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Black and white negative by Wal Jack of X class Birney 218 at the Point Ormond terminus. Note the Pay as you enter sign, There appears to be a two many crew, the driver is chatting to the conductor in the front of the tram, with a summer jacket on. Tram has the destination of Elsternwick. Photo c1940.
Based on the attached note "Experimental run number plate used by MMTB 1930/31 to decide if white on black or black on white should be used". Such plates are used by depots to indicate to Inspectors and other staff the allocated run or timetable trip for a particular service.
Based on the note, used as a development item to be used on trams.
Run Number steel sheet with corners trimmed and rounded, two holes for hanging, with an off-white background and the letter "E" and number "9" painted in black. Has a part of a tag with notes wire to the item.
See image 2.
tramways, timetables, mmtb, essendon depot, run number plates
The photograph shows X2 class tram No. 676 with the destination of Russell St in Leeds St Footscray. Has the station buildings in the background as well as signs for Four & Twenty Pies, Ace Plastic & Rubber and a shore repair shop Photo by Jim Seletto c1960.
Yields information about MMTB X2 676 and the Footscray Station terminus.
Black and white photograph, with photographer's notes on the rear.
"Footscray Station, JSE6" and Jim Seletto stamp.
trams, leeds st, footscray, x2 class, tram 676
Black and white photograph of W4 673 decorated for the Victorian Centenary in 1934, at Preston Workshops. Tram was illuminated, showing route 60. Extensively decorated with the State Coat of Arms. Photo by Sutcliffee Studios. See item 5242 for a negative of this image.
Yields information about W4 673 decorated for the 1934 Victorian Centenary.
Black and white photograph, with source notes on the rear.
In ink "673 1934, Duplicate Copy, Sutcliffe Photo"
trams, mmtb, w4 class, tram 673, victoria, centenary, preston workshops, decorated trams
Black and white photograph of MMTB Ballast Motor No. 11 and trailer at Hawthorn Depot in the 1930's. The tram is loaded with sleepers. Photograph and details of the tramcar are given on pages 70 and 72 of Destination City, 4th Edition. Photograph from Ray Pearson Collection.
Yields information about the the MMTB Ballast Motor and the sidings at Hawthorn Depot.
Black and white photograph, with source notes on the rear.
In ink "Perway siding Hawthorn" - Duplicate Ray Pearson
trams, mmtb, hawthorn depot, ballast motor, work trams, tram 11
The photograph shows the view of a gripman looking forward with his levers, the longitudinal seats and the headlight. Also shown is the seat in the opposite corner of the grip car or dummy. See image 7655 for another image.
Yields information about cable trams in the 1930s.
Black & White Photograph by the TMSV Sales.
trams, tramways, cable trams, gripmen, grip tram, dummy
Set of two Photo of Victorian Railways trams 3, 34 and 40 at the St Kilda Railway station, with a driver in the view. Photo in the Wal Jack Victorian Railways Album - dated 30-12-1940.
Yields information about VR trams at the St Kilda Railway Station during Dec. 1940.
Set of two Black and white negatives.
trams, tramways, victorian railways, vr trams, brighton, tram 3, tram 34, tram 40, crews, uniforms
Series of 6 black and white photographs of an early Z class tram at Preston Workshops 1 - Control stand 2 - Control stand with a man in the driver's seat. 3 - Showing the driver's vent window open 4 - Showing the front door closed with a lifting jack alongside. 5 - Showing the doors open and the manufacturer's signage on the riser. 6 - Interior of the car showing the conductors seat and ticket selling stand.
Yields information about the layout of the driver's controls and Z class interiors.
Set of six black and white photographs.
trams, tramways, conductors, ticket machines, z class, controls, doors, interiors
Photographs showing setting up temporary track in St Kilda Road using a mobile crane. One photo shows the temporary connection in the Alexandra Gardens area, late 1950s?
Yields information about setting up temporary track in St Kilda Road for major tramway reconstruction.
Series of 3 black and white photographs.
Some photos have pencil marks on rear.
trams, tramways, trackwork, rails, track materials, track repairs, sleepers, equipment, st kilda road
Details the arrangements for a "Air Training Corps March" on Saturday 23/10/1943 in connection with the fourth liberty loan. Published by the City of Melbourne. details tramway arrangements.
Demonstrates a document by the City of Melbourne detailing the arrangements for a Parade through city streets.
Memorandum - 4 foolscap sheets, duplicated
Notations written in pencil on memo pinned in top left hand corner.
trams, tramways, events, parades, liberty loan
The photograph shows X2 class tram No. 676 with the destination of Russell St in Leeds St Footscray. Has the station buildings in the background as well as signs for Four & Twenty Pies, Ace Plastic & Rubber and a shore repair shop Photo by Jim Seletto c1960.
