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Melbourne Tram MuseumDocument - Report, Electrical Engineer, The Electrical Engineer and Merchandiser, "Rail Grinding Machine for Melbourne Tramways", 1927 - 1950
... "Rail Grinding Machine for Melbourne Tramways"...... Rail grinding...Documents match the image numbers. .1 - .2 pages - Electrical Engineer - 15/8/1928 - "Rail Grinding Machine for Melbourne Tramways" - Grinders .2 - 5 pages - Electrical Engineer - 15/6/`1927 - "Workshop of the Melbourne Tramways Board" - includes a layout drawing - See Reg Item 3675 for a reprint of this document. .3 - 1 sheet - Electrical Engineer - 15/9/1927 - "Worm Driver for Electric Tramcars - new type of truck constructed by Melbourne Tramways Board" - fitted to X1 class cars. ...Melbourne Tram Museum 8 Wallen Road Hawthorn melbourne Trams tramways MMTB Rail grinding Rail wear Track Materials Grinding Preston Workshops Worm drive X1 class Substation Electrical Engineering Electrical Equipment Tramway Per Way Bogies PCC Class Set of 6 reports, photocopied onto heat sensitive paper from various magazines. ...Set of 6 reports, photocopied onto heat sensitive paper from various magazines. Documents match the image numbers. .1 - .2 pages - Electrical Engineer - 15/8/1928 - "Rail Grinding Machine for Melbourne Tramways" - Grinders .2 - 5 pages - Electrical Engineer - 15/6/`1927 - "Workshop of the Melbourne Tramways Board" - includes a layout drawing - See Reg Item 3675 for a reprint of this document. .3 - 1 sheet - Electrical Engineer - 15/9/1927 - "Worm Driver for Electric Tramcars - new type of truck constructed by Melbourne Tramways Board" - fitted to X1 class cars. Has a sketch of the truck. .4 - 8 pages - The Electrical Engineer and Merchandiser - 15/11/1933 - "A Supervisory Control system for Traction Substation - Equipment designed for the MMTB" - written by C. L. Steele. .5 - 8 pages - "Institute of Engineers Australia" - Dec. 1943 - "Prolonging the life of the tramway rail" - by A. H. Blanch. Note some pages have handwritten additions where the copying is out of line. .6 - 1 page - The Electrical Engineer and Merchandiser - 16-10-1950 - "Noiseless bogie for Tramcars" - PCC bogies. - St Louis Car C B-3 Bogie.trams, tramways, mmtb, rail grinding, rail wear, track materials, grinding, preston workshops, worm drive, x1 class, substation, electrical engineering, electrical equipment, tramway per way, bogies, pcc class -
Melbourne Tram MuseumDocument - Specification, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Austral Otis Rail Grinding Machine", July 1929
... "Austral Otis Rail Grinding Machine"......Rail grinding...Document - letters and comments and suggestions for a tender specification for the Austral Otis grinding machine from Chief Engineer MMTB to A G Wray Engineer for Tramways, NSW Govt Tramways. The grinder was used to remove corrugations from the rail head. ..."Austral Otis Rail Grinding Machine" Document Specification - Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) ...Document - letters and comments and suggestions for a tender specification for the Austral Otis grinding machine from Chief Engineer MMTB to A G Wray Engineer for Tramways, NSW Govt Tramways. The grinder was used to remove corrugations from the rail head. Includes comments about the performance of a similar machine in Melbourne. Dated July 1929.Yields information the performance of the Melbourne rail grinders - 1929 Document or memo - 6 typed foolscap sheets and 3 quarto typed letters.tramways, mmtb, track work, track maintenance, rail grinding, specifications, sydney -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Line up of derelict tramcars at Preston Workshops, Ray Pearson, c1940
