Black and white photograph of Ballarat No. 41 leading No. 21 around the South East (SE) curve from the bottom end of Sturt St. into Lydiard St. North. Would appear to be on a tram tour, given the various people on both trams taken photographs. Possibly the AETA Easter 1958 tour - see Reg. Item No. 122 for a set of tour notes. Taken by John Alfred. Has the Commonwealth Bank, Craigs Hotel and MLC buildings in the background. On rear written in blue ink "Ballarat / Lydiard and Sturt Sts. (S.E. Curve) and stamp "Photo by John Alfred / No." in purple ink.tramways, trams, sturt st, lydiard st, aeta, tram 41, tram 21

Black and white photograph of Bendigo No. 27 at the North Bendigo terminus, Thunder St. level crossing in the background. Good photo of the overhead arrangements at this location, late 1950's or early 1960's. Taken by John Alfred.On rear stamp "Photo by John Alfred / No." in purple ink.tramways, trams, north bendigo, thunder st, tram 27

Twenty four page book including card covers on glossy paper titled "The Essendon Tramways" written by Jack Richardson, published by Traction Publications, Historical Series No. 153 in 1963. The story of the North Melbourne and Electric Tramway and Lighting Company. Note on page 3, advises that this book was the 2nd edition. Price at the time 3/- Details the historical background, a map of the tramway in 1906, relationship with the Victorian Railways, construction, rolling stock, carbarn, (depot) power station, overhead, takeover by the MMTB, connection to the City, 1963 map, expansion under the MMTB, services at the time of publication, Rolling Stock Roster, notes on some of the personnel of the tramway, junction details and dates of the various extensions etc. Includes a number of photographs, a list of railway and tramway books published by Traction Publications, a publishers note and on the rear cover a short biography on the author. 2459.1 - 1st edition of book - no cover page, rear cover remains. Gives caption of front cover photo. Has some different layout of text at rear and different map. 2459.2 - 2nd edition of the book - from the Wal Jack Collection 2011 - added 28/10/2011. 2459.3 - 1st edition of the book - from the Ian Stanley Collection 2015 - added 20-12-2015 - see images 4 to 7. - printed by 1956, by Zenith Press 290 High St Kew. pdf copy of book - 1st edition - 1956 version - see btm2459i9.pdf pdf copy of book - 2nd edition - 1963 version added 16-3-2017 - see btm2459i8.pdf 2459 - On the front cover in black ink "Ex ARHS Archives", 2459.1 - has Graeme Breydon's address stamp twice on front cover, possibly indicating he acquired it without the cover., 2459.2 - on page 3 in blue ink "Wally: with compliments and best wishes from Jack"trams, tramways, essendon, moonee ponds, north melbourne, nmetl

Black and white photograph contained within Reg. Item 2488, page 55, of ESCo No. 25 entering Eastwood St. loop, Barkly St. Handwritten caption by H.P. James. Note Item Not formally Numbered. Image btm2507i2 shows position on page relative to items 2507 to 2512. High Res Images added 15/3/2011.Handwritten in Pencil under the photograph is "Here is a photo which will give me a subject. This is Eastwood St loop Barkly St. At the time the loops in existence were Eastwood St., Bradshaw St Mt Pleasant, Princess St. (Victoria St), South of Darling St, Rubicon St (Sebas), Clarendon St (Lyd), Lake View, old Gardens??, Car Shed, Bishopscourt Gardens, Hamilton Ave, Service St. (Gardens) and Mill St. on Drummond North." tramways, trams, esco, loops, barkly st, eastwood st, tram 25

Hand drawn map contained within Reg. Item 2488, page 61 of the Ballarat Tramway system. Note does not show the Drummond St. North line. Shows the loops, horse tram loops, depots, ESCo bus routes, and notes on horse tram loops. Prepared by H.P. James Scan btm2515i2 and 2515i3 show the hand written notes in light pencil. Note Item Not formally Numbered.trams, tramways, map, depot, esco, horse trams, bus routes, ballarat

