Used as part of the signalling system by the SEC in Ballarat, see reference for a detailed history of the signals and its use. This item was manufactured by the SEC itself when the system was extended.Demonstrates a SEC Ballarat signal system head or box.Rectangular steel box with two cylindrical headlight masks. Light covers are plastic red and blue. btm, forest city signals, lights, secv, signal box, signals

Photo album - with a photograph and typed details of a selection of the various trams in the fleet. Based on the date of the tram car mileages as at 31-3-1958, compiled during 1958. Not known who compiled it, but could have been the Tramway Superintendent Mr Denmead from SEC or other parties photos. All photos are common to the collection except for the one of tram 36 in Wendouree Parade at depot junction. Has sheets for: ESCo 2 - Power station - item 698 ESCo 2 - Sturt St advertising Jago boots - item 1710 ESC0 18 - Sturt St - Suttons advert - item 2490 ESCo 21 - Sebastopol type at depot - item 3002 ESCo 23 - Sebastopol type at depot - item 5142 SEC 17 - at depot junction - item 1714 SEC 19 - at depot - item 4525 SEC 21 - at depot - item 4526 SEC 22 - at depot - item 1360i7 SEC 23 - Gold tram at depot - item 1707i1 SEC 26 - at depot - item 4529 SEC 29 - at depot - item 541i1 SEC 30 - at depot - item 1706 SEC 36 - at depot junction - similar to item 4527, added as 9119 SEC 40 - at depot - 1355i1 Bendigo - silver star starch - item 1890. Demonstrates the history of the SEC Ballarat fleet through a selection of photographs.Album - 22 paper leaves, bound with grey end papers and grey plascticised cover with leather finish. Album produced by New Star. Photos secured with photo corners, typed sheets glued onto the leaf.photo album, secv, tramcars, car fleet, tram 2, tram 18, esco, tram 21, tram 22, tram 23, tram 26, tram 29, tram 30, tram 36, tram 40

SEC Ballarat No.36 in the 1950 or earlier in Wendouree Parade with the Lake in the background. Tram has the destination of Depot. The depot access tracks are in the foreground. See item 4529 for another photo looking the other way most likely taken at the same time.Yields information about SEC Ballarat tram No. 36 - one of a series of official photographs early 1950 or earlier and the appearance of the tram.Black and white photograph contained within item 9118.secv, tramcars, tram 36, wendouree parade, depot junction

Form used to advise crews that they had been reported for a breach of Rule No. or Special Order No. etc. Has space for the date (1930s), Signature, date, time, and trip. Seeks the person's explanation which had to be in writing. Used post the SEC takeover of the Ballarat system. Headed the Electricity Supply Department of the SECV. See item 9123 for the subsequent form used.Demonstrates a form used to advise crews of a breach of the rules etc and seeking an explananation.Preprinted form - No TYE1-38, on plain off white paper.tramways, forms, sec, secv, rules, behaviour

Form used to advise crews of the outcome of any breach or regulations by the Tramway Superintendent whether the explanation was satisfactory or not and whether it had been recorded on the Conduct Record Card. Used during the 1930s. See item 9122 for the report form and 5017 for a 1948 version.Demonstrates a form used to advise crews of a breach of the rules etc and seeking an explananation.Preprinted form - No TYE1-37, on plain off white paper.tramways, forms, sec, secv, rules, behaviour

Form used to record daily tramcar mileage on a Provincial tramway. Records the tram, times, route, run, no. of trip and Mileage along with the Motorman's signature. Has a space for each branch or system to be filled in.Demonstrates a form used to record the tramcar mileage on a daily basis.Preprinted form - No TYE1-153 on light card.tramways, forms, sec, secv, tramcars, mileage, records, reports

Form used by the ESCo in the 1920s to record the details of the Motorman's or Driver's work for the day. Notes Name, date, tramcar, time on, off, routes, trips, meter (power or electricity use), remarks and defects. See item 2544 for a SECV version of the late 1930s. On the rear is a hand drawn image of a Mt Pleasant - Doveton St weekly ticket morning and evening trips. Priced 1/6d.Demonstrates a form used to record the tramcar mileage on a daily basis.Preprinted form on off white card, titled "Motorman's Record" with a hand drawn and coloured image of a Mt Pleasant Weekly ticket on the rear.tramways, forms, tramcars, mileage, records, reports, esco, weekly tickets, mt pleasant

Report details the condition of the special work with associated drawings of the rail head showing wear at many points around the system. Includes the size and type of the rail and the location of the rail sampled, includes curves, special work, junctions and type of equipment, Dated 30-4-1958. See item 9537 for a similar report on rails.Demonstrates a detailed report into the condition and wear of the Ballarat Tramways trackwork in 1958.Report - 8 typed foolscap sheets carbon copy within a manila card folder with steel clips containing about 50 drawings on light card sheet of rail sections.Outside cover in ink "To accompany reprot to Manager on "Condition of Ballarat Tramways Special Work" dated 30-4-58"ballarat, secv, trackwork, rails, special work, points, reports, tramwaysm

