Report, titled "Tramways - Revision to Services", Electricity Supply Department Geelong, dated 15/9/1954 looks at a possible reduction of services in Geelong, extension of one man operations, costs, finances, no of men employed, eg on a Sunday 26 men required, including Saturday, abandonment of the Newtown to City services, and increase in fares. Has several tables comparing existing services with alternatives for each route. Provides data on Sunday service patronage, passengers carried after 8pm, and changes to revenues if fares were increased.Yields information about the impact of reduction in services on the Geelong tramways.Document or report, 6 foolscap sheets, carbon copy, stapled in top left hand corner.tramways, state electricity commission of victoria, geelong, tramcars, secv, operations, passenger services

Document by the SECV Ballarat Work's Superintendent looks at the activities and issues of tramways and workshops. Includes notes on the operation and personnel of the depot - reduction in staff, maintenance, accidents, permanent way or track maintenance, including replacement of rail at the Sebastopol terminus using lighter rail ex Geelong. Has an extensive report on tramcar maintenance. The report on the Workshops includes a listing of staff, power station work, labour issues, vehicles, fire control and safety. Report dated 13/8/1958.Yields information about the Ballarat tramways and workshops of the SECV during 1957/1958.Carbon copy of a 15 foolscap page report stapled in the top left hand corner."Depot Foreman" in top left hand corner in ink.tramways, tramcars, ballarat, depot, works foreman, reports

Document - memo from Departmental Tramways Supt. to Engineer Manager dated 6/10/1954, titled "Review of Tramway Operations". Looks at reducing costs by reduction in frequency, one-man operations, reduction in service hours, route abandonment and fares and charges for all three Provincial operations. Gives possible savings in manpower. Has a list of rolling stock for each city, numbers of conductors and drivers in each city and costs, mileages, and a summary of possible changes to headways.Demonstrates a SECV document detailing possibly savings in operational costs.Document - 11 foolscap pages with rounded corners - carbon copy - clipped in top left hand corner. Contained within a manila folder.tramways, tramcars, secv, ballarat, bendigo, geelong, headways, operations, crews, reports, closure, fares

Letter or memo from Acting Engineer and Manager to Commercial Manager, dated 1/2/1955 titled "Tramways Provincial City Operations", with notes on Fares, headways, One-man operation, route abandonment, (Geelong and Bendigo), pay-load for one man/two man operations, feeder buses in Geelong, broken time (broken shifts of employees), light traffic economics.Demonstrates a SECV form for reporting on annual maintenance activities.Manila file folder marked "Provincial City Operations" with an 8 page typed document, stapled in top left hand corner, with marked up changes or corrections.Extensive marked up.tramways, tramcars, secv, maintenance, reports

Document - full title - "Ballarat Electric Tramways" - "Local instructions in conjunction with the Commission's Rules Governing employees" Dated April 1939 and superseded those of 23/7/1936. Covers the preparation of trams, speeds, defective motors, emergency braking, defects, road excavations, delays, compulsory stops, staff system, procedures when running in, derailments, foot gongs, track cleaner tram, and emergency braking. Has a list of telephone numbers. See item 9853 for a Geelong document.Demonstrates a SECV document providing local instructions for Ballarat.Document - four foolscap pages - duplicated - stapled in top left hand corner.tramways, tramcars, secv, ballarat, procedures, operations

The article written by Mal Rowe, looks at the history of the Birney tram in the USA, one-man operations, safety, equipment, costs, accidents, numbers of trams or cars built, and their decline. Looks at the two cars in Melbourne (X class) and the development by the MMTB of the X1 and X2 class cars. Notes their use in other Australian cities - Adelaide, Geelong and Bendigo. Has a table showing their technical details and references. Article printed in the TMSV Running Journal Oct. 1967.Yields information about the Birney Safety car and its use in Melbourne and Australia.Manila folder, with 7 ruled hand written ruled sheets stapled into the folder.tramways, birney trams, tramcars, x class, x1 class, x2 class

File looks at the braking capacity of single truck trams in Geelong. Includes calculations, notes, and drawings. Dated August 1947, includes notes on testing of tramcars following a rear on-collision with tram No. 8 on 13/4/1945. See item 9889 for a Ballarat report.Yields information about the testing of braking systems in Geelong.administrative Record - papers within a Vertilok folder file containing hand written and typed foolscap, quarto and small loose sheets, calculations and notes.tramways, tramcars, secv, braking, testing, geelong, brake testing, reports, tramcar brakes

Document of agenda for the ""Enquiry into Public Passenger Transport Facilities - Geelong Urban District", held Sept - Oct 1953. Gives location, and dates, lists organisations represented, and statements of heads of the evidence in Chief by the various bodies, including Councils, SECV, ATOMEA, Trades and Labour, bus operators and other bodies. See also item 9950 for another version.Yields information about the 1953 TRB Enquiry into the closure of Geelong Tramways.Document - 51 quarto pages, pinned in top left hand corner.tramways, trb, enquiries, enquiry, geelong, closure

Details the history of the Ballarat system, take over by the SEC and the conditions of that take over by the SEC, reconstruction, financial losses incurred by the SEC, decline in passengers, its suitability, condition of the infrastructure and rolling stock. Its unsuitability to extend, effectiveness of the Geelong conversion, ability of private bus operators, tramway employees, methods of abandonment, tram tracks, overhead and impact on the electricity supply system. Dated 2/4/1968. Has a table showing the income and losses and population from 1935 to 1967, a coloured graphical presentation of tramway statistics, sheet of Fares and Charges for Ballarat. Attached to the rear of the document was an advertisement for Ballarat Tramways fare sections (See Reg Item 8039) and a map showing tram and bus services - drawing No. VX4/1/1. Attached to the second copy is drawing VD6/144, showing Geelong bus routes and former tram routes. See item 8038 for the Bendigo document dated May 1968. Yield information and demonstrates the SEC's attitude to trams in Ballarat and their finances. Report, 13 foolscap pages + three attachments stapled on left hand side, titled "Evidence to be given at the inquiry into Public Transport Facilities at Ballarat" Two copies held.secv, ballarat, trams, tramways, sec, reports, closure, history, buses, submissions