Set of notes, ten A4 pages, prepared by Alan Bradley on the founding of the BTPS and the preservation of Ballarat Trams. Notes based on interviews with Richard Gilbert and Neville Gower, along with subsidiary notes on related items from The Courier. Part 1 in Fares Please! - 7/1996. Items looks at the establishment of the BTPS, the construction of the depot, alternative proposals, the six trams the BTPS received, setting up the Co-Op and moving the trams in.btps, preservation, depot, museum

Set of 6 transparencies taken on 28/2/1972 on Kodak mounts. 1206.1 - Bendigo No. 5 at Hayes St. Loop, en route for Quarry Hill. 1206.2 - No. 5 at Garden Gully Loop, Mt. Korong road, Ironbark. en route to Quarry Hill. Note the water column in the background. 1206.3 - No. 5 in View St. Bendigo, with the Commodore Motel in the background. 1206.4 - No. 6 en route for Golden Square in Fire Station loop, with the fire station building in the background. Photo taken after tram has passed photographer. 1206.5 - No. 6 in High St., running through Golden Square Shopping Centre, en route for Golden Square. Photo taken after tram has passed photographer. 1206.6 - No. 6 arriving at Charing Cross, bound for North Bendigo, with the City Family Hotel, ANZ bank and the Cenotaph (war memorial) in the background.Information written on in blue ink and date stamped on purple ink. 1206.1 - "No. 5 at Hayes Loop, Ironbark." 1206.2 - "No. 5 at Garden Gully Loop, Mt. Korong road, Ironbark." 1206.3 - "No. 5 in View St. just after start of double track near Barnard St." 1206.4 - "No. 6 in High St. at Fire Station loop." 1206.5 - "No. 6 in High St. running through Golden Square shopping centre." 1206.6 - "No. 6 arriving at Charing Cross from Golden Square."tramways, trams, bendigo, hayes st. loop, garden gully loop, view st., golden square, charing cross, tram 5, tram 6

Newspaper Clipping from The Age, Melbourne, Thursday May 24, 1973 about the aborted attempt to train two women tram drivers in Melbourne the previous day. The Tramways Union declared the Wattle Park line black and the Board ceased training. Notes a Union Policy of 1956 that members would not train a woman to drive. Quotes Mr S. Edwards, Union Secretary. Has photograph of Driving Instructor, Mr. W.J. Wright, and conductresses Catherine Stone and Joyce Barry.trams, tramways, mmtb, women drivers, conductresses, driver training, tramways union

Newspaper Clipping from a Melbourne newspaper dated 28 April 1972 about the MMTB's decorated and illuminated advertising tramcar. Notes lease cost of about $4,000, Frank Mason & Co. as agents, quotes Mr. Wheelan of the company. Also notes about how far the tram travels in a four week period, that there was only one tram, that it was booked up to end of 1973 and that the "SEC set the pattern in 1970". Has a photo of the tram, advertising briquettes.In top right hard part of Clipping, "28/4/72" in blue inktrams, tramways, mmtb, advertisements, frank mason & company, sec

Newspaper cutting from a Melbourne newspaper dated 22 June 1970 about Melbourne's 1100 trams having extra lights fitted to them next week. Four lights to be fitted to the front and two reds to the back. Was welcomed by Victoria's motor industry chiefs. NOTE: There were not 1100 trams in Melbourne at the time, more about 500 to 600.On left side of cutting, "22/6/70" in red ink.trams, tramways, mmtb, lights, night lighting

Newspaper advertisement from the Herald, Friday 8/12/1972 about the opening of the Bendigo Trust - Tourist Tram service, by the Hon. R.. J. Hamer, Premier of Victoria at 2pm the following day Notes as operating every weekend and that a project of the Bendigo Trust.trams, tramways, bendigo, opening, bendigo trust, r.. j. hamer

Newspaper Clipping possibly from The Courier, Ballarat, 24/10/1972 about questions to be asked in the Legislative Assembly today by Mr. Floyd (Labour Williamstown) about the running of the trams in Bendigo for tourists and running of trams in Ballarat. Item notes that approved the service between the North Deborah mine and the Chinese Joss House. Item possibly from the Courier as it has Ballarat people funeral notices on the rear."24/10/72" in top right hand corner in black ink.trams, tramways, bendigo, parliamentary questions, mr. floyd, mr. v. wilcox