Yields information about MMTB X2 676 and the Footscray Station terminus.
Black and white photograph, with photographer's notes on the rear.
"Footscray Station, JSE6" and Jim Seletto stamp.
trams, leeds st, footscray, x2 class, tram 676
Timetables - provides information on fare sections and a route map. 1 - Routes 1, 2 & 4 - South Melbourne - City - July 1984 2 - Route 1 & 21 - East Coburg - City August 1983 3 - Route 5 and 35 - Malvern Burke Road - July 1984 4 - Route 3 and 377 - East Malvern (Darling Road) and bus route on Sundays only - Jan. 1984 5 - Route 6, 36 and 7 - Glen Iris - July 1984 6 - Route 8 and 38 - Toorak - June 1984 7 - Route 9 and 14 - Northcote - June 1984 8 - Route 10 & 11, 13 - West Preston - May 1984 9 - Route 15 & 22 - Moreland - July 1983 10 - Route 15 & 16, 53 & 55 - St Kilda Beach - July 1983 11 - Route 19, 20 and 18 (MMTB) - North Coburg - Oct. 1982 12 - Route 42, 23, 44, 45 and 47 - Mont Albert - July 1984 13 - Route 48, 24, 40, 41 and 29 - North Balwyn - Nov. 1983 14 - Route 57, 357, 54, 60, 58 and 50 - West Maribyrnong - bus on Sundays - July 1984 15 - Route 64, 65, 62 and 61 - East Brighton - Jan. 1984 16 - Route 67, 37, and 66 - Carnegie - Jan. 1984 17 - route 70, 71 and 76 - Wattle Park - June 1984 18 - route 75, 74, 76 and 28 - East Burwood - JIan. 1984 19 - route 77, 78 and 79 - Prahran - North Richmond - July 1984 20 - route 82 and 223 - Footscray - Moonee Ponds and bus on Sundays and Saturdays - June 1984 21 - route 88, 14, 89 and 90 - East Preston - July 1983 22 - route 96, 95 and 97 - East Brunswick - July8 1984
Yields information about Metropolitan Transit services during the mid 1980s.
Set of 22 Metropolitan Transit tram timetables - multifold printed on yellow paper.
timetable, metropolitan transit, the met, route 1, route 2, route 4, route 21, route 5, route 35, route 3, route 377, route 6, route 36, route 7, route 8, route 38, route 9, route 14, route 10, route 11, route 13, route 15, route 22, route 16, route 53, route 55, route 19, route 18, route 20, route 42, route 23, route 44, route 45, route 47, route 48, route 24, route 40, route 41, route 29, route 57, route 357, route 54, route 60, route 58, route 50, route 64, route 65, route 62, route 61, route 67, route 37, route 66, route 70, route 71, route 76, route 75, route 74, route 28, route 77, route 78, route 79, route 82, route 223, route 99, route 89, route 90, route 96, route 95, route 97
Used by cable tram conductors to retain or pin their trip slips on their jackets. See item 1923 for a photo of a conductor wearing them on his jacket.
Demonstrates a trip slip safety pin used by conductors.
Safety pin formed from spring steel with a folded steel sheet at one end and nickel plated. - Two copies held.
tramways, cable trams, conductors, trip slips
Timetables for the following routes: 1 - Route 1/22 East Coburg - Moreland - South Melbourne Beach via Swanston St - Oct. 2000 2 - Route 5 - Malvern Burke Rd - Melbourne Uni - Jan 2002 3 - Route 8 - Toorak - Melbourne Uni Jan 2002 4 - Route 69 - Kew Cotham Road - St Kilda Beach - Jan 2002 5 - Route 82 - Moonee Ponds - Footscray - Oct. 2000 6 - Route 78/79 North Richmond - Prahran or St Kilda Beach - Jan 2002 7 - Route 59 - Airport West - City - Oct. 2000 8 - Route 57 - West Maribyrnong - via North Melbourne - Oct. 2000
Details services operated by M>Tram c2002 and 2000
Set of 8 M>Tram timetables, green cover with route number on cover, giving details of popular destination, checkpoints, use of Metcards and contact details, tram hire, frequency.
trams, tramways, tram services, timetables, route 1, route 22, route 5, route 8, route 69, route 82, route 78, route 79, route 59, route 57
Set of two bus timetables for specific routes, day of week giving information on tram times at specific time points, route map, sections and fares and organisation address - 616 Little Collins St. Melbourne. 1 - East Kew - Box Hill - Doncaster - May 1970 - no route numbers given. 2 - Fishermen's Bend - City via three different routes - August 1970
Yields information about two MMTB 1970 bus routes.
