Black and White - tram 12 at the Victorian St terminus. Has the "Cars Stop Here", and "End of Section" signs on a pole on the right hand side of the photograph. In the background is Meaghers Hotel. A crewman is walking around the tram after turning the pole. Taken by A T Miles 30/1/1968.Yields information about the Victorian St terminus.Photograph - black and white print with notes on rear. Printed on Ilford paper.A T Miles stamp and location and date notes.tramways, trams, victoria st, tram 12, meaghers hotel, hotels, signs

Black and White - tram 41 (Sebastopol) turning from Sturt St into Drummond St South. Has the "Cars Stop Here", and "End of Section" signs on a pole on the left hand side of the photograph. In the background is Rimmington Bros Butchers, J A Malpass and a sign for Marshall batteries. Shows the driver looking back through the windows for traffic. Taken by A T Miles 30/1/1968.Yields information about the intersection of Sturt St and Drummond St - Hospital Corner.Photograph - black and white print with notes on rear. A T Miles stamp and location and date notes.tramways, trams, tram 41, hospital corner, sturt st, drummond st south

Black and White - tram 17 (Victoria St) at the intersection with East St, looking west. Shows the curve in Victoria St, just before the descent to Bridge St, Taken by A T Miles 30/1/1968.Yields information about the Victoria St route.Photograph - black and white print with notes on rear. Printed on Ilford paper.A T Miles stamp and location and date notes.tramways, trams, tram 17, victoria st, east st

Black and White - tram 14 (Grey St Sebastopol) turning from Sturt St into Drummond St South. Taken by A T Miles 30/1/1968. Has the Rimmington Bros butcher shop in the background. The tram has a Twin Lakes advert on the front.Yields information about services to Grey St, a short working on the Sebastopol line.Photograph - black and white print with notes on rear. A T Miles stamp and location and date notes.tramways, trams, tram 14, drummond st south, sturt st, hospital corner, grey st.

Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, 1-9-1971 about the City of Ballaarat approving the BTPS submission to operate a trial service and the setting up of the organisation's constitution and articles of Association. Quote Paul Nicholson.Yields information about the setting up of the BTPSNewspaper clipping - The Courier, BallaratHas source and date on rear in ink.ballarat, city of ballarat, operations, btps, btps constitution

Provides guidance to Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society conductors about their duties, ticket issuing, pay-ins sales etc. Was the first version of this document. Prepared by Peter Walker. Replaced by version 2 of 1/5/1990. See item 1623 for a 1990 version.Demonstrates BTPS documentation for crew use.White comb bound document with card covers, 30 A4 photocopied pages.trams, tramways, conductors, btps, btm, guidelines, manual

Australian standards for rolling stock issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association.Gives details of the 1920s standards in Australia for railway rolling stock.1 - Book - 20 pages + light grey cover, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association tentative standard E2 to E5 - for Railway Rolling stock material, laminated volute and helical springs and spring steel, dated Dec. 1925. .2 - Book - 40 pages + light grey cover, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association tentative standard E16 to E21 - for Railway Rolling stock material, steel blooms for railway forgings, axles, locomotive crank axles, wagon and engine tender axles - dated Dec. 1927. .3 - Book - 24 pages + light grey cover, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association tentative standard E8 to E12 for Railway Rolling stock material - copper plates, rods, tubes and pipes and brass tubes. Dated Dec. 1925 .4 - Book - 20 pages + light grey cover, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association tentative standard E6 and E7 - railway rolling stock material - steel plates, angles and rivets for locomotives; steel castings. Dated December 1925. .5 - Book - 12 pages + grey covers, centre stapled issued by Standards Association of Australia, standards H13 and H14 - Bronze (Gun Metal) ingots and castings for General engineering purposes Dated 1940..trams, tramways, standards, rolling stock, axles

Set of two wide-angle views - both with the initials HJS and PS&Co in the bottom corners. 1 - Illustration titled - "Ballarat Looking East from Town Hall Tower" - with a horse tram turning from Sturt St into Lydiard St North and another running westbound on the north side of Sturt St. 2 - "Town Hall to Bridge St from GPO Tower" - There are no horse trams in the view. The National Mutual building is yet to be built - see reference.Yields information about Sturt St from Bridge St to Armstrong St.Illustration cut from a magazine or publicationballarat, illustrations, sturt st, lydiard st, town hall, national mutual, craigs hotel, horse trams