Newspaper clipping contained within Reg. Item 2488, pages 105, titled "Cutting the Ribbon" of Ballaarat Mayor, Cr J. Pryor cutting the ribbon to the open the extension of Lydiard St. North from Gregory St to Norman St or the New Cemetery. Notes the colour of the ribbon, the scissors and the Cr Pryor drove the tram over the extension. Features SEC No. 32 with flags and the SEC Logo over the headlight. Photo has name of the photographer "Richards & Co." Took place 9/1937. Note Item Not formally Numbered. See also Reg. Item 598 for another photo or this event.Has an inscription in ink "going to the End" in the bottom right hand corner.lydiard st nth, gregory st, sec, opening

Printed street map titled "Broadbent's Official Map 177 Ballarat" on a medium weight (200gsm?) card. Shows the suburbs of Ballarat, but not Sebastopol, rail lines and tram routes, schools, some churches, hospitals, parks and some features. Does not show the full length of the Lydiard St or Sebastopol tram lines. Has scale, national route numbers and distance from Ballarat PO marked on the map. In bottom left hand corner, has Broadbent's north point logo and notes that it is the 66th year of publication of road maps. Gives telephone number as MB 2021 in top right hand corner.Initials "GY" in pencil and red ink in top right hand corner.trams, tramways, map, ballarat, broadbent's, railways

Printed colour postcard from top of the Town Hall, looking northwest with Snows building in the foreground looking west. Has a horse tram travelling up to Lydiard St. on the south side of Sturt St. Has the buildings on north side of Sturt St. in the view, including the central median reserve before the trees had grown. Titled "Shoppee and Alexandra Squares, Ballarat Vic." along the bottom edge. On the bottom of the postcard is a one line hand written message, ink fading, very hard to read. On rear of postcard is the address to a Mr Frank Tucker, Glencairn, Park Avenue, Harrogate, England. Has two Victorian stamps, half penny (green) and one penny (red) stamps. Has been postmarked, "Ballarat East 16.11.04". See images .1 and .2. Two copies held - on the second copy, the address details have been crossed out and the stamp removed. Yields information about central Ballarat in the horse tram days.Postcard - printed colour, divided back, used.trams, tramways, horse trams, sturt st, postcards, snows, tram 3

White cardboard mount, 35mm slide, from the Association of Railway Enthusiast's film strip titled "Provincial Tramway Film Strip" of Ballarat Trams No. 17 and 30 at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St. North with the Town Hall in the background. The film strip notes (Reg. Item 2560), provided the following caption details: ""CITY" in Ballarat was at the intersection of Sturt St. and Lydiard St which included the Post Office and City Hall, seen here, on diagonally opposite corners. Single Trucker No.30 will soon round the curve to Lydiard St. Nth. whilst No. 17 will proceed straight ahead to Victoria Street. -.Sept. '71 (Graham Evans)" See image btm2561p.tif for high level scan of image. Stamped on base of slide "11769" and written in ink on top edge "17 & 30 Lydiard St. Ballarat"tramways, trams, are, film strip, sturt st, town hall, tram 17, tram 30

Set of 10No. 35mm black and white negatives in a negative holder sheet with labels of the ARHS Vic Div. tour or trip to Bendigo, 20/10/1962 for the 100 years celebrations of Bendigo station and an associated tram tour. Strip 1 - negatives 12 to 15 - the tram convoy at Bendigo station area - trams 28, 21, 7 19 and 30. Strip 2 - negatives 18 & 19 - North Bendigo terminus Strip 3 - negative 16 - at Eaglehawk, negative 11 - Convoy at Bendigo station Strip 4 - negative 20 and 21 - Eaglehawk? .1 - Convoy of trams - two rows lined up - 21, 18, 28 .2 - Front of convoy - 28 and 18 - includes Inspectors and crews. .3 - Passengers board - 28, 18 and 26 .4 - Convoy crossing No. 25. .5 - Convoy at North Bendigo Terminus - includes No. 19 .6 - Six trams at North Bendigo - no housing construction by the terminus - vacant blocks. .7 - Convoy at Eaglehawk - 28 and 30 .8 - Pall Mall .9 - North Bendigo - 21 .10 - The depot - 30 Original sheet with negatives with worksheet fileSee sheettrams, tramways, bendigo, arhs, tours, tram 28 tram 21 tram 18 tram 26 tram 30 tram 25 tram 19

