Set of three foolscap size sheets, for ARE/ARHS/AREA (Vintage Train) Tour to Ballarat, on Sunday 5 September 1971, the last day of the Mount Pleasant, Gardens Via St. West Lines. 1. - Welcome Aboard circular - printed both sides on pink paper - which involved the running of two trains, special bus and tram arrangements at Ballarat, for the visit to Sovereign Hill. Gives details of the tram timetables, for the afternoon, train departure times, lunch arrangements and notes on bus and tram running if peak loads encountered. 2nd copy ex Peter Winspur, added 11/1/2007. 2. Victorian Railways S Circular, or special train notice, S2188/71, three pages giving list of special trains, altered platform arrangements at Flinders St., train schedules, alterations to goods trains, light engine movements, loads, motive power and tickets. Signed by J.C. Crute as Chief Traffic Manager. Dated 27/8/1971. See Reg Item 3442 for the booking circular and form. Images of document added 27-08-12.Notes on page 2 by W.Doubleday of trams operating and some notes.arhs, are, area, ballarat, special trains

Set of 5 documents for the "Farewell to Bendigo Trams" tour conducted by the ARHS Vic Div and the TMSV, first scheduled for Sat. 12/2/1972, but delayed to Sat. 4/3/1972 due to SECV Power restrictions on the day. 3277.1 - documents 1 to 3 stapled in top left hand corner. 1. Tour circular, printed on pink paper with a photo of No. 28 at Golden Square terminus. Has logos of ARHS Vic Div and TMSV, part missing - used for booking. Gives details of the purpose of the tour, approx. times, refreshments, a booklet and fares. Organiser Victor Isaacs and Neil Morrow Booking Officer. Printed on foolscap paper in landscape format 2. Victorian Railways S Circular, or special train notice, S.224/72, single page giving train schedules, loads, motive power, carriage numbers and tickets. Signed by J.C. Crute as Chief Traffic Manager. Dated 19/1/1972. Printed on foolscap paper. 3. Ticket circular printed on quarto paper giving times of departure and arrival back, noting its express run to Melbourne. 3277.2 - documents 4 to 5, stapled in top left hand corner. 4. Set of two sheets, one printed on foolscap card paper, the other on foolscap paper, giving a graph of the tram workings, showing the special trams (tours A and B) overlain with the Saturday timetable. Dated 4/3/1972. 5. Victorian Railways S Circular, or special train notice, S.435/72, single page giving train schedules, loads, motive power, carriage numbers and tickets. Signed by J.C. Crute as Chief Traffic Manager. Dated 11/2/1972. Printed on foolscap paper. Noted that the special train of 12/2/1972 is cancelled "Due to SECV Restrictions". Has return train timetabled for 2 hours and five minutes. (Additional copies of item 4 - graph on one sheet only and item 5 - added 3/10/2007 - ex Graeme Breydon materials) 3277.3 - Welcome Aboard Circular - red foolscap paper, giving train time summary, photostops, arrangements in Bendigo, Bendigo line history and tram tours. Images of document added 27-08-12.arhs, special trains, bendigo, tmsv, timetables

Printed black and white postcard of an ESCo tram west bound at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St. Ballarat, c1906 - 7 - has a destination box. Has a number of pedestrians in the picture. Taken from the east side of the intersection, looking towards the Town Hall, with the National Mutual Insurance building and Snows in the photo. Also shows the overhead arrangements - two wire for Sturt St, single for Lydiard St, coming into the intersection. Titled "Sturt Street, Ballarat" along the top edge. On rear of postcard are the words "Post Card", has initials "WTP" in bottom left hand corner, a 1d Victorian stamp, cancelled 1/5/07, stamp "5". Divided back type. Address to Mrs T.D. Cayett? Falcon St, North Sydney NSW. Note about their travels, where they stayed and that they had travelled to the Gardens by tram. See item 8237 for a coloured version. Black and white postcard - titled "Sturt Street Ballarat" - used 1907trams, tramways, esco, sturt st, postcards, town hall