Yields information about the warning sign on the depot wall - seldom photographed.Colour slide, Kodak white cardboard mount, developed Feb 1969 of the "Caution Beware of Trams" sign on the SECV depot wall in Wendouree Parade. ballarat, tramways, trams, depot, signs, wendouree parade

Book, 48 pages, "Destination Eaglehawk", with card covers, printed, with photographs, brief review of history of Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong SECV Tramcars with some notes on the tramway systems themselves. No maps. Published by Traction Publications Canberra 1965, dedicated to Wal Jack.non-fictionDetails the history of the SEC Provincial Tramcarstramcars, ballarat, geelong, bendigo, provincial tramways

Used by tram crews to secure doors in the open or closed position and to open the used ticket box. Part of the items issued to each traffic crew or maintenance staff to access or lock tramcars.Would have been issued at the time to a driver or conductor with the cap or traffic number of 18Piece of chrome plated steel rod bent at 90 degrees and shaped at longer end to give a square shape for use in external doors on SECV Ballarat Trams - known as a square key. Was used to secure doors in both open and closed positions. Has been stamped 18 on one side at short end.18ballarat, tramcars, equipment, crews, doors, tramways

.1 - Provides the Victorian Regulations and requirements for electric wiring, switch boards for all buildings and installations in 1950. .2 - as above for 1960, has a detailed list of contents, tables and index at the rear. Applicable for 1960 .3 - provides the training program and procedures for the training of SECV Linesmen in the 1950's.1 - Yields information on the electrical requirements that Victorian Electricians and others parties were required to follow in electrical wiring. .2 - as above .3 - Demonstrates the procedures that SEC Linesmen were required to follow in their work..1 - Book - 10 sewn sections, orange cloth covers, 200 pages titled "SEC Wiring Regulations 1950". Cover price 3s .2 - Book - 15 sections, with end papers, 300 pages, red hard back cover "SEC Wiring Regulations 1961". Cover price 7/6 .3 - Book - 43 pages bound with metal binder into a manila card cover, titled "SEC Lineman's School Notes" - dated 9/12/1955.2 - has pencil notes on the inside of the rear cover. .3 - has the name "Bill ?" on the rear cover.secv, state electricity commission, rules, wiring, electrical, regulations, tramways

Provides a list of active Ballarat trams operated by the State Electricity Commission of Vic, dated 7-11-1967. Notes that there are 15 ST's (Single trucks or four wheel trams) and 10 bogies - all larger trams. Also records that all destination rolls were black on white, changed over from white letters on a black background. Not known who produced the list.Prepared for personal or for providing information to another person on what trams were active in the Ballarat depot at the time.List of SEC Ballarat Trams - dated 7-11-67 hand written on a foolscap sheet of plain paper.ballarat, trams, tramcars, secv, destination rolls, lists

Provides information about the two-day enquiry held by the Victorian Transport Regulation board into the SEC operated Ballarat Tramway system. Enquiry held at the Ballarat Court House, by Messrs J Bolster, E V Field (Chairman) and J O Mactier of the TRB. Two photos show the Board and some of the attendees. Page 2 of the 3 April report; the acting assistant manager of the SEC advised that the tramway was unsafe, deaths due to collisions with trams, costs of refurbishing the tracks and tramcars and employment issues. Evidence was also given by the Mayor of Ballarat, Cr. Nicholson, Ballarat Town Clerk Mr Maddern, Barry Wilkins, H A Davis local bus operators. The Board considered whether the existing services could be replaced by private operators, or a publicly operated service, including the cost of operators. Also submissions from Mr O'Shea of the ATOMEA, Ballarat Trams and Labor Council, and Chamber of Manufacturers. At the time, the Government did not have the numbers in the upper house to close the system. Yields information about an 1968 enquiry into the closure of the Ballarat Tramway system. Set of two newspaper cuttings from The Courier, Ballarat 3 and 4 April 1968 about a Transport Regulation enquiry.trams, tramways, ballarat, closure, transport regulation board, trb, enquiry, atomea, sec, secv

Cloth backed off white paper ticket with black printing, used for a Scholar's under 15 years, monthly tickets with a large rectangle for an expiry date stamp and printed conditions of use. Has space for the student's name, address and school to be written in. Used by Shirley Bosworth. The ticket was found behind a tram sand box and was most likely lost by the holder. It was in an almost inaccessible position and recovered when the sand box had to be removed for maintenance, along with other tickets. Was designed to be folded.Yields information about the use of SEC Ballarat Scholar tickets.Orange cloth backed paper ticket- 5/-. Scholar's monthly ticket, dated to expire 2 Aug 50. Ticket No. 06958trams, tramways, tickets, school tickets, scholar tickets, sec tramways

