Photograph shows Moorabool Street looking north with the T&G building Mutual Life Assurance Society in the view. Tram 30, (Belmont) later Ballarat 13 in 1936. Photo early 1930s. Shows a scene in Moorabool St Geelong, early 1930s.Digital image of Rose Series Postcard No. P75geelong, tramcars, tramways, moorabool st, tram 30, t&g building

Photograph shows Ballarat 21 descending the Lydiard St Hill at the Seymour St intersection, about the enter the loop. On the left can be seen a Forest City signal, and on the right part of the North Star Hotel, The tram has the destination of Sebastopol. In the background is a milk bar advertising The Sun, Herald and Peter's Ice-cream. Photographer unknown. Late 1960's or early 1970s.Yields information about tram 21 and tram services in Lydiard St North.Black and white print on paper.tramways, ballarat, lydiard st nth, seymour st, tram 21, north star hotel

The photograph shows Ballarat 21 at the City tram terminus, Sturt and Lydiard St with the Town Hall in the background. Has an SEC roof advertisement promoting electric cooking. All the weather blinds on the tram are drawn. Photo late 1960s or early 1970s.Yields information about tram 21 and tram services to Lydiard St North.Black and white print on paper.tramways, ballarat, tram 21, sturt st, ballarat town hall

The photograph shows Ballarat 42 in Wendouree Parade, possibly near St Aidans Drive. The tram has many passengers. Photo late 1960s or early 1970s.Yields information about tram 21 and tram services to Lydiard St North.Black and white print on paper.tramways, ballarat, tram 21, sturt st, ballarat town hall

Postcard shows an Electric Supply Co. tram turning from Sturt St into Lydiard St North. Has Criag's Hotel, the National Mutual Assurance buildings and the Town Hall in the view, along with the Robbie Burns statue. On the rear is a letter - to Ruby from Harry and a Victorian 1d stamp, but no address. No indication of a publisher.Yields information about the Sturt and Lydiard St intersection, soon after the opening of the electric trams in Ballarat. Postcard, Divided back, coloured with a letter on the rear.See letter.ballarat, postcards, sturt st, lydiard st north, town hall, craigs hotel, esco

Item written by Shaunagh O'Connor for the Herald Sun at the time of the publication of a book, "Trams and Streetscapes, Metropolitan Melbourne 1950's 1960's edited by Emile G Badaway and John Sargent and published by Train Hobby Publications. Features photos of W2 231 in Flinders St, T181 in North Fitzroy and Footscray, W6 982 in Bourke St, W2 636 in Market St, W3 667 in Swanston St, Y1 613 in Elizabeth St and X1 677 in Footscray. Features in the centre a photo of the photographer, Keith Atkinson. Keith was a Ballarat Tramway Museum member and benefactor.Yields information about publication of a book, the photographer and his work.Newspaper - centre page titled Tracked on film - Keith Atkinson, from the Melbourne Herald Sun, 9/1/2001 featuring a story on a new book of tram photographs. trams, books, keith atkinson, melbourne, train hobby publications

Postcard showing Sturt St from the building on the north east corner of Sturt and Grenville Sts. Shows three trams in the parking loop, the small shelter and a general view looking west along Sturt St. - 1960sYields information about Sturt St looking west from Grenville St.Postcard - colour with serated edges by Nu-color-vue - No. BT 52. Mounted on a dark grey sheet with another postcard - Nu-color-vue No. BT 69, see Reg Item - 960 and 9304 for an unmounted copy.trams, postcard, sturt st, grenville st, shelters

Single truck (4 wheel) straight sill combination tramcar with open ends, closed centre saloon, longitudinal seats. Centre section originally an 1892 Sydney cable car trailer ( No. 18 - North Sydney). No mechanical equipment of the 1905 tram has survived. For an article on the tram and progress during 2018 see August 2018 issue of Fares Please! See Conservation Plantrams, tram 12

A four motor bogie drop centre combination tram of the Melbourne W7 class No. 1029, built at Preston Workshops during 1956, entered service on 1/2/1956. Fitted with sliding doors, Remote Control equipment. See webpage btm.org.au/trams/504.html Spent it appears all its life at Preston or North Fitzroy Depot. Transported to Newport Workshops during 1995. More to come here. Photo - Graeme Farrer - ex Mal Row via TDU of 21-10-2019 See Reg Items 7394 and 7396 for relevant newspaper cuttings and Destination Citytrams, w7 class, tram 1029