... Photo shows one of four 4-wheeler K, Q, or R class tramcars & No.16 (ex H 56) used as a locomotive for insitu rail grinding plant. c1940...On rear in ink - MMTB Preston WS 4 K, Q, or R class cars & No. 16 (ex H 56) used as locomotion for insitu rail grinding plant – RWO Pearson"...Melbourne Tram Museum 8 Wallen Road Hawthorn melbourne Photo shows one of four 4-wheeler K, Q, or R class tramcars & No.16 (ex H 56) used as a locomotive for insitu rail grinding plant. c1940 Yields information about original four wheel (single truck) trams. ...Photo shows one of four 4-wheeler K, Q, or R class tramcars & No.16 (ex H 56) used as a locomotive for insitu rail grinding plant. c1940Yields information about original four wheel (single truck) trams.Black and White photograph of derelict tramcars at Preston Workshops.On rear in ink - MMTB Preston WS 4 K, Q, or R class cars & No. 16 (ex H 56) used as locomotion for insitu rail grinding plant – RWO Pearson"tramways, trams, preston workshops, k class, r class, q class -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumLetter - Woods Gilbert Rail Planing Machine, Woods Gilbert, 1917
... Set of documents Edgar Allen & Co of Sheffield promoting and providing information about the Woods Gilbet Rail Planing machine. 1 - letter dated June 1917, sent from the South Australian Hotel in Adelaide to Mr Pringle, of ESCo from the travelling representative of the company, a letter on Edgar Allen & Co letterhead with a list of various articles on the machine, and a letter from Woods Gilbert of their Melbourne office, dated Jan. 1917 2 - A 30 page printed booklet contained within a green cover titled "Rail Planing Machines" with Mr Pringle's name written on it in the top right-hand corner. 3 - Photograph of the rail planing machine with "1916 type rail grinding machine" on rear in pencil along with the Company stamp. 4 - Drawing of the Milling Trolley prepared by Atlas Co of Engineers Melbourne 5 - drawing - Cardiff-rail-section Woods-Gilbert 6 - photograph - Woods-Gilbert Recording instrument on a postcard by Kodak Magazine extracts: 7 - Woods-Gilbert Tramway and Railway World-12 Oct 1916 - page 1 of 2 8 - Woods-Gilbert Tramway and Railway World 12 Oct 1916 - page 2 of 2 9 - Woods-Gilbert Tramway and Railway World Nov 1916 - page 1 of 2 10 - Woods-Gilbert Tramway and Railway World Nov 1916 - page 1 of 2 11 - Woods-Gilbert Tramway and Railway World - 12 Apr 1917 page 1 of 2 12 - WoodsGilbert Tramway and Railway World - 12 Apr 1917 page 2 of 2...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree Parade Ballarat Ballarat goldfields Set of documents Edgar Allen & Co of Sheffield promoting and providing information about the Woods Gilbet Rail Planing machine. 1 - letter dated June 1917, sent from the South Australian Hotel in Adelaide to Mr Pringle, of ESCo from the travelling representative of the company, a letter on Edgar Allen & Co letterhead with a list of various articles on the machine, and a letter from Woods Gilbert of their Melbourne office, dated Jan. 1917 2 - A 30 page printed booklet contained within a green cover titled "Rail Planing Machines" with Mr Pringle's name written on it in the top right-hand corner. 3 - Photograph of the rail planing machine with "1916 type rail grinding machine" on rear in pencil along with the Company stamp. 4 - Drawing of the Milling Trolley prepared by Atlas Co of Engineers Melbourne 5 - drawing - Cardiff-rail-section Woods-Gilbert 6 - photograph - Woods-Gilbert Recording instrument on a postcard by Kodak Magazine extracts: 7 - Woods-Gilbert Tramway and Railway World-12 Oct 1916 - page 1 of 2 8 - Woods-Gilbert Tramway and Railway World 12 Oct 1916 - page 2 of 2 9 - Woods-Gilbert Tramway and Railway World Nov 1916 - page 1 of 2 10 - Woods-Gilbert Tramway and Railway World Nov 1916 - page 1 of 2 11 - Woods-Gilbert Tramway and Railway World - 12 Apr 1917 page 1 of 2 12 - WoodsGilbert Tramway and Railway World - 12 Apr 1917 page 2 of 2 Yields information about the Woods Gilbert Rail planing machines for repair of rails and removal of corrugations. tramways trams ESCo rail planing woods - Gilbert track rails tramway rails Maintenance Equipment Set of 12 documents with letters, pamphlet, photo, drawing and magazine cuttings. ...Set of documents Edgar Allen & Co of Sheffield promoting and providing information about the Woods Gilbet Rail Planing machine. 