Black and white print of Geelong No. 40, in Moorabool St, just south of Malop St. with the destination of North. Appears the driver is board the tram. Has the Solomons building in the background and a small safety zone stop portable sign alongside the tram. Photo mid 1950's. Printed on AGFA paper.On rear in ink PMTT=MMTB E40 = Geelong 40 = Ball 43"trams, tramways, geelong, moorabool st, tram 40

Yields information about the last day of operations of the SEC Ballarat system and has a strong association with the most senior driver/conductor of the time - Lew Walker.Digital scan of a loaned mounted black and white print of Lew Walker driving tram No. 40 in the depot on Sunday 19/9/1971. Alongside is Lew's Son, Andy Walker. The tram has driven though white paper streamers at the depot. Original print 374H x 295W. Scan of copy negative added 4-5-2020 added as i2.trams, tramways, conductors, closure, ballarat, tram 40

Black and White print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Photo of No. 19 at the Lake Weeroona Terminus, 7-10-1939, with the driver turning the trolley pole. The tram has the destination of Golden Square. i1 - scan of print in the album i2 - rear of image i3 - scan of negative at 3200dpi added 6/6/2020. On rear in ink "SEC Bendigo, No. 19 (ex MMTB 185) at Lake Weeroona terminus 7-10-39" with the Wal Jack copyright stamp in the top right hand corner and the number "T189" written in.trams, tramways, bendigo, lake weeroona, tram 19

Black and White print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Photo of No. 16 at Golden Square, 7-10-1939, the tram has the destination of Lake Weeroona. No other details known. Date from Wal's caption in the album. The conductor is standing by the front door, talking to the driver. the Y terminus arrangement is shown in the photograph. Printed on Kodak Velox paper. i1 - scan of print in the album i2 - rear of image i3 - scan of negative at 3200dpi added 6/6/2020. trams, tramways, golden square, bendigo, tram 16

Photo of No. 6 outside the depot with the bridge and depot building in the background. Has a driver standing by the front of the tram. Tram has the destination of Eaglehawk. Taken by Wal Jack on 7-3-1954. See image i2 for rear of photograph. Two copies held. See image i3 for hi-res scan of negativeYields information about Bendigo tram No. 6Black and White print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details.On the rear in ink "SEC Bendigo, No. 6 outside depot 7-3-54". Has the Wal Jack copyright stamp in the top right hand corner with number "T69PC" written in.trams, tramways, bendigo, depot, tram 6

Newspaper clipping from the Melbourne MX newspaper, 24-4-2002 about BTM Museum member, Alastair Reither driving trams for Yarra on route 96, aged 19. Notes his involvement with the BTM. Item written by Caria Danaher and photo by Cameron Tandy.btm, yarra trams, drivers

Black and white print of Ballarat No. 36, north bound in Brunswick St Melbourne, possibly Has the spire of St Patrick's cathedral in the background. The tram has the destination of Sebastopol with the driver's cab sign of "Tourism Week go see Ballarat". In the background is the MMTB recovery vehicle. Photo 22/9/1971.trams, tramways, melbourne, tourism, mmtb, tram 36

Set of 10 Ferraniacolor slides - cardboard mounts taken on either 10/1/71 or 16/1/71. .1 - Birney No. 30, Golden Square line, inbound near Cathedral with car yard in background. .2 - ditto, with Cathedral gardens in background. .3 - single trucker, with two SEC roof adverts, entering Nolan St enroute to North Bendigo. Shows the driver sitting in a side on shot. A 4 square store in the background, with a fading advert for "Peeled Tomatoes". .4 - No. 6 turning from Nolan St into McCrae St with 4 square store in background. .5 - No. 26 at Quarry Hill with cemetery in background. .6 - No. 6 at the North Bendigo Terminus .7 - No. 26 outbound to Eaglehawk on the Railway Overbridge, Mt Korong Road. .8 - No. 17 (inbound to City and Quarry Hill) and another bogie crossing at a loop on the Eaglehawk line. Both trams have SEC roof adverts. The driver of the outbound car is boarding the tram. Based on .9, it is No. 3 at Long Gully. .9 - No. 3 waiting at Long Gully Loop . .10 - No. 26 at Quarry Hill terminus, with destination of Eaglehawk.In ink on slide: .1 - "1/2 mile out on Golden Square line - 10/1/71 (Sun)." .2 - "1/2 mile out on Golden Square line - 10/1/71" .3 - "Has just rounded curve near lake Weeroona on North Bendigo line - 10/1/71 (Sun)." .4 - "16/1/71" .5 - " 10/1/71 (Sun)." .6 - "North Bendigo terminus, 16/1/71 (Sat)" .7 - "10/1/71 (Sun) c 3pm" .8 - "Cross Eaglehawk line - 10/1/71 (Sun)." .9 - "Jackson St Loop on E'Hk line awaiting up - 10/1/71 " .10 - "Quarry Hill terminus Bendigo - - 10/1/71"tramways, trams, bendigo, golden square, high st, nolan st, north bendigo, quarry hill, long gully, railway bridge, tram 30, tram 6, tram 26, tram 17, tram 3