Eleven sheets - photocopy and covering letter - from a 1929 Guide to Ballarat, detailing timetable for trams and buses on various routes. Tram timetables - gives Gardens via Convent, Gardens via Ripon, Drummond St North, Lydiard St North, Rubicon St, Sebastopol, Orphanage, Mount Pleasant and associated return timetables. Gives details of first cars, frequency and times past each hour basis and changes in service frequency. Details colours of the discs that the trams carry to identify them to passengers, day and night. Gives Bus timetables and operator names for: Daylesford (J. Littlehales), Monastery Bus Service (W. Wilson), Ballarat Nth and New Cemetery via Doveton St (H. W. Smith), Victoria Park via Doveton and Eyre St (Robinson), South St bus service to Western oval and racecourse (A. Sproule) and Ballarat to Elmhurst (Sandlants).trams, tramways, timetables, buses, ballarat, esco

Yields information about the way the SEC repair overhead failures on the Ballarat Tramway system - shows the trucks and the crews involved.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier of repairs to damaged overhead wire, Lydiard St North, just to the north of the Railway level crossing. Tram services were disrupted as a result. Photo taken 23/4/1965, published 24/4/1965. Shows three SEC vehicles in use, including the tower truck. By the front of the truck, the overhead wire and a set of ears can be seen. The Victorian Railways Institute building is in the background. In the far background is the North Star hotel. The types of truck, from the left hand side are Ford (Tower Truck), International and a Bedford. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited." and "85%" in ink in the top left hand corner.tramways, trams, lydiard st nth, overhead, secv, repairs

Yields information about a typical scene at the City centre about the trams, how they linked with each other.Black and White copy photographs of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier, published 31/10/1967 of Trams at Sturt & Lydiard St corner, after announcement of TRB enquiry into tram services. 3745.1 - a more general shot - with a single trucker on the north side of Sturt St, two bogie trams, a single trucker waiting to cross Lydiard St and a crew man walking in front of the tram - No. 38. Shows people sitting at the tram stop waiting for trams. 3745.2 - a close up view of the same image. Tram has the destination of Gardens via Drummond Nth. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, sturt st, transport regulation board, city, tram 38

Demonstrates nature and size of gang undertaking overhead repairs to the tramway in Drummond St. Nth..Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier, taken 20/4/1968, published 22/4/1968, of repairs to damaged overhead wire, Drummond St North. Shows the tower truck with two men on the truck, one below and an SEC truck parked adjacent. Photo taken at the south end of the Mill St loop. Tram in the photo has probably reversed and showing Victoria St as a destination. Inspector standing adjacent to tram. Photo possibly taken through the windscreen of the car, given the level of the photograph and reflections? in the photo. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, drummond st nth, overhead, sec

Yields information about the incidents that can occur on a street tramway system - collisions resulting in derailments than can affect other people as well.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier - photo taken 20/6/1970, published 2/6/1970 of No. 13 after derailment & collision with car, Drummond St North. Shows tramcar behind in the crossing loop, Inspector talking to the police and people looking at a damaged vehicle. Note the pole is still on the overhead - hopefully the power had been turned off. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, drummond st nth, accidents, derailments, collision, tram 13

Yields information about special trams that were operated on the system prior to its closure for the benefit of school children.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier - photo taken 18/8/1971, published 19/8/1971 of three bogie cars carrying schoolchildren (Ballarat North Technical College) on tour, lower Sturt St. Lead tram is No. 40, with a Eureka Roofing Tiles and SEC roof advertisement. All the school children have moved to one side for the photograph. See Reg Items 1073 and 2186 for the actual newspaper cuttings. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.tramways, trams, sturt st, tours, special trams, tram 40

Yields information about the streetscape in Lydiard St wall where a feature, since demolished was a brick wall on the east side of the street, Three trams in the view, possibly of a charter.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier - published 5/01/1976 No. 17 in Lydiard St North, near Macarthur St with two other bogie trams in the background. Date of photo unknown, but probably September 1971. Tram has the destination of Sebastopol and a Twin Lakes advertisement on the front panel. shows the brick wall cutting in Lydiard St North near Macarthur St and a general streetscape looking north. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, closure, lydiard st nth, tram 17

