Set of letters and memos regarding road damage by buses in West Geelong and a report and notes regarding Geelong Tramways. Includes Early history of Geelong, Creation of the SEC, acquisition by the SEC, agreements with Councils, proposed extensions, physical characteristics of Geelong, the Outlook for Geelong, attempts to define transport future, review of operations, with reference to financial statement, tramcars, fare schedules, employees, trams used, services supplied, passenger density, outlook, costs, possible improvements, and conclusions. Includes tables for income and expenses from 1935 to 1953, and statistics for operations.Demonstrates an extensive appraisal of the Geelong tram system in 1953.Document - 20 foolscap sheets with rounded corners and 1 quarto sheet - typed. held by a brass folding clip in the top left hand corner.tramways, tramcars, operations, secv, geelong, history

Gives 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,, North, Dated Nov. 1937. Has adverts for SEC domestic appliances eg toasters, refrigerators and hot water.Yields information the 1937 tramway services in Geelong and SECV advertising domestic appliances.Printed booklet - was centre stapled - part of two timetables included within one cover. One loose sheet.secv, tramways, geelong, timetables

Table cards gives details for the Motorman and Conductor, starting times, meal times, relief and taken by details. Not known when made - 1950's? .1 - Run 7 - City - West .2 - Run 33 - City - East - handwritten .3 - Run 33 - City - East - typed .4 - Run 161 - City - West ,5 - Run 170 - detailed instructions, relieving runs, typed and pasted over a former run of the same number. See also Reg Item 3155, 6270 and 9690 for other examples and 8135 for a Bendigo example.Demonstrates the method of advising tram crew their shift work. Set of five Typed table card or run card, for Geelong Trams Runs glued and varnished onto a sheet of three ply timber - plywood boards. trams, tramways, secv, forms, timetables, geelong, btm

Table cards gives details for the Motorman and Conductor, starting times, meal times, relief and taken by details. Not known when made - 1950's? .1 - Run 5- Ryrie St - Belmont and North .2 - Run 12 - Ryrie St - Belmont and North with further details on rear. .3 - Run 33 - City - Eastern Park and Newtown for Motorman and Conductor See also Reg Item 3155, 8134 and 9690 for other examples and 8135 for a Bendigo example.Set of three Typed table card or run card, for Geelong Trams Runs glued and varnished onto a sheet of three ply timber - plywood boards. trams, tramways, secv, forms, timetables, geelong

Table card gives details for the Motorman and Conductor, starting at 125, working Eastern Park and Newtown. Gives meal times, relief and taken by details. Not known when made - 1950's? See also Reg Item 6270, 8134 and 9690 for other examples and 8135 for a Bendigo example.Typed table card or run card, for Geelong Trams Run 129 glued and varnished onto a sheet of three ply timber - plywood. trams, tramways, secv, forms, timetables, geelong

Demonstrates the method of dispensing tickets by conductors, how the tickets could be arranged, although the arrangement may not exactly represent the 1958-1963 arrangements of a ticket wallet. Yields information about the style and printing of tickets used in Ballarat and Bendigo tramways and how they were presented. Has a strong association with Travis Jeffery.Ticket wallet with a set of nine 1950-60's Ballarat tram tickets set up to represent a typical conductor's set of tickets by Travis Jeffrey, though these may not exactly line up with the fares at any one period - 1958 to 1963 following the introduction of concession tickets. Does not have a 3d City Section Ticket. 4000 - 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 light cream or white colour cotton. The stitching on one side that forms the pockets has been removed, possibly by Travis, to present the tickets. 3992 - 7d black 3993 - 6d teal 3994 - 5d green 3995 - 4d brown 3996 - 4d Parcel check 3997 - 2d Red 3998 - 3d orange 3999 - 2d concession - red 4001 - 3d concession - orange 4002 - 2d City Section - red See Alan Bradley's notes "Fares in Ballarat"trams, tramways, secv, tickets, conductors

