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Black and White Photograph - MMTB Uniform - 1920's
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Copy photograph by Keith Kings of an old photo showing a MMTB Driver or Conductor in an early to mid 1920s uniform. Cap has the MMTB logo badge, three pockets with the man wearing a vest and a pocket watch chain.
Yields information about early MMTB Uniforms.
Black and White Photograph - MMTB Uniform - 1920's photo number 213-18
Has details and date written on the rear.
Produced by the Victorian and Melbourne Centenary Celebrations 1934-1935. An extensive four month event was planned. Includes a short section of the history of Victoria and Melbourne, Education, Religious Activities, Public Utilities, Primary production, places of interest, Instructions, Pleasure Resorts and Sporting. The Utilities included the Victorian Railways, MMTB, Police, Melbourne Harbour Trust and the SEC. Includes many advertisements for car dealers, manufacturers, insurance and hotels.
Yields information about the Melbourne Centenary Celebrations in 1934.
Book - 222 pages - 7 sections, glued cover with many black and white photos and advertisements.
Has pencil marks on the front and inside front cover and in marks on the outside rear cover.
victoria, centenary celebrations, melbourne, mmtb, vr, secv, harbour trust
Newspaper clipping or cutting from the Progress Press, 11/12/1991 featuring a photograph of Richard Parry's 1:5 scale model tram of Birney 217 giving rides at the 75th anniversary of Kew Tram depot. Photo by Simon Hoey.
Yields information Kew depot's 75th anniversary celebrations.
Newspaper cutting or clipping, printed on Newsprint titled "Birthday at depot"
tramways, trams, kew depot, models, birney trams, tram 217, richard parry
Photograph of Princes bridge Melbourne with one cable tram set crossing. In the background is the then new Flinders Street station building. Note the clock on the right hand side of the photograph that was later transferred to Spencer Street station.
Yields information about Princes Bridge in 1910.
postcard - decorative border with a photo of Princes Bridge within an oval - embossed. On the rear is a letter dated 21/12/1910. Card by Marlborough Art Series.
See note on rear.
tramways, trams, yarra river, princes bridge, cable trams, flinders street station, clocks
Photograph shows a Z class tram (23 or 29?) being reversed at the Spencer St terminus in Bourke St, during the mid to late 1970's. Has the MTOCo. tramway building behind it as well as the single story hotel, the Savoy Tavern, that replaced Carloyn's Hotel.
Yields information Z class trams
Black and White print - Z class at Bourke St shunting
tramways, trams, bourke st, mtoco building, shunting, z class
Photograph shows the H crossing (where two sets of tracks cross each other) at the intersection of Market St and Flinders St which consisted in the north - south direction cable tram slot rails. Date of removal and replacement to be determined. Date and photographer not recorded.
Yields information about H crossing at the intersection of Market and Flinders Street Melbourne.
Black and White - Flinders and Market Streets H crossing
tramways, trams, h crossing, cable trams, flinders street, market street
Newspaper clipping - "Keep nuts on the right track", written by Keith Dunstan in the Weekend magazine - 17/4/1993. The story features Shane Moore, the owner of W2 568 and the tours that are undertaken from Hawthorn Tram depot. Regular drivers are Steve Olsen, Monica Campbell. Includes notes on a trip taken on the tram and some of the issues.
Yields information about the tramcar W2 568 and Shane Moore's tours with the tram.
Newspaper clipping from the Herald Sun printed on newsprint.
tramways, tramcars, w2 class, tram 568, shane moore, monica campbell, steve olsen, tours, keith dunstan
Newspaper clipping - "City has 227 trams too many, with 16 more on the way" from The Age, 14-5-1993 written by Enrica Longo, about the delivery of further articulated trams (B class) and the overall number of trams. Includes a comment on the 90 of Z class trams out of service, the total number of trams, and the numbers needed for daily service.
Yields information about the tramcar fleet size in 1993.
Newspaper clipping from The Age, printed on Newsprint.
tramways, tramcars, b class, z class, operations, stored trams
Pack of playing cards featuring a Melbourne A class tram, No. 235 turning from Gisborne St into Victoria Parade.
Shows the use of a Melbourne tram on a souvenir.
