Ill, p.96.non-fictionThe story of the development of public transportation in Adelaide from horse trams to the present bus and tram and railway systemtramways - adelaide, horse tramways - adelaide, suburban railways - adelaide

Ron Bridger was an avid collector of items related to transport, predominately Trams. These items include newspaper cuttings, pamphlets, reports, timetables, fares prices plus special items relating to events. Items from Melbourne and regional Victoria, interstate - Adelaide and Sydney, plus overseas, make up this collection. A suburban train destination blind in miniature. Place names indicate the eastern and southern suburbs that the train travels to. Place names listed are from Oakleigh to Dandenong, Mulgrave, General Motors, Berwick and Pakenham. From Moorabbin, Cheltenham, Mentone, Mordiallic, Aspendale, Carrum and Seaford. Frankston to Leawarra, Baxter, Mornington, Crib Point, Stony Point, Brighton Beach, Sandringham, St Kilda and Port MelbourneList of names on black paper with white print.Place names - stationstrain destination blinds, miniature, railway stations, ron bridger collection, suburban train, oakleigh, dandenong, berwick, pakenham, moorabbin, cheltenham, mentone, mordiallic, aspendale, seaford, baxter, mornington, crib point, brighton beach, port melbourne

Calendar 1975 - 28 pages - black and white photos except for the front cover. Produced by the Sydney Tramway Museum. Features photographs of various Australasian Tramway Systems: Ballarat 34 and Adelaide 111 at the St Kilda Tramway Museum Dunedin 61 Ballarat 37 at the City terminus Bulimba Power Station electric locomotive Newcastle 383 Darling St Balmain Perth Trolley Bus 21 Perth 55 Melbourne Tait train Launceston 26 Sydney Suburban train Adelaide 365 Brisbane 293 VR 28 Geelong 14 - at Eastern Park Sydney tramway museum tramways, trams, ballarat, adelaide, newcastle, sydney, dunedin tramways, brisbane, perth, trolley buses, melbourne, launceston, victorian railways, geelong, tram 14, tram 37, tram 34