Demonstrates the method of dispensing tickets by conductors, how the tickets could be arranged, during the last period of Ballarat Tramways - 1971 fare system. Yields information about the style and printing of tickets used in Ballarat and Bendigo tramways and how they were presented. Has a strong association with Travis Jeffery.Ticket wallet with a set of eight 1970's Ballarat tram tickets set up to represent a typical conductor's set of tickets by Travis Jeffrey. 2775.1 - 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 light cream or white colour cotton. 2775.2 - 4c ticket block - C511306 - C511399 - See Reg. Item 1715 for full details 2775.3 - 7c ticket block - C981113 - C981199 - See Reg. Item 1718 for full details 2775.4 - 5c City section ticket block - A357688 - 357799 - See Reg. Item 1725 for full details 2775.5 - 7c City section ticket block - A148080 - 148199 - See Reg. Item 1726 for full details 2775.6 - 8c ticket block - A896327 - 896399 - See Reg. Item 1719 for full details 2775.7 - 13c ticket block - B486983 - 486999 - See Reg. Item 1721 for full details 2775.8 - 16c ticket block - A572369 - 572399 - See Reg. Item 1723 for full details 2775.9 - 18c ticket block - A369492 - 369599 - See Reg. Item 1724 for full details. trams, tramways, secv, tickets, conductors

Has a strong association with tram crews and the ticket / revenue collection system. Tram crews used them to contain their tickets when selling to the passengers.3674.1 - 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 Conductors until early 1970's to hold stocks of tickets prior to sale. 3674.2 - as above - but a stippled leather finish to the outside of the leather. trams, tramways, secv, tickets, conductors

Set of 4 charts or graphs showing route, date, passenger numbers by time: 1 - Chart showing periods of one man operations - Sebastopol - Grey St - City - Lydiard St North - Oct. 1952 - Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays 2 - Mt Pleasant - City - Gardens route for one week in Jan. 1953 3 - Sebastopol - City - Lydiard St route with intermediate cars to Grey St for one week in Jan. 1953 4 - Victoria St - City - Gardens route for one week in Jan. 1953.Demonstrates the SECV Ballarat office work to understand passenger numbers during 1952 and 1953.Printed graphs or charts on drawing print paper and marked with colour pens or inkSome have faded pencil notes on the rear.tramways, statistics, passenger services, reports, ballarat

Document issued to new and existing motorman to remind and instruct them on tramcar braking. Dated 28/8/1946. Includes four sheets of questions and answers. See items 271, 272, 3497 and 5370 for similar documents.Yields information about the instructions about tramcar braking and providing a set of questions and answers that drivers needed to know.Foolscap printed document - 6 pages, stapled in top left hand corner.tramways, trams, secv, tram brakes, instructions, braking

Map or drawing titled "Geelong & Suburbs Showing Bus Routes and former Tramway Routes", dated 19-3-1968, SEC Drawing No. VD6/144A.Demonstrates an SEC document showing a comparison between Geelong tram routes and the 1968 bus routes.Map or drawing No. VD6/144A, folded into 3.tramways, secv, geelong, buses, maps

SECV DepotRecords of tramcar and depot procedures, office and SECV procedures, SECV documents regarding closure of the tramways and security of the depot.Hand written and typed notes in no apparent order.Comprises notes and misc. papers: Circuit for Wheel Grinding mechanism at depot Motor Transport The Schedule Above Referred To - muiltipage document dated 1/4/1952 Pressure Gauge Calibration notes on tramcars compressor types Instruction to Motormen and Tram Depot Staff - re tail lights - 1950 Notice to Motormen re curve speeds Special Order To Traffic Personnel Safety Notice To Motormen & Conductors - re mileage cards Security of Branch Records memo - re rolling stock and swapping cars between Bendigo and Ballarat - 12/8/1960 Tramways - Abandonment - 6-4-1962 - SECV and parliament document Provincial Tramways - extended period of operation regarding existing rolling stock, use of trolley buses or buses on existing routes, and building alterations needed? dated 7/5/1948 Memo re striking matches on the centre glass of trams - 28/2/1960 Safety memo re lifting and backstrain Cleaning of tramcar windows and shutting windows 6/3/1958 standing orders re depot during 'Silent hours" Visitors to premises Tramway rolling stock - stores - 22/8/1966 Loan and hire of commission equipment - 1965 Testing of air receivers - 1965 Requisitions - replacement tools and protective clothing - 1964secv, ballarat, reports, depot, tramcars, maintenance, air compressors, closuresecv, ballarat, reports, depot, tramcars, maintenance, air compressors, closure

Provides a set of 60 questions with answers, generally Yes or No, about tramway operations, behaviour and general knowledge. Has in the top right-hand corner (part loose) to Engineer and Manager from the Manager Geelong branch a label with a date of 29/9/1947. Yield information and demonstrates a SEC training document.Document - 6 foolscap carbon copy sheets, partly glued in top left hand corner.On top right hand corner a label - part torn off.secv, trams, tramways, sec, training, drivers, conductors, behaviour

