Printed colour version of BTM "Welcome Aboard" pamphlets for handing out to passengers on trams. Features photos of 26, 38, 1 & 14 and interior photo ex 26 and text describing "Your Trip", the trams, Ballarat Tramways, and the museum itself and has maps of the Ballarat system and the Gardens area. See Reg. items 712 and 1532 for details of earlier productions. Item folded as presented to a passenger. Map revised to be more extensive and some minor text revisions to earlier layouts. Sponsor - GVGT added. Printed in colour on plain white paper. 3 copies held.trams, tramways, btm, handouts, passengers, pamphlets

Has a strong association with the day of the official opening of the Ballarat Tourist Tramway in 1975 and with Graeme Breydon.Yellow index board - printed as an "All Day Ticket" for the "Ballarat Tourist Tramway" - issued by the BTPS with space for the date to be written in and signature of the conductor who issued the ticket. Produced at the start of operations for the BTPS Dec. 1974 or Jan. 1975. Used until 31/10/1975 when next series of all day tickets introduced. Ticket used by Graeme Breydon, issued by A. Cook on 1/2/1975, the official day of opening of the Ballarat Tourist Tramway by the BTPS. Hand numbered "9" in the right hand edge. See Reg Item 2308 for unused samples.trams, tramways, btps, all day tickets, tickets

Yields information about the mileages or distance travelled by Bendigo Birney tramcars and the distances travelled in Geelong and Adelaide.Hand made note on line a lined foolscap sheet providing a list of Bendigo Birney tramcar mileages and the Geelong scrubber, and mileages in other cities such as Adelaide and Geelong. Lists Bendigo 28, 29, 30 and Geelong scrubber. Prepared in red and blue ink. Contained within Reg Item 5485 - Service Exercise Book, black covers, with label, red binding titled "No. 2 - Ballarat Tramways & S.E.C. Systems". Item was located inside the book at the listing of the Bendigo Tramcars - see list. On other side of sheet is a list of mileages for Ballarat and Bendigo tramcars - See Reg Item 5495. trams, tramways, bendigo, geelong, adelaide

Hand made note regarding the Bendigo bogie tramcars No. 23 and 24, ex Melbourne numbers and date in service and whether they replaced any previous Bendigo tramcars - answer No. Contained within Reg Item 5485 - Service Exercise Book, black covers, with label, red binding titled "No. 2 - Ballarat Tramways & S.E.C. Systems". Item was located inside this book - see list - in the Bendigo tram list and held with a paper clip - remnant as marks remain. Scanned when held with the paper clip. The sheet of paper has the water mark - "'COLNE VALLEY PARCHMENT" trams, tramways, bendigo, bogie trams

Newspaper clipping from The Courier, early 1940's about the Melbourne Electric Lighting Co. notifying the Councils that it is prepared to extend the tram to North Geelong and run trams to Belmont and Highton when the new bridge is erected across the Barwon after the war. Item opposite a an advertisement "Don't be caught in a Blackout" - no date on the cutting. Item was contained within the back cover of Reg Item 5485 - Service Exercise Book, black covers, with label, red binding titled "No. 2 - Ballarat Tramways & S.E.C. Systems" - see list. On the rear of the cutting are numerous public notices for Ballarat. geelong

Yields information about the Bakery Hill Victoria St and the Caltex Service Station.Digital image, black and white, of No. 26 descending Bakery Hill to Stone's Corner, Victoria and Main St with the Caltex service station in the foreground. Has a lady with slacks walking across the road and a boy wheeling a bike down the footpath. Note the Highway direction signs and service station signage. O'Brien Motors and a book and record shop on the north side Bakery Hill Victoria St. shops. See Reg 4603 for the subsequent photo at this location. Photo taken by Peter Bruce 1970's and 1971, prior to the closure of the Ballarat tramway system. Peter's Title of image: "No. 26 Bridge and Vic1"trams, tramways, victoria st, main st, stones corner, bakery hill, tram 26

Has strong association with the event of the official opening of the BTPS depot extensions in 1981.Printed invitation for the "Official Opening of the Depot Extensions to the Ballarat Vintage Tramway", Saturday 19/9/1981 at 2pm. Invitation in the BTPS name. Has space for the person invited to be hand written in. Located in a Tudor envelope with a "The Milldean Press" card. Five retained.trams, tramways, btps, depot, depot extensions

A4 size paper used by BTPS Ltd as letterhead for period 1980 to 1995. Has drawing of No. 31 in top left hand corner, organisation name and address in top, and "Ballarat Vintage Tramway" on base printed in green ink Watermark "Plus Fabric". trams, tramways, btps, ballarat vintage tramway, letterhead, letters

Yields information about the official opening by the BTPS of a tram service in Wendouree Parade. Has a strong association with those involved.Set of three images of the official opening ceremony for the BTPS- 1/2/1975 as the Ballarat Tourist Tramway featuring the Chairman of the SEC on No. 40 with Clyde Croft. Images scanned and altered by Roderick Smith from the Hugh Ballantyne collection August to September 2017.trams, tramways, opening, first tram, btps, wendouree parade, depot, secv, tram 40