Yields information about the appearance and the use of ESCo tram 12 in Victoria St and has a strong association with those photographed on the steps of the tram.Digital Copy of a photograph purchased by David Critchley from E-bay, of ESCo No. 12 in Victoria St Ballarat, c1925, possibly at the King St loop. Tram has the destination of Orphanage, a Viceroy Tea advertisement, a Coliseum roof advert and an "Pay as You Leave" sign. Note the positioning of the tram number on the route footsteps. The tram still has track brakes and the footstep boards are yet to be cut back or shortened. Tram has four men in suits standing on the running board with the driver or motorman in the doorway of the tram as well. Image not to be formally published without owners permission or knowledge.On the rear of the print is a stamp of "Alpha Print Box Hill" with the number "88"trams, tramways, esco, victoria st, orphanage, motormen, tram 12

Yields information about the accident involving Mr Dave Kellett and details of the accident with tram 37 which resulted in its withdrawal from service.Set of four items associated with the accident with the collision between Ballarat No. 37 and a truck loaded with baled hops on Thursday 15 April 1954, the tram driven by David Kellett, conductor Herbert Ward. Probably published in The Courier, Friday 16 April 1954. Newspaper cuttings give details of the accident. Accident at the corner of South and Drummond Sts. Truck driver - Stanley Eaton .1 -Newspaper cutting from The Courier with a photo of the front of the tram and the back of the overturned truck and the story - gives details of the crews, addresses and truck driver - note the story about the recovery of the tram. .2 - photos of the scene, titled "Sweeping up the wreckage" - see Reg Item .3 - cutting from The Courier, "In Retrospect" - dated 25/10/2008 - see 50 years about the Ballarat Victorian Aero club preparing to replace an old tramcar with a new building. .4 - Hand written note about the removal of the tram from the aerodrome to a Mt Pleasant Tennis club house and Fred Heres, former trammie dismantled the tram for the club some time later. .5 - Original of item .3 and an additional note re the cutting. Added 18-11-2018 - see images i5 and i6 See Reg item 5315 for the scanned image of the top photo in item .2accidents, drummond st sth, sec, recovery

Set of three hand prepared sheets on graph paper for timetables or rosters on Ballarat services. Prepared by Dave Kellett as part of his Inspector training. .1 - sheet for Sebastopol - Lydiard St showing four separate runs, timetable, working time and what the driver/conductor had to do. .2 - same for Mt Pleasant - Garden but only 1 run detailed. .3 - Sheet for Sebastopol - Lydiard St Nth showing how the various runs interworked with each other. .4 - Hand written note from Glenise explaining that the sheets were used bytrams, tramways, timetables, sec, ballarat, crews

Forty Eight page, side staple book within blue Rexene covers. Titled "Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways /Electric System /Instructions to Drivers in Electric Car Operation" Dated 1966. Printed by Regent Press Pty Ltd, 457 Plenty Road, Preston. Provides in a Q & A format, instructions to drivers in electric car operation, photos of various types of controllers, an A.B.C. for tramways drivers - "always" points to remember and has a reference index. has the numbers 139 and 140 circled on inside of front cover. Has name "McCalee B" as the driver's name the document issued to and "5570" and the driver's number.trams, tramways, mmtb, drivers, training, instructions, motormen

Digital Image of George Lewis with conductors bag and tin No. 48, (left) and Motorman McCann striding down Sturt St from the SEC office to pick up their trams. Scanned at high resolution from the original print loaned by June Dixon. Photographer not known. George Lewis was the father of June Dixon, SEC driver and pitman in the 1940's. June remembers riding and driving trams (about age 8) on a Sunday at the depot and playing in the inspection pits. Has notes on the rear in ink - see image 2trams, tramways, motormen, conductors, crews, secv, sturt st

