Book published by G D Peters & Co. of Caxton House Westminster London detailing the National Pneumatic door control systems. Provides an introduction, system types, door engines, folding door and step equipment, treadle plates, electrical and pneumatic fittings and location advice. This type of equipment was used on Melbourne tram and buses. Has the stamp of the Melbourne agents - Railways & Rolling Stock Equipment Ltd. throughout.

Yields information about the pneumatic door control systems of G D Peters.

Book - green paper covers containing approx 90 pages detailing the equipment offered with some coloured diagrams. Pages secured by two metal clips.

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Notes prepared by Norm Wadeson 1961 from Lands Department Records about the history of the Sorrento Tramway. Has notes on the formation, operation, passengers carried, land, possible extension, deputations to the Minister, Mr George Copin, and closure.

Yields information about the Sorrento tramway co. and its Lands Department records.

Two quarto sheets, typed - stapled in top left hand corner.

tramways, tramcars, sorrento, george coppin

A report was written by Alf Twentyman titled "The Horse Omnibuses" about the operation firstly by the Melbourne Omnibus Co from 23/3/1869 and then from 1877 the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Co. Looks at the routes, buses, staff, and stables operated. Includes notes on Race days, St Patrick's Day and other special traffic days, passenger loadings, operations and why the Johnston St cable line was known as the Carlton line.

Yields information about Melbourne's horse omnibuses operated by the Melbourne Omnibus Co.

Three foolscap sheets - photocopied - stapled in top left hand corner.

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Third Annual Report of the Footscray Tramway Trust, for the year ending 30/9/1919. Lists the Trust Members, Consulting Engineers, and Secretary. Details the Trust's activities, finances, and a short review of activities noting the supply of energy from the Victorian Railways Newport Power Station. Engineering report by Christie & Gardiner detailing the construction, welding of joints, tar surfacing, substation equipment, fitting equipment to the seven ex HTT tramcars at Footscray, delivery of equipment for the tramcars, but a delay in the delivery of the trolley wire. There are four pages of accounts and one page for the Auditor's statement. The Trust was taken over by the MMTB during Feb. 1920 who completed the work and commissioned the tramway.

Yields information about the construction of the Footscray Tramway Trust tramways.

Eleven foolscap sheets, duplicated, pinned with a removable foldable clip in top left hand corner.

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Second Annual Report of the Footscray Tramway Trust, for the year ending 30/9/1918. Lists the Trust Members, Consulting Engineers, and Secretary. Details the Trust's activities, finances and a short review of activities. Engineering report by Christie & Gardiner detailing the construction, supply of materials, rails, special work, and that 7 Combination Cars had been purchased along with motors and trucks. Has four pages of financial statements. The First World War restricted progress in acquiring materials. The tramcar bodies were purchased from the Hawthorn Tramway Trust (HTT). The change in Consulting Engineers was mostly likely due to issues that the firm of McCarty Underwood had with the HTT.

Yields information about the construction of the Footscray Tramway Trust tramways.

Ten foolscap sheets, duplicated, pinned with a removable foldable clip in top left hand corner.

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First Annual Report of the Footscray Tramway Trust, for the year ending 30/9/1917. Lists the Trust Members, Consulting Engineers, and Secretary. Details the Trust's activities, financial loans, construction, car barn, and that it is the first Australian Tramway to use Australian-made rails. Engineering report by McCarty Underwood lists the lines to be built, and rails to use an 80lb/yard NSW railway section with a 30lb/yard bolt-on check rail. Notes the intention to have 7 one-man-operated cars and 3 combination cars. Gives expected cost of operations. Lists the Footscray Council Officers that were involved in the project. Supplementary letter from McCarty Underwood about the cost of the rails and the composite section dated 15/11/1917. The last page is a balance sheet, other financial sheets are missing.

Yields information about the construction of the Footscray Tramway Trust tramways.

Ten foolscap sheets, duplicated, stapled in top left hand corner.

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Document gives the data about scheduled speeds in miles per hour for General Electric GE-264 motors for stops per miles, gear ratios, and wheel sizes for form A and B motors. Has a table for truck or bogie data and weights. Enabled street car or tramway operators to select their equipment and motors.

Demonstrates a GE data sheet to assist tramway engineers in their equipment selection.

Data sheet typed on foolscap paper.

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The colour prints show a Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust - PMTT electrical switching or cable pillar box near Elizabeth St Carlton.

Yields information about a former PMTT Electrical switch box

Set of 2 colour prints on Crystal Archive paper and 35mm negatives.

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Set of four colour prints of the Victorian Railways tramway shelter at the Brighton Beach Gardens and three of the shelter in The Esplanade Brighton Beach. See item 7479 for colour slides as well.