Photograph of Ballarat 28 and 40 at City Centre, south side of Sturt St at Lydiard St, 11/1/1954. The tram has the destination of "Grey St Sebastopol", A Conductor is walking alongside the tram, and several passengers waiting on the seats. In the background are the Commonwealth Bank and the National Mutual building. Photographer unknownYields information about SEC tramway operations.Black and white photograph on plain paperHas details of photograph and date on rear and number "1108"ballarat, sturt st, lydiard st, commonwealth bank, tram 28, tram 40

Set of two views from an illustrated publication on Ballarat. 1 - "Panorama from the Town Hall" - with three ESCo trams in the view, though very few pedestrians or other vehicles. High lights Mount Warrenheip. 2 - A view of Lake Wendouree - Fairyland.Yields information about Sturt St from the Town Hall towards Mt Warrenheip.Illustration cut from a magazine or publicationballarat, illustrations, sturt st, lydiard st, esco, mount warrenheip, lake wendouree

The photo shows an SEC tram No. 20, crossing the railway level crossing in Lydiard St North from the Ballarat Railway station footbridge. Shows shelters and closed gates at the end of the platforms used to control passenger access. Victoria House in the background. A side entry or dogbox-type carriage is in platform No. 2. Noted the dog boxes at the end of platform 1 just before the gates. Dated 6-1-1951, photo by Ken Mcarthy. See also item 8896 for a similar photograph.Yields information Ballarat Railway Station and the level crossing.Black and white print with notes on rear."In ink on rear "#20 on Lydiard St xing Ballarat from station 6-1-51" and Ken McCarthy stamp with photo Number 761trams, tramways, lydiard st north, level crossing, railway station, ballarat railway station, tram 20

Photo of the Lydiard St Level Crossing showing #26 waiting at the closed gates. Also shows a car and pedestrians waiting while an A2 class locomotive occupies the crossing. In the background is the Provincial Hotel.Yields information about Lydiard St level Crossing in 1951.Black and white photograph on plain paperHas details of photograph and date on rear and number "760". #26 at Railway X ing Lydiard St Ballarat 6-1-51ballarat, lydiard st, lydiard st level crossing, tram 26, a2 class locomotive, provincial hotel

Photo looking along the tram track in Sturt St, facing East, nr Errard St. Ballarat City Fire Station is prominent on left. Yields information about Sturt St and the City Fire station, probably in the early 1950sBlack and white photograph taken with Agfa Isopan f8.87 1/25sec in cloudy conditions.12/6, Sturt St Ballarat, Agfa Isopan 27degrees 8.8 1/25 Cloudyballarat, sturt st, ballarat city fire station

Set of two views from an illustrated publication on Ballarat. 1 - Illustration - "Ballarat (Sturt Street) Victoria " of a horse tram eastbound on the south side of Sturt St. Has several horse-drawn vehicles in the image, the gardens in the central median strip, and Snow's store verandah. 2 - illustration - Sturt St Ballarat" looking west from Grenville St with a horse tram traveling westbound on the north side of Sturt St. Has the buildings on both sides of the street in the view along with Suttons Music store.Yields information about Sturt St from the Town Hall or Grenville St.Illustration cut from a magazine or publication - set of two - back to backballarat, illustrations, sturt st, horse trams, snows

Set of two views from an illustrated publication on Ballarat. 1 - Illustration - "Sturt Street Ballarat to-day" looking east from the City Fire station along Sturt St with an ESCo tram eastbound. The destination sign is mounted on the dash panel indicating c1905/1906. In the view are Ballarat's Buildings, Mount Warrenheip, J Taylor Redhouse Bakery, and on the bottom edge a sign for Marshall's. 2 - Illustration - Post Office Ballarat, to-day - with an ESCo tram turning from Sturt St into Lydiard St North, with the Post Office in the view along with many pedestrians and some horse drawn vehicles. See also item 6245 for a postcard of the same view.Yields information about Ballarat and city views in 1905/1906.Illustration cut from a magazine or publication - set of two - back to backThe second image has "1912" in pencil along the bottom edge.ballarat, illustrations, sturt st, esco, post office, lydiard st nth