Yields information about the streetscape of Sturt St prior to the formation of the Sturt St median strip, shows horse cabs and buildings on the north side of the street.Black and White copy photograph of a Gold Museum photograph - Sturt St - Marks Corner, 1880's, prior to the formation of the median strip. Has many horse drawn cabs in the centre median strip. Buildings in image - and other shops. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Gold Museum early 1980's. Used in The Golden City and its Tramways - page 11.tramways, trams, sturt st, marks corner

Yields information about Lydiard St Nth c 1960, in particular the streetscape at the time.Black and White photograph, of Ballarat No. 35 inbound along Lydiard St North early 1960's near Gregory St. Tram has the destination of Sebastopol. Good view of houses on the east side of the street.tramways, trams, lydiard st nth, bogie trams, street views, tram 35

Yields information about Lydiard St Nth c 1960, in particular the streetscape at the time.Black and White photograph, of Ballarat No. 39 outbound along Lydiard St North early 1960's near Gregory St. Tram has the destination of Lydiard St Nth. Good view of houses on both sides of the street.tramways, trams, lydiard st nth, bogie trams, street views, tram 39

Photocopy of an article in the State Electricity Commission of Victoria Magazine, Contact, Vol 1, No. 3, Nov. 1936 titled "Geelong Electric Tramways". Two A4 sheets. The article gives a short history of the development of the Geelong tramway system, replacement of petrol buses, extensions to Belmont, Chilwell and North Geelong. Gives track construction details, track renewals from 1924 (concrete stringers replacement), trolley wire, power supply (550V DC), rolling stock, Birney trams, services, fares, passenger numbers and the new SEC green uniforms. Has a photo of the Geelong depot with senior staff named and a photo of a tramwayman in the new Green uniform. Trams 27,30, 5, 23 and 6. Record revised 3/4/2019 to add digital images with those from Andrew Cook CD. Andrew notes the person in the photo could be Mr. Percy.trams, tramways, sec, geelong, trackwork, uniforms, track repairs

Set of 10 sheets, photocopied on heat sensitive paper, foolscap size graph paper sheets giving the weekday tables or runs for the SEC Ballarat trams following the closure of the Victoria St. - Gardens via Drummond St. North service. Gives details of 29 tables or runs, numbered from 3 Run to 38 Run. Each sheet headed "Weekdays". Each run details where the driver/conductor would sign on, time, the trips, meal breaks, finish time and the total time of the shift. A number of the sheets have minor notes or changes to the timetable in ink, primarily about the change of tramcar type. Sheet 3, Run 12 had a handwritten addition over the run details at the base of the run details. Was fixed to sheet with adhesive tape. Has been stored in separate envelope with sheets. Stored separately with these sheets are a photocopies of each sheet reduced to A4 size.trams, tramways, timetables, sec, ballarat, crews

Set of 3 sheets, photocopied on heat sensitive paper, foolscap size graph paper sheets giving the Sunday tables or runs for the SEC Ballarat trams following the closure of the Victoria St. - Gardens via Drummond St. North service. Gives details of 8 tables or runs, numbered from 1 Run to 8 Run. Each sheet headed "Sunday29". Used for two Sundays only. Each run details where the driver/conductor would sign on, time, the trips, meal breaks, finish time and the total time of the shift. Stored separately with these sheets are a photocopies of each sheet reduced to A4 size.trams, tramways, timetables, sec, ballarat, crews