Booking and Registration form for the 2000 COTMA Conference at Ballarat from 17/11/2000 to 23/11/2000. Four pages printed on two sheets of purple paper with the COTMA and BTM logos. Gives cost of conference, where forms to be sent, travel arrangements. Images of document added 27-08-12.vtrams, tramways, cotma, conferences, btm

Thirteen typed, foolscap size, page (carbon copy) of the Commonwealth Court of Arbitration decision and basis for this decision made 14/6/1955 by Conciliation Commissioner E.W. Tokin. Notes history of dispute, MMTB, SEC, Adelaide, Hobart, Launceston, Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong. Details basis for decisions of Contract of Employment, additional rates for trackman, time allowance at commencement and finish of duty, meals, training of traffic employees, special night allowances, margins. On bottom of page 5, the formal award commences: gives details of award duration, rates of pay, contract of employment, margins compared to the basic award, additional rates, hours of labour, shift work, overtime. holiday work, call forward and call back to duty, spread of hours, Saturday and Sunday work, special night allowances, time allowance at commencement and finish of duty, attending for duty, reporting for duty, meals, acting out of grade, surpluses and shortages, annual leave, sick leave, free travel uniforms, training of traffic employees, reports, union notices and punishments. Was stapled for all 13 pages with three staples on left hand side. Pages 10 to 13 have become unstapled. Contained within a heavy grey cardboard folder with "A.T.M.O.E.A Award as from 14.6.55" written on outside cover in black ink. "BTPS 219" on cover of folder and first sheet of award.trams, tramways, atmoea, unions, agreements, sec, uniforms

Photocopy, A4 sheet of a letter from Duncan and Fraser Ltd of 46 Franklin St Adelaide dated 27/11/1913 to the Town Clerk, Ballarat City Council advising of a trip to the Continent and in Great Britain looking at Petrol, Electric Motor Buses and Tramcars. Shows Duncan and Fraser letterhead, photo number, with includes a motor car, Duncan & Fraser's building and an Adelaide A class tramcar.trams, tramways, duncan fraser

Book, titled "Door and Step Control", 192 pages printed on white art paper, with green inside covers and end covers, 12 sections, full bound, sewn into green Rexene outside covers with title and company logo in gold on front cover and publisher "National Pneumatic Company" on spine. Details equipment available for control of doors and steps using compressed air, manual methods, with photos of various types of railway and tramway vehicles, equipment and drawings. Has an index. Also details of sash (window) and garage door control systems. Has been stamped with the ESCo Company stamp in a number of places.trams, tramways, tramcar equipment, doors, safety

Book, titled "101 and 1 ways to Save Money with Portable Compressors", published by Ingersoll-Rand Co. London, 120 page book, within yellow covers, centre stapled. Published 1929. On front cover has an colour picture of a large work scene with a the construction of a suspension bridge in the background. Details equipment that is available and the possible uses it could be put to, with numerous photos. Has a list of equipment, index and on last page a list of officers and directors. Has been stamped on the top left hand corner with the ESCo Company stamp but overwritten in ink with a BTPS catalogue number and information. Stamped dated 23 Feb. 1934.On front cover and page 1, hand written in black ink "Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society Catalogue No. 18".trams, tramways, trackwork, doors, safety, compressors, esco

Each copy consists of a chapter, one page titled "Early History", five pages titled "Part 1 - Horse Trams - Ballarat 1887 - 1905, Sebastopol 1893 - 1912, Ballarat East Nil" Notes on the construction of the tramway, opening, personalities, Julien Battery tram, and half a page titled "Bits of Interest". The 3rd chapter, 3 pages, titled "Part 2 - Electric Trams - Ballarat 1905, Ballarat East, Sebastopol 1912". Notes the early power supply history in Ballarat, opening of the electric routes, (conversion of horse trams to electric), and the purchase of new trams ex Melbourne 1930. Chapter ends with 3 short paragraphs notes on the SEC taking over, Conductresses during the war and reconstruction. Author - unknown - possibly the SEC, Les Denmead and others - notes the scrubber car still in service in 1969? See also item 106 and 6419 for similar documents.Yields detailed information about the history of Ballarat's tramways.Three copies of a typed manuscript titled "Ballarat Tramways" - 18 foolscap pages. Each document has been typed, 1.5 line spacing on foolscap paper, 2nd and 3rd copies are carbon copies.On front cover of copy 1 hand written in black ink "BTPS No. 419". Copy 3 has "Incomplete" on the top right hand corner.trams, tramways, manuscript, ballarat tramways, ballarat, horse trams, esco, statistics