Pack of playing cards, wrapped, printed with a photo of an A class tram on one side.
melbourne, trams, a class, tram 235, playing cards
Book produced by the Science Museum provides a brief history of the cable tram system, with photos. Includes details of the engine houses, the cable, the grip mechanism, the ticket bell punch, and why "Mind the Curve". Has a list of acknowledgments. Published shortly after or at the time of the launch of the tram in the enclosure in Russell St. The additional sheet with the book provides details for each route of route, the location of the city terminus, suburban terminus, running time, night light, route length, first and last car for each day of the week. Not known who compiled the sheet.
Demonstrates the work of the Science Museum - now Scienceworks.
Book - 16 pages + card cover +postcard of cable tram set No. 1 at the Science Museum 1975. Inside the book is a ruled sheet of paper with details of the cable tram routes, handmade with ink.
tramways, cable trams, science museum, melbourne
Gives the background to the establishment of Metcard ticket design, standard designs, tickets for events, food series, Millenium series, Comedy Festival, Architecture series, Soccer, AFL clubs, AFT Fair, UITP Conference, Fares Guide, Centenary of Federation, Melbourne Festival, Flower show, 2002 World Masters Games, Federation Square, National Gallery, Student passes and Adult Yearly. Gives examples of tickets between 1999 and 2002. Robert O'Regan the compiler passed away in 2021. He had a very large website that was taken offline in late 2020.
Gives detailed information about Metcard tickets late 1990s and early 2000s.
Folder, heavy plastic partly opaque front cover, deep blue plastic rear cover, 43 plastic sleeves each with two printed in colour, A4 sheets
metcard, tickets, students, collections
Tour notes compiled for "ARE Day Tour - St Kilda to Brighton Beach" - 3-6-2006 by Bruce McLaren. Compiled from various sources such as Destination City 5th edition, VR annual reports, VR to 62, Memories of the Railway Trams by Jim Seletto, Tram Tracks - AETA, the Brighton Electric Line by L Marshall-Wood, Bradshaws Guide and Yarra trams 2006 pamphlets.
Yields information about the St Kilda Brighton Electric tramway for a tour.
Tour notes - approx 60 A4 sheets double side within an Esselte green binder. Has a railfan shop $17.95 price label on the top right hand corner.
vr trams, are, tour notes, bruce mclaren, st kilda brighton electric tramway
Photo shows 51 in Fernhill Road on the Sandringham to Black Rock tramway that was operated by the Victorian Railways . The tram line closed on 5-11-1956
Yields information the Sandringham to Black Rock tramway.
Photograph - Black and White, printed on an A4 sheet.
At one end of the print " #219 7540 No. 51 grinds up Fernhill Road 13-5-1956"
trams, tramways, tram 49, bay road, sandringham, black rock, vr trams, fernhill road
Photo shows VR tram 49 in Bay Road, shortly after leaving Sandringham Station for Black Rock on 18-9-1956. The tram line closed on 5-11-1956
Yields information the Sandringham to Black Rock tramway.
Photograph - Black and White, printed on an A4 sheet.
At one end of the print " #247 Bay Rd. No. 49 on down Sat. 18-9-1956"
trams, tramways, tram 49, bay road, sandringham, black rock, vr trams
Tickets collected by the donor contains: Sheet 1 - Victorian Railways combined rail / tram St Kilda Brighton line 2 - ditto - most used with part tickets 3 - mainly rail and bus 4 - rail and bus 5 - ditto with some rail only 6 - ditto - with tickets torn in half 7 - rail and bus weekly 8 - Single and return tickets for Sandringham to Black Rock 9 - ditto with tickets torn to cancel them 10 - various rail tickets - mixed including some country and weekly tickets 11 - combined train and bus tickets post 1956 12 - Mixed railway tickets - including first and second class suburban 13 - General railway tickets 14 - Rail tickets just prior to Neighbourhood tickets. 15 - ditto with some NSW tickets 16 - MMTB Section tickets and others systems. 17 - Miscellaneous tickets 18 - Miscellaneous tourist operator tickets 19 - ditto 20 - Train world examples 21 - Metcards 22 - Metcards 23 - Metcards - printed for events etc. 24 - Metcards 25 - Frankston line Connex timetable, V/Line ticket folder and Ganga phone card.
Yields information about the Victorian Railways rail and tram ticketing systems.
Album - red plastic cover two ring spring binder, with gold block "Swap Card Album" - with a $14.50 price label in the top right hand corner. Contains 25 used or partly used card plastic sleeves and four unused sleves.
tickets, st kilda brighton electric tramway, victorian railways, metcard, sandringham to black rock, buses, vr, railways, tramways, mmtb, train world
Gives the background to the tickets, dates and fare system and details who printed the tickets. Has replica examples of 8 different tickets and details how they were used.