1239.1 - Notice to BTPS members about a Social Meeting to be held at St. Cuthbert's Church Hall, Sturt St. West on 27 Jan. 1972. Notes an inspection of the proposed track to Wendouree Parade and work commenced on the depot foundations. Signed by Hal Cain, President. Printed on pink paper using Stencil process. 1239.2 - Appeal form or notice to members, seeking funds to cover the cost of acquisition of tram No. 33, ($750) and transport ($450) from Hamilton. Gives notes on history of 33 in Hamilton. Donations to be sent to the Treasurer, Mrs. Dean in Box Hill. Gives date of return of tram 33 to Ballarat as 28 April 1977. Printed on yellow paper with duplicator process.1239.2 has "Nancy's" in top right hand corner in blue ink.museums btps, appeals, hamilton, social meetings

86 page A4 sized bound document - Proceedings of the Eleventh Conference of Australasian Tramway Museums, Whiteman Park, Perth W.A. 29 May to 4 June 1992. Has heavy card covers, wire bound with printed title details in blue on the front cover. Has ISSN number. Prepared by the Perth Electric Tramway Society. See item 1254 for photo of conference delegates. - notes should be on page 3. Arrived loose. See also the COTMA website for a full pdf copy of this document. Contents: Acknowledgements Participants Conference Programme keynote Address - Urban Transport: What does the past tell use about the future? Papers W class Status Report - L. Jean The place of Tram Museums in the International and Australian Tram Movement Our Cultural Heritage Management of Rolling Stock Driver Training at Bendigo Tramways "Trolley Wire" Collection Policies Occupational Health & Safety Relationships with Local Government Corrosion - Electrolysis Promotion Accreditation and Its effect on Tramway Museums in NSW Workshops COTMA - what is Needed? Membership for the Young Archives Conservation Management Review COTMA Electrical Operations Rules Visits and Tours Reports Museum Directory.Inside front cover has BTPS stamp and Mail received - 14/11/1994 and item no. "5154" in blue ink.trams, tramways, cotma, perth, proceedings, conferences

Colour print of Ballarat No. 11 outside the Ballarat Town Hall during Winter 1971. Tram showing destination of "Victoria St." in the rear destination box. Has an SEC Briquettes roof advertisement and Twin Lakes dash advertisement. Photo taken from behind the tram. Also Myer building in the background. On Kodak paper. Original film image scanned at 3200dpi 12/5/2020.On rear in blue ink "Sturt St." and in top left hand corner "1971". A previous note has been partially rubbed out.ballarat, town hall, myer, victoria st, tram 11

Eighty page book with heavy card covers A4 size. Colour covers with colour photo of No. 31 at Moorabool and Little Malop Streets, 1950. Contains index, notes on early Geelong Transport, Tramways, opening, decorated trams, Football and trams, People of the tramways, Conductresses, Tramway's staff, Yarns and Truthful (?) stories, The Tramway's Union, Closure, Tram car fleet disposal. Contains many black and white photos, stories and one map and plan of depot. Written by David (Dave) J. O'Neil On rear cover has a "Highton Newsagency" label with price of $24.95. Item scanned 28/4/2019 - btm1293i1.pdf to btm1293i3.pdf - three sections - text searchable when opened using a pdf editor.trams, tramways, geelong, provincial tramways, conductresses

Letter from Robert Aspinall, dated 20/2/2001 of North Fitzroy. outlining his tramway experience and as operator of MMTB Scrubber tram No. 8 (8W). Gives brief history of employment with MMTB, ATMOEA. Notes objectives of scrubbing and flushing rails, leaf season, logistics, and other thoughts. Letter on line foolscap paper with punch holes in the left hand margin. Letter handwritten in black ink - five pages. Photocopy of letter held on file. Information used in the preparation of the notes on the operation of No. 8 - 4/2001.trams, tramways, flushing, scrubber tram, employees

Sixteen page book or booklet printed on A4 white paper, folded to A5 with saddle bound staples, titled "Ballarat's Tramway Preservation Project". Written by Campbell Duncan for the BTPS c1978, giving details of the history of Ballarat's tramways, and a brief history of Geelong and Bendigo, the formation and operations of the BTPS and the tramcar fleet. Has 10 photographs, 1 sketch of the front of a maximum traction tramcar and a map of the BTPS location on the rear. Map drawn by G. Inglis 2.73. Note no credits for photographs. See image files for photos used in book. Second edition - notes tram 28 has been repaired by the BTPS and this did not occur until 1978 - only gives 6 tramcars in list - we had others stored off site at the time. second copy added 1/1/12trams, tramways, btps, museum directory, car fleet, map

