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 titled "Notes for statement by the Commission - Ballarat Passenger Transport Inquiry". Gives notes on the early history, SEC Development, SECV Agreement, Municipal By-Laws, future planning, rehabilitation, Physical features at Ballarat, operational review (missing some figures), fares and fare revisions between 1935 and 1958, tables of staff (missing figures) tramcars, review of present operations, and prospective costs of continuation. Has tables of profit and loss, expenditure by type and operational statistics.Yields information about the 19583 TRB Enquiry into the closure of Ballarat Tramways.Document - 26 foolscap pages with rounded corners, pinned in the top left hand corner. Has a card backing."Copy taken 30/7/58" in ink top right hand corner.tramways, trb, enquiries, enquiry, closure, ballarat, statistics, rehabilitation

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Tramways" - "Local instructions in conjunction with the Commission's Rules Governing employees" Dated April 1939 and superseded those of 23/7/1936.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

Set of documents regarding the visit of the Queen Mother to Ballarat for the Begonia Festival on 2 March 1958. Comprises: 1 - SEC tramway arrangements - giving tramcar termination and restarting while the visit occurred 2 - Multiple copies of the Begonia Festival programme and the Music for the People event 3 - Letter from D I Graham thanking all those involved on Begonia Festival letterhead dated 7/4/1958 4 - Greater Ballarat map - with tram notes along the top edge. 5 - three page handwritten notes regarding tram arrangements, inspectors, and other notes.Yields information about the 1958 visit by the Queen Mother.Administrative record or documents - 8 sheets, and one folded map.tramways, queen mother, begonia festival, royal visit, map

Set of two letters - one from the Engineer & Manager of the SEC to the Acting Manager Ballarat, forwarding a copy of a letter from the Minister of Electrical Undertakings regarding the possible closure of the Ballarat tramways. The Ministerial letter refers to a petition from J J Jones MLC, and the request for an enquiry. The Letter advises that the government has deferred consideration for five years and that there is no inquiry planned. Copies to other local members. Dated 4/6/1957Yields information about the Government considerations in 1957 for the future of the SECV Ballarat system.Document - letter - half foolscap sheet and one foolscap sheet - typed, pinned in top left hand corner.tramways, tramcars, secv, minister for electrical undertakings, closure, enquiries

Document or report undated, titled "Rolling stock improvement", looks at improving the condition of the tram fleet, and the need for track rehabilitation considers mileages, obtaining new four-wheel trams, or employing additional coach builder and one fitting to improve the condition of trams and for the overhaul of the trucks. Possibly early 1960s.Yields information about the improving the condition of the Ballarat tram fleet, linking it to the track condition.Document - memo - typed carbon copy on 2 foolscap sheets, pinned in top left hand corner.tramways, tramcars, secv, trackwork, staff, new trams

Document or report dated 1/11/1949, titled "Tramways - Tail lights" about the fitting of tail lights to trams in Ballarat. Notes that tram 26 has been fitted with them as a trial. Looks at the various electrical aspects of the light fittings, bulbs, batteries, resistance units, current draw, use of automobile lamps and costs. Signed by A V Mawby.Yields information about the fitting of tramcar tail lights in 1949.Document - memo - typed original copy on 3 foolscap sheets.tramways, tramcars, tail lights, tram 26, secv

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 titled "Tramway Maintenance Minutes of Conference - May 1 and May 2", attended by SEC Head Office Officers, representatives from Bendigo and Geelong. Topics covered - tyres and wheel centres, truck maintenance, suspension bearings, bearing metal (white metal), motor armatures, carbon brushes, air receivers, overhead equipment, tracks, car renovation - painting, gold lining, roof, floor treatment and covering, trolley wheels, purchase requisitions, spare parts, supplies, brake shoes, timber, castings, tramway drawings, patterns and a summary of action. Also includes notes on tramway statistics, employee's duties, one man operation, track drains, interchange of ideas and experiences and discussions of a general nature and notes on scrapping trams in badly damaged condition. Each item where relevant looks back at the actions from the previous conference. Has a list of attendees.Yields information and demonstrates SEC Meeting minutes about discussions between the three Provincial operators about tramcars and operations.Minutes - 53 duplicated foolscap sheets pinned with a folding clip in top left hand corner.trams, tramways, minutes, sec, geelong, ballarat, bendigo, tramcar equipment, maintenance, trackwork, overhead, painting, trolley wheels, brakes, motors, one man trams, scrapped trams, employees, rules