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

Three issues of "Tram Tracks - The Electric Traction Monthly" of the Australian Electric Traction Association. Each issue has a standard cover, of the magazine name etc, and featuring a front end photo of Victorian Railways tram No. 52 with the destination of Elwood but are in different colours, all have been saddled stapled with a single staple. The Volume and date details have been over printed. Back covers inside covers have the same advertisements. The three issues contain advertisements for the Wee Folks productions, Wattle Park, G&R model railway parts, Richard Noble model electric motors, Hobbyco, Fleet scale model railway equipment, Masseys Sports, Lloyd's Hobbycraft, John Martin Ltd, Johnson's Variety Store, the ARLHS, Barnes Tennis Centre, The Model Dockyard, the American Subscription Agency, Robilt Models, Meadmore Model Engineering and Austral Bronze Pty Ltd, Hearns Hobbies, Christie Scale Model Railway Products and Traction Publications. 2466.1 - Vol. 3 No. 10 - 20 pages, Oct. 1948, with cover printed in red ink. Has articles on anti-tram propaganda, Alphington - Heidelberg duplication and Sydney's early electric trams - C and D class. Also has news items on Brisbane, Newcastle, Sydney, Melbourne, Sandringham - Black Rock, Hobart, Launceston, Perth, Sydney and Melbourne electric trains, Launceston Trolley Buses, AETA notes, and a caricature of the Editor, Jack Richardson. 2466.2 - Vol. 3 No. 11 - 24 pages, Nov. 1948, with cover printed in blue ink. Has articles on construction of tram track in Melbourne (Victoria Parade), Bourke St., tram-bus controversy, (Reg Ansett, Noel Gipps and USNR Commander Quinby), Sydney's early electric trams - C and D class continued. Also news items on Last tram to Mayfield, Sydney, Latrobe St. Melbourne, Adelaide, opening to Alamein, Melbourne show traffic, VR Trams and AETA notes. 2466.3 - Vol. 3 No. 12 - 16 pages, Dec. 1948, with cover printed in green ink. Has articles on Sydney's electric railways, Brisbane Tramways and an AETA Melbourne tour. News items cover Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo, Kalgoorlie, Melbourne and Sydney trains and AETA news. 2466.4 - Vol 3 - No. 7 - 20 pages - July 1948 with cover printed in red ink. Has articles on cost of building trams for Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, abandonment of VR trams, Newcastle, Sydney, centre page photo of Y1 611, Sydney Electric train system including map and AETA news. 2466.5 - Vol 3 - No. 9 - 20 pages - Sep 1948 with cover printed in blue ink. Has articles on Mr. T. G. Patterson, Acting Director of Commonwealth Road Transport and Chairman of Federal Road Safety Council (very anti tram), news from Brisbane, Launceston, Sydney, Newcastle, Burwood, cost of trams, impressions of transport in Europe and North America, Melbourne and Sydney electric trains, tramways of Newcastle and model notes and AETA news. 2466.6 - Vol. 3, No. 1 - Jan 1948 - 16 pages with photo of Brisbane 407, political news, direct Melbourne to Footscray line proposal, new trams, bogie trams in Ballarat, article on Melbourne cable trams, electric trains, AETA outing in Melbourne and various adverts for model railways. 2466.7 - Vol 3 No. 2 - Feb. 1948 - 16 pages - political news, Ballarat news, traffic in Sturt St and new bogie cars, Christchurch closure, cartoon by Mercier on Sydney Honesty box, Brisbane suburban electrification, general tramway and electric railway news and various adverts for model railways. 2466.8 - Vol. 3 No. 3 - March 1948, with photo of VR 52 on front cover, 16 pages, political news, closures, Reg Ansett offer to buy the Melbourne bus system, Newcastle News, SEC Transfer of cars between the three systems, tramways in the Maribyrnong area, map of Melbourne trams, cartoon by Mercier, Brisbane train electrification and general news. 2466.9 - Vol. 3 No. 6 - June 1948 - 12 pages - MMTB political news, new trams for Sydney, tramways of Newcastle, Invercargill, Sydney Suburban trains, and AETA General news. .6 to .9 added 24-3-18 - from consolidation of Melbourne Tram Museum and BTM collections - ex AETA. trams, tramways, electric traction, aeta, models, australian tramways, melbourne, sydney, brisbane, newcastle, costs, ballarat, footscray