Black and white photograph, of Cr. M. Martin driving No. 30 during the inauguration of the new Ballarat rolling stock during 1935. The Councillor is wearing a SEC drivers cap and a conductors cash bag. See also Reg. Item 3010 for the Official Party photograph. Photographed in Drummond St. North? with a crossing loop behind. Tram has "Special" showing. In the bottom right hand corner of the photograph has the imprint "Richards & Co Ballarat". See Reg Item 2965 for the same photo of this item in SEC May 1936 issue of "Contact", which gave the date of September 1935. 3011.1 - Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of the same photograph. Photos not to be taken out of the album unless for photographic copying. Use image files. Yields information about the rehabilitation of the Ballarat tram fleet and new trams acquired and refurbished by the SEC from Melbourne, in particular No. 30. Taken at the time of the official launch of the tram by the SEC with the Mayor of Ballarat at the front of the tram.Black and White photograph contained within Reg. Item 3000 - Photo Album produced by the SEC in 1935 titled "Photographs of Ballarat Tramways Rolling Stock & Track Reconditioning Works".Has a TMSV Copyright stamp on the rear, which has been crossed out.tramways, trams, secv, tramcars, ballarat, rehabilitation, conversion, launch, drummond st nth?, tram 30

35mm Kodachrome cardboard mount slide of Ballarat No. 40 southbound in Lydiard St North, crossing the railway level crossing. In the background is Kennedy Murray General Carters building, the main signal gantry and a Walker Rail car - 280HP?. No. 40 has roof advertisements for Eureka Roofing Tiles and "Electricity Best for Cooking". Photo taken early 1960's. Photo from the Eldon Hogan collection. See email with worksheet from R.Gilbert date 29/12/2000 and Fares Please!, May 1995. In ink on the top of the slide "Bogie car at Ballarat Station"tramways, trams, railway station, lydiard st north, signals, tram 40

35mm Agfa colour blue and white plastic mount slide - photo of Ballarat No. 42 just after turning into Drummond St south from Skipton St, with the destination of Lydiard St. North. In the background is a sign on a building "The home of Lusky Trailers". Photo taken Sept. 1971. Photos Eldon Hogan. All files transferred from disc to high res files 2/9/2009.tramways, trams, drummond st sth, sebastopol, tram 42

35mm Agfa colour blue and white plastic mount slide - photo of a Ballarat trams No. 30 turning from Drummond St North into Sturt St (has the destination of Sebastopol) with No. 41 (has the destination of Depot) crossing from the Sebastopol route in the background. Location known as Hospital Corner. Possibly a tram type change. Has the Southern Cross Hotel in the background. Taken 8 or 9/1971. Photos Eldon Hogan. tramways, trams, sturt st, hospital corner, drummond st, tram 41, tram 30

Photographically printed black and white postcard with an impressed image of an ESCo tram just past the intersection of Doveton St. and Sturt St. travelling east along the north side of Sturt. Street towing a heavily laden horse tram as a trailer. Photo appears to be taken soon after opening of the electric trams, as the tram does not have any destination box above the driver. Possibly summer 1905/1906. Numerous people in the street, some horse drawn vehicles in the photograph. Shows buildings along the south side of Sturt St. and part of the verandah of the building at the NE corner of Doveton St. For a list and description of the same base image see Archives file - "Notes on ESCo Tram towing a heavily loaded trailer" On rear is places for correspondences stamp, address. Addressed to Miss E. Freeman, in Dunedin NZ, with a hand written message. Posted in Melbourne on 28/10/1908. Titled "Sturt Street, Ballarat" along bottom edge with "47" in bottom left hand corner of image.. trams, tramways, sturt st, postcards, esco, doveton st

Printed colour postcard of a horse tram travelling on the north side of Sturt St towards Lydiard St. Tram is travelling on the "right side of the road", which is unusual, horse trams normally travelled in bound on the south side or the "wrong side". Close examination shows three (3) horses on the tram, the middle appearing to be fairly small. In the back ground are the buildings on the south side of Sturt St include Harry Davies & Co. store, Stansfield & Smith Paper Warehouse. On rear is places for correspondences stamp, address. Handwritten on rear is "This will give you a fair idea of the beautiful Sturt St Ballarat. It is the prettiest I have seen. Yours " Dated 19/10/1905. Addressed to Mrs. H Digby, Callan Park Sydney NSW. Has a red Victorian 1d stamp, cancelled Melbourne 19/10/1905. Titled "Sturt St, Ballarat" in top left hand corner of the card. trams, tramways, sturt st, postcards, horse trams