Colour postcard of SECV Ballarat trams 27 and 38 crossing at Gardens Loop in Wendouree Parade during the early 1980's by John Phillips for a BTPS postcard. Tram 27 has a "Brambles" advertisement and a "TWIN LAKES" sign. Both trams showing St Aidans Drive destination and "TRAM RIDES" signs. Trams in SECV livery. See also Reg. item 2787 for a similar photograph taken at the same time. On rear is a note regarding the trams, the tramway operations, printers name, logo and number (M508) and photographers name, with place for stamp and address. Four copies held. BTPS Annual Report 1980-1981. Used in postcard display 2017-2018 See image i1 for a copy of the original photo - refer to Reg Item 8193 for an associated email.trams, tramways, wendouree parade, btps, postcards, gardens loop, tram 913, tram 345

Newspaper cutting from The Courier, Ballarat 17/6/1972 of the moving of tram 26 into the depot the previous day. Has photo of tram 26 at Gardens Loop with a "TRAM DISPLAY" sign at the end. Caption notes as being moved from the old to the new depot. Quotes BTPS Vice President, Mr. M. Calnin about the move, the future plans and interest created during the move. Article also mentions that the old depot is to be auctioned by the SEC that day (17/6/1972). Demolition commenced within one month - see Reg. item 1791. Gives details of the move arrangements. See Reg. item 1788 and 1792 for further references and Information for Members (BTPS) - June-July 1972 and Sept. 1972. btps, moving trams, gardens loop

Demonstrates aspects of the Ballarat Tramways fare system at the time of the one man trams, tokens which could be pre purchased by travellers and save time when boarding trams. See notes on file re these eg Reg Item 1801.Fare token- 2d - 21mm diameter - green celluloid - with "B.E.T." in large capitals on front centre of token and words "Ballarat Electric Tramways 1913" on circumference. On reverse in large font "2" and a small font "D" at top of the two - indicating token had a value of two pence. Extract from A. Bradley "The Golden City and its Tramways" about tokens and why. "The ESCo worked out its procedures from its own experience. A "pay as you enter" system was used on city-bound cars, and a "pay as you leave" system on outward-bound cars. On Sundays during busy periods this was reversed on the Gardens lines, but conductors were still required on this line to cope with the heavy summer holiday traffic. Trams 1 to 18 were altered by altering the end seating, placing gates on doorways and "pay as you enter" and "pay as you leave" signs. Once on board, passengers paid their coins into a farebox mounted behind the driver, which was fitted with glass windows and mirrors to enable the driver to see the coins slide into the box - a form of "moral check on passengers". Regular passengers could buy pink or green celluloid tokens at a discount price, to save the motorman having to issue tickets and give change." Stopped being in use in 1921, see Reg Item 1801.1 and 1802. Place of manufacture not known. For other 2d token see Reg. Item 1943 and 2488 page 31. See Reg. Item 2514 for H.P. James notes on the token system. 1794.1 - added 18/4/2009 - donation of Lyall Denning Related documents provides some information on the value of the items. eBay sale 15/10/2006 $20 - eBay slip with worksheet - see related items.trams, tramways, tickets, tokens, esco, one man trams

Set of 14 mixed SEC and BTPS tickets donated to the BTM as a set 1/7/2001. Tickets except for the BTPS ones have note been used. The image file shows the group of tickets. Tickets have not been individually numbered with the Registration Number, but can be identified by their ticket number and denomination. Most of the SEC tickets have the SEC logo "Electricity makes life easier! and small boy wrapped in a towel on the back, unless otherwise noted. All on off white (tending to a very light brown) paper unless otherwise noted with ticket numbers in black except for parcels ticket. 4c - C 355628 - red 5c - B 639028 - yellow 7c - C848828 - turquoise 8c - A939628 - green 10c - C818228 - black 13c - B279228 - black 15c - A388828 - off reddish brown 16c - A565428 - yellow 18c - A417828 - brown 5c - A372838 - City Section, orange, with tartan back 7c - A077828 - City Section, purple, with tartan back SEC Provincial Tramways 13c - Parcel Ticket - A 007101 (2 part ticket - see Reg. Item No. 1727 for further details) BTPS - 30c - A24310 - purple with BTPS information on back BTPS - 5c - over stamped with black 50c - A030052, plain back.trams, tramways, tickets, btps, secv, ballarat