Possibly has a strong association with Mr. R. Williams and D. Powell, Ballarat tram crews.Colour print of R. Williams (Motorman) and D. Powell (badge 30) standing in front of a tram at Victoria St. The tram has the destination of Gardens via Sturt St West. Item was placed in an envelope marked "Mr. R. Williams" - retained with photograph in storage folder. Photo printed on Kodak Paper. Photograph by Lilian Butler? See also Reg Item 6520.1 for a slide of the same photograph. See Crew photo - Reg Item 1861.in ink on rear "With my compliments Lilian Butler - 20th August 1971"trams, tramways, victoria st, crews, drivers, conductors

Yields information about the loading of prams onto the SEC trams by crews and passengers.Colour print of a group of a SEC driver or conductor assisting a passenger to load a pram onto No. 37 at the corner of Sturt and Lydiard St, Ballarat. Has the tram stop section short pole on the right hand side. Photo printed on Kodak Paper. Photograph by Lilian Butler?in ink on rear "August 1971, Cnr Sturt and Lydiard Sts, Ballarat Vic. With my compliments Lilian Butler".trams, tramways, prams, passengers, sturt st, lydiard st, tram stops, sections, poles

Possibly has a strong association with SEC Ballarat tram crews.Colour print of driver or motorman - R. Knight and Conductor W. Nancarrow? standing in front of a tram with the destination of Victoria St, at Gardens Loop, Wendouree Parade 1971. Photo printed on Kodak Paper. Photograph by Lilian Butler? See also Reg Item 6518 for similar photos.in ink on rear "With my compliments Lilian Butler".trams, tramways, crews, motormen, conductors, gardens loop

Possibly has a strong association with SEC Ballarat tram crews.Colour print of driver or motorman - R.Segrave (34) and Conductor A Morris? (cap badge 58) standing in front of a tram with the destination of Sebastopol at corner of Sturt and Lydiard Streets. Photo printed on Kodak Paper. See btm6576i1.jpg for a colour slide of this photo. Two copies held. Names based on list given in Reg Item 3425in ink on rear "With my compliments Lilian Butler".trams, tramways, crews, motormen, conductors, city

Possibly has a strong association with SEC Ballarat tram crews.Colour print of driver or motorman - M Cahil (48) and J. Maher standing in front of a tram at Lydiard Street North terminus, 10th August 1971. Photo printed on Kodak Paper. Photograph by Lilian Butler?in ink on rear "10th August 1971, Lydiard Street Nth terminus. With my compliments Lilian Butler".trams, tramways, crews, motormen, conductors, lydiard st nth

Possibly has a strong association with SEC Ballarat tram crews.Colour print of Conductor D. Chambers (9) and Driver D. Domaschenz (24) standing in front of tram 14. See also btm6581.3 for a colour slide. . Photo printed on Kodak Paper. Photograph by Lilian Butler? Two copies held. Names based on list given in Reg Item 3425in ink on rear "With my compliments Lilian Butler".trams, tramways, crews, motormen, conductors, lydiard st nth

Has a strong association with SEC Ballarat tram crews.Colour print of Conductor ? and driver E. Van Rooy? at the Sebasatopol terminus. Note the bus stop signs on the pole below the End of Section sign. The tram has the destination of Lydiard St. North. Photo September 1971. Photo printed on Kodak Paper. Photograph by Lilian Butler? in ink on rear "With my compliments Lilian Butler".trams, tramways, crews, motormen, conductors, lydiard st nth, sebastopol, bus stops

Has a strong association with SEC Ballarat tram crews.Colour print of two conductors W. Davies?, S. Davies and driver A. Jeffreys at the Sturt St city stop, August or September 1971. See also Reg Item 6581.4 for a colour slide of this photograph. Photo printed on Kodak Paper. Photograph by Lilian Butler? Names based on list given in Reg Item 3425 in ink on rear "With my compliments Lilian Butler".trams, tramways, crews, motormen, conductors, lydiard st nth

