Street at Londsdale Street, running a route 19, North Coburg service. Note the former cable tram curves into Lonsdale Street in the view.
HBM054 - MMTB, early 1950s, Bourke Street, looking east at Elizabeth Street with two double deck buses in the view - Keith Kings photo
HBM055 - MMTB, SW6 873 and 931, W2 408 and one other, plus a W5 class car. 1950s, Brunswick Depot, also parked on the southside open storage is another W2 class car.
HBM056 - MMTB, W6 988, 19/06/1955, Bourke Street, The first electric tram in Bourke Street, two tower wagons, checking and adjusting the overhead - Keith Kings photo
HBM057 - MMTB SW6 859, 1960s, Elizabeth Street, near Queensberry Street, on Route 19. A W5 class is bound for Flinders Street.
Yields information about Melbourne tram operations, and the construction of the St Kilda to Port Melbourne Light Rail and 1950s or 1960s photos of Melbourne tramways.Kodachrome plastic and cardboard mounts, with notes - set of 11tramways, queensbridge, light rail, bourke st, clarendon st, swanston st, spencer st, trackworks, new tramway, brunswick depot, tram 931, tram 408, tram 737, tram 83, tram 380, railways, trams, whiteman st, elizabeth st, lonsdale st, queensberry st, russell st, flinders st, w2 class, w5 class, sw6 class, w6 class, z class, mmtb buses, td5c class, volvo b59, tower trucks, route 27, route 19, tram 859, tram 988, tram 873, route 55