Six issues of "Tram Tracks - The Electric Traction Monthly" of the Australian Electric Traction Association. Each issue has a standard cover, of the magazine name etc, featuring "Wee Folks Productions" models but are in different colours, all have been saddled stapled with two staples, except No. 6. The Volume and date details have been over printed. Back covers inside back covers have the same advertisements but the font varies vary. The six issues contain advertisements for the Wee Folks productions, Hartleys Sports store, Hearns Hobbies, Wattle Park, Johnson's Variety Store, Barnes Tennis Centre, The Model Dockyard, Robilt Models, Meadmore Model Engineering and Austral Bronze Pty Ltd, Hearns Hobbies, Christie Scale Model Railway and Equipment, Herbert Small (Meccano), the American Subscription Agency, Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Ltd. 2465.1 - Vol. 2 No. 1 - 16 pages, Jan 1947, with cover printed in red. Has articles on the tram / car debate, Dunedin Tramways, Overlapping fare sections, type of trucks under Sydney tramcars, Brisbane Electric Railway (Power station), The Balmain Counterweight and Trolley buses in Australia. News items include Brisbane, Newcastle, Sydney, Melbourne, SEC, Hobart, VR, Adelaide, Kalgoorlie, Broome, electric trains in Melbourne and Sydney, and AETA notes. Photos include Sydney O, OP and P, VR PERM 63 and interior photo of a MMTB W4 class tram. 2465.2 - Vol. 2, No. 2 - 16 pages, Feb. 1947, with cover printed in dark blue. Has articles on Brisbane 400 class tramcar, Adelaide to Glenelg Brighton - Le Sands tramway, Melbourne Suburban railways, Diesel Electrics on the Southern Railway (US)and Birney Safety Car. News items include Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, VR, Fremantle and AETA notes. 2465.3 - Vol. 2, No. 3 - 12 pages, Mar. 1947, with cover printed in brown. Has articles on why NSW trams lose money, Duncan and Frazer, new trams in Johannesburg, Melbourne Suburban railways, and Sydney New Railway (Eastern Suburbs). News items Sydney, Melbourne, SEC, VR and Adelaide and AETA notes. 2465.4 - Vol. 2, No. 4 - 16 pages, Apr. 1947, with cover printed in green. Has articles on Duncan and Fraser (continued), In search of Ancient Warriors (old trams), Brisbane Electric Railway and some unusual fares arrangements. News items include Brisbane, Newcastle, Melbourne, Sydney, SEC, Launceston, Kalgoorlie, overseas, and AETA notes. Editorial looks at claims that the SW6 cars are the finest in the world, back numbers (notes that Tram Tracks started with a mimeographed club news sheet and now have circulation of nearly 200), costs of production etc. Has photographs of the interior of a SW6 850, a plan for Melbourne underground railway, the VR power operations room at Flinders St., Hobart trolley bus and a cartoon about Sydney traffic. 2465.5 - Vol. 2, No. 5 - 16 pages, May 1947, with cover printed in red. Has articles on Australian Light railways, Sydney's relief lines and the start of an article on NSWGT 600/1200V tramcars. Has news items on Brisbane, Sydney, MMTB, VR, Geelong, Ballarat, Launceston, Hobart and AETA notes. Editorial notes the first anniversary of the magazine and has a number of letters regarding this, content and the tram/car debate. 2465.6 - Vol. 2, No. 6 - 20 pages, June 1947, with cover printed in blue. Has articles on Cremorne bridge replacement (with photos), Neutral bay line and Tramcar transmission gears. News items include photos of MMTB track replacements, crowded trams, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and a photo of a Sydney tram passing under the new bridge work for Circular Quay station. 2465.7 - Vol. 2, No. 12 - pages 1-12, cover has an advert for Hartley Sporting Goods. Has cartoon on fares on Sydney trams by Peterson, not regarding retirement of Mr. H. Bell of MMTB, Melbourne Latrobe St and bus construction, Sydney tram cartoons from Emile Mercier, electric trains and other tramway news. (Item added 24-3-18 - from consolidation of Melbourne Tram Museum and BTM collections) trams, tramways, electric traction, aeta, models, australian tramways, duncan fraser, cartoons

2467.1 - Vol. 4 No. 2, February 1949 of "Tram Tracks - The Electric Traction Monthly" of the Australian Electric Traction Association. Magazine consists of 16 printed pages with a 12 page supplement titled "Fifty Questions and Answers about trams in Australia". Has a single staple on the saddle. Incorporated within the magazine are articles or editorials on Tramways and Tramway Experts (Sydney and bus replacement), Interurban to St Kilda (conversion of VR St. Kilda line). General news items on Brisbane, Geelong, Launceston closure, Hobart, Bourke St routes, Perth, Adelaide, NSW, Christchurch, Overseas tramways and railways. Also has letters to the Editor, plans of a Birney tram for model makers and AETA Notes. Issue has advertisements for the Model Dockyard, ARLHS, The Hobby Shop, Barnes Tennis Centre, Fleet, Christie Model Railway Equipment of Sydney, Meadmore Model Engineering, Austral Bronze, Wattle Park, Traction Publications and Robilt "O" gauge locomotives. 2467.2 - Vol 4, No. 5 - May 1949 - 20 pages - red cover, 4th year, article by Peter Duckett with photos of Board members, "PCC Trucks here", MMTB advert for staff, news from Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne (applications for new Chairman to replace Mr. Bell), Bendigo, Perth, Christchurch, Wellington, Wanganui, Bourke St construction work (photo of poles), Brisbane tramway history, map of CBD Melbourne, Melbourne and Sydney suburban railways, AETA News. 2467.3 - Vol 4, No. 6 - June 1949 - 16 pages - green pages, tramways and private cats, news from Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne, Launceston, Hobart, article "Scrap Sydney Tams by 1960 - Newcastle this years say London experts", buses tackle football crowds (Sydney), Fremantle (Wal Jack letter), and Melbourne and Sydney suburban railways, AETA News. 2467.4 - Vol 4, No. 7 - July 1949 - 16 pages - tramways and the public, news from Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne, appointment of R. Risson as new chairman, Perth, Adelaide, Launceston, tramcar solenoid brakes, National City Lines USA, and Melbourne and Sydney suburban railways, AETA News. 2467.5 - Vol 4, No. 8 - August 1949 - 8 pages - tramways and politics, photo of new points for Latrobe and William Sts, East Hills Line by C. C. Singleton, general tramway news, and advertisement for Robilt model railways. .2 to .4 added 15-2-2016 from the collection of Ian Stanley. .5 added 24-3-18 - from consolidation of Melbourne Tram Museum and BTM collections)trams, tramways, electric traction, aeta, australian tramways, mmtb, pcc, closure, sydney, newcastle, brisbane