Yields information about Lydiard St North near the Railway Station and its use by trams running special tours.Set of four 35mm slides - two Hanimex light blue grey plastic mounts and two Anscochrome white plastic mounts of trams in Lydiard St North. .1 - No. 39 and 26 waiting at the station stop. No. 26 is showing "Special". .2 - ditto with photographers in the background. No. 26 is entering the double track, indicating that the trams are returning to the depot. .3 - No. 33 arriving at the end of the double track with a passenger leaving the tram, with St Paul's Technical College in the background. .4 - ditto Have the St Paul's Technical College, S.F Motors Pty Ltd and Union Fidelity Trustee Company in the background.tramways, trams, lydiard st north, special trams, tram 39, tram 26, tram 33

.1 -No. 35, outbound to Sebastopol with the Southern Cross Hotel in the background. Has signs for Fosters Larger, Carlton Draught and Victoria Bitter. Has a number of passengers boarding the tram. .2 - at Hospital corner with the signal system control box for the Forest City signals in the foreground on a pole. Has marking for Sebastopol, Sturt St West and Drummond St North? written on the box. Above this is a sign advising passengers that trams depart this point for The Gardens, View Point and Sebastopol. In the background is J. A. Malpass Hairdresser shop. See item 8900 for the actual switch. .3 - No. 35 turning into Drummond St south with the bottle shop on the south east corner in the background.Yields information about Hospital corner and the switch for the Forest City signalling system controls.Set of three 35mm slides - AGFA dark blue / white plastic mounts of trams in Sturt St near Hospital Corner. tramways, trams, sturt st, hotels, hospital corner, forest city signals, signs, tram 35

Yields information about the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Sts tramway centre and Boer War monument.Set of three 35mm slides - AGFA dark blue / white plastic mounts of trams at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St - City terminus. 1 - view from the central median on the west side of Lydiard St, looking East with the Commonwealth Bank, Post Office, with many passengers at the location. The Boer War monument /statue is in the centre part of the photograph. 2 - No. 14 about to turn into Lydiard St North/ The short tram stop and End of Section sign are adjacent to the tram. 3 - Tram waiting at the north side tram stop - has a Twin Lakes and Cinzano sign. Has the ANZ bank and the SEC offices in the background.tramways, trams, sturt st, city, lydiard st, passengers, signs, tram 14

Yields information about the streetscapes of Ballarat on the Gardens to Victoria St route and in particular buildings and people that crewed the trams.Set of eight Colour 27 x 27 mm slide in a Kodachrome cardboard mount. .1 - view of the Sturt and Lydiard St intersection from the front of the tram car with the Robbie Burns statue in the view and the Big W store. .2 - ditto at the corner of Sturt and Grenville St with the tramway shelter and the Dickins store. .3 - setting the signals for the Bridge St route. .4 - View looking east along Bridge St with Big W store and Faull's shoe shop. .5 - At intersection with Main Road, looking up the hill towards Victoria St. On the right is the advert for Viscount Ambassador Caravans. .6 - Looking along Victoria St, towards the East at E St, with the biscuit factory on the left. .7 - tram shelter at Queen St. .8 - View of the terminus looking east, showing the median strip Slide mount date August 1971. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler.ballarat, tramways, trams, sturt st, grenville st, shelters, bridge st, signals, victoria st

Yields information about the streetscapes of Ballarat on the Gardens to Victoria St route and in particular buildings and people that crewed the trams.Set of nine Colour 27 x 27 mm slide in a Kodachrome cardboard mount. .1 - R. Williams (Motorman) and Danny Powell (badge 30) standing in front of a tram at Victoria St. The tram has the destination of Gardens via Sturt St West. .2 - view of No. 113 Victoria St - now Ardenlee B&B. .3 - Sunshine Biscuit Factory .4 - Mack's Hotel .5 - Stones Corner - intersection of Victoria and Mt Pleasant routes .6 - Crossing Grenville St .7 - No. 30 at the City terminus, Lydiard St with Racey's and the SEC office in the background. .8 - as for .5, but looking east with the Caltex service station in the background. .9 - No. 30 at the Victoria St terminus. Slide mount date August 1971. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler.ballarat, tramways, trams, victoria st, bridge st, stones corner, tram 30