Yields information about the tram stop at the east end of Sturt St, advertisements on the tram and the way the stop was used.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier, published 19/7/1968 of No. 13 picking up passengers, Sturt & Grenville Sts corner, after Govt announced intention to close Ballarat & Bendigo systems. Tram has the destination of View Point, a "Twin Lakes" sign and a roof advertisement for ANA medical services. Two lady passengers, one with a shopping basket boarding the tram. In the background are Morsheads and Dickins stores. See Reg Item 2921 for the Newspaper cutting the photograph used in. 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, bridge st, grenville st, sturt st, twin lakes, tram 13

Four page, heavy manila coloured card - 200 gsm, scored and folded, sepia toned pamphlet titled "Welcome to Bendigo" / "Evolution of Bendigo Tramways". On front cover has a photo taken early 1960's of four trams at Charing Cross, the name of Bendigo, change of name from Sandhurst. Inside pages features 1890 Bendigo, 1903 California combination, 1945 Maximum Traction bogies, 1892 steam tram, 1913 open cross bench trams and 1947 Birney safety cars. On rear has map of Bendigo, and a list of places of interest. Has the crest of the City of Bendigo on the front cover.trams, tramways, bendigo, steam trams, battery trams

Plastic mount (black base, white cover) of a Bendigo 16 leaving or being shunted around the Depot, early 1960's. Tram has the destination of Long Gully. Has the offices of the Bendigo depot in the foreground.tramways, trams, bendigo, depot, tram 16

Consists of formation history, track and route dates, operator, SEC takeover and route lengths. Three pages of statistics - Income, Expenditure and loss 1935 to 1936, - includes car miles., operational statistics, expenditure breakdown of the SEC era. The last three years of operational statistics have been filled in by hand. Probably prepared late 1960's by Les Denmead (assumption here - See Reg item 3289 and 3483 for Bendigo version)Yields historical notes and statistics on the Geelong Tramway system - the statistical information being the most important. Shows the financial situation of the Geelong system was never satisfactory.Four sets - original and three copies - foolscap typed documents, five pages each, titled "Geelong Tramways Early History". 'BTPS 402" in top right hand corner.trams, tramways, geelong, sec, mesco, history, statistics

Gives historical notes about the Bendigo trams, battery trams, steam, and then electric trams. Has a note about the early tracks and upgrading by the SEC, track relocation, overhead rehabilitation and rolling stock. Gives notes about acquisition of the trams ex MMTB, the Birneys and max traction trams.Yields a information about the early history of the trams in Bendigo. Gives information about the track, overhead and tramcars - 1947.Two page, typed notes on foolscap paper, titled "Bendigo Tramways", dated 10-10-1947, with initials "TT/DAS" in the top left hand corner. In top right hand corner in black ink "BTPS 406"trams, tramways, bendigo, sec, mmtb, track, overhead, rolling stock

Demonstrates aspects of the Ballarat Tramways system of training Motorman or drivers in the 1960's and the information there were given on driving trams. Shows the training methods of the time. 3486.1 - also details "Dead Man Brakes"Thirty Three page - carbon copy - within stapled light card covers - Ballarat Motorman (Driver) Training Manual or Guide - not a formal title. On front cover is large letter "G" and words "To be returned to the inspectors office after completion of Training as Motorman" First four pages has index and covers: (A) Tramcar Equipment - electrical - items or clauses 1 to 28 (B) Location of Faults - items 29 - 41 (C) Tramcar Braking - items 42 to 59 (D) Failure of the Mechanical Brakes - items 60 to 67 (E) Tramcar Emergency Braking (Accident Prevention) - items 68 - 72 (F) Automatic Electric Signals - items 73 - 82 - gives locations of signals. (G) General Instructions - items 83 to 98. See condition notes - not in the best condition - needs careful handling. 3486.4 - ditto - similar to above, but 34 pages through to instruction 104. Added section (F) after (E) - "Automatic Braking - clauses 72 - 79, possibly an earlier version of above when trams were fitted with dead man controls. Held within a cardboard folder with a metal binder. Cover has been covered with brown paper and adhesive tape, but only remains on the inside of the cover. Item added 3/10/2007. See Reg Item 8110i for a Bendigo, c1940 version.See above 3486.1 - has "Hall G - M.Cond" on front cover. Another name has been rubbed out.trams, tramways, driver training, sec, signals, braking, equipment, emergency, dead man controls

Yields information about the final day of the Bendigo tramways and some of the tramcars used.Three double sided sheets from "The Walkabout" magazine, October 1964, titled "The Road to Bendigo". Five printed pages featuring photographs of Bendigo, its buildings, its history stories, gold mining days and other information, including three illustrations containing trams. .1 - Charing Cross with bogies and single trucker - taken early 1960's. Photo by A. Doney. Features the intersection, with Ezywalkin store. Note the "Jeffrey's bread" roof advertisement on the single trucker. .2 - Bogie tram on the Eaglehawk route prior to any nearby housing development - reclaimed mining land - has Castrol roof advertisement - photo by Claver P Carroll. .3 - No. 6 outside The Beehive stores - 3BO - photo by Claver P Carroll. bendigo, eaglehawk, charing cross