Five copies of a Statistical Statement for Ballarat Tramways from 1935 to 1970, typed on foolscap paper (original and four carbon copies), titled "Statistical Statement 1935-1970". Prepared 16 July 1971, with initials "LJD:GM" in top right hand corner. Gives Income, Expenditure, Loss, Passengers and Car Miles for each year ended 30th June for each year from 1935 to 1970. Has notes (a) to (k), on notes re period of capital reconstruction charges, world war II impacts, fare increases dates. Images of document added 27-08-12.trams, tramways, fares, accounting, ballarat tramways, passengers

Instruction Book or Procedure Manual, 69 Foolscap page, Gestetner printed, contained within heavy card covers, top stapled (three staples), top sheet printed with title "Standard Procedure covering the Duties and Responsibilities of the Uniformed and Plain Clothes Traffic Officers". Compiled by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board, first adopted 1957, revised December 1962. Has cover sheet signed by Traffic Manager, R. C. Drummond with six sections of procedures: 1. General 2. District Traffic Inspector's 3. Traffic Inspector's 4. Revenue Inspector's 5. Ticket Examiner - Depot Starters 6. Staff Signalmen (Batman Ave and Swanston/Victoria St.) On top of first sheet in black ink "Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society Catalogue No 314."trams, tramways, mmtb, instructions, rules, traffic control

Book - 10 pages + 13 drawings sheets of rail cross sections contained within separate printed covers (colour fleck), titled "British Standard - Tramway Rails and Fish Plates - Standard Sections and Specification - July 1903". Side stapled and then bound with a green tape on left hand side. Gives details of the standards of the materials, rolling, payment, conformity, testing, marking holes for both rails and fishplates. Drawings for 13 different weight rails, straight and curves, 90lb/yard to 116 and a drawing of the BS tyre profile for tram car wheels and how it interfaces with a rail. On rear cover, both sides gives a list of standards and foreign translations up to March 1919.On top of first sheet in black ink "Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society Catalogue No 8."trams, tramways, british standards, standards, rails, fishplates

3293.1 - Grey folder, with a two prong clip, marked ""Rosters both sides, containing a set of 29 sheets, typed on foolscap paper, giving the Weekdays, Saturday and Sunday tables or runs for the SEC Ballarat trams on the SEC Ballarat Tramway system until the period before closure. Gives details of 38 tables or runs, numbered from 1 Run to 38 Run. Each sheet headed "Weekday", three runs per sheet. Saturdays - 1 to 34, Sunday - 1 to 10. Each sheet has in the top right hand corner LJD/3/70. Time table operated until the commencement of closure of the system. All sheets imaged and are: Monday to Friday Runs 1- 3 4-6 7-9 10-12 13-15 16-18 19-21 22-24 25-28 29-30 31-33 34-36 37 and 38 Saturday Runs 1- 3 4-6 7-9 10-12 13-15 16-18 19-21 22-24 25-28 29-30 31-33 34 Sunday Runs 1- 3 4-6 7-9 10 Each run details where the driver/conductor would sign on, time, the trips, meal breaks, finish time and the total time of the shift. See also Reg Items 2984 - 2993 for table cards at the time of closure. 3293.2 - separate sheet in front of folder, was taped to folder, giving distance of the various routes within Ballarat - miles. Now loose within folder. Second copy of this sheet added 3-8-2006, BTPS Cat No. 611. - See image btm3293i31 for image file. Images of all sheets added 31/8/2012.On front of folder in black ink " BTPS 811" and on top of 3293.2 - "BTPS 611"trams, tramways, timetables, sec, ballarat, crews, routes