Part of a longer report - page 2 only - looking at Special city sections in Ballarat and Bendigo, Special tram rates, luggage newspaper changes, Scholar's tickets for the SECV, Melbourne and Ballarat buses. Undated, c1960. Possibly a report looking at fares and charges in Ballarat prior to a fare increaseDocument - typed and photocopied onto a foolscap sheet, fading to brown. Scanned using a "negative" scanner to give a transparent image.secv, trams, tramways, fares, special trams, scholars tickets, ballarat, bendigo

Shows the arrangement of the Weekdays Rosters, Saturdays, and Sundays for all Ballarat routes - for the drivers or motormen. Gives the various run numbers, sign-on location, trip take times, sign off times, i. Shows the full or basic 20-minute service during the day and 30 mins at night. Show how the various run or crew tables were arranged to provide overall service. Dated 1969, prepared by LJD - Les Denmead. Demonstrates aspects of the Ballarat Tramways management system of Motorman's' rosters interfacing during 1969. Shows the services and how the various run or crew tables were arranged in relation to the overall timetable.Photo copy of a five-sheet handwritten document on graph paper.secv, tramways, timetables, rosters, ballarat, crews

Early SEC ticket. Ticket No. An927392. Also See Reg Item 1766 and 3060 for another example of this ticket. Has a Bushells Tea advert on rear.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 - 3d light red paper, which could be used for a part transfer, blue over printed fare and ticket prefix. trams, tramways, secv, ticket, transfer tickets

See Reg Item 3060 for details of this ticket in Bendigo and how it was used. Early SEC ticket. Ticket No. Aa 250690.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. trams, tramways, secv, ticket, transfer tickets

Demonstrates the way the SEC advised passengers in Ballarat and Bendigo how the fare and charges systems worked and yielded information about the fare charges in force at the time. A copy was provided in each tram behind framed glass.Dyeline print of a drawing showing Ballarat Tramway (SEC) Fares, Charges, and Section Map. Also gives charges for Scholar's Monthly tickets, Luggage, Parcels, Newspapers and Chartered trams. Dated August 1965. All fares in shillings and pence. Titled - "Schedule of Fares and Charges - August 1965". Three Additional copies added 2/1/2020 trams, tramways, ballarat, fares, sections, map

Set of notes for the Provincial Tramways Maintenance meeting to be held in Bendigo on 30/5/1953 and in Geelong on 13/4/1953. Has a summary of actions from the 1952 conference (see item 8056) and the Agenda for the respective meetings. See item 8113 for the minutes of these meetings. Two copies held.Yields information and demonstrates SEC Meeting minutes about discussions between the three Provincial operators about tramcars and operations.Twenty Five foolscap typed sheets stapled in a landscape format to a folded manila card.secv, ballarat, trams, tramways, minutes, sec, geelong, bendigo, tramcar equipment, maintenance, trackwork, trolley wheels, motors, maximum traction, employees

Yields information about the standby arrangements made for tram crews and the runs available for each day of the week.Photocopy on heat sensitive paper of a handwritten sheet on graph paper for the arrangement of the standby shifts for Weekdays, Saturday and Sunday Rosters and when each run was on standby and thus available for work. Dated 3/70, prepared by Les Denmead. Two copies held.trams, tramways, ballarat, rosters, crews, employees, shifts, timetables

Demonstrates aspects of the Ballarat Tramways management system of Conductors rosters interfacing with Drivers during the last full period of operation of the tramway from March 1970. Shows the services and how the various run or crew tables were arranged in relation to the overall timetable.Handwritten sheet on graph paper for Weekdays and Saturdays Rosters for the arrangement on Mt Pleasant - Gardens, Victoria St - Gardens and Lydiard St Nth - Sebastopol routes. Gives the various run numbers, sign on location, trip take times, notes on what to do with trams, sign off times, interface with other runs. Shows the full service where conductors were used and how the various run or crew tables were arranged. See Reg item 3429 for Drivers table. Undated, but the sign on times for the conductor at the depot line up with the run times out of the depot for the Sebastopol route (See Reg Item 3426 and 2296.1) for March 1970. .1 - Weekday sheets - two sheets - orange ruled graph paper on white paper. .2 - Saturday sheets - two sheets - light blue ruled graph paper on white paper. See Reg Item 7131 for another item.trams, tramways, timetables, sec, ballarat, crews, conductors, rosters

