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RUNNING ACK
TO FOOTSCRAY
The Group at West Maribyrnong terminus. Photo: Mal Rowe
The TMSV held a tram tour on 24 March,
commemorating 50 years since the closure
of the Footscray local lines. It was decided
to investigate the prospect of a tour late last
year and by early this year we had been
permitted by Yarra Trams to charter a tram
for our tour. Although we originally wanted
a W class, it became apparent very early in
the planning process that this would not be
possible and we decided to use Z3 158 the
“Royal Tram”, which Yarra Trams happily
chartered to us.
Over 40 people attended the tour,
including: Yarra Trams CSO and Marketing
Manager Ian Stokes and Yarra Trams driver
and Society member John Whiting. We left
at 1pm from Brunswick depot, travelled into
the City and had our first photo stop at
Franklin Street, where we also picked up a
few passengers.
"Royal Tram" at Royal Park with Siemens train
over tram. Photo David Coverdale
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Then down Victoria Street
and into Elizabeth Street,
along the route 55 through
Royal Park and replicated the
clichéd “train over tram”
photo. We continued to
Footscray, where
unfortunately for us, a block
car was operating, preventing
us from laying up in the
terminus. Instead, we were
dropped off the tram and it
went back towards
Maribyrnong, shunting at
River Street to come back
and pick us up. Next, we headed back into
the City via Moonee Ponds and West
Maribyrnong, and went down the the new
track installed in Footscray Road, where we
had another photo stop.
After returning to
Brunswick Depot there
was a BBQ and social
gathering at Warr Park,
Brunswick, which was
attended by about 15.
This was a great
opportunity to talk about
the day and trams in
genera.l.
The day ended at about
9pm when it started to
get dark and the few still
at the BBQ decided to go
home.
B
158 pulls into Footscray terminus. Photo:
Liam Davies
It was an enjoyable and rewarding day,
with all attendants stating their pleasure at
how the day had gone and expressing
interest in possible future tours, which we
are looking at trying to organise, hopefully
with ever-improving results, attributed to all
that we have learned in the process of
organising this tour.
We would like to extend our greatest
gratitude towards Yarra Trams who
graciously allowed and supported the
charter at a substantial discount to their
usual rates, and to two Yarra Trams
employees, David Coverdale, Special Events
Administrator and Ian Stokes, Marketing
Department. The tour would not have been
able to happen without the support from
Yarra Trams and the work of these two
individuals. Thanks Yarra Trams, David and
Ian! Liam Davies
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CURATOR HAS
VISION FOR MTM
MUGSHOT
As the TMSV and the Museum at
Bylands make great strides in their many
current projects and enterprises, the
appointment of Jhana Pfeiffer-Hunt as
curator is an important development
that will offer visitors a much-improved
experience.
Jhana will give more credibility to our
use of the word ‘museum’ and help us
bring our standards up to levels
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Melbourne Tramway Museum (MTM) . Whilst TMSV
and MTM and the editor of Running Journal have
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expected in the museum movement
worldwide.
As a side benefit, having a
professional curator will be beneficial
from a public relations point of view
and financially for the museum.
Jhana is excited to commence work
on developing the Museum’s exhibitions
program and permanent displays.
Jhana has worked on a wide variety of
projects in her career, with contributions
to exhibitions on a diverse range of
topics from puppetry (Punch – The
Australian Legacy for the 2006
International Puppetry Carnival at
Federation Square) to biographies (The
Duldigs in Vienna for The Duldig Studio,
2011). While exhibitions and heritage
interpretation is her primary focus, her
practice also includes work in the visual
and performing arts.
Jhana has qualifications in museum
studies and interior design. She holds a
Bachelor of Design (Interior Design) with
Honours from RMIT and is currently
completing her Graduate Diploma in
Museum Studies at Deakin University.
Jhana expects to commence her Masters
in 2012.
Welcome, Jhana.
And all the best with your studies.
Good to have you on the team.
BYLANDS BRIEFING
� The Cover photo shows the arrival of the
Beaumarais horse car generously donated
by the Friends of Black Rock House.
� WorkCover, which recently sent an
inspector to Bylands, has suggested some
sensible improvements. These include
improved signage, a check of our firefighting
equipment and an updated and
published emergency plan.
