Photograph shows Ballarat Tramway Museum tram W4 671 (St Kilda Beach, route 15) in St Kilda Road at High Street during the late 1950s or early 1960s It has a "Mr Motorist keep my tracks clear" sign on the rear. A number of sun shades have been lifted.Yields information about W4 class trams.Photograph - Black and White W4 671 St Kilda Roadtramways, trams, w4 class, tram 671, st kilda road

Set of nine slides taken during the 2000 COTMA Conference visit to the Ballarat Tramway Museum depot on 22-11-2022 1 - not used 2 - 661 and 26 on depot fan 3 - Trams 26 and 38 on depot fan 4 - Tram 661 in Wendouree Parade and 40 on access track. 5 - Tram 671 in Wendouree Parade near depot junction. 6 - Tram 671 in Wendouree Parade near depot junction. 7 - Tram 661 in Wendouree Parade near depot junction. 8 - Trams 661 and 671 at depot junction 9 - Tram 661 running into the depot access track with red flag displayed 10 - Tram 18 off the roadDemonstrates part of the BTM fleet and operations during the COTMA visit,Set of nine Kodak colour slides - white plastic mountEach slide has details written on it.ballarat, specials, cotma, btm depot, tram 26, tram 671, tram 661, wendouree parade, tram 38, tram 40

Photo shows Ballarat bogie tram 34 at the intersection of Main Road and Victoria St, at a location known as Stones Corner. Has the Rimmington Bros butcher in the background. Late 1950sYields information about Stones Corner late 1950s.Black and White photograph of Ballarat 34 at Stones Corner.Has in ink on rear " R Lilburn"ballarat, tramways, trams, stones corner, victoria street, main road, tram 34

Wal Jack had an extensive range of correspondents throughout Australia and the world who often prepared extensive notes and records for him. This letter from Peter Duckett, the owner and proprietor of the Model Dockyard, dated 8/3/1955 discusses the water tank on the Ballarat ESCo sprinkler tram and its disposal history, First sold to a Mr Colters of Forest St and then sold to a lady in Invermay. Also compares the Ballarat tank to that of Bendigo. Finishes off with a discussion about his visit to Ballarat the previous weekend and the traffic on the road.Demonstrates some of the correspondence that Wal Jack received from around the world and that of Peter DuckettLetter on The Model Dockyard letterhead, printed quarto sheet, hand written by Peter Duckett dated 8/3/1955 - two sheets.letters, wal jack, peter duckett, sprinkler tram, water tanks, ballarat, bendigo, model dockyard

Wal Jack collected tramway and railway items for his collection. This pamphlet gives details of the Melbourne Public Transport system - rail, tram and bus in late 1936. Issued by T M Burke Pty Ltd of 840 Collins St Melbourne, Real Estate agents, shows the extensive sub-divisions where land was available for purchase and notes the MMTB authorisation of new tram routes. Gives details of the T M Burke services. Routes shown as authorised (16-7-1936) are: Keilor Road Essendon, High St North Balwyn and Hawthorn Road East Brighton. Demonstrates a Real Estate Sales pamphlet.Pamphlet - four colours printed on cream coloured bond paper, folded vertically originally.letter, wal jack, buninyong, railway lines

Album compiled by the photographer containing generally 89 x 124mm of: • Bendigo – 151 black and white prints • Ballarat – 119 black and white prints and some colour • Melbourne – 20 colour and black and white prints - featuring Queensway, the Hump, Royal Park, route 82, Dandenong Road, Glenferrie Road, Barkers Road and Hawthorn Bridge. • Rome, Hong Kong and Toronto – 14 prints See items 8638 to 8642 for negatives of the Ballarat and Bendigo photos and related image files held on the BTM Demonstrates the work of the photographer.Album - heavy plastic covered covers, with 100 sewn and glued paper sheets each side with three plastic sleeves for photographs with a negative pocket page at the rear. See list of btm8637 - Ballarat list.doc for a location listing of the Ballarat photographs.trams, tramways, ballarat, bendigo, melbourne, hong kong, toronto, rome, brian andrews

Set of three colour slides showing Ballarat tram 12 inbound in Albert St Sebastopol. The 3rd slides shows the tram crossing the road.Demonstrates tram operations on the Sebastopol line prior to closure.Set of three Kodachrome cardboard slides."Last Tram"tramways, ballarat, trams, tram 12, albert st., sebastopol

Set of five black and white photographs, featuring Bendigo Birney No. 28 on a special service. 1 - Bendigo 28 passing R766 on a plinth in Mitchell St. The locomotive was placed in this position on 8/2/1970 (See Reference) 2 - Passing over the Swan Hill line overbridge, Eaglehawk Road 3 - Trams 25 and 28 in High St Eaglehawk 4 - Tram 28 passing the Central Deborah mine poppet head - has a "Nothing Beats Briquettes for Heat" - roof advertisement 5 - ditto passing the Alexandra Fountain at Charing Cross.Yields information about tram 18 running a special charter.Set of 5 Black and white prints on paper.tramways, eaglehawk, mitchell st, central deborah, charing cross, alexandra fountain, briquettes, tram 28, bendigo, birney tramcars, tram 25, r766 locomotive