Set of 2 MMTB Tram timetables, folded sheets, 10 sections on white paper.
trams, tramways, mmtb, timetables, melbourne, fares, east kew, doncaster, fishermen's bend
The photograph shows the east end of Collins St with a cable tram set inbound towards Spencer St between Exhibition and Spring Streets. The State Treasury building is in the far background. Some soft-top motor vehicles are in view along with a postal pillar or letterbox. Photo 1920s
Yields information about the east end of Collins St and cable trams.
Black and white photograph, with source notes on the rear.
In Pencil "Top of Collins St 1920s, (Duplicate Ray Pearson)
trams, collins st, cable trams
The photograph shows Scrubber tram No. 10 in Swanston St with the Foys department store in the background. The tram was later renumbered to 10W. Has W2 class tram No. 500 behind. This tram began its life in Sydney in 1908, converted in 1952 to a scrubber, and sold to MMTB in 1959. The tram is now at the Bylands TMSV site. Photo by Jim Seletto Feb. 62.
Yields information about MMTB Scrubber tram 10 or 10W
Black and white photograph, with photographer's notes on the rear.
"No 10 outside Foys City, Feb 62, DX Print" in red ink, Stamp of Jim Seletto and in pencil "JSE5"
trams, scrubber tram, tram 10, tram 10w
The card shows the three Melbourne cable cars that were owned by Alf Twentyman at his Northcote property - grip car 436 and cable trailers 290 and 586.
Yields information about the Alf Twentyman cable car collection.
Colour photo used as Christmas Card
trams, alf twentyman, tram 586, northcote, tram 436, tram 290, christmas card
Section of worn cable tram wire rope. One of the two ferrules has been engraved with "243 Weeks 341591 Miles" and the other "ANTD 12 Weeks" - "ANTD" is thought to be an abbreviation for anticipated. On this basis, the cable rope lasted 20 times its expected life!
Demonstrates a worn cable tram wire rope that has been sampled and its use recorded.
Section of worn Melbourne cable tram wire rope with engraved retaining brass ferrules on each end consisting of seven wound (12 wires) around a central fibre core.
See context
tramways, cable trams, cable ropes, cables, mmtb
Photograph shows many W2 class trams, led by W2 220 for the Caulfield Race day traffic in Railway Ave. Photo taken from the Railway embankment. In the view are Downard's Furniture storage in the former Crystal Palace cinema (see reference), along with adverts for Stegbar, Alsatian, and Weber Real Estate. A policeman is on point duty. In the far background is the Caulfield Railway station. Photo c1970.
Yields information about Caulfield Race day traffic c1970
Black and white photograph, plain back.
caulfield, trams, caulfield races, railway ave, railways, w2 class, tram 220
Image shows San Jose tram or trolley, ex Melbourne W2 class No. 531 in their yard. Tram has been fitted with sliding doors and painted in the Melbourne chocolate and cream colours. The rear of the card gives a brief history of the vehicle and the San Jose Historical Museum. Photo by Howard Frazee and published by Mary Jane's Railroad Specialities Inc. See item 3552 for another image of the tram.
Yields information about W2 class tram 531 in San Jose.
Colour postcard - Divided back, titled "MMTB Trolley car number 531"
w2 class, tram 531, san jose, trams
Image shows a view of Collins St looking west from near Russell st looking towards Swanston St. Has two cable trams in the view. Has the offices of The Argus and the Australasian newspapers in the view on the left side of the card. On the outside of the building are boards with extracts of the newspaper and people viewing them. The card has the name of 'VSM Melbourne" and that it was printed in Prussia.
Yields information about Collins St c1908 and the nature of dress of the many people in the photo and The Argus building.
Colour postcard - Divided back, titled "Collins Street Melbourne (looking west)", date stamped in two places "Melbourne 10-3-08"
In pencil 2E
collins st, postcards, cable trams, the argus
Image shows a view of Collins St West from ? street. Has a Victoria Bridge cable tram in the view. Buildings marked are Baylee & Co, Life Insurance Co., North British & Mercantile Insurance Co, Hicks Atk? Moubray - Draper. Based on date on the rear of the card 1905.
Yields information about Collins St West c1905 and the nature of dress of the many men in the photo.
Colour postcard - Divided back, titled "Collins Street West" with a tape boarder on the rear with pencil notes.
In pencil "SPF/Melbourne - Streets - Collins Street West c1905". price of 6E and rubber stamp imprint in one corner.
collins st, postcards, victoria bridge, cable trams
Contains: Act No. 2130 - "An Act for the confirmation of an Agreement between the City of Prahran and the Town of Malvern and for the Constitution of the Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust" - dated 23/12/1907 Act No. 2166 - "An Act to amend the Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust Act 1907" - dated 2/3/1909
Yields information about the legal status of the PMTT to run tramways.