� John Wayman has drawn our attention to
transportsafety.vic.gov.au, the Victorian
Transport Safety website. Matters of
interest include articles on the latest
thinking about bus and rail operations.
� Doug Prosser has started construction of a
barrier around the workshop area to stop
people wandering in and to increase
safety.
� Two bank accounts have been set up with
the Wallan & District Community Bank
(Bendigo Bank), we are transitioning our
general account and setting up a new
sales account, these accounts will have
internet banking and will improve tracking
of direct deposits. They are very friendly
to us and we hope to build a good
working relationship with them.
� A PayPal account is being set up, this will
allow us to open an online shop
increasing our sales reach and allow us to
accept credit cards.
Crich, a world benchmark
� The sales department is doing quite well
and is continually getting new stock, for
more information contact Liam Davies -
sales@tramway.org.au
� Jhana, David and Liam have started to
collate information of our assets into a
Collections Register and started a
Catalogue using software made available
by Museums Victoria, but as we're sure
you all know, this is a massive job, if you
can help contact Jhana Pfeiffer-Hunt.
Email address is curator@tramway.org.au
� Kilmore Men’s Shed Bylands annexe have
started work on the northern section of
the Bristol building and are about to
install a ceiling. We hope to be moving
back into an improved visitors reception
in the near future.
� Help is always needed at Bylands. Please
email roster@tramway.org.au - John
Whiting to offer assistance.
� Next Social Meeting: 4 June,
7:30pm at Hawthorn Depot. Watch
the website for details. Light
refreshments after the meeting
and a great chance talk trams. $2
donation gratefully received. If you
can’t make June, how about
Monday 5th September at 7:30pm
� You’ll be welcome at both.
BENDIGO PROVINCIAL
STILL REMEMBERED
Mal Rowe writes: April 16th this year
marks 40 years since the SEC closed the
Bendigo Provincial Tramways.
Bendigo Tramways marked the occasion
on Sunday 15 April with a special run by
official last tram, no 26.
Mal's pic shows 26 in Pall Mall reenacting
the sunset of Bendigo trams.
Within the year (1972), the Bendigo Trust
had successfully re-opened part of the line.
23. Buses used to provide a temporary service
during the electrification of the St. Kilda Rd.
Cable tramway.
24. VR Cars Nos. 52, 53, 54.
25. M&MTB T class and Geelong Pengelleys.
PART D.
26. North Melbourne Electric Tramway and
Lighting Co.
27. Hector Hercules BeIl Snr.
28. The Prahran & Malvern Tramway Trust.
29. 2 types later M&MTB ‘S’ & ‘T’.
30. 0ld Thornbury depot, corner St. Georges Rd.
and Miller St.
Champion Answer:
Henry J Hilton.
At the time (in 1972) the TMSV was not
impressed.
However, time is the proof of success and
the Trust is now running a highly successful
heritage tramway operation.
Now, we want to say congratulations on
what has been achieved and best wishes for
a great future. There will be a celebration in
Bendigo of 40 years of operation by the
Bendigo Trust in December this year.
12. 436.
13. 680 - 467 = 213 = V Class.
14. Pengelley & Co.
15. Our exhibition will be held at Tramway HaIl,
Stanhope St. Malvern. WilI you be there?
PART C.
16. 1956.
17. Alexander Cameron.
18. The Geelong Tramways.
19. 923.
20. The W4 class.
21. S class No. 166 at Coburg depot.
22. R class cars Nos. 152 & 151.
Pall Mall in 1909.
TRAMWAY QUIZ ANSWERS.
1. East Brighton Route 64.
2. The Chairman’s car.
3. Mr W. Aird.
4. YES, between Market and WiIIiam Sts.
5. Neither: they are hand-operated.
6. “V”
7. The Signalman at Franklin St. Box in order to
read route numbers etc..
8. Shunt at the Queensberry Street crossover in
Swanston Street
9. Carnegie.
10. A Leyland OPS1.
PART B
11. Union Lane off the Hume Highway.
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The tour to commemorate the 50th anniversary of closure of the Footscray local lines was quite an event (congrats to Liam). Some
45 years earlier, the TMSV ran a similar tour - using T180 - now a TMSV car on loan to Hawthorn and X2 676 now in the
Hawthorn collection. They are seen here at the Leeds St terminus. Thanks to Mal for the picture and details.