Set of 8 used tram tickets that were located on a tram behind a sandbox during maintenance works. All dirty - 1940s to 1965.Yields information about the use of SEC Ballarat tickets.Set of 8 SEC tram tickets and a Her Majesty's Theatre ticket: 2d - blue of off white paper, c1940 - Ac 381346 2d - orange - R614422 3d - blue on red back - G301311 - has a Bushells tea advert on rear 3d - orange - T595239 4d - blue on brown back - L559239 4d - orange - N177965 5d - teal or green - F397504 8d - red -D069847 Her Majesty's Ballarat Theatre - Stalls, stamped for use on a Wednesday. trams, tramways, tickets, ballarat, her majesty's ballarat, sec tramways

Set of three books or booklets - all featuring an image of a plate on a table cloth with a knife and fork on either side. 1 - Cooking for Business Girls - 24 pages 2 - Cold start oven cooking - 14 pages 3 - Electric Frypan cooking - 20 pagesnon-fictionProvides a series of recipe and potential dinner menus. Prepared by the home advisory service of the SECV. The SEC promoted electric cooking on Ballarat tramcars using large roof advertisements.secv, power supply, tramcars, cookbooks, recipe books, home advisory

Reproduction of the front page of The Courier, 24/11/1955 about the State Government defeat of a motion in the Legislative Assembly of a motion to rescind a SEC Notice to close the Geelong tram system. The State Opposition leader, Mr John Cain (Senior) warned that the SEC intended to abolish trams in both Ballarat and Bendigo.Yields information about the SECV notice to closure the Geelong system in 1955.Copy of a celebratory part of The Courier Ballarat - A3 sheet featuring big events that the paper covered, such as the Declaration of the 2nd World War.trams, tramways, geelong, closure, parliament, john cain, secv

Wirebound booklet, 80 pages, approx A5 size, titled "Electric Cooking Recipes" Prepared by the SECV November 1955.non-fictionProvides a series of recipe and potential dinner menus. Prepared by the home advisory service of the SECV. The SEC promoted electric cooking on Ballarat tramcars using large roof advertisements. The lady in the photo could be Margaret Fulton, a well known cook.secv, power supply, tramcars, cookbooks, recipe books, home advisory

Provides details of the history of SECV rail operations in the Yallourn and other power station open cuts and the transport of coal and the locomotives used in the Latrobe Valley operations of the SEC. Possibly prepared in the early 1980s. Rail operations on the interconnecting railway ceased in 2000. Shows outline diagrams of the steam, electric and diesel locomotives and the coal wagons.Provides information about the SEC Coal railways and their rolling stock used for power generation in Victoria.Report or document - 16 A4 pages titled Report - 'State Electricty Commission of Victoria Rail Transport: Yallourn Open Cut"sec tramways, power supply, secv, open cut mining, locomotives, interconnecting railway

The extract titled "When Electricity and Trams came to Ballarat" provides some stories of the early days of tramway operations, including the Sebastopol line and horse trams, a water chute at Lake Wendouee, crew wages, working conditions, windscreens. Written by A W WalkerYields stories about the early days of electric trams in Ballarat and horse trams to Sebastopol.Two sheets of paper, including a carbon copy of a typed extract from SEC Magazine Feb-Apr 1951 titled "When Electricity and Trams came to Ballarat"esco, trams, tramways, ballarat, crews, lake wendouree, windscreens, sebastopol, horse tram

Scholar's monthly ticket for use by under 15 years students. Has form number "TYE 3-570" in top left hand corner. Space for an expiry date to be stamped on the ticket and name, address and school of the student. The 1966 Schedule of Fares and Charges shows these tickets. See Reg Item 6870 for samples of unused tickets. All issued to the donor Lee Carrigg. Also issued in Bendigo. Yields information and demonstrates the tickets used to for Scholar's or students to travel on the trams in Ballarat during the mid 1960's. Shows the approx numbers of tickets issued each month.Set of four Yellow cloth backed paper tickets with white front, printed in black ink with fare value of $2.10. Ticket Nos 002833, 3469, 3740, 4189.Have been stamped with the month and year of issue and all written with the name of the person and their address.ballarat, schools tickets, scholars tickets, tickets, tramways, trams

Issued to Blind People as a travel concession for tramways in the Provincial cities of Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo.Demonstrates the method that the SECV used to enable free or low cost travel for Blind people with an attendant.Yellow cloth backed paper ticket with white front, printed in black ink - titled "Blind Person's Pass". Has number "372" stamped on. Form number "TYE 2-221" in top left hand corner. Has space for the name of the Bearer, Branch to be written, conditions of use, and space for manager to sign with date .../.../195...." At base of ticket has "910/43". .2 - No. 375 .3 - No. 382sec tramways, ballarat, blind persons, tickets, provincial cities