Demonstrates early BTPS work - Membership application form the early days of the BTPS - following closure of the Ballarat SEC system, around the time of the closure of the Bendigo system.Single foolscap light green (teal) paper page, printed using the Gestetner wax stencil process; Membership Application form for membership of the Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society (BTPS), c1972. Gives details of the organisation, its proposals, notes that Bendigo is to close soon, trams are stored at the SEC depot.trams, tramways, btps, membership forms

Demonstrates the early publicity about the formation of the BTPS in Ballarat to retain Ballarat heritage and its publicity in a major national magazine.Centre page spread pages (unfortunately torn in two) from the January 1972 issue of Walkabout magazine, pages 54 and 55, titled "In Bendigo and Ballarat History is alive and well". Has details about the Ballarat and Bendigo and the proposals for a preservation group in Ballarat. Features five black and white photographs, two of Bendigo Birneys and three in Ballarat. Photocopy of centre pages added 17/9/2011 - btm3945ipreservation, btps, ballarat, bendigo, reopening, closure

Yields information about the style and printing of tickets used in Ballarat tramways and how they were presented at the commencement of the SEC fare system.Paper ticket - 4d Transfer - faded ex light green paper, blue over printed fare and ticket prefix. See Reg Item 3060 for details of this ticket in Bendigo and how it was used. Early SEC ticket. Ticket No. Aa 250690. Reg Item 3060.trams, tramways, secv, ticket, transfer tickets

Set of two 35mm slides, square format mounted in a "Kodak " cardboard slide mount with Kodak logos and printing of No. Bendigo No. 25 at the Central Deborah terminus with buildings in background and North Bendigo terminus with the driver standing alongside the front of the tram. No. 25 painted in the Bendigo Trust / ESCo livery. Tram has the destination of Golden Square. Taken May 1973 or earlier.Has date of "May 73" and "18" "19" stamped onto the slide. 3245.1 - "Tourist tram at Deborah Mine Bendigo" in blue ink. 3245.2 - Tourist tram at Joss House, Bendigo".tramways, trams, bendigo, tram 25

Sheet of leather, approx. 2mm thick, stained brown with four pockets formed on each side with another sheet of leather, stitched with dark brown cotton, on all sides to form pockets to hold eight blocks of tickets. Used by Ballarat or Bendigo Conductors until early 1970's to hold stocks of tickets prior to sale. Collected by Travis Jeffrey at an unknown date. See Reg. Item 2775 for a wallet holding 8 blocks of tickets.trams, tramways, secv, tickets, conductors

Black and white photograph of Bendigo No. 18 running out from the Bendigo depot, across the creek bridge, with the depot in the background. Tram has an Castrol oil and a "Electricity best for Cooking" roof advertisements. Tram shows the conversion/ configuration for "one-man" operation. Photo taken early 1960's, no large white strip on the driver's dash panels.tramways, trams, bendigo, depot, one man trams, tram 18

White cardboard mount, 35mm slide, from the Association of Railway Enthusiast's film strip titled "Provincial Tramway Film Strip" of Bendigo trams Nos. 3 and 5 in View St., near Rowan St. No. 3 has destination of Eaglehawk, while No. 5, inbound has destination of Charing Cross. An SEC Employee is standing by the rear of No. 3 The film strip notes (Reg. Item 2560), provided the following caption details: "Bogie cars 3 & 5 (running out of course due to an earlier failure) meet on the double track at the Bendigo end of the "EAGLEHAWK" Line - Apr. '72 (Max Michell)" See image btm2592p.tif for high level scan of image. Stamped on base of slide "11802" and written in ink on top edge "No 3 & 5 Eaglehawk line Bendigo"tramways, trams, are, film strip, view st, bendigo, tram 3, tram 5

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) with a photo of Bendigo 5 and No. 20 in McCrae St, Bendigo at the junction with Arnold St, or the junction for the depot. Appears to be changing crews, has driver board, conductor about to board, with two others at the rear of the tram, one in a SEC uniform. Taken c1962, spring or early summer. No. 5 has a Cinzano roof advertisement and destination of North Bendigo."BES 18" in penciltramways, trams, bendigo, mccrae st, depot junction, crews, tram 5, tram 20