Photo: coffeeselect.blogspot.com.au/
Following up Mal Rowe’s story about the Bendigo Provincial Tramways, your ed. did a google which came up with a link to the
coffeeselect blog and this pic of Bendigo steamer no 5. The connection appears to be that at Coffeeselect’s Bendigo HQ you can -
or could in June 2010 - play Trugo, the Newport Workshops game. Good one, coffeeselect.
MELBOURNE'S FIRST
TRAFFIC LIGHTS?
Many of our members are well
aware of the MMTB tramway signal
box at St Kilda Junction and the
remaining box at Franklin St.
An earlier generation of signal
boxes were installed by the
Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus
Co - either to control traffic or for
the more mundane purpose of
changing the points to send trams in
the right direction.
One box was at the South East
corner of Swanston St and Collins St
in Melbourne. It was there to enable
traffic in Swanston St to be halted
while the Collins St cable trams
coasted across the intersection.
They had to coast because their
cables passed beneath the Swanston
St cables and the gripman had to
release the cable before crossing the
intersection. If the tram had to stop
mid way, it was 'all out and push'!
The first picture shows the signal in
early days, when it was an extension
to a standard Melbourne gaslight.
In its final days, in the second pic,
with the gas light gone and electric
trams in Swanston St, the signal is
visible just left of the MMTB bus.
The signal box is directly behind it.
One of those new electric trams is
S164 - one of our trams on loan to
Hawthorn Depot.
Shortly after the electric trams took
over in Swanston St the signal box
was no longer needed - the news
clipping records its removal from
service.
Melbourne Tramway Museum has
a similar box which stood for many
years in St Kilda Rd at the corner of
Domain Rd.
That box probably never controlled
signals, just the points to send the
Toorak trams off to the East.
The Domain Rd box is currently
under restoration to complement
the Twentyman Cable Tram
Collection at Bylands.
The Sun, 15 January, 1926
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WHAT WOULD
YOU KNOW?
Scanning back through the archives, the Ed. came upon a quiz
in the February 1972 edition that forty years on might have you
digging very deep into your memories of the Good Old Days
when trams really were trams and worth getting excited about.
Incidentally, the pictures might be traps. How will you do?
At the Museum’s December meeting,
held in Malvern Town HaIl, a different
type of activity was tried. This took the
form of a very successful quiz on
various tramway topics including
historical facts, general knowledge and
Museum affairs. The quiz was
administered using five groups of
approximately six members to give
written answers to 60 questions.
The group led by member Ian
Stanley won the competition and each
team member was presented with a
tramway lithograph which was
donated by Sales Dept. For those
readers who were unable to attend the
meeting, we include a selection of the
questions for you to try your skill.
PART A - GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1. Which is the most southerly tram
terminus of the M&MTB system?
2. Which M&MTB vehicIe has the
radio callsign of R21?
3. Who is Secretary of the M&MTB?
4. Do trams run in Flinders Lane?
5. Should power be OFF or 0N to
activate the points for the curve
from Glenhuntly Road into
Glenhuntly Depot?
6. What alphabetical prefix is used.
on Run number discs used by
Camberwell cars?
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7. Which M&MTB official regularly
uses binoculars in the course of
his duty?
8. What does the symbol ‘Q’ mean
to tram drivers approaching the
Franklin St. signal box?
9. What is the destination of the 67
tram?
10. What type of bus is no. 370?
PART B - MUSEUM TOPICS:
11. What is the name of the road in
which the Museum site is
situated?
Photograph courtesy Coburg Historical Society.
12. What is the number of Mr.
Twentyman’s cable dummy?
13. If you subtract the numbers of the
tramcars stored at Wantirna South,
what would be the class of the car
with the resultant number?
14. Who built the Museum tramcar
stored at Bayswater?
15. What was the venue for the
annual TMSV Moomba
Exhibition?
PART C - GENERAL HISTORICAL:
16. In which
year did
Geelong
tramways
close?
17. Who was
the first
Chairman of the Tramways Board?
18. Which tramway did the
Melbourne Electric Supply Co.
operate?
19. Which tramcar was painted grey
and blue and fitted with dash
canopy lighting to advertise
Citizen Air Force recruiting during
the 1950s?
20. Which cars were the first of the W
series to have transverse seating in
the saloons?