Yields information about the SEC's provision of awards to employees for 12 months of safety and has a strong association with the person that the award was granted to.Two piece butter dish - nickel plated silver tray with an "Electricity Supply Department" badge glued to the dish with the SEC logo and words "Safety Award" and a glass dish - fluted that acts as a butter or jam dish. Awarded to SEC Ballarat driver Allan Jeffries. Stamped on rear of dish "Cambridge A1 Quality". See also Reg Item 4301 for another example.tramways, trams, awards, safety, sec, crews, motormen

Yields information about the Victoria St terminus.One 35mm slides - Anscochrome white plastic mounts of No. 26 and a bogie tram at the Victoria St terminus. The tram has the destination of Victoria St. In the background is Meagher's Hotel with blue Victoria Bitter sign and the divided highway. The driver is turning the trolley pole.tramways, trams, victoria st, hotels, crews, drivers, trolley poles, tram 26

Yields information about the instructions about emergency braking of tramcars given to Ballarat crews.Two page foolscap, duplicated instruction titled "Tramcar Emergency Braking" - undated, describing tramcar braking techniques, emergencies, compressors, sanding. Produced by the SEC for use in Ballarat. See Reg Item 3457 for a later issue, 3520 for a 1950 instruction on the same issue, and 271 for another version.trams, tramways, braking, instructions, sec, emergency, driver training

Yields information about the instructions about tram operations, safety instructions and leaving trams.Two foolscap duplicated sheets titled "Special Order to Motormen (49/1)" giving instructions regarding 1) Responsibility (for trams), 2) Relief on the road, 3) Controller key, 4) Air brake handle, 5) leaving tram unattended with definition, general precautions, special precautions - such as parking the tram at Lydiard St North, parking trams at City Loop and 6) an explanation on the braking system at either end of the tram. Undated. Printed from wax stencil and stapled along the top edge. Signed by F. K. White Manager. See Reg Item 261 for 9-1961 issue and Reg item 3459 for a Jan. 1961 issue. trams, tramways, braking, instructions, sec, emergency, driver training

Yields information about the instructions about tramcar braking and providing a set of questions and answers that drivers needed to know.Set of four foolscap sheets duplicated, titled "Tramcar Braking ", providing a series of questions and answers on the braking system. Gives description of system, the various means of what to do if the system fails - undated, signed by F.K. White as manager. Sheets stapled twice along the top edge. See Reg Item 261 for an earlier version, 3520 for a 1950 instruction on the same subject and 3457 for a similar document.trams, tramways, braking, instructions, sec, emergency, driver training

Yields information about the instructions about Signalling system on Wendouree Parade and Bridge St - Forest City signals.Five page, foolscap duplicated document, stapled in the top left hand corner, titled Forest City Signals, undated, has letters S4 in top right hand corner of first sheet, giving details about the Forest City signalling system installed in Ballarat, particularly around Wendouree Parade and the depot. Explains how the system operates, gives instructions, details of the system, location of the loops, trams following each other, power failure. Also gives details of how the Bridge St system operated and the switch at Grenville St. Note: The locations of the signals may not be not as detailed as in the Driver Training Manual - See Reg Item 3486. Does not provide instructions for Lydiard St North or Sebastopol routes. See also Reg Item 3456 for another similar copy.trams, tramways, signals, crossing loop, forest city signals, grenville st, wendouree parade

No. 21 in bound to the City terminus at Dawson St. Tram has the destination of City. Photograph dated 22/3/1962. Tram has an advertisement for The Age newspaper and Mutual Homes on the rear drivers dash panel. In the background is a shoe repair shop.Yields information about the appearance of the No. 21 in March 1962.Black and white photograph with photographer's stamp on rear.On rear is Douglas A Colquhoun photo stamp, giving details of the photograph - see image i2.trams, tramways, sturt st, dawson st, tram 21

Has a strong association with Carolyn Dean.Colour print of No. Carolyn Dean driving a single trucker c1978/79. Photo by Stephen Butler.trams, tramways, btps, drivers

Has a strong association with the Ballarat tram crews and yields information about the working conditions, particularly during summer weather., Has a strong association with the Ballarat tram crews and yields information about the working conditions, particularly during summer weather.Typed quarto sheet with SEC letterhead titled "Motormen & Conductors - Uniforms - Dress during Humid and Uncomfortable Summer Weather". Gives the dress code of hot weather - different between conductors and motormen (drivers). Undated, possibly 1950's as four digit telephone number. Signed by L. J. Denmead as acting Departmental Tramways Superintendent.trams, tramways, motormen, uniforms, conductors, weather