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) with a photo of Bendigo No. 4 and a single trucker, possibly No. 16 at Manchester Loop. Taken c1962, spring or early summer. No. 4 has a Whitehorse Whiskey advertisement and a tram following indicator on the front dash panel, a Castrol and a SEC Electric Cooking roof advertisements and destination of Eaglehawk."BES 19" in penciltramways, trams, bendigo, eaglehawk, manchester loop, tram 4

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) with a photo of Bendigo No. 16 Manchester Loop, near Jackson St. Taken c1962, spring or early summer. No. 16 has a tram following indicator on the front dash panel and destination of Charing Cross. Note wall behind tram remains in situ 8/2004."BES 20" in penciltramways, trams, bendigo, eaglehawk, tram 16

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) with a photo of Bendigo 24 at the Eaglehawk terminus, with the Eaglehawk Town Hall / Post Office in the background. Tram has the destination of Quarry Hill and roof advertisements for SEC "Everything's under control in my all electric kitchen" and one for Mamouney's Furniture Company. Photo taken late 1960's early 1970's."BES 32" in penciltramways, trams, bendigo, eaglehawk, tram 24

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) with a photo of Bendigo 7 and the scrubber tram at Charing Cross. No. 7 has roof advertisements for SEC "Everything's under control in my all electric kitchen" and one for Electric Cooking. Photo taken late 1960's early 1970's."BES 33" in penciltramways, trams, bendigo, charing cross, scrubber tram, tram 7, scrubber

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) with a photo of Bendigo scrubber tram at the end of the double track in High St., heading out for Golden Square Photo taken late 1960's early 1970's. Photo has the City Family Hotel in the background."BES 34" in penciltramways, trams, bendigo, high st, scrubber tram, scrubber

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) with a photo of Bendigo No. 19 in Pall Mall, nearing Charing Cross. Tram has the destination of Golden Square Photo taken late 1960's early 1970's. Photo has the Beehive, the Shamrock Hotel in the background. Radio station 3BO can be seen on the Beehive building. No. 19 has two SEC roof advertisements. Note the point bar on the pole on the right hand side of the photograph."BES 35" in penciltramways, trams, bendigo, pall mall, beehive building, tram 19

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) with a photo of Bendigo No. 19 and the Scrubber tramcar at Golden Square terminus, with the terminus milk bar in the background. Photo taken late 1960's early 1970's. No. 19 has two SEC roof advertisements."BES 36" in penciltramways, trams, bendigo, golden square, scrubber tram, scrubber, tram 19

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) with a photo of Bendigo No. 25 using the crossover in Mitchell St outside the Plaza Theatre. Photo taken late 1960's early 1970's. No. 25 has the destination of Eaglehawk and two SEC roof advertisements, electric cooking and a briquettes ads. The film "James Bond Casino Royale" was being advertised on the side wall of the theatre."BES 37" in penciltramways, trams, bendigo, mitchell st, plaza theatre, tram 25

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) with a photo of Bendigo No. 18 at the Quarry Hill terminus, with the conductor standing by the front of the tramcar. Photo taken late 1960's early 1970's. No. 18 has the destination of Eaglehawk and two SEC roof advertisements, "Electric Cooking Matchless" and "Everything's fine in my all electric kitchen"."BES 38" in penciltramways, trams, bendigo, quarry hill, conductors, tram 18

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) with a photo of Bendigo No. 2 at Eaglehawk terminus, looking along the terminal track. Photo has the traffic island arrangements, and shows the waiting shelter on the right hand side of the photo. Photo taken late 1960's early 1970's. No. 2 has the destination of Quarry Hill and two SEC roof advertisements on the tram."BES 39" in penciltramways, trams, bendigo, eaglehawk, tram 2

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) with a photo of Bendigo No. 2 at Quarry Hill terminus. Photo taken late 1960's early 1970's. No. 2 has the destination of Eaglehawk and on the tram two SEC roof advertisements, "Electric Cooking Matchless" and "Everything's fine in my all electric kitchen"."BES 40" in penciltramways, trams, bendigo, quarry hill, tram 2

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) with a photo of Bendigo No. 21 in the loop at Myrtle St, High St, bound for Golden Square. Photo taken late 1960's early 1970's from the window of another tram, either inbound or outbound, at the southern end of the loop. In the background is the Sacred Heart Cathedral ."BES 41" in penciltramways, trams, bendigo, quarry hill, tram 21

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) with a photo of Bendigo Nos. 2 and 17 at the area of Depot Junction, swapping crews. No. 2 showing Eaglehawk and No. 17, Depot. Note differences in the destination blinds or rolls, white on black, or the later form, black on white. Photo taken late 1960's early 1970's from the window of another tram."BES 42" in penciltramways, trams, bendigo, crews, depot junction, tram 2, tram 17