Historical information
Set of 10 photos by Hugh Ballment, unless noted, of VR and MMTB trams:
HBM070 - MMTB, W2 379, 9/03/1959, Coldblo Road Malvern Depot, Portable substation in street, see also slide HMB068
HBM071 - VR, No 53, mid 1950s, Barkly Street north of Carlisle Street, Note the road works. The building behind has since been substantially modified.
HBM072 - VR, No 53, mid 1950s, Middle Brighton, (Damaged - salvaged from the end of the film)
HBM073 - VR, No 3, mid 1950s, Elwood Depot, No 3 visible in back yard along with the substation.
HBM074 - MMTB, W2 439, on Route 27, 1960s, Flinders Street flyover, with viaduct in the background. Has White Crow dash panel adverts.
HBM075 - MMTB, SW6 923, RAAF recruitment tram, on Route 7, 1950s, St Kilda Road south of Toorak Road, Temporary trackwork. Note the two former Austerity buses being used by the Per-way Division including No 23. A W2 class tram is also visible in the photo.
HBM076 - MMTB, SW6 928, may have been just after conversion to a single headlight in the early 1950s, departing Preston Workshops, on Route 9 at the corner of St Georges Road and Miller Street, W5 826 in Miller Street is running to East Preston on Route 9A, Ahead of that is a W2 class tram about to climb the "Hump".
HBM077 - MMTB 1950s, St Kilda Road south of Toorak Road, Temporary trackwork, shows that nature of the work and temporary track arrangements with overhead lighting. One former Mutition and two former Austerity buses are being used by the Per-Way division including No 23.
HBM078 - MMTB, W3 658 and 665, 1950s, St Georges Road, at Miller Street. No 658 appears to have recently been repainted into the new livery while 665 is in original livery. Both running route 10 services.
HBM079 - MMTB, W2 604, 1950s, running Route 5, Princes Bridge at Batman Avenue. Night photo with decorations set up for an event, eg: Moomba or a Royal Visit.
Significance
Yields information about Melbourne tram operations, with 1950s or 1960s photos of Melbourne tramways.
Physical description
Kodachrome cardboard mounts, with notes - set of 10
Subjects
- tramways,
- tram 379,
- tram 53,
- barkly st,
- vr,
- st kilda brighton tramway,
- tram 3,
- flinders st,
- tram 439,
- tram 923,
- st kilda road,
- track work,
- st georges road,
- miller st,
- tram 658,
- tram 665,
- tram 604,
- preston workshops,
- trams,
- malvern depot,
- elwood depot,
- princes bridge,
- batman ave,
- w2 class,
- route 5,
- w3 class,
- route 9a,
- tram 826,
- w5 class,
- coldblo road,
- vr class,
- sw6 class,
- raaf,
- route 7,
- permanent way,
- temporary track,
- track reconstruction,
- route 10,
- route 9,
- tram 928,
- route 27,
- austerity buses,
- esplandade,
- brighton,
- st kilda,
- substation