1 - letter dated June 1917, sent from the South Australian Hotel in Adelaide to Mr Pringle, of ESCo from the travelling representative of the company, a letter on Edgar Allen & Co letterhead with a list of various articles on the machine, and a letter from Woods Gilbert of their Melbourne office, dated Jan. 1917 2 - A 30 page printed booklet contained within a green cover titled "Rail Planing Machines" with Mr Pringle's name written on it in the top right-hand corner. 3 - Photograph of the rail planing machine with "1916 type rail grinding machine" on rear in pencil along with the Company stamp. 4 - Drawing of the Milling Trolley prepared by Atlas Co of Engineers Melbourne 5 - drawing - Cardiff-rail-section Woods-Gilbert 6 - photograph - Woods-Gilbert Recording instrument on a postcard by Kodak Magazine extracts: 7 - Woods-Gilbert Tramway and Railway World-12 Oct 1916 - page 1 of 2 8 - Woods-Gilbert Tramway and Railway World 12 Oct 1916 - page 2 of 2 9 - Woods-Gilbert Tramway and Railway World Nov 1916 - page 1 of 2 10 - Woods-Gilbert Tramway and Railway World Nov 1916 - page 1 of 2 11 - Woods-Gilbert Tramway and Railway World - 12 Apr 1917 page 1 of 2 12 - WoodsGilbert Tramway and Railway World - 12 Apr 1917 page 2 of 2Yields information about the Woods Gilbert Rail planing machines for repair of rails and removal of corrugations.Set of 12 documents with letters, pamphlet, photo, drawing and magazine cuttings.tramways, trams, esco, rail planing, woods - gilbert, track, rails, tramway rails, maintenance equipment -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumLetter - Ballarat Rail head grinder, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), 7/1935
... grinding of rails in Ballarat and the equipment used: 1 - letter from R H Meakin to Mr T P Strickland dated 30/7/1953 about the visit of Mr H Bell - MMTB perway Engineer to see the grinder in use. Typed on SEC letterhead of the period. 2 - Carbon copy of letter from T P Strickland, Chief Engineer MMTB dated 27/7/1935 setting up the visit - typed on orange paper. 4 - Pamphlet - four pages, titled "Quasi-Arc" about the welding of rail heads in points and crossings with the rear page showing the welding set and the portable electric grinder....Yields information about the equipment used in Ballarat to maintain rail heads using a portable grinder. tramways State Electricity Commission of Victoria SECV MMTB rails track maintenance grinding Set of two letters, and a printed pamphlet "Quasi-Arc" Letter Ballarat Rail head grinder State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV) ...Set of letters regarding the grinding of rails in Ballarat and the equipment used: 1 - letter from R H Meakin to Mr T P Strickland dated 30/7/1953 about the visit of Mr H Bell - MMTB perway Engineer to see the grinder in use. Typed on SEC letterhead of the period. 2 - Carbon copy of letter from T P Strickland, Chief Engineer MMTB dated 27/7/1935 setting up the visit - typed on orange paper. 4 - Pamphlet - four pages, titled "Quasi-Arc" about the welding of rail heads in points and crossings with the rear page showing the welding set and the portable electric grinder.Yields information about the equipment used in Ballarat to maintain rail heads using a portable grinder.Set of two letters, and a printed pamphlet "Quasi-Arc"tramways, state electricity commission of victoria, secv, mmtb, rails, track maintenance, grinding -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumDocument - Folder with papers, Railway Track-work Company and Clementine and Thompson and Mercer Sts and Philadelphia and Pennsylvania USA. and Perrot and Adams Ltd, "Railway Track Equipment - Track Grinding Machines, Welding and Bonding Machines - Bonds, Welding Steel, Grinding Wheels and Blocks", 1920's?