Used by tram drivers to warn road users of their presence or starting to move. MMTB drawing R8808 shows the mounting mechanism and operation. Demonstrates a tramcar warning device used by drivers.Cast steel and fabricated steel foot gong, consisting of cast bell, weighted striker or clapper operating mechanism and parts to enable it to be attached to the underside of the tramcar or driver's platform. The Foot gong plunger is missing. The clapper part has been extended by welding a section of steel onto it and a rolled section of stainless steel wire has been attached to ring it remotely from an overhead position. The item has been cleaned and varnished.tramcars, tramcar equipment, equipment, gongs, foot gong, drivers

An 8 page document, giving information to tram crews regarding alterations to services, crewing arrangements, instructions, special trams - Sydney and Newcastle district, pages numbered 215 to 250.trams, tramways, nswgt, notices to staff, timetables, sydney, newcastle

Yields information about Sydney tramcars and that some trams were transferred to Ballarat in about 1907, but does not give detail.Letter to W. Jack dated 4/7/1939 from J. Ross, Secretary to the Department of Road Transport and Tramways NSW and attached handwritten list of tram classes, number and horsepower of motors red pencil and ink. Letter typed. Pages held together by brass pin clip folded out. Advises that some tramcars were sold to Ballarat about 1907. Record updated and images added 19/8/2013trams, tramways, sydney tramcars, rolling stock, ballarat

Yields information about the expected problems with services were replaced by buses and additional road maintenance and the closure of Provincial tramways. Has a strong association with various contributors to the article - Tramways Union, Councillors and parliamentarians.Newspaper clipping from The Courier, titled "Rate rise could follow scrapping of trams here" of report of Ballarat Trades & Labour Council meeting discussing possibility of scrapping Ballarat trams, Geelong buses & impacts on roads & Union involvement. Dated 21/2/1957 - Thursday. Record updated and images added 20/8/2013.trams, tramways, ballarat, geelong, trams, closure, unions

Yields information about Australian transport history, transport at the time of publication and the development of buses and the Ansett organisation.Large format 208 page , July 1948 issue of Truck and Bus Transportation with colour cover, fold out and advertisements, colour printing, articles on buses, trucks, cable trams, Australian Transport, personnel in industry, Ansett, executives - special 12 the anniversary issue. See photocopy of title and contents pages with item notes. Notes on Truck & Bus Transportation - Special Anniversary Issue - July 1948, with particular relevance to BTM Archives Advertisements: White Bus Co - similarity to the US PCC Tram - inside front cover Ansett's and Ansair - p131 AC buses - p162 Articles: Has Australia's Railways Reach the Doldrums? - p38 Modem Street Transit Authorities Announce Development Policy - p42 (includes photos of Sydney, Adelaide Glenelg H class, Bourke St, trams etc, being replaced by buses) These were the Events that made our Headlines (war years - photos included - p61 Riding the Rattlers behind Horses, Ropes and Billies - cable trams, horse and steam trams p66. - demise of Melbourne cable cars. Tracing the development of the Motor Bus in Aust. - p73. Australian Transport Administrations - whose , photos, responsibilities, liquid fuel control (petrol rationing), Australian Road Transport Associations, executives etc. - pl16 onwards Ansett organisation - p 1 72 onwards trams, tramways, trucks, buses, cable trams, road transport

Clipping from a newspaper or magazine with a photo of the Beaumaris - Sandringham horse tram - pulled by 3 horses, - summer photo Caption - one of three trams. Contributed by MRS C. Laurence 27 Charles St, St Kilda who was paid 10/6 - has item re construction of road from Nhill to Murrayville on rear of clipping. Scan updated 19-8-2013.trams, tramways, beaumaris horse tram, horse trams

45 No. Dept. of Road Transport and tramway staff tickets used in the 1940's to 1960's for safeworking on single lines of Maitland, Newcastle and Sydney tram lines, see attached listing for full details, descriptions etc. Printed on flimsy paper. Some of the tickets show the personal name of the Government printer. This would enable time of printing to be better determined. (48 tickets in image). Image of list added 29/9/2013 - see related documents for details.trams, tramways, nsw, sydney, maitland, newcastle, safeworking, staff tickets