Yields information about the Sturt and Lydiard St streetscape from the Town Hall, c1958.Photograph of intersection of Sturt St and Lydiard St from Town Hall. Looking north east to Black Hill. See also item with Reg. No. 667 of similar but earlier view. Photo is inside cover of ANZ quarterly survey, dated Oct. 1958. Shows four trams in City Loop and good photo of trackwork and motor cars of period. Not to be displayed - before copy neg made.Ballarat - important Provincial Citytrams, tramways, sturt st, black hill, aerial views, trackwork

Yields information about a Australian Electric Traction Association tour to Ballarat, Golden Jubilee Tour, August 1955 and Ballarat tramcars.An 8 page, duplicated souvenir brochure for AETA tour of Ballarat Trams, on 20/8/55 with brief history, itinerary, map, tram car notes. Gives details of the itinerary for the trip using a 280HP Rail car trip with the forward portion via North Geelong. Duplicated using the Gestetner process. Note the knowledge of the time, with horse tram bodies being reused to form some of the early ESCo. trams. Second copy from donation of the Tom Murray Estate added 25-11-2016 and 3rd copy from Keith Kings papers added 19-3-2017. A copy of this document ex Charles Craig collection was replaced by a better condition one ex Tom Murray - 25-11-2016. Record revised and updated for this replacement. Handle with care - both copies.secv, ballarat tramways, 1955, 50 years of electric trams, aeta

Yields information about the threats to the Geelong tram system in 1949 and ways that it could be upgraded and extended to continue to serve. Was the first of the SEC systems to close. Has a strong association with the AETA members.A 20 page report + index + cover sheet + drawing foolscap size + estimate - corner stapled. Examining rail, tram and bus services to mainly North Geelong area. Drawing of PCC car- possibly a proposed MMTB car - 45' long. Looks at comparative costs, provision of rolling stock, recommendations for improvement, a comparison between buses and trams and the style of an operating authority other than the SEC. Follows on from the Mr. Hector Bell Jnr's report and comments on his report. Prepared by: Charles Craig (Chairman), Leon Marshall-Wood, Noel Gipps, Donald Wishart, John Beckett, John Stranger (Secretary) of the AETAtrams, tramways, passenger services, geelong, reports, aeta

Illustration of cable trams in Melbourne (Collins St. and Elizabeth St.[location confirmed by WD 07112023]) - trailer lettered "St. Georges Fitzroy Rd. North), with Green bands top and bottom, textured bands and two lines of a Poem from Kendall on rear. Image re-scanned at high density 14-9-2013 and record checked.trams, tramways, melbourne, collins st., cable trams, fitzroy

Yields information about Sturt St Ballarat during the late 1940's and the appearance of the trams at the time of the photograph.Photo of Sturt St. looking North East from Town Hall with tram 32 westbound. Tunbridge store (now demolished in photo), Murray Views Photo No. 29, noted on rear with handwritten note on rear. Has two punch holes on top margin. Assumed from notes, taken between late 1947 and 1948. Notes on Photograph of tram 32 passing Town Hall, in Sturt St., westbound Tramcar - has one colour side panels, which were applied to the trams between 1946 and 5/1950. (Car history cards may define the date 32 was painted - see record 5543/ ) Between 1935 and 1946, trams were painted with cream rocker panels and green under the windows as tram 27 is currently painted. From discussions with Kevin Monkhouse (MFBB) on 27.11.95, the car crossing Armstrong St from North to South is a Ford Roadster, of the 1935 era. Other cars in the street are also pre-war cars. No Holdens' are easily apparent. From this, the date of the photograph taken is assumed to be post 1946, but before 1948. Reg Item 5543, gives the date of painting of the tram to all green as September 1947. Warren Doubleday 27.11.95 and updated on 14/9/2013. See also Reg Item 5313 for a narrower view of this photo. Wal Jack in item 5313 has dated it as 1948 - note added 23/3/2012. see attached notes. On rear in ink "29 - Sturt St. Looking East from Doveton St. (WJ)"trams, tramways, ballarat, sturt st., trams, town hall , tram 32