Set of five books that were the property of Jock Menzies, a SEC Ballarat driver. .1 - same as btm3655 - "Rules of the Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees Association" - 1939. .2 - same as btm3135 - "The Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees' Association / Agreement / Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong" - 1937 .3 - same btm3112 - "Electric Tramways of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria By-Law No. 1" - August 1951. .4 - same as btm3068 - "State Electricity Commission of Victoria - Tramways - Rules Governing Employees - May 1936" .5 - same as btm3116 - "Rules Governing Employees" - see btm8078i1.pdf for a full scan of the book. This version is slightly different to other versions,All items have notations on the cover and inside - notes made by Jock.trams, tramways, ballarat, geelong, bendigo, atmoea, unions, agreements, uniforms, sec, rules, regulations, by laws, motormen, conductors

Yields information and demonstrates the use of statistical reports for 1922 to management in the UK and comparisons with other systems.Report - 5 quarto or foolscap sheets, carbon copy by ESCo dated 19/5/1922 for Ballarat. 1 - "Comparisons of Passengers per car Mile" - for each route 2 - "Revenue per car mile of track" - for each route and comparisons with Melbourne, Launceston, Adelaide and Wellington 3 - "Year ended 31/3/1922" - Gross Expenditure vs Receipts 4 - "Change issued to motormen daily" - since introduction of Cash Fare System 5 - "Passengers and Revenue per car Mile" - comparison with English and Australian systems. Provides source of information. trams, tramways, ballarat, reports, operations, finances, esco

Yields information about claims incurred by ESCo during the period 1909 to 1921.Report - typed quarto sheet, titled "Third party claims for the last thirteen years" 1909 to 1921 - dated 17-5-1922 - listing cases for each year, and costs and details when ESCo fare box cars were put into service.trams, tramways, ballarat, insurance, fare boxes, esco

Yields information about industrial issues affecting one man trams, the unions and the other people to which Mr Pringle corresponded.Letter, typed, one quarto sheet and three foolscap sheets, dated 8/5/1922 from Mr Pringle to Fred Thonemann (Barrister?), with copies to G G Jobbings, W. Strangward, H Dix and A Murdoch - Melbourne tramway operators. Letter is a report on a Arbitration hearing and appearances before the Registrar in Ballarat concerning the operation of two man trams when it had been operated previously by one man operations. Detailed report on the event and reporting in the newspapers.trams, tramways, ballarat, insurance, fare boxes

Set of five digital images of the removal of track in Bridge St Ballarat as part of the redevelopment of the area and its reopening to motor car traffic July 2023. See also August 2023 issue of Fares Please! page 15 for other photos and page 4 for a short item. Photos by Paul McConville and Richard Gilbert.Yields information about the redevelopment of Bridge St Ballarat from a Mall back to an open road.Set of five digital images showing the removal of the track in Bridge St Ballarat.tramways, ballarat, bridge st, track removal

Yields information about the transport of two former trams to the Adelaide St Kilda Tramway Museum.Set of two digital images of trams ex Ballarat be off-loaded at the St Kilda Tramway Museum, .1 - Ballarat No. 34 being unloaded at the AETM site on 24-9-1971, Photo John Radcliffe. Ballarat No. 21 can be seen in the background on a truck waiting to be off loaded. .2 - Overall view looking at the Tram Museum building, with No. 34 on the track, and No. 21 being reversed pending unloading. See also Reg Item 6515 for another photo. trams, tramways, ballarat, aetm, sale of trams, adelaide, tram 34

Semi circular sign with mild steel metal strap for use at tram stops and fixed around a pole. Painted on heavy metal sheet. Red band top and bottom, smaller band at top with words HAIL TRAM HERE in black paint on a white background. Used on Ballarat system until 9/1971. Has a black back. See original worksheet for sketch and dimensions. Two copies held.trams, tramways, ballarat trams, secv, street furniture, tram stops

Yields information about tram operations in the Gardens following the introduction of bogie trams and before the scrapping of No. 25Black and white photograph of Ballarat 24 and 34? at Gardens Loop, Wendouree Parade, late 1940's to early to mid 1950's. Tram 24 has the destination of City. On the rear has the photo stamp of Lee A Ratten of 51 Cotham Road Kew.trams, tramways, ballarat, gardens loop, wendouree parade, tram 24, tram 34

Yields information about tram operations in Ballarat using City Loop.Black and white photograph of Ballarat 25 and another single trucker at the City Loop. Tram 25 has the destination of City. In the background are the building on the west side of Sturt St and an advertisement for Penfolds Wines. Photo possibly Lee A Ratten - see related document and Reg Item 7185.trams, tramways, ballarat, sturt st, city loop, tram 25