Yields information about VR tramway shelters

Set of 7 colour prints on Crystal Archive paper and 35mm negatives.

tramways, shelters, vr, brighton beach, sandringham, esplanade, bay road

Set of 15 colour slides of Tramway Board and MMTB tramway shelters, by Robert Green Feb1990. 1 - Macarthur St and St Andrews Place (Tramway Board) 2 - Macarthur St and St Andrews Place (Tramway Board) 2A - Macarthur St and St Andrews Place (Tramway Board) - logon on the shelter 3 - SW Corner of St Kilda Road & High St 4 - Cnr St Kilda Road and Dorcas St 5 - Batman Ave and St Kilda Road - removed with Batman Ave closed, now at the TMSV Bylands 6 - ditto 7 - ditto - shows the Bundy clock on the office wall. 8 - Victoria and Brunswick Streets 9 - ditto 10 - Cnr St Kilda Road and Bromby St 11 - Victoria and Brunswick Streets 12 - Cnr Dandenong Road and Wattletree Road 13 - Victoria and Brunswick Streets 14 - Bourke and Spencer Streets - note the Bundy clock. Behind is the MTOCo Offices and Carlyons Hotel.

Yields information about Melbourne tramway shelters.

Set of 14 Kodak colour slides in plastic mounts and one unmounted phtograph

All slides have their location marked on them in black ink.

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Tramway Pass for a Totally and Permanently Disabled Soldier pass No. 505 made out to R H Prentice of Prahran and signed by R A Spencer MMTB Secretary. Has the availability conditions, and is available until 30/6/1948. Mr Bob Prentice was a tramway enthusiast who collected VR Tramcar No. 20, photographs and items and authored several small books about Victorian Tramways. See January 1993 and the April. 2024 (page 9) issues of Ballarat Tramway Museum Fares Please - (reference links)

Has a strong association with a well respected tramway enthusiast and collector.

Grey cloth card folded item with two pre-printed pieces of paper glued to the inside, one with details of the holder on the left hand and the right hand side with a photograph of the holder.

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Letter addressed to Mrs B Bartley of Carlton dated 6/6/1965 regarding the possibility of rejoining the Board as a conductress. Details the wages average earnings, and leave etc. Signed by the Secretary W Aird. The photograph shows a lady conductress on a tram step of W2 258, presumably Mrs. Bartley. Not known whether she took up the offer.

Has a close association with Mrs Bartley and demonstrates MMTB recruiting at the time of a shortage of staff.

Letter on a sheet of quarto MMTB Letterhead with a black and white photograph taped to the bottom right hand corner.

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Drawing of the floor plan showing seats, controls, dimensions and technical data for the Birney X class tram No. 217. Drawn by C Andrews 10/1967 and based on MMTB drawing R2462.

Yields information about the MMTB Birney X 217

Drawing - ink on mylar sheet.

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Set of 14 colour slides of Victorian Railways tramway shelters, by Robert Green March 1990. 1 - VR Tram shelter - Esplanade Brighton Beach 2 - ditto 3 - ditto 4 - ditto 5 - ditto 6 - ditto 7 - ditto 8 - VR Tram shelter - Brighton Beach Gardens 9 - VR Tram shelter - Brighton Beach Gardens 10 - VR Tram shelter - Brighton Beach Gardens 11 - VR Tram shelter - Brighton Beach Gardens 12 - VR Tram shelter - Brighton Beach Gardens 13 - VR Tram shelter - Brighton Beach Gardens 14 - VR Tram shelter - Brighton Beach Gardens

Yields information about VR tramway shelters and a replica.

Set of 14 Kodak colour slides in plastic mounts.

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Map Includes description of tram and bus routes, private bus routes, and rail lines. Has contact details for bookings and lost property etc and how to use the map. Gives details of the ticketing system, along with photographs of the various modes. Dated May 1995 with a stylised image of some of Melbourne's landmarks on the cover. Published by the Public Transport Corporation.

Yields information about Melbourne public transport services in 1995.

Fold out map (36 sections 9 across x 4 deep), "Public Transport Map", coloured of Melbourne's Tram and Bus routes, route numbers, rail lines, detailed for the central part of Melbourne and the outer Metropolitan services.

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Map No. 13 undated with the buzzing bee symbol on the front and throughout at the time of the introduction of the neighbourhoods. Includes description of tram and bus routes, private bus routes. Has contact details for bookings and lost property etc and how to use the map. Gives extensive details of the neighbourhood tickets and their used. C1984.

Yields information about Melbourne public transport services in 1984.

Fold out map (36 sections 9 across x 4 deep), "Public Transport Map", coloured of Melbourne's Tram and Bus routes, route numbers, rail lines, detailed for the central part of Melbourne and the outer Metropolitan services.

