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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket, Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society (BTPS), "Guest Pass", 1975
... Ballarat Tourist Tramway...Set of two "Ballarat Tourist Tramway Guest Pass" printed...Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society (BTPS)...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Set of two "Ballarat Tourist Tramway Guest Pass" printed on light yellow card in the same style as an All Day Ticket (See Reg. Item 2727), with space for the name who issued to and who by on card. Has space for day and month to be punched out. 3272.1 - stamped with handstamp - "009" in black ink. 3272.2 - ditto "010"trams, tramways, btps, ballarat tourist tramway, tickets, all day tickets -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Letterhead, Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society (BTPS), BTPS letterhead, c1974
... Ballarat Tourist Tramway... corner, organisational name and address and words "Ballarat...Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society (BTPS)...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...A4 size paper used by BTPS Ltd. as letterhead for period 1974c to about 1980. Has drawing of tram 27 in top left hand corner, organisational name and address and words "Ballarat Tourist Tramway" on base. Printed in green ink, on white paper, with watermark "Plus Fabric". 296.1 - as above, but with a "Burnie Superfine Bond" watermark.trams, tramways, btps, ballarat tourist tramway, letterhead, letters -
Old Colonists' Association of Ballarat Inc.
Image, Richards & Co, Alexander Bell
... such as the Ballarat Woollen Company and the Ballarat Tramway Board benefited... Company and the Ballarat Tramway Board benefited from Richard ...Richard Bell was born in Dumfermline, Scotland in 1850, arriving in Victoria with his family as a child. He worked at the grocery store of W.L. Wilson, Skipton Street, Sebastopol for six years before opening his own grocery business on the corner of Drummond and South Streets, Ballarat. The business was successful and he retired 15 years later. He was elected to the Ballarat City Council in 1891, and in 1892 he started an auctioneering and sharebroking business in partnership with Mr Lambert. Organisations such as the Ballarat Woollen Company and the Ballarat Tramway Board benefited from Richard Bell's association with them, and he was the Director of many mining companies. He was a member of the Old Colonists' Association of Ballarat, the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute and the Commercial Club. Richard Bell was interest in erecting statues in Sturt Street to the memory of the poets Burns and Moore, and served on the relevant committee to that end. He was a long term truster of the Miners' Association, and took a very active part in the South Street Debating Society. In April 1874 Richard Bell married Jessie Scott, and the couple had two sons and seven daughters. Portrait of Alexander Bell, member of the Old Colonists Association of Ballarat. old colonists' association of ballarat, old colonists' club, jessie scott, richard bell -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Functional Object - Section Staff, Electric Supply Co. of Vic (ESCo), "South St. Rubicon St."
... with the words "BALLARAT TRAMWAYS SECTION STAFF" cast into the surface...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Demonstrates aspects of Safeworking on the Ballarat Tramway system from 1960 to c1936 when replaced by electric signs. Yields Information about the operation of Ballarat's trams and safeworking procedures.Cast brass item with a flat part recessed section with the words "BALLARAT TRAMWAYS SECTION STAFF" cast into the surface and a flat section underneath, flush with the outside edges in which the words "SOUTH ST. RUBICON ST." stamped in. Has an open rounded end which forms a handle or a point where it could be hung on a peg. Used a means of authorising a tramcar to have sole use of the track between the named points to avoid head on collisions. Safeworking object - known as a section staff. Not known when made, but in use until the introduction of the electric signalling in the mid 1930's by the SEC. See also Reg Items 934 and 988 for details of use and other examples are at 1851, to 53, 2473 and 4444 to 4448, , 4996 and 4497 and Reg item 934 and 988 for articles on the safeworking systems.trams, tramways, staff, safeworking, tramway staffs, sec, signals -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Form/s, Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society (BTPS), "Revenue Journal", Between 1980 and 1985
... in by hand. Two copies held. Form titled for the "Ballarat Tramways...Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society (BTPS)...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...A4 size sheet of paper, printed up as a BTPS (BTM) conductor's Revenue Journal for Adults fares as 60c, Children 30 and all day cards $1.20. Standard BTPS Revenue Journal format that was altered as necessary for the various fares. Known as form T2. Fares were 60c/30c from 1/11/1980 to 31/10/1985. Form would have been printed about Nov. 1980 and used to after the next fare rise as stocks were exhausted and the revised fares marked in by hand. Two copies held. Form titled for the "Ballarat Tramways". See Other Information for a listing of the various BTM/BPTS fares and when they applied and Fare information from Peter Winspur 30/1/2001 - see further information.trams, tramways, fares, revenue journal, btps, tickets -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "Council to count cost of saving some trams", 6/08/1971 12:00:00 AM
... trams". Item reports on the request by the Ballarat Tramway...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, dated Thursday 6/8/1971, titled "Council to count cost of saving some trams". Item reports on the request by the Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society (BTPS) to approve in principle, the operation of a working tramway museum in the Gardens Reserve and the use of Wendouree Parade. Notes which tramcars had been allocated to the BTPS by the SEC. Report from the tourism committee, Cr. J. A. Chisholm. Also noted work by Mr. Tom Evans MLA in Securing the SEC depot for temporary storage of the trams. One of large group of newspaper cuttings from John Bainbridge, 7/4/02. Item has been folded for inclusion within a scrap book. Has a piece of plain paper Secured to the back of the portion that was not Secured to the scrap book itself.btps, off site storage, sec depot, city of ballarat, wendouree parade -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, J.J. Miller, ESCo Morning and Evening Weekly Ticket, 1/6, early to mid 1920's to 1930's
... , Ballarat Tramways, Morning and Evening Weekly Ticket, price 1/6...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Ticket contained within Reg. Item 2488, page 31, ESCo, Ballarat Tramways, Morning and Evening Weekly Ticket, price 1/6, printed for Week 2, that is not available for Sundays or Holidays. Ticket printed on light weight card, in two colours, off white and teal, numbered 7743 available only between the City and Macarthur St. Notes the conditions of use, the time available for which the ticket may