Issued to employees such as shed staff and other office staff. See also 3648 for an early example of this type of pass and Reg Item, 8126 for an example of use by Wayne Kell.Demonstrates the method that the SECV used to enable free travel for employees and staff.Set of 3 passes or Tickets - White card (200 gsm) ticket with, printed in black ink - titled "Special Pass". Form number "TYE 2-220" in top left hand corner. Has space for the name of the Bearer (issued to Mr. ...), Branch to be written, space for manager to sign with date .../.../19.... and expiry date of pass." Conditions of use printed on rear. 1 - Has number "200" stamped on. 2 - 172 3 - 165 sec tramways, ballarat, tickets, provincial cities, special pass, employees

Used by conductors or conductors to retain and sell tickets from. Demonstrates the method of dispensing tickets by conductors, how the tickets could be arranged. Yields information about the style and printing of tickets used in Ballarat and Bendigo tramways and how they were presented.Sheet of leather, approx 2mm thick, stained brown with four pockets formed on each side with another sheet of leather, stitched on all sides to form pockets to hold eight blocks of tickets. Stitching is a dark brown colour cotton. Has seven blocks of tickets, possibly of Bendigo origin, each with 200 tickets. 4c - red - C551400 5c - orange - City Section - A391000 5c - yellow - B796200 7c - City Section - purple - A183800 10c - black - C468800 13c - black - B602000 18c - brown - A482200 tramways, trams, tickets, conductors, sec, ticket wallet

Used to provide the SEC logo or Monogram onto tramcars and other vehicles by the SEC. The Museum had them printed by Selex Decal of Moorabbin c1990. Three copies held. The Museum now using vinyl sheet instead of transfers.Demonstrates the method of providing the SECV logo on the sides of trams and other vehicles.SECV logo, monogram or decal for the use on the sides of tramcars, glued transfer adhered to a sheet of gloss paper on one side and plain on the other secv, signs, logos, monograms, selex decal, btm, tramcars, emblems

Photocopy of the March 1953 SEC Geelong Timetable, giving details of the fares, transfers, luggage or parcels, lost property, times of each tram on the Newtown, West Geelong, East Geelong, Chilwell, Eastern Park, Belmont and North lines. Has adverts for M F Knell chiropodist, Henwood and Dancey Printers, photos of the Captain and Coach and Secretary of the Geelong Football Club, a list of Premiership records, goals and Brownlow Medals. Note: Sheets are not in the same order as the printed versions due to the photocopying method. See items 5357 and 5629 for earlier versions. Yields information about the operation of the Geelong tramway system.Photocopy - 17 A4 sheets of the "Official Time Table Geelong No. 47" published March 1953tramways, trams, geelong, football, timetable, operations

Has the final SECV (1990's) "sun rays" logo and the statement "You've got a friend at the SEC". The reference gives information on the revival of the SECV as a State Government entity in 2023.Demonstrates SECV stationary and gifts.Plastic biro or pen consisting of outside holder with button to engage with the metal ink container and spring and screwed base that contains the moveable part. Coloured externally black and white. Has the logo of the State Electricity Commission (1980's, 1990s"). Brass ink container marked with a swan, Orthello Germany. Would have been made with a pocket clip, this has broken off.secv, power supply, pens, souvenirs, btm

Print of drawing number VB4/7184C "Diagrammatic Arrangement of Feeders and Trolley Wire", marked up in colour showing the various feeder and trolley wire arrangements for the central part of Ballarat and the Gardens line. Shows the detailed switch locations that enable the overhead to be isolated or changed when electrical work was being undertaken on the overhead that required it to be isolated. Shows how the various sections were fed from the power station. Revision C issued 2-9-1958.Yields information about the arrangement of the power supply to the trams from the power station and changes made to the system about 13 years prior to closure. Dyeline print on white paper of Drawing - "Diagrammatic Arrangement of Feeders and Trolley Wire" - VB4/7184Ctramways, ballarat, secv, trolley wire, feeder cables, overhead, power station, electrical engineering, electrical switching

Report looked into the future of the Yallourn Township. Has a brief history of the location, the SEC power generation and its relationship the history of Vitoria. Lists the parliamentary inquiry board members, the witnesses, a table of the community organisations based at Yallourn township, coal reserves and costs. The Parliamentary Committee recommended that the SEC proposal be followed, that is close the township and mine the coal reserves that were under the township. Dated May 1971.Yallourn and other mines provided the brown coal for Ballarat B Power station and power Ballarat's tramways.Foolscap report - 6 sheets + 3 folded sheets, stapled on the left hand side and bound with black tape.Has the markings of the State Transport Library.yallourn, secv, brown coal, power supply, power engineering