Set of nine of printed illustrations - postcard size of Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board Tramcars produced in 1978. Separate card for each class of tramcar featured, with notes, statistics, MMTB name. Each card also has printers name and date on back. Not a formal postcard, no place for a stamp. 1810.1 - X1 - 465 with 466 in background. Photographed at Footscray station terminus, c1962. 465 has destination of "Ballarat Rd." 1810.2 - Z7 in Victoria Parade, c1975 - has destination of "West Preston - Regent St." and route number "13". 1810.3 - Cable car set (No. 1) - photographed at Preston Workshops 1810.4 - L104 - showing destination of Carnegie and route number 67. 1810.5 - Y469 - showing destination of "Wattle Park - Elgar Road", possibly with Wattle Park in background. 1810.6 - T180 - showing "Special", while on a charter. 1810.7 - W7 1022 - showing destination "West Preston", route 11, freshly painted. 1810.8 - X2676 - freshly painted. 1810.9 - W2511 - fitted with marker lights, freshly painted, showing "City" - route 11. Cards 8 and 9 added 9/3/2018 from Donation of John Ruyg. trams, tramways, melbourne, mmtb, tramcars

Edmondson pasteboard railway ticket, No. 14, dated 25 April 1974, for use on a Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society special train from Morwell to Mirboo North and return. See Reg. item 1819 for S circular or Special Train Notice for the tour. Ticket base is off white with eight light orange vertical bands equally spaced along the ticket, which is printed in landscape format. Notes as being "Available by Goods Train each way on day of issue only.", for Adult - Economy and Adult - Economy. Ticket number in reverse printing. See Reg Item 4676 for a group photo.trams, tramways, tickets, btps, morwell - mirboo north, tours

Newspaper clipping from The Age, Saturday 14/10/1989, titled "Recalling when a tram ride was a hilly and healthy outing" written by John Lahey. Recalls the 100th anniversary of the commencement of running of the electric tramway between Box Hill and Doncaster. Notes the reasons for the tramway, a brief history, its downfall and that the state historian Dr. Bernard Barrett will be opening a commemorative display at the Box Hill town hall. Has a sketch of a open tramcar (see image)Pen marks underlining date and on the right hand side of the cutting.box hill, doncaster, opening

Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, (date unknown), titled "Early bid for cable trams" noting that about 100 years ago, Ballarat's civic fathers were keen to give the city a cable tramway. Found that cable too expensive and horse tramway developed instead. Gave details of horse tram systems, costs and operations. Part of a Section of the newspaper titled "Enter the Past", looking for local history stories. Gives the Couriers address. Item not dated, but c1985. On reverse, is part of page 1 of the newspaper, noting that Ballarat's petrol prices broke the 50c a litre barrier the previous day.ballarat, cable trams, horse trams

Four page (two sheets of A4 - double sided) on gold paper, printed as a Tour Booking form for a tour of Melbourne tram lines, titled "W3 661 Tram tour - Melbourne Revisited" for 27/5/1989. The tram was on loan at the time to "Yappa Tours" from the BTPS. See first and second paragraphs for details of the tram being in Melbourne. Also contained on pages 1 and 2 are notes on W3 class trams, their history and dispersal. Pages 2, 3 and 4 give details of the tour and the booking form. Tour operated by the Rail Tourist Association. Tour booking officer was Geoff Cargeeg. Printed using a typed wax stencil and then duplicated. The two sheets have been stapled in the top left hand corner. Note spelling of "Yappa" - other documents have used "Yapper"w3 class, yapper tours, rail tourist association, tours