Yields information about the ticketing system of the Hawthorn Tramways Trust.
Booklet - centre stapled - 8 pages on off white paper, 8 replica tickets glued to the page within a light card blue cover.
htt, tickets, replica tickets, hawthorn tramways trust
The Met bus timetable for route 600 - which followed many of the early tram routes - via Sandringham, Elwood. Gives description of the route, time points, and map. Published by The Met / Public Transport Corporation.
Demonstrates a Met bus route which followed many of the early tram routes in the district.
Five fold DL 2 colour paper timetable - Route 600 - Southland - St Kilda - 1994
the met, ptc, route 600, southland, st kilda, met bus, buses
Given to union members to wear on their uniforms. The union badge was permitted to be worn on a uniform.
Demonstrates a MMTB uniform button.
Badge was made on a brass/gold backing with painted enamel on the front. On the central portion of the badge, had the ATMOEA logo, with the words "Vic" with red enamel backing, and on the outer edge of the badge "Aust Tramway & Motor Omnibus Employees Association" with a royal blue background. The back of the badge is fitted with a spring retaining clip. The plastic bag is most likely what it was delivered in and was handed to Union members. There are no manufacturer details.
tramways, mmtb, crews, drivers, conductors, uniforms, badges, unions, atmoea
Used by the MMTB as part of a tram crew or inspectors uniform .
Demonstrates a MMTB uniform button.
Set of two uniform buttons - two pressed metal sections provided with a lug or eye to sew the button onto a uniform jacked. The nickel-plated badge is stamped "Stokes & Sons Victoria" while the brass button is stamped "Stokes Australia". The brass button is missing the sewing eye or lug.
tramways, mmtb, crews, drivers, conductors, uniforms, buttons
Used by the MMTB to indicate to Inspectors and the public, the driver or conductor traffic number or their personnel number. This number would appear on all reporting documents.
Demonstrates a MMTB employee or traffic number badge.
Set of two badges - numbered, "2116" and "2119", nickel plated brass to give a silver finish, with the numbers fixed to a bar top and bottom and two lugs on the rear to clip into a cap. Have been mounted onto a card with the clips used in practice. Made by Stokes and Sons Melbourne - has been stamped onto the rear.
tramways, trams, mmtb, operations, badges, crews, drivers, conductors, personnel, employees
Used by the MMTB to indicate to Inspectors and the public, the driver or conductor traffic number or their personnel number. This number would appear on all reporting documents.
Demonstrates a MMTB employee or traffic number badge.
Badge number, MMTB style, "1469", plated brass to give a gold finish, with the numbers fixed to a bar top and bottom and two lugs on the rear to clip into a cap. Made by Stokes and Sons Melbourne - has been stamped onto the rear. Has one of the lugs missing.
tramways, trams, mmtb, operations, badges, crews, drivers, conductors, personnel, employees
Used on MMTB caps until the early 1980s, with their operations or their assigned personal employee number or crew number below. Used from the late 1910s.
Demonstrates a MMTB cap badge.
Badge or cap badge, nickel-plated brass? for MMTB caps - letters TB combined together. Has two metal lugs soldered onto the rear to enable it to be fixed into a cap. In the middle on the rear the manufacturer's name "STOKES" is stamped into the badge. Set of 2.
tramways, trams, mmtb, operations, badges, crews, drivers, conductors, personnel, employees
Used from Malvern depot in the time recording Bundy clocks that were located around the MMTB system. Related to the driver's run number. Withdrawn from use when the Automatic Vehicle Monitoring (AVM) system came into use.
Demonstrates a Bundy time recording clock key.
Key - or Bundy Clock Key - brass, rounded head with drilled hole stamped "Tramways" on one side and "172" on the other side with a steel section that controlled the action of the recording clock and provided the means of stamping the number "172M" onto a paper tape.
tramways, trams, mmtb, clocks, bundy clock, timetables, drivers, malvern depot, operations
Issued to Officers (non traffic) and Clerical staff of the MMTB for free travel. Traffic Officers had their badges.
Demonstrates the method of identifying MMTB Officers and Clerical staff who were entitled to free travel on trams.