Yields information about the streetscapes of Ballarat depot to Pleasant St route and in particular buildings and people that crewed the trams.Set of eleven Colour 27 x 27 mm slide in a Kodachrome cardboard mount. .1 - Wendouree Parade looking west towards St Aidans Drive - the gate pillars can be seen. .2 - ditto looking west - Fairyland .3 - ditto looking towards Gardens Loop .4 - No. 41 at Gardens Loop, with destination of Gardens via Drummond North .5 - ditto showing Mt Pleasant .6 - ditto, just past the now BTM Depot Junction. .7 - Carlton St - showing the gates .8 - Looking towards Hamilton Ave from within Carlton St loop with the signal showing red. .9 - Turning from Hamilton Ave into Sturt St West. .10 - Sturt St west looking east with the Loreto convent walls on the left hand side. .11 - Sturt St - Pleasant St intersection - showing road surface, a tram coming towards the intersection and buildings on either side. Slide mount date September 1971. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler.ballarat, tramways, trams, wendouree parade, st aidans drive, gardens loop, depot junction, carlton st, carlton st loop, signals, sturt st west, pleasant st, tram 41

Yields information about SEC road workers repairing the bitumen or road surface in Ballarat.Set of two Colour 27 x 27 mm slides in a Kodachrome cardboard mount: .1 - Group of three SEC road repairer or track workers repairing the road surface the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St with new asphalt mix. shows the red flag on the right - Sept. 1971 .2 - Group of three SEC road repairers, laying asphalt in Wendouree Parade, with the Road Roller and the concrete tram shelter at Forest St. in the background. - August 1971 Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler.ballarat, tramways, trams, trackwork, road works, sturt st, lydiard st north, wendouree parade, road roller, jelbart, shelters, forest st

Yields information about some of the individual street tramways shelters at tram stops and their appearance.Set of four Colour 27 x 27 mm slide in a Kodachrome cardboard mount. .1 - Grenville St with two ladies sitting inside, has the Big W store in the background. .2 - Concrete shelter with curved roof - Wendouree Parade near - has the photographer's purse and umbrella on the seat. This shelter was located at Forest St. From discussions with Dave Macartney and Alastair Reither 11/9/2016, it was there in the 1990 hail storms as they sheltered under it, but disappeared soon after - the construction of the roundabout would have absorbed its location. .3 - timber based shelter with flat roof - Wendouree Parade near Dowling St. This shelter remains in position in 9/2016. See Reg Item 6551 for a digital image. .4 - Shelter at Tramway Centre, City, Sturt St and Lydiard Sts, looking towards the Town Hall Slide mount date August or September 1971. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler.ballarat, tramways, trams, shelters, grenville st, wendouree parade, sturt st, lydiard st, city, tramway centre, forest st, dowling st

Yields information about the streetscapes of the Sturt St - Grenville St and City Loop.Set of six Colour 27 x 27 mm slide in a Kodachrome cardboard mount. .1 - Sturt St with the Crockers, Hairdresser, Ludbrook's shoes and Eyres Brothers shops in the view. .2 - Photo of a passenger boarding a tram and a young lady leaving the tram on the north side of the City stop with the SEC building in the background. .3 - Sturt St west side looking west up Lydiard St with Coles & Gerrard, Mechanics Institute, Unicorn Hotel and other buildings - taken from the west end of the City loop. .4 - Two trams parked in city loop and one bogie tram crossing Grenville St with the Big W and Dickins Stores in the background. .5 - Tram 21 parked in the City Loop. .6 - Sturt St - city stop with seats shown, passengers waiting, tram stop sign, looking west with the Town Hall on the left hand side and Myers in the background. Slide mount date August or September 1971. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler.ballarat, tramways, trams, sturt st, tram stops, city, shoppers, passengers, city loop, grenville st, tram 21

Yields information about the SEC Wendouree Parade depot and the activities at the depot after closure.Set of seven Colour 27 x 27 mm slides in Kodachrome white cardboard mounts of activities and tramcars at the depot at or just after the time of closure. .1 - view of the depot, under exposed or a lady, possibly Lil Butler standing in front of the gates of the depot with some tramcars in the shed. .2 - view with 1 road doors closed of the scrubber tram on "0" road, derailment marks, and the tennis court lighting. .3 - partial view of a tram (bogie) just clear of one the depot doors. .4 - internal view of the depot - no lights - very underexposed - but shows the gloom! .5 - photo showing door step of a bogie tram. .6 - ditto with the lifeguard reset rod lifted - shows damage to the front panel of the tram. .7 - tram being readied for lifting or loading with E. Davis alongside - see Reg Item 6453 for a colour print as well. Negative of this filed with 6453. Slide mounts dated September 1971 Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler.ballarat, tramways, trams, sec depot, depot, wendouree parade, closure, tramcars, lifeguard, loading trams, scrubber, tram 37