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Set of 17 colour slides of tramway shelters, poles, and substations by Robert Green c1990. Shelters by the PMTT, HTT and MMTB 1 Tramway Shelter (PMTT) - Cnr Balaclava and Orrong Road, Caulfield 2 - ditto 3 - Tramway Shelter (PMTT) - Cnr. Cotham Road and Burke Road, Deepdene 4 - Tramway Shelter (PMTT) - Cnr. Cotham Road and Burke Road, Deepdene with telephone box alongside. 5 - Cnr. Malvern Rd and Orrong Road, Toorak 6 - Cnr. Malvern Rd and Orrong Road, Toorak 7 - Cnr. Dandenong Road and Hawthorn Road, Caufield 8 - ditto 9 - PMTT Substation - Rusden Street, Elsternwick 10 - PMTT poles cnr. Dandenong Road and Wattletree Road 11 - Tram shelter (HTT) Riversdale Road and Highfield Road - Camberwell - Highfield Park 12 - Tram shelter (HTT) Riversdale Road and Wattlevalley Road, Camberwell 13 - ditto 14 - Tram shelter (HTT) Camberwell Road, cnr Bowen St. Camberwell. 15 - Tram Shelter (HTT) Camberwell Depot, Riversdale Road, Hawthorn 16 - Merri Creek Bridge, St. Georges Road, North Fitzroy 17 - Merri Creek Bridge, St. Georges Road, North Fitzroy - foundation stone

Yields information about Melbourne's tramway stop shelters and other infrastructure.

Set of 17 Kodak colour slides in plastic mounts.

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Black and white photograph of a cable tram set (bogie trailer 472) with gripman and conductor near the Brunswick terminus in Sydney Road. For full details of the image and the story behind it, see page 10 of Bellcord No. 53, March 2022 - see reference for the link.

Yields information about a bogie cable tram set and its location.

Black and white print block mounted onto thick card.

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Black and white photograph of a cable tram set (trailer 203) with gripman and conductor at the Johnston St terminus. The photo has written on it in white ink "Goodfellows "Ferry" over any difficulty including the "Badger" " and date of 18.3.12. which is a reference to the General Strike in Brisbane of Jan 1912 by Brisbane Tramway Company workers over the wearing of Union badges which was strongly opposed by the Company Manager Joesph 'Boss' Badger. See also item 6170 for a similar-themed photograph about the Badger. At the time there was a major industrial or arbitration case before Mr Justice Higgins regarding Australian tramways employees and their working conditions.

Demonstrate cable tram uniforms and cable tram trip slips that were used to account for fare collection and has a close association with an event in Brisbane that led to a General Strike.

Black and white print block mounted onto thick card.

tramways, tramcars, tram 203, johnston st, cable trams, crews, unions, joesph badger, gripmen, conductors, brisbane

Set of 16 floor plans of electric trams of the MMTB and the trusts from the A class of 1910 to W class of 1923. Shows floor plan, seats and a table with car numbers, loading, truck type, type of equipment, horse power, remarks and total weight. 1 - Malvern Combination - A, B, H, J classes 2 - Drop centre cars - Malvern - C, E and D classes 3 - Summer car - Malvern - F class 4 - Short saloon combination - Malvern G class 5 - Short saloon combination - Malvern K class 6 - Four motor bogie car - Malvern - L class 7 - Combination car - Hawthorn - M class 8 - Drop centre bogie car - Hawthorn - N and P class 9 - Closed bogie car - Hawthorn - O class 10 - Combination car, Preston - R and Q class 11 - Combination car, Coburg - S class 12 - Double saloon combination car - Coburg - T class 13 - Box Car Essendon U class 14 - Cross seat (toastrack) car, Essendon, V class 15 - Four motor bogie car - W class 16 - "Birney" Safety car - X class

Yields information about various classes of electric trams up to about 1923 that the MMTB absorbed from the Trusts and/or built themselves.

Folder of 16 blue prints secured with three brass clips,

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Notices to cable tram employees and signalmen about the operation of the intersection of Collins and Swanston Street c1921. Details how Police would signal for the number of trams to cross in either direction and how the signalman would operate the signals and the cable depression lever for Collins St cable cars. The Rules for signalmen dated 1/7/1921 and signed by J G Roberts, Manager Cable system for the MMTB. This intersection was one of the busiest in Melbourne running four separate routes in Collins St and the busy St Kilda Road route.

Yields information about the cable tram operation of Swanston and Collins St and signalmen.

Two foolscap photocopied sheets, stapled in top left hand corner.

tramways, cable trams, swanston st, collins st, signalmen, police

A cartoon of the 1930s titled "The Clancy Kids" of a boy dropping his pennies down the cable tram slot. Calls on Mr Timmie to help who responds with a comment regarding a vending machine. If you dropped a coin or a small item down the slot, there was no way of retrieving it.

Demonstrates the peril of cable tram slots and lost items.

Reproduction of a cartoon onto a display paper.