Yields information about one of the timetable boards provided in the Tramway Centre or city shelter.Black and white photograph of the timetable board showing first and last cars and short running for the Lydiard St North and Sebastopol lines in the shelter (Tramway Centre) at the corner of Sturt and Lydiard St North. Gives times for Saturdays and Sundays. Note the spelling of Grey St. trams, tramways, ballarat, timetables, shelters, tramway centre, city, sturt st, lydiard st

Details the history of parcel and newspaper tickets between 1937 and 1972 on the SEC operated provincial tramways. Written by Maxwell Hayes March 1983. Looks at the history of the three cities, SEC operations, the use of parcel/newspaper tickets, pricing, issues, quantities of tickets held and their use rates, closure and printed samples of the tickets.Yields information about the history of SEC Parcel / Newspaper tickets.Eleven A4 photocopied sheets, with four staples on the left hand side.Has number "21 81999" and "$3.50" on the top right hand corner.tramways, ballarat, bendigo, geelong, provincial tramways, parcels, newspapers, tickets, parcel tickets, newspaper tickets

Has articles on US Railroads in 1948, steam loco booster trials, tram 661, NZ railcars, a trial trip as a fireman. Cover has a photo of Ballarat tram 30 in Sturt St West by Robert Belzer. Centre pages has an item about the repainting by the BTPS of tram 661 into a chocolate colour MMTB 1920's scheme, with photos by John Alfred, Dave Macartney and William F Scott. Unfortunately the centre page spread colour is out of register.Yields information about the repainting of tram 661.Magazine - part colour cover and centre spread - 32 pages, centre stapled to A4 size.trams, tramways, ballarat, btps, tram 661, repainting, livery

Gives details of events, locations, hotels, food etc - a What's on in Ballarat. Advertisement for BTM on page 24 features Geelong 2 in the New Museum. See page 24 for the BTM entry.Yields information about tourist attractions etc in Ballarat.Book - 52 pages, centre stapled, full colour, titled "Best of Ballarat", for Summer 2024. trams, tramways, ballarat, btm, events, hotels, tram 2

Close up of a single trucker - Destination sign "Depot via Drummond Nth", shows the layout of the sign.Demonstrates the layout of a Ballarat tramcar destination.Black and white photograph printOn rear in ink "Ballarat"trams, tramways, ballarat, destinations, depot, drummond st nth

Yields information about the appearance of a tram at an unknown location during the 1950's.Digital images scanned from 35mm slides, possibly a copy slide obtained by John Theodore from the BTPS Sales of tram 20 somewhere??? - can't quite read the destination. Photo during the 1950's?trams, tramways, ballarat, tram 20

Book - 44 pages, centre stapled, full colour, titled "Best of Ballarat", for Dec 2016. Gives details of events, locations, hotels, food etc - a What's on in Ballarat. Has the Peter Bruce photo (see Reg Item 6702) on page 19 under attractions and tours, and on page 21, adverts for the BTM and Cuthberts939. 6703.2 - ditto - for April 2017, images i4 to i9, including cover, Sturt St, BTM, maps - added April 2017. 6703.3 - ditto for August 2017, images i10 to i12- includes cover, photo of the interior of Cuthberts939 on page 23 and a general advert on page 24 - added August 2017. 6703.4 - ditto for Feb. 2018, images i13 to i15 includes cover, Welcome to Ballarat including photo of a Bugatti motor car and tram 18 in Lydiard St North, c late 1940's and the general advert on page 24 - added Feb. 2018. The image with the Bugatti is from the State Library of Victoria.trams, tramways, ballarat, btm, events, hotels, cuthberts 939, lydiard st north

Yields information about tram 37 and an AETA charter.Photograph of the rear of tram 37 in City Loop, Sturt St, on an AETA tour, 21-4-1962 with an AETA auxiliary board. Photo Charles Craig? Has in the background the Mechanics Institute buildings with a Davies Bread and Robur tea advertisement. Has in red ink on rear - "AETA tour 21-4-62".trams, tramways, ballarat, city loop, aeta, sturt st, tram 37

Set of two pamphlets distributed at the time of the introduction of revised routing of Ballarat bus services and the introduction of further trains on the Ballarat line - and the opening of Caroline Springs Station on 29.1.2017. .1 - 6 fold to DL size from an A3 sheets - titled "There's more in store for Ballarat", colour on white paper showing the new Ballarat bus network map, discontinued routes, additional train services and a summary of changes. .2 - a grab rail pamphlet listing the new bus routes for use on the buses - piece of heavy card with a round top and a slit to enable it to be placed on a grab rail within the bus itself. Two copies of each held.trams, tramways, ballarat public transport, buses, ptv, public transport victoria, timetables

Set of two pamphlets distributed at the time for the "White Night Ballarat" Festival Saturday 4 March 2017. .1 - a grab rail pamphlet listing the bus services for the festival - piece of heavy card with a round top and a slit to enable it to be placed on a grab rail within the bus itself. .2 - 4 fold - DL sheet - titled "Give me the night" for the "White Night Ballarat" festival, with an map of the various events, messages of support, transport map and road closures. Published by Visit Victoria.trams, tramways, ballarat public transport, buses, ptv, public transport victoria, timetables, white night