24 page magazine, publisher by Traction publication recording current event in Australia & New Zealand railways & tramways - with photos, advertisements, see list for contents. Railways in Australia The Magazine about Australian Trains, incorporating TRAM TRACKS, the Electric Traction Monthly Contents (Summary) Articles New Zealand Railways - Record Year - pl, 2 and 3 Diesel operation of South line is SAR plan - p2 Comrails plan big improvements - p3 New north line soon for NSWR? - p3 About Locomotives - QGR Garratt's, VR N class, R class, NSW 58, TGR diesels - p4 and 5 Holiday by Rail - C.Einsiedel - Vic and NSW Comparisons are Odious - An American View - PCC tram for MMTB - p9 More Fare increase - Sydney, Melbourne and elsewhere - p10 Operation 'Strike' - Melbourne Trams Handle Crowds - by KSK - p 1 2 and 13 (VR trains on strike) - very interesting. - has map of ~B including authorised lines. High Voltage ~ Electric Railway news - NSW, VR, Gippsland - p 14 Model Railways in Australia - p 1 8 and 19 The Mayfield Lines ( large garden 0 gauge model railway, by L.A. Clark, includes plan - p20 and 2 I.) Photographs NSW steam loco 5801 - pl TGR diesel railcars built by Comeng - p3 NSW 38's - p4 MMTB PCC tram 980 and interior view - p9 Photo of St Louis Car Co. B3 bogie used under PCC car - p10 Perth Trolley Bus - No. 41 - p 1 3 Advertisements McGills Newsagency - p2 John C. Beckett - photographer - p6 Meadmores model engineering Co. - p6 and p 14 WAGR institute magazine - p6 Wattle Park - p7 Australian Model Hobbies - SA - p 1 5 Traction Publications - p 1 5 The Main Hobby Depot - Melbourne - p 1 5 Railway Destination Rolls, LA Clark - pl 5 Model repairs - R.Pearson - p19 Hearn's Hobbies- p21 The Hobby Shop p21 Herbert Small - p21 Australia Railway Models - p22 Scale Model Railway Equipment - p23 Bames Tennis Centre - p23 Traction publications listings and books etc. - p24 - and where to purchase magazine. Amalgamated Blind and Tent Co. - p24 Other List of office bearers and general information for ARLHS Obituary for Maj Gen. A.C.Fewtrell Chief Civil Engineer for NSWGR Tramway news - Sydney King St. Closure, Wanganui system closure, Latrobe St. Melbourne, Melbourne VR trams, SEC trams purchasing maximum traction trams, Launceston, Hobart, Kalgoorlie - p I 1, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide - p I 5 Drawing of Adelaide H class trams - p 1 9 Club noticeboard, and Question box - on Outer circle Railway. Wad 25.11.95 Record images added 20/8/2013. trams, tramways, australian railways, new zealand railways, model railways, model tramways

Yields information about the impact of a snow storm in Wendouree Parade.Photo of an Ex HTT bogie tram (see also item 289) in Wendouree parade, just north of present BTM depot junction, with crew standing in front of tram brushing snow off front after a snowstorm. Approx date between 1946 and 1952, possibly 1948. See Reg. Item 2793 for another print of this photograph.On rear in pencil "26/88" plus other markingstrams, tramways, ballarat bogie tram, wendouree parade, snowstorm

Yields information and history of the Western Hotel through photographs, in the form of a laminated table mat.Plastic placement with a reproduction of a Post War II(?1946 colour scheme),of tram No.13 turning into Ripon Street North travelling to View Point. Street scene highlights Western Hotel on a wet afternoon, by clothing on street walkers & bare branched trees, late Autumn to early spring. Reverse of side of plastic placemat portrays Western Hotel in Victorian Centenary year of 1938. Images rescanned 29/10/2013.trams, tramways, ballarat trams, secv, sturt st

Produced by the North Sydney Boys High School Railway club, prior to the closure of the Ballarat system - little else written and published at the time about the history and details of the system. A very good booklet for the time - produced entirely by the wax cut stencil process. Has a strong association with the people who prepared the document.Twenty page booklet on the history, operation and tramcars of Ballarat, produced by the Nth Sydney Boys High School Railway Club in July 1971. Printed on a wax cut stencil process, with green covers, drawings, maps, track layout, fleet list, gives tentative closure dates, route descriptions, sketches, stapled on edge. Title "The Ballarat Tram". Stapled on the left hand side. Three copies held - 3rd copy added 22/10/05. 4th copy added 11/10/2007 and image of cover added as well. pdf image of copy added 2/11/13 - to produce the scan, copy 2 was unstapled and filed loose - may not open properly in dbtext. find file and open directly. See Reg Item 6388 for the Bendigo version.3rd copy - page 3 - in black ink "Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society Catalogue No. 118", On top right hand corner "Graeme Breydon address stamp"trams, tramways, ballarat trams, secv, tramcars

Has a strong association with the event that celebrated tram No. 27 reaching 1,000,000 miles in 1966, in Ballarat itself, although this was later shown by the BTPS when records audited to be 900,000 miles. Used on the TMSV tour tram.Black & white photo of North East Ballarat, taken from Sovereign Hill, Sept 1946. On rear has 'Ballarat East from Golden Mount Lookout'. Geelong Road at bottom of hill. Black Hill and lookout in background on left. Smoke from Sawmill' in black ink. Reimaged 17/7/2017 both front and back.As in content description. In blue ink on base of photo is 'Sept. 1946', ink has run in paper.trams, tramways, ballarat, sovereign hill, golden mount lookout