Shows the arrangement of the Weekdays Rosters, Saturdays and Sundays for all Ballarat routes - for the drivers or motormen. Gives the various run numbers, sign on location, trip take times, notes on what to do with trams, sign off times, interface with other runs. Shows the full or basic 20 min service during the day and 30 mins at night. Show how the various run or crew tables were arranged to provide the service overall. See Reg item 3428 for Conductors tables. Dated 3/1970. Demonstrates aspects of the Ballarat Tramways management system of Motorman's' rosters interfacing during the last full period of operation of the tramway from March 1970. Shows the services and how the various run or crew tables were arranged in relation to the overall timetable.Photo copy of a four-sheet handwritten document on graph paper. trams, tramways, timetables, sec, ballarat, crews, rosters

Drawing details brake rigging and dimensions for a Brill 22E truck. Dated 4/8/1947, prepared by the SEC Geelong branch, signed by H N Hornabrook 6/8/47 showing the layout and loads on each part of the brake system, drawing No. T1647. See item 9025 and 9857 for other versions.Yields information about the brake rigging for Brill 22E trams and demonstrates the activities of the SEC Geelong office.Drawing - blueprint, titled "Brake rigging dropped centre double bogie tram Brill maximum traction truck 22E, Trams Nos. 31,""D1775" in ink on top sheet right hand corner.brill 22e, drawings, brake rigging, geelong

Set of three drawings related to the Brill 22E Maximum Traction trucks: 1 - "Brake Rigging Brill Maximum Traction Truct No. 22E" - showing the dimensions of the levers and pivot points. For the relevant Geelong drawing T1647 see item 8044 and 9025. 2 - "Standard Pony Axle" - traced from MMTB drawing R3755 3 - "Pony Axle Box" - traced from MMTB drawing R1112 and dated in ink 28-4-1955Yields information about Brill 22E brake rigging and equipment.Set of three Drawings - dyeline print on plain paper with a brass clip in the top right hand corner.tramcars, brill 22e, pony axles, axles, axle boxes, brake rigging, ballarat, geelong, drawings

Presentation to D J Irwin, the Depot Foreman at Geelong following the operation of the last tram No. 4 on 24 March 1956. Mr Irwin subsequently became the Depot Foreman in Ballarat. Would appear that the threaded knob is not part of the original conductor's bell as it does not fully screw into the bell housing. See item 9810 for the presentation of other bells to Councils.Demonstrates a presentation to depot staff at the time of the closure of the Geelong system.Part of conductors bell - brass fitted with a brass threaded knob.Engraved "SEC Geelong Tramways Pres to D J Irwin D/F by BTS J Moore, Last tram 24-3-1956"geelong, depot foreman, closure, conductors bell, d j irwin, j m moore

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 and 9821 for other 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

Digital image or copy of the SEC "Official Timetable Geelong No. 45", 16 image files - 32 pages, giving details of the fares, transfers, luggage or parcels, lost property, times of each tram on the Belmont (1), Chilwell (2), East Geelong (3), Eastern Park (4), Newtown (5), North (6), West Geelong (7). Gives details of railway station trams, transfer ticket arrangements, depot workings and the night signs carried out each tram. Based on the 4d max fare, it is a circa 1949 timetable - see reference. See also Reg Item 5629 for Timetable No. 39, c1943 and 8552 for a photocopy of No. 47, March 1953 and 9821 for a photocopy of No. 46. See BTM document, "SEC fare changes - by law references etc.doc, dated 3/9/2006.trams, tramways, geelong, timetables

Drawing showing Bendigo Tramways (SEC) Fares, Charges, and Section Map. Also gives charges for Scholar's Monthly tickets, Luggage, Parcels, Newspapers and Chartered trams. Dated August 1966 Fares only in decimal currency. Titled - "Schedule of Fares and Charges (as from) - 1 September 1966". Shows offices as Dispensary Walk. Two copies held.Demonstrates the way the SEC advised passengers in Ballarat and Bendigo how the fare and charges systems worked and yielded information about the fare charges in force at the time. A copy was provided in each tram behind framed glass.Dye line print of a drawing on paper."BTPS" in blue ink on reartrams, tramways, bendigo, fares, sections, map