21. Which was the first tramcar
manufactured by the Tramways
Board?
22. Which two single truck cars sold
to the SEC by the M&MTB were
radically different in body design
to the remainder of the California
Combination cars sold to the
SEC?
23. Which M&MTB vehicles were the
first to carry the green and cream
livery that we basically know
today?
24. Name the only passenger cars
bought by the Board from another
tramway undertaking apart from
those taken over by the Board
d.uring its formation?
25. Which Victorian trams had radialaxIed
trucks?
PART D - THE TRUSTS:
26. Which tramway system was taken
over by the M&MTB in August
1922?
27. Which Richmond City Councillor
and later Chairman of the
M&MTB, was a member of the
Hawthorn Tramways Trust?
28. Which was
the first
municipallyoperated
electric
tramway to
run in
Melbourne?
29. How many different types of
passenger tramcars were operated
by the Melbourne, Brunswick and
Coburg Tramways Trust?
30. Where was the depot for the
Fitzroy, Northcote and Preston
Tramrays Trust?
QUIZ CHAMPION QUESTION :
Who am I?
� During the early years of the
M&MTB I held the position of
Overseer of Running Sheds.
� When the M&MTB was formed, I
was employed by the P&MTT.
� Before transferring to the P&MTT I
worked for some time with the
North Melbourne Electric
Tramway and Lighting Co.
� Between 1894 and 1896 I ran,
single handed, an electric tramway
2.5 miles across the paddocks
beyond the north-eastern suburbs.
� In 1892 I was appointed Engineer
of the Doncaster & Box HilI
Electric Road Company Ltd.
VIEW FROM
THE CHAIR
Since my last report in December
there are a number of developments
to report to Members and friends.
MEN’S SHED TURNING HISTORIC
BRISTOL BUILDING INTO A VERY
SMARTSHED
A sneak peek through a window
will reveal the great strides being
made by our new friends and tenants,
the Kilmore Men’s Shed.
Now in occupation, the Men’s Shed
men are making impressive progress:
walls relined, entry foyer being
prepared for use, electricity being
connected to southern end of
building and general cleaning and
tidying completed.
Still to come are ceiling lining, new
tank and water reticulation, toilet in
eastern annex.
And, if that’s not enough, at the
northern end of the building we will
have a new MTM reception and sales
area together with members’ facilities.
Two Men’s Shed members have
become TMSV members.
HAIL DAMAGES EXHIBITION
BUILDING BUT DOESN’T DENT
ENTHUSIASM
During the hailstorms earlier this
year the transparent sections of the
roof in the exhibition building
suffered damage. We are presently
awaiting quotations for repairs.
Visitors will notice that we now
have new fencing and gate along the
Union Lane boundary of the property.
This is courtesy of our neighbouring
farmer Geoff on the western side.
We now have a professional curator
details, some biographical details of
whom are on page two of this issue.
The annual Mitchell Shire local
tourism Expo will be held at
Wellington Square in Wallan late in
May. We plan to participate again
(this will be our third year) as it is a
great way to connect with the local
community. Come along and support
your society.
The Footscray Tramways
Commemorative tour was a
resounding success as reported in
Liam’s piece in Running Back.
And yet another car club has has
chosen Bylands for a car club visit.
The Lancia Car Club will visit at
11am on 6 May for an inspection
and morning tea.
At our March Board meeting
Adrian Ponton, Registrar Tourist &
Heritage Railways was in attendance
to discuss current issues and assist in
our plans for the immediate future.
This was extremely helpful and more
details will follow shortly.
One of our ongoing concerns has
been grass control on the site and
R.O.W., so investigations are
proceeding to decide on a suitable
mower set-up to reduce the high cost
of hiring a contractor.
As noted elsewhere, a site visit to
Bylands from the area inspector of
WorkSafe Victoria was very helpful
and a number of worthwhile
improvements to our safety systems
are being introduced as a result of
our discussions.
John Rawnsley, Chairman
Yes, yes, it isn’t a Melbourne car, but this cheery
pic of 98yo Manchester Corporation no. 765 was
an irresistible filler as winter draws on. Ed.
The car was built in 1914.
Photo by Flickr user kh1234567890 and used via
Creative Commons licence.
http://tramsstophere.wordpress.com/
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