Glossy postcard with the edges raised above the photo of Bourke St., looking north west at southern face of town hall. Has cable trams and horse drawn vehicles in photo. Also has facade of 'Atheneum' Theatre. On base is title 'Collins Street Melbourne showing The Town Hall' and in RH corner 'No. 3' On rear are areas for Address and Correspondence. On rear side is Publisher details. Rear is finished in off-white card, while front has a light pink finish. Photo printed using a photographic paper.trams, tramways, melbourne, collins st., cable trams, melbourne town hall

Black & White photo of Adelaide's Metropolitan Transport Trust's No. C184, taken at twilight with flash of tram running to Hackney depot on last day of use at North Terrace on 23 August 1954. Photo by Douglas A. Colquhoun, photo file No. 01764 on Kodak paper.On rear of photo has photographer's stamp and detailstrams, tramways, adelaide, mtt no. 184, c class , tram c184

Bogie tram 37 at the Sebastopol terminus, about 1971. Tram ready to depart for Lydiard St. North, has Royal Mail Hotel in view, with two cars (Holden and a Vauxhall?) in photo, shows overhead and pan quite well. No borders on photo. Copies details: copy 1 - has borders, copy 2 ditto and laminated. Hi Res scan of the negative added 8/5/2020.trams, tramways, ballarat, sebastopol, royal mail hotel , tram 37

Bogie Tram No. 41, with Gardens Via Drummond North, travelling towards City in Barkly St. Ballarat. Has two 'Johnnie Walker Ads' on sides.trams, tramways, ballarat, barkly st, mt pleasant , tram 41

Tram No. 40 crossing Lydiard St. Railway crossing, heading towards Sturt St., going away from photographer. Taken from western side of Lydiard St, looking south along street. Taken on 22-3-1962. Tram well loaded, Reid's Coffee Palace in background. Ads on side of tram are Eureka tiles and SEC. Has 'Sebastopol' in destination.'SEC Ballarat, No. 40 crossing railway, Lydiard St. north, 22-3-62' in blue ink.tramways, trams, railway crossing, lydiard st., tram 40

Photo of Ballarat trams 28, 14, 42 en route to City and 38 in background going to Sebastopol, Drummond St. South, just north of Urquhart St., 11-3-1964. Trams 28 and 14 have small white stripe under dash canopy lights. 28 fitted with Castrol and 'Switch to electric cooking' ads, 14 has ads as well.'Ballarat Trams No. 28, 14, 42 to city, 38 Sebastopol. Drummond St. South, 11-3-64.' in blue inktramways, trams, drummond st. sth, sebastopol, tram 28, tram 14, tram 42

Photo of Ballarat No. 14, just north of Sturt St in Drummond St. north, with destination of 'Gardens via Drummond North'. Tram fitted with 'Electricity best for cooking' roof ad and briquettes and 60/40 dancing at Civic Hall ads on front of tram. Photo taken 11-3-64. Tram fitted with small white stripe. At Hospital Corner'Ballarat No. 14, Drummond St. Nth, 11-3-64'tramways, trams, drummond st. nth, hospital corner, tram 14

Photo of No. 18 turning from MacArthur St. into Drummond St. north, taken from north west corner. Side on view of 18. Tram fitted with dash canopy lighting and SEC ad on roof. Adjacent to photographer is a compulsory tram stop painted on a pole with a white painted over section below it. Photo taken on 23-3-1962.'SEC Ballarat, No. 18 in Macarthur St., turning into Drummond St. 23-3-62' in blue inktramways, trams, macarthur st., drummond st., tram 18

Photo of 10 trams in Lydiard St., with No. 20 at north end for Australian Railway Historical Society visit on 7-4-1962. Taken from west side of Lydiard St. looking south. Photo includes Vauxhall and Morris built cars. No. 20 fitted with dash canopy lights, small white strip, and has an ad for 'The Age' on front panel. Destination shown is 'Special'. Photo is over exposed.'SEC Ballarat ARHS Specials, 10 trams in Lydiard St. Nth. 7/4/62.' in blue ink.tramways, trams, lydiard st., specials, arhs, tram 20

Photo of No. 39 about to cross railway line, Lydiard St. Tram fitted with dash canopy lighting, small triangles, Provincial Hotel and Ballarat B signal box in background. Austin A40? car in photo heading north. Tram heading south. Has 'Sebastopol' destination. Taken on 24-3-1962.'SEC Ballarat, No. 39 at Railway Xing, Ballarat R.Stn, Lydiard St. Nth, 24-3-62.' in blue inktramways, trams, lydiard st., railway crossing, level crossings, signals, tram 39