... Grinding Wheels and Blocks". Has brochures or pamphlets for: . The Universal Rotary Track Grinder . Reciprocating Track Grinder . The Atlas Rail...Grinding Wheels and Blocks". Has brochures or pamphlets for: . The Universal Rotary Track Grinder . Reciprocating Track Grinder . The Atlas Rail ...Yields information about the type and presentation of books or information folders that were sent to the Electric Supply Company of Victoria about tramway products available on the market and the company the produced them.Folder with 24 pages of advertising pamphlets bound into it with two metal clip binders advertising products available from the Railway Track-Work Company and titled ""Railway Track Equipment - Track Grinding Machines, Welding and Bonding Machines - Bonds, Welding Steel, Grinding Wheels and Blocks". Has brochures or pamphlets for: . The Universal Rotary Track Grinder . Reciprocating Track Grinder . The Atlas Rail Grinder . The Ajax Electric Arc welders .Vertical Rail Lifter . The Jackson Electric Tie Tamper. Generally the lead page of each pamphlet has been imaged. Provides a description of each item, along with method of operation and parts listing generally. The folder has on a number of pages and the back cover, a sticker from Frank R. Perrot (Now Perrot and Adams Ltd), Machinery Merchant of 394 Kent St Sydney. Railway Track-work Company , Clementine, Thompson and Mercer Sts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA. For a full scan of the document see the hi res file.Numerous: Front cover sticky label "1620" in top left hand corner, "Mr Pringle" on front cover and stamp with words "Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society Catalogue No. 10" in ink on front cover. Inside front cover has a pencil note, behind the crease in the bottom right hand corner. On the first pamphlet "Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society Catalogue No. 10" in ink on top right hand corner. On parts page for the Reciprocating Track Grinder has the "Perrot and Adam Ltd" company stamp.trams, tramways, trackwork, equipment, rails -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumDocument, Public Transport Corporation (PTC), "Joining of tramway rails by arc welding (Kirby Joint)", 1998
... grinding, records and equipment. Yields information about the Public Transport Corporation of Victoria about the welding of rail joints. design PTC tramways Civil Engineering Construction welding Document - approx 27 loose A4 sheets. ...Document titled "Joining of tramway rails by arc welding (Kirby Joint)" has a table of contents. Prepared by the Public Transport Corporation, 1998. Includes notes on safety, materials, instructions, weld preparation and cooling, grinding, records and equipment.Yields information about the Public Transport Corporation of Victoria about the welding of rail joints.Document - approx 27 loose A4 sheets.design, ptc, tramways, civil engineering, construction, welding -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumDocument, Public Transport Corporation (PTC), "Joining of rails by aluminothermic welding", 1998
... grinding, records and equipment. Yields information about the Public Transport Corporation of Victoria about the welding of rail joints. design PTC tramways Civil Engineering Construction welding Document - 12 loose A4 sheets. ...Document titled "Joining of rails by aluminothermic welding" , also known as Thermit welding. Has a table of contents. Prepared by the Public Transport Corporation, 1997. Includes notes on safety, materials, instructions, weld preparation and cooling, grinding, records and equipment.Yields information about the Public Transport Corporation of Victoria about the welding of rail joints.Document - 12 loose A4 sheets.design, ptc, tramways, civil engineering, construction, welding -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumLetter - between Mr Strickland of MMTB & Mr Pringle ESCo, Electric Supply Co. of Vic (ESCo), 1928
... Set of 8 letters, between Mr Strickland Chief Engineer MMTB and Mr P J Pringle of ESCo Ballarat re meeting with each other, regarding grinding of rails, Berlin drum brakes, rail corrugations, wheel flanges, the Pontelac Tramway Rail grinder of Birmingham, wheel profiles, with reference to a report in the Electric Railway & Tramway Journal, flat or coned treads, and wheel and rail wear....Set of 8 letters, between Mr Strickland Chief Engineer MMTB and Mr P J Pringle of ESCo Ballarat re meeting with each other, regarding grinding of rails, Berlin drum brakes, rail corrugations, wheel flanges, the Pontelac Tramway Rail grinder of Birmingham, wheel profiles, with reference to a report in the Electric Railway & Tramway Journal, flat or coned treads, and wheel and rail wear. ...Set of 8 letters, between Mr Strickland Chief Engineer MMTB and Mr P J Pringle of ESCo Ballarat re meeting with each other, regarding grinding of rails, Berlin drum brakes, rail corrugations, wheel flanges, the Pontelac Tramway Rail grinder of Birmingham, wheel profiles, with reference to a report in the Electric Railway & Tramway Journal, flat or coned treads, and wheel and rail wear.Yields information about discussions between MMTB and ESCo re wheels and shows the method of communications in mid 1928.Set of 8 typed letters - carbon copies or originals on quarto paper.tramways, ballarat, reports, tramcars, esco, mmtb, wheels, rails, grinding -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Rail Grinder No 2, 1950s
... Yields information about rail grinding Austral Otis Ltd rail grinder green zebra stripes Black and white photograph with nothing on rear Photograph Rail Grinder No 2 ...Built in 1929 by Austral Otis Ltd, this rail grinder was employed to removed corrugations from rails and smooth irregularities in new and newly processed rails. Originally painted in olive green, it was changed to zebra stripes in 1960, then scrapped in 1971. This looks like an official M&MTB photograph. Yields information about rail grindingBlack and white photograph with nothing on rearaustral otis ltd, rail grinder, green, zebra stripes