Demonstrates aspects of publication of material in an enthusiast based magazine for a Melbourne based organisation, with a detailed article on the overhaul of trams at Preston workshops for Melbourne.Feb. 1972 issue of "Running Journal", consisting of formally printed cover on glossy paper which has been folded, containing seven wax stencil cut, duplicated sheets, pages 3 to 16. Published by the Tramway Museum Society of Victoria. Sheets have been stapled into the folded covers. See condition notes also. Cover has W2 277 undergoing a "O2" overhaul at Preston workshops Page 2 - photos of 928, 733 and 921 undergoing various overhaul stages Pages 3 to 9 - article by Norm Cross on MMTB tramcar overhauls at Preston Workshops Page 9 - News from Ballarat (BTPS - foundations for new shed) Page 10 - 11 - Tramway Quiz Page 12 - 14 - TMSV Museum news (muses) Page 15 - Answers to quiz Page 16 - Back issues of Running Journal Page 17 - Photos of 980 and Museum activities Page 18 (back cover) - 18 in Sturt St., July 1970, Ballarat 18 - in Vickers St. Sebastopol shed, trams 31, 30 and 32 stored at the SEC Ballarat North Power station grounds awaiting transport, in October 1971 and MMTB 469 arriving as the last Footscray tram. Loose sheet - duplicated, advertising, Last Mail Covers - Bendigo Tramways, prior to closure on 16/4/1972. Second copy ex ARHS 9/2003 added 21/09/2006. 3rd copy added 28/10/2007, ex Graeme Breydon Collection.Has Graeme Breydon address stamp on front cover.trams, tramways, tmsv, running journal, ballarat, overhauls, preston, mmtb

Thirty two page landscape booklet on semi gloss white paper with off white cover and single supplementary white sheet tipped onto the inside of the front cover titled "See Melbourne's Beautiful Beaches and Garden Suburbs from a Special Bus". Saddle stapled, printed letterpress. Text printed in black and green ink. Cover green ink only. The book advertising MMTB's Special tourist bus, giving overall tour details on page 1, including fares, time of departures and reservations. Each tour has a map showing the route, details of the tour route with notes and photographs. Page 14 shows a maximum traction tram on the reserved track in Dandenong road and page 30, W2 488 outbound in Victoria Parade. Page 32 has an advertisement for the Round Trip by Tram 1/-. Front cover has details of the departure times and fares and a photo of the Tourist Bus. The supplementary sheet has been prepared for the tours that operated daily from Sun Sept. 17 to Friday May 31, except Anzac Day. Melbourne Tram Museum has a similar book - different bus - Reg Item 99 - 1938-39 version..trams, tramways, mmtb, bus tours, melbourne, sightseeing

Yields information about the presentation of a set of tickets that were presented to the City of Ballarat at the time of closure of the system.Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, 22 September 1971 of tickets and passes being given to the City of Ballarat by Mr. Denmead. Shows close up photo of ESCo 1 1/2d tokens, a photograph of a presentation sheets of sample tickets dated 1906 and Mr. Denmead holding metal passes and two tokens. Notes the items as being passed to Council for safe keeping. Article notes that the tokens in the close up photo was owned by Mr. Lyle Kay of 5A Finch St. Ballarat. See Reg Item 3775 for a Courier print of the photograph of the tickets. 1846.1 - added 23/10/2004 - duplicate cutting. Original item replaced by a better condition cutting 13/6/2017, from donation of Ruth Nelson. See Reg Item 8000 for the actual framed set of tickets.tickets, passes, tokens, closure

Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, prior to 29 June 1968, about the forthcoming trip by the Tramways Museum Society (TMSV) to ride on tram No. 27 when it records its millionth mile on the Ballarat Tramway system at 3.10pm on 29/6/1968. Was attached on donation to item 1847, with a pin in top left hand corner. Separated for storage. See image file for arrangement on donation. Note: Later review by D. Macartney in early 80's found that the SEC had miscalculated the distance travelled by 100,000 miles. The million miles occurred during service with the BTPS - written up somewhere in Fares Please! See Fares Please! in the 1980's.A purple colour cross in the top right hand corner.million miles, sec, tmsv

Photographic illustration of South Australian Railways Locomotive No. 620, the has been printed onto card and then cut out in the form of outline of the locomotive. Printed in green ink and then over printed in a silver ink to highlight the locomotive. On the rear of the illustration has been printed details of the locomotive (Light Pacific Engine), designed and built at SAR's Islington Workshops. Gives details of the locomotive, SAR's service. Notes that SAR has given 80 years of service. Printed by the Government Printer Adelaide. Reference -"Kings of the Iron Horse" by David Burke, page 164 -5 - gives details of the launch of the locomotive, 'Sir Winston Dugan', then Governor of South Australia. Photo of the launch and locomotive on opposite page 196. Would probably have been made for the launch of locomotive or soon after. Part of the centenary celebrations of the founding of South Australia. See "Kings of the Iron Horse" - A.E. Smith and F. J. Shea by David Burke.trams, tramways, sar, locomotives