Round silver MMTB Officers and Clerical Staff badge - stamped No. "302" and with raised writing "M&M Tramways Board" with a silver ring through the top of the badge, to allow it to be attached to a key ring. On rear in raised letters "K. G. Luke Melb".
badges, tramways, trams, mmtb, travel passes, staff
Issued to Members of the Victorian State Parliament to provide free travel on trams.
Demonstrates the method of identifying Members of State Parliament who were entitled to free travel on trams.
Badge - brass with a gold finish, two triangles merged - stamped No. "402" and with raised writing "M&M Tramways Board" with a brass ring through the top of the badge, to allow it to be attached to a key ring. On the rear has the stamp of the manufacturer, "Stokes"
badges, tramways, trams, parliament, mmtb, travel passes
Use to identify a tramway employee - a trackman - Track maintainer. Would have allowed free travel when on duty and to and from work. Used possibly from mid 1910's when the Board was formed until it was replaced by the MMTB in 1921 or when a different identification system was implemented. Made by Stokes and Sons Melbourne.
Demonstrates the method of identifying cable tram employees.
Round pressed brass badge with the words "Trackman" and number "240" pressed into the centre of the badge around the top half of the badge "All Lines" with small horizontal lines within the individual letters. Has the Tramways Board logo on the lower part of the badge. On the rear of the badge, two metal lugs have been soldered onto the badge and a single-piece leather strap with a buttonhole cut into it to enable it to be worn on a uniform. The leather strap appears to have been refitted at one stage - marks on rear from previous straps.
badges, tramways, trams, employee pass, tramway board, track cleaner, track maintenance
Use to identify a tramway employee - Clifton Hill car house or depot. Would have allowed free travel when in uniform to and from work. Used possibly from mid 1910's when the Board was formed until it was replaced by the MMTB in 1921 or when a different identification system was implemented. Most likely made by Stokes and Sons - possible imprint covered by the leather part.
Demonstrates the method of identifying cable tram employees.
Round pressed brass badge with the words "Gripman" pressed into the centre of the badge around the top portion of the badge, the letters "C13H pressed into the lower half of the badge - with small horizontal lines within the individual letters. Has a nickel-plated finish with the Tramways Board logo on the lower part of the badge. On the rear of the badge, two metal lugs have been soldered onto the badge and a two-piece leather strap with a buttonhole cut into it to enable it to be worn on a uniform.
badges, tramways, trams, employee pass, tramway board, clifton hill depot
Documents related to the sale of 33 Fifth Street Black Rock, including two colour photocopies with the external and internal views of a shed said to be a former tram shed associated with the Sandringham to Black Rock horse tram line. Includes the City of Bayside heritage report and Hocking Stuart sales sheets for an auction on Saturday 4 August 2007. It would appear from Google Earth that all buildings were demolished.
Yields information about the sale of a property said to be associated with the Black Rock tramway.
Four A4 sheets - two colour and one colour sheet providing auction details.
trams, railways, vr trams, sandringham, black rock tramway, sale of land, 33 fifth st black rock
Report details the history of the power supply for the Victorian Railways, electric street railways or tramways. Looks at the costs, equipment purchased, operation, and construction. Compiled from original VR documents, with photos. Includes the Elwood depot fire of 1907, Covers the provision of power for Sandringham tramway. Has drawings of the main switchboard layouts, the crossing of the St Kilda - Brighton tramway by the MMTB tramways. Author unknown.
Yields information about the provision of the power supply for VR Trams.
Report 50 x A4 pages - photocopied from an original document.
trams, railways, vr trams, sandringham, st kilda brighton electric tramway, power supply, elwood depot, elwood substation, substations
Drawing - Victorian Railways R17384 showing Sandringham Railway station yard, facilities, tram depot, tram tracks, railway tracks, buildings, drains, poles, adjacent streets and buildings. Dated July 1940. The tram tracks have been inked in on the print.
Yields information about issues Sandringham depot and its tram tracks.
Drawing - photocopy of original- two parts joined in the centre by adhesive tape.
trams, railways, vr trams, sandringham, tram tracks, depot, sandringham depot
Single sheet copied from a larger report - Appendix H title "Operating and Maintenance costs - St Kilda Brighton and Sandringham - Black Rock" giving details of the number of cars in service, expenditure maintenance, mileage, costs, salaries and wages for 1938/1939 for three reporting periods.
Yields information about VR tramway operating costs 1939
Report - photocopied - single A4 sheet
trams, railways, vr trams, costs, maintenance, sandingham, black rock tramway, st kilda brighton electric tramway
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