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Black and white photograph of CW5 684, route 70 outbound in Batman Ave. Ray Pearson's photo listing dates the photo as 1937. The CW5 tramcar was effectively a W5 tram using Brill 22E bogies or trucks as an economy measure during the mid-1930s. The trams were underpowered, with MMTB No. 15 bogies being fitted in 1956. Most of the louver sashes have been lifted, indicating a hot day.

Yields information about a CW5 class tram and its fitment at the time with Brill 22E trucks.

Black and white print with adhesive marks and photographers stamp on the rear.

Has "R W O Pearson" stamp on the rear.

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Set of 3 The Met timetables, with an image of the relevant depot manager, details of hiring a tram, The Met fare system, and a diagrammatic map. All are revised issues of earlier timetables and dated Feb. 1997 unless noted otherwise. 1 - Route 8 - Toorak - Melbourne University 2 - Route 16 - St Kilda Beach - Melbourne University 3 - Route 12 - Sth Melbourne & St Kilda Beach - City

Yields information about some of The Met tram services Feb. 1997

Set of 3 The Met timetables, DL size, printed in two colours.

timetables, the met, route 8, route 16, route 12

Set of 13 The Met timetables, with an image of the relevant depot manager, details of hiring a tram, The Met fare system, and a diagrammatic map. All are revised issues of earlier timetables and dated Feb. 1996 unless noted otherwise. 1 - Route 3 - East Malvern - City 2 - Route 5 - Malvern Burke Road - City 3 - Route 6 - Glen Iris - City 4 - Route 55 - West Coburg - Domain Interchange 5 - Route 57 - West Maribyrnong - City 6 - Route 59 - Airport West - City 7 - Route 69 - Kew Cotham Road - St Kilda Beach 8 - Route 70 - Wattle Park - Princes Bridge 9 - Route 72 - Camberwell - Melbourne Uni - Dec. 1996 10 - Route 78, 79, North Richmond - St Kilda Beach or Prahran 11 - Route 82 - Moonee Ponds - Footscray 12 - Route 96 - St Kilda Beach - East Brunswick 13 - Route 34 - La Trobe St Services - includes routes that served La Trobe St.

Yields information about some of The Met tram services Feb. 1996

Set of 13 The Met timetables, DL size, printed in two colours.

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Ticket issued by the Tramway Board for the use by soldiers in uniforms with colours for one journey on a cable tram. Could not be used for a transfer or part payment of a higher fare.

Demonstrates a free travel tickets for returned soldiers in uniform - c1919 - possibly for use to or from an event.

Set of two Ticket from a strip of tickets - perforated card printed in red ink on pink coloured card.

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Ticket issued by the Victorian Railways that allowed the passenger to do a round trip from Brighton Beach to St Kilda via the Electric Street railway or tramway and then return using a train via Flinders St station. Child first class. Appears to have been in album or adhered to a board - shows paper damage on the rear. See reference page 120 and for a related image, figure 6-14. The reference notes that for the rail travel, tickets were issued for first-class travel only.

Demonstrates a VR Round trip ticket to Brighton Beach.

Edmondson ticket - pasteboard, fawn, black printing with red overprinting - No. 1828

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Pamphlet details the features of the X1 class trams that were introduced onto the Footscray system during late 1926. Details the construction of the tram, seating, safety features, fares, fare boxes, pay as you enter (PAYE), and provide hints for passenger behaviour.

Yields information about the attributes of the X1 class tram at the time of their introduction in 1926.

Pamphlet - one sheet folded printed on light brown paper.

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Map booklet consists of three pages of bus and tram round trips, 3 center pages for a map of electric and cable trams, route numbers, and points of interest. Has 4 pages giving an index to routes and first and last trams to and from the City. Shows points where suburban routes are intersected by City routes. One page of places of interest. Dated 1934/35.

Demonstrates methods of giving information to visitors to Melbourne and yields information about tram services at the time in Melbourne.

Map - 2 octavo cards stapled and folded into 12 pages. All printing is in black with red headings and highlights except for the map which is in four colours.

tramways, trams, mmtb, map, timetables, tourist trips

The City of Melbourne issued a License or Licence for Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Co (MTOCo) drivers (gripmen) or conductors under their Hackney Carriage by-law No. 110. The cost was 5/- or five schillings. This practice ceased during 1917. 1 - License No. 179, was issued to George A Barrett of Port Melbourne who was a tram conductor on the 16/1/1914. The document is signed by John Clayton as Town Clerk. 2 - License No. 58, issued to Herb S Browne of Glenferrie, tram conductor on 14/1/1917 and signed by T Geo Ellery Town Clerk.

Demonstrates a license issued by the City of Melbourne under their Hackney Carriage By-Law

Document - set of two - pink paper License No. 179 for 1914 and No. 58 for 1917

Hand written name and date

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