Report - on two A4 sheets hand written in pencil, stapled in the top left hand corner, giving destination sign measurements and layouts on Melbourne and Sydney trams and buses and Adelaide buses and Victorian Railways suburban trains. Prepared by Charles Craig, c1970's. Gives the width, the depth or show and the size of the letters. Titled "Desto Measurements"trams, tramways, trams, buses, destination indicators, destination roll

Photo Album - dark blue plastic covers with the letters "photo album" in raised letters, stippled finish containing 10 leaves ring bound with an adhesive surface with clear plastic sheet on each cover. Page 1 – set of 8 Last day tram tickets – 16/4/1972 and four SEC tickets rear. Page 2 – set of 10 SEC tickets and 2 backs Page 3 – 2 BTPS 10c tickets, MMTB 25c, 3 Brisbane City Council tickets, two Trittons furnishings, one WCC (Wellington?) cable car and two MMTB City Concession tickets Page 4 – Set of 9 MMTB tickets 4d, 7d city, 7d, 8d, 1/-, 1/ 4, 2/- or 20c, 2/6 and one Pensioner’s check ticket. Page 5 – Set of 9 MMTB tickets, 4c, 8c, 9c, 10c, 30c, Pensioner’s concession, two $1 City concession cards, city concession check ticket and two machine issued tickets 1c and 15c. Page 6 – set of 16 MMTB tickets that have been recovered from within trams, very dirty, check tickets, value tickets and advertising on the rear. Page 7 – various special train tickets – Stainless steel train, ARHS tours, TMSV, ARHS Farewell, ARHS SA Mile End, Ballarat trams x 2, Crich exhibition ticket and one MTT (Tas?) 30c. Page 8 – VR Windsor to Melbourne Quarterly 1940, 7 VR various country and suburban tickets and two VR Motor coach services tickets. Page 9 – two interstate reserved seat tickets, Brisbane suburban ticket and 8 various values QR Parcel tickets – very dirty. Page 10 – Two Puffing Billy guest passes, 10th anniversary ticket, 10 various card tickets for Puffing Billy and tours. Page 11 – 6 + others MTT Adelaide value tickets with adverts on rear and four AETM St Kilda Museum tickets. Page 12 – four Red Bus Rover London tickets, four Peak Tramways tickets, one toll bridge, 6 London machine issued tickets. Page 13 – One San Francisco Municipal Railway ticket, one LlafrairPG platform ticket and two MMTB Machine tickets. Page 14 – One $1 MMTB city concession card and one Parramatta Park tramway ticket issued for COTMA during 1976. Page 15 – One Emerald Park vehicle entry ticket and one PBPS opening day of the extension to Lakeside in 1975 with certificate. Page 16 – One PBPS Notice. Page 17 – not used. Page 18 – three commemorative envelopes – WA Railway Centenary, Standard Gauge to Melbourne, and Sydney to Perth. Page 19 – Brisbane tramways last day, two Last day envelopes for Ballarat and Bendigo. Page 20 – three different St Kilda Centenary – Adelaide. Contained within the album was loose tickets - see Reg Item 3970 and a pamphlet for the opening of the Transport Mural at Spencer St Station on 30 Jan. 1978.has a label on the side in punched letters on a green tape "Tickets and Postal Covers"trams, tramways, tickets, secv, mmtb, adelaide, brisbane, arhs, aetm, aeta, pbps, cotma, tmsv, victorian railways, vr, post office, envelopes, post office