Document - Exercise Book, Wal Jack, "W. Jack Tramways No. 1", 1950s

Historical information

Contains notes on the following tram systems.
Brisbane - includes notes on photographs
Rockhampton steam
Sydney Tram Depots
NSW Tramways tramcars - notes on each class and work vehicles
Birmingham including two cuttings about the closure of Birmingham dated 31-3-1939
London Passenger Transport Board - one page
Bristol - closure and damage.
Sheffield
History of the Tramcar
Victorian Railways - St Kilda Brighton Electric Street Railway
Sandringham to Black Rock
MMTB Cable trams and opening dates
Opening dates for the tramway routes in Melbourne to 1921
News Paper cuttings on Doncaster
Newspaper cutting - cable trams "Cable Trams.....clang into history" by Hugh Murphy
History and Development to 1943 - Brisbane Trams by G. R. Steel (half page only)
Perth Tramways
Adelaide Municipal Tramways Trust notes
South Africa Trams
Wellington Corporation Tramways (NZ)
Tramways in Soviet Russia
World's Largest Tram Systems - July 1938

Significance

Demonstrates the work of Wal Jack in recording tramway information.

Physical description

Service Exercise Book, black covers, with label, red binding titled "W. Jack Tramways No. 1" lined pages, four sections each of 10 sheets, (80 pages), stitched bound.

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