Black and white photograph of Ballarat 17 at the City Terminus, corner of Sturt and Lydiard Sts. Tram has the destination of Lydiard St., Twin Lakes on the rear dash and SEC "Briquettes" roof advertisement. Terminal shelter in the background. Photo by John Murray, c1969.On rear, written in black ink "SECV Ballarat No. 17 / c1969 / 18/22"tramways, trams, city terminus, sturt st, twin lakes, tram 17

Black and white photograph of Ballarat 27 departing the City Terminus, corner of Sturt and Lydiard Sts. Tram has the a SEC, a SEC roof advertisement. Craigs Hotel and National Mutual building buildings in the background. Photo by John Murray, c1969.On rear, written in black ink "SECV Ballarat No. 27 / c1969 / 18/23"tramways, trams, city terminus, sturt st, tram 27

Black and white photograph of Ballarat 14 and 17 at the City Terminus, corner of Sturt and Lydiard Sts. Tram 14 has the destination of Mt Pleasant and a "Twin Lakes" advertisement on the rear dash panel. Photo by John Murray, c1969.On rear, written in black ink "SECV Ballarat Nos. 14 + 17 / c1969 / 18/25"tramways, trams, city terminus, sturt st, twin lakes, tram 14, tram 17

Black and white photograph of Ballarat 32 at the City Terminus, corner of Sturt and Lydiard Sts. Tram 32 has a passenger boarding, destination of Sebastopol and a Cinzano Vermouth Roof Advertisement. In the background are the National Mutual and Commonwealth Bank Buildings. Photo by John Murray, c1969.On rear, written in black ink "SECV Ballarat No. 32 / c1969 / 18/16A"tramways, trams, city terminus, sturt st, tram 32

Colour photograph of W4 671 painted in the City of Ballarat colours shortly after its completion in 30.11.1995 Photographed on No. 4 road of the depot. Tram has the destination of Sovereign Hill showing. Two copies held. Printed on Kodak Paper. btm, depot, ballarat, livery, tram 671

Colour photograph of BTPS/SEC No. 18, painted in the 1960's colour scheme. Tram photographed on the access line, showing Special. Photographed by William F. Scott, 12/1987. Printed on Agfa Paper.On rear lower right hand corner, label with "William F. Scott", stamped in black ink and in pencil "12.1987(1)".btm, ballarat, livery, tram 18

Black and white photograph of BTPS/SEC No. 38, painted in the 1960's colour scheme. Tram photographed on the access line, showing Special. Photographed by William F. Scott, c1990. Printed on Agfa Paper.On rear lower right hand corner, label with "William F. Scott", stamped in black ink, number "T16 19A" in ink and in pencil in top left hand corner.tramways, trams, btm, ballarat, livery, tram 38

Colour photograph of ESCo No. 12, photographed at the rear of the depot following receipt and removal of some parts. Photographed on cable tram bogies. Photographed by Warren Doubleday 19.8.1995. Printed on Konica Paper. Two copies held.btm, ballarat, esco, tram 12

Yields information about the display area at the BTM depot c1995 and the way the display was set up in the front cab..1 - Colour photograph of SEC No. 39, photographed on No. 1 road of the BTM depot as the display area. Has the destination of Mt. Pleasant. .2 - view from the front of the depot .3 - ditto .4 - interior view, No. 1 end showing labels on controls. Photographed by Warren Doubleday 20.8.1995. .2 to .4 added 15/06/2008btm, ballarat, depot, displays, tram 39

Colour photograph of SEC No. 32, photographed on No. 7 road of the BTM depot in the storage area. Photographed by Warren Doubleday 20.8.1995. Printed on Konica Paper. Two copies held.btm, ballarat, depot, tram 32