Yields information about the SEC Wendouree Parade depot and the activities at the depot after closure.Set of two Colour 27 x 27 mm slides in Fuji film, processed by Hanimex white cardboard mounts. .1 - view of the SEC depot front with three and four roads doors, shows the sign and the small personnel door open. .2 - No. 30 towing a bogie tram with the trolley poles and lifeguards removed (possibly No. 37 but looks more like an ex HTT car) onto Wendouree Parade to be loaded. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler.ballarat, tramways, trams, sec depot, depot, wendouree parade, closure, tramcars, loading trams, scrubber, tram 37

Yields information about the SEC Wendouree Parade depot and the activities at the depot after closure.Set of six Colour 27 x 27 mm slide in Agfachrome blue and white plastic mounts. .1 - view of a single trucker with a Twin Lakes sign inside the depot on No. 2 road, number obscured. .2 - view from inside the tram depot with No. 12 outside with the lake in the background. .3 - No. 34 entering the depot being driven by a depot worker in white overalls. .4 - B. Peart standing on the foot step of the Ballarat Scrubber tram at the Ballarat depot - see Reg Item 6447 for a colour print. .5 - Front of the depot from the Lake side - with all gates closed and the long grass alongside the lake. .6 - Bogie tram entering the depot with the depot gates in the foreground - could be 34 - see .3 Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler.ballarat, tramways, trams, depot, sec depot, scrubber tram, tram 12, scrubber, tram 34

Yields information about the destination rolls and the locations shown on a roll on a Ballarat Tram.Set of 22 Colour 27 x 27 mm slide in Agfachrome blue and white plastic mounts showing various destinations on tram No. 12 parked on the depot fan. .1 - Gardens via Ripon St .2 - Grey St Sebastl (Sebastopol) .3 - Sebastopol .4 - City .5 - Victoria St .6 - Gardens via Sturt St West .7 - Mt Pleasant .8 - Depot .9 - Bell St .10 - Haddon St via Drummond Nth .11 - Depot via Drummond Nth .12 - City Oval .13 - Special .14 - Gardens via Drummond Nth .15 - View Point .16 - Gregory St .17 - Drummond St Nth .18 - Rubicon St .19 - Depot via Ripon St .20 - Grey St Sebastopol .21 -Sturt St West .22 - Special (Depot - on tram 32 with an "Pay as you Enter" inside the depot building. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler. ballarat, tramways, trams, depot, sec depot, destination indicators, destination roll, tram 12, tram 32

Yields information about the SEC Wendouree Parade depot and the activities at the depot after closure.Set of six Colour 27 x 27 mm slide in Agfachrome blue and white plastic mounts showing various views and scenes at the SEC Wendouree Parade depot .1 - View of the rear of the depot from Gregory St after closure of the depot itself. .2 - View of the depot from Wendouree Parade with a worker sweeping the track and No. 12 sitting on No. 4 road. .3 - No. 34 with part of No. 34 poking out of No. 1 road. .4 - View of No. 0 road with no trams and the tennis courts. .5 - view of No. 40 inside the depot with one of the doors open. .6 - view of workers propping or lifting the overhead in front of the depot in order to load a tram. No. 40 visible. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler. ballarat, tramways, trams, depot, sec depot, overhead, gregory st, tennis court, 0 road, tram 12, tram 34, tram 40

Yields information about the Wendouree Parade depot at the time of closure of the SEC operated system.Set of three Colour 27 x 27 mm slide in Kodachrome white cardboard mounts showing various views and scenes at the SEC Wendouree Parade depot .1 - view looking from the depot doors toward the lake. .2 - view looking from behind the toilet block along the west western wall showing parked cars and the structure of part of the front of the depot. .3 - view from Wendouree Parade showing toilet blocks and the overhead and signal lamp. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler. ballarat, tramways, trams, depot, sec depot, overhead, signals