Significant in being a detailed set of instructions for parking trams, hand overs, relief, responsibility for the security of the tram, including leaving the tram unattended. Regrettable incidents have happened. Issued 1961. Reg item 3459 has a more detailed set of instructions.Single foolscap sheet titled "Special Order to Motormen (49/1)" giving instructions regarding 1) Responsibility (for trams), 2) Relief on the road, 3) Controller key, 4) Air brake handle, 5) leaving tram unattended. Dated 20 July 1961. Printed from wax stencil. See Reg Item 3459 for 25-1-1965 issue and 5371 for an undated issue. Image of item added 20/10/2013.trams, tramways, ballarat, trams, secv, instructions, operations, braking

32 page periodical featuring photos and article on recovery of ESCo tram No. 12 in 1991. House magazine of VicRoads, colour interior photos of No. 12 on cover and on pages 18 and 19, further colour photos of and article. Summer 1991 Edition 268.4 - copy made for No. 12 display - 3/99. Two copies from Warren Doubleday's personal collection added 11/6/2010 and record revised.trams, tramways, tram recovery, btps, ballarat trams, recovery, esco

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

Black & white photograph of M&MTB T class 178 in Glenhuntly Road Elsternwick Railway station, 23-2-1942. Tram modified as a 1 man tram. Has shops in background. Tram possibly fitted with war time blackout mask. See Inscriptions for further details. Reimaged 17/7/2017 both front and back.On rear in ink, 'T308, M&MTB 'T' class No. 178 rebuilt as one man car. Glenhuntly Road Elsternwick (near Rly stn.) 23-2-42. Ex Melb. Brunswick & Coburg Tramways' car. W.Jack Photo.'trams, tramways, mmtb, t class, mbctt, elsternwick , tram 178

Black & white photograph of M&MTB 'E' 41 on Balloon loop at St. Kilda 4-1-1943. Tram has painted white strip under drivers windows, above headlight and bumper bars (part) and on edge of footboards. Has Kew-Cotham Road destination. Route 69. See inscription markings for further details. Note: the tram class was originally and E, but maximum traction cars were later classified by the MMTB as "C"; see Destination city p14. Tram was later to become SECV Ballarat No. 38. Hi Res image and of back added 10-12-2013 Reimaged 17/7/2017 both front and back.On rear in ink. 'M&MTB, 'C' class No. 41 (Maximum Traction Trucks) ex Prahran & Malvern TT. car on Balloon Loop, Esplanade St. Kilda, (opp. Luna Park). St. Kilda - Cotham Rd. Kew line - route No. 69. 4-1-43' Has been stamped 'W.Jack, No. T337, copyright'.trams, tramways, mmtb, st kilda , tram 41

Black & white photo ex Postcard? titled 'Where two roads meet', showing a horse tram ( Hawthorn Bridge to Auburn Road (Riversdale Road) and Prahran and Malvern No. 36 on Glenferrie Road with Deepdene destination, at the intersection of Riversdale & Glenferrie Roads, Hawthorn. Corner block (SE) behind photo has a 'For Sale' sign on it, with houses in background. Now a block of shops. Tram No. 36 is an F class car, later renumbered - see p14 of Destination City, 4th edition. See also inscriptions. Questions: How horse tram number determined and date of photograph??`` Reimaged 17/7/2017 both front and back.'T101, No. 26 horse tram of Hawthorn Tramway Trust in Riversdale Road. No. 36 toastrack (enclosed cross seat) of the Prahran & Malvern Trams in Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn 1917. Horse trams ran from Auburn Road to Hawthorn Bridge and connected with the Richmond cable trams. W.Jack.'trams, tramways, pmtt, horse trams, riversdale road, glenferrie rd , tram f 36

Photograph of front of depot, over exposed for building but Ok for trams within depot. Three single truckers on 1,2 and 4 roads. ? on 1, 33 on 2, and 12 on 4.trams, tramways, ballarat, depot , tram 33, 12

View looking down Bridge St. from east end of Sturt St. Photographer standing before junction of tracks, looking east. No trams in photo, two or three cars on the roads. With Morseheads and Dickins stores on the corner.'Ballarat Feb. 1963, Bridge St in blue inktramways, trams, bridge st., grenville st

Tram 28 opposite Town Hall in Sturt St. travelling away from photographer towards Lydiard St. Has bogie car in background on opposite side of road. Tram fitted with SEC and Castrol ads. Town Hall has scaffolding on the outside of part of it. Taken on 18-7-62.'SEC Ballarat, No. 28 in Sturt St., 18-7-62' and on reverse side, 'W.Jack Photo' in blue ink.tramways, trams, sturt st, town hall, tram 28

Photo of Ballarat No. 12 at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Sts., 21/3/59. Tram fitted with large reflective triangles and other reflective strips. Has Victoria St. destination. Old Commonwealth Bank building, MLC in background. Tram on opposite of road. Seats for passengers painted various colours'SEC Ballarat No. 12, Sturt St., 21-3-59, W.Jack photo' in blue inktramways, trams, sturt st, lydiard st, tram 12