Book - 16 pages, bound with red leather style covers.
Has "H.S. Dix" in ink on the top right hand corner of the first page.
trams, tramways, tramways, acts of parliament, pmtt, malvern, prahran, construction, mto co
Contains: "An Act to consolidate and amend the Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust Acts and for other purposes" - dated 4/1/1911 Order in Council for Malvern trams detailing requirements of the tramway, dated 6/7/1908 - two different orders - gives details of the tramway eg gauge, speed, crossing of railways and relationship with the MTOCo. All documents scanned to pdf - text searchable.
Yields information about the legal status of the PMTT to run tramways.
Book - 16 pages, bound with red leather style covers.
Has "H.S. Dix" in ink on the top right hand corner of the first page.
trams, tramways, tramways, acts of parliament, pmtt, malvern, prahran, construction, mto co, order in council
Used by the MMTB to number each tram stop on the system. Was attached to a pole using a metal strap. See item 185 for an example with a strap.
Demonstrates a MMTB tram stop number of two types of materials.
Set of two numerals used on tram stops, both with two holes on the sides, and originally a red number on a white background. No. 3 - sheet metal baked enamalled. No. 7 - white core bakelite sheet.
tramways, mmtb, tram stops, passenger signs
Used by Kew tram depot to indicate to Inspectors and other staff the allocated run or timetable trip for a particular service. Was displayed in both driver's windows of a tram.
Demonstrates a MMTB Run Number plate used on both trams and buses.
Run Number steel sheet with corners trimmed and rounded, two holes for hanging, with an off-white background and the letter "K" and number "82" painted in red. Two copies held.
"K 82" in red paint on both sides.
tramways, timetables, mmtb, kew depot, run number plates
These items were used by tram and bus drivers as part of the Metcard machine management system. The PM (portable memory) key was issued to each driver. At the start of a shift, the driver would put it into a cream-coloured terminal at the sign-on point (starter's office in the depot) and transfer their shift information onto the key. Once the driver reached the vehicle, they put the key into the black-coloured terminal (tram driver's keypad - TDKP or bus driver's keypad) to upload the shift data to the vehicle. See item 2582 for more details and other examples.
Demonstrates an item used on buses and trams for management of the Metcard Machines and ticketting issue.
Digital Memory module, or Portable Memory Key, equivalent in type to a USB stick, black plastic with a sliding mechanism to protect 8 copper contact strips with a digital memory area at one end. Stamped into the memory area part number "97100188. On the reverse side is a lable giving details of the owner, part number, and serial number and that it is subject to a charge in favour of the National Australia Bank. Has as key type appearance. Has a key retaining ring and key tag with "194 Williams 361798" printed on it.
tramways, trams, buses, metcard, ticket machines
Manufactured tool for use by one of the Melbourne cable tram operators, most likely the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Co, to stamp leather satchels and other items that had to be marked. See item 7677 for a "CABLE" stamp. Was extensively used given the deformation at the top of the punch.
Demonstrates a steel tool to stamp markings onto leather or other objects
Tool - forged steel and hardened to stamp the word "RICHMOND". Has manufacturer's name and location on the sides stamped in.
"W Willis & Co, Melbourne" stamped in on the sides.
tools, mtoco, stamps, metal stamp, tramways, cable trams
Manufactured tool for use by one of the Melbourne cable tram operators, most likely the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Co, to stamp leather satchels and other items that had to be marked. See item 7678 for a "RICHMOND" stamp. Was extensively used given the deformation at the top of the punch.
Demonstrates a steel tool to stamp markings onto leather or other objects
Tool - forged steel and hardened to stamp the word "CABLE". Has manufacturer's name and location on the sides stamped in,
"Makers W Willis & Co, Collins St West Melbourne" stamped in on the sides.
tools, mtoco, stamps, metal stamp, tramways, cable trams
Used to cancel or punch paper tickets when purchased. Placed lear shaped hole in the ticket. Based on the stamped number, used from South Melbourne Depot. This type of punch was phased out by the 1990s when conductors were removed from trams.
Demonstrates an item used by the MMTB to cancel tickets. Would have been issued to a conductor at South Melbourne Depot.
Brass cast, machined, ticket punch, spring loaded, consists of two main parts with a pin & spring from coiled wire and fitted with formed wire retaining hole fitted to one of the arms. Item stamped "A259"
stamped "A259" on one arm
tramways, ticket punch, tickets, fares, conductors, south melbourne depot
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