Colour photograph of ESCo 21, photographed after arrival for storage at Newstead. Place on a cable tram truck. Photographed by Warren Doubleday 30.10.1994. Printed on Konica Paper.btm, ballarat, newstead, esco, tram 21

Colour photograph of W4 671 photographed on the depot fan, 1994, prior to decision to paint in blue. Note the destination boxes and route number boxes and other areas in MMTB green. Photographed by Warren Doubleday 1994. Printed on Konica Paper - possibly 10/94, two copies held.btm, ballarat, depot, livery, tram 671

Colour photograph of SEC No. 11, photographed on No. 7 road of the BTM depot in the storage area. Haw Twin Lakes sign and tower truck in background. Photographed by Warren Doubleday 19.8.1995. Printed on Konica Paper. Two copies held.btm, ballarat, depot, tram 11

Colour photograph of W4 671 photographed on the depot fan, nearing completion of repainting in blue. No. 28 in background. Photographed by Carolyn Dean, 21/10/1995, printed on Fujicolor Paper.On rear in blue ink "21.10.95" and "C.Dean"btm, ballarat, depot, livery, tram 671

Set of 14 colour photographs by Carolyn Dean during the 2006 Begonia Festival period. Printed on Kodak paper. .1 - 661 and 27 at Gardens loop - 12/3/2006 .2 - Crowd scene at Gardens Loop .3 - Neil Lardner - conductor .4 - Loading passengers - 27 Gardens Loop .5 - Group scene at Mess room - Bruce Worthington, Graeme Cleak, Neil Lardner, John Shaw, Bill Kingsley, Alastair Reither, Greg Rodgers. .6 - Graeme Cleak and Bill Kingsley, 661 at St Aidans Drive .7 - Bruce Worthington sweeping track at depot .8 - Swinging the pole at Depot Junction .9 - 40 out in the open with 26 and 8 behind - 11/3/2006 .10 - ditto .11 - 466 on 6 road .12 - 671 at Depot Jtn - 12/3/2006 .13 - Graeme Cleak issuing check tickets .14 - ditto.On rear of each photo is name and address label of Carolyn Dean and date in black ink.wendouree parade, begonia festival, btm, depot, tram 661, tram 27, tram 671, tram 40, tram 8, tram 26, tram 466

Provides information about a system of safe working on a single line tramway or interurban railway or tram line. Has an illustration of the signal, coloured on the front cover. Gives details of the company, automatic electric block signals for 'railways' - interurban operation. The type K2-signal is one that can register up to 15 cars into and out of a section. Gives details, line diagrams and electrical details of this signal works, installation requirements and Trolley Contactors. Centre page has an electric diagram. Received by ESCo 4/11/1926.Yields information about a system on controlling vehicles on a single line railway or tramway section.Twenty page book, printed on art paper, centre page electrical diagram and light blue covers, titled "United States Electric Signals - Type K-2 Signal", with three centre staples. Noted by stamp on page 1 "Nachod and United States Signal Co. Inc. successors to the United States Electric Signal Co. 4771 - 4777 Louisville Avenue, Louisville Ky USA"The "Electric Supply Co. of Victoria 4/11/1926" in purple ink on the front cover, page 1and 5. On page 1 in black stamp ink "Nachod and United States Signal Co. Inc. successors to the United States Electric Signal Co. 4771 - 4777 Louisville Avenue, Louisville Ky USA" and on top of page 1 "Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society Catalogue No. 2" in black ink. On page 20 at bottom :From Nachod and United States Signal Co. Incorporated Louisville".trams, tramways, signals, railways, tramways

Seventy Six page booklet, titled "Tramway Track - Track Work", printed in off white of light brown paper, three sections and side stapled with two staples. Evidence of it being bound with a glued cover. Used as a training book for building tramway tracks, including electrical considerations. Has two pages of Exam questions at the back. Published by the International Textbook Company, early 1900's. Many illustrations and tables.On page 1 "Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society Catalogue No. 9" in black ink.trams, tramways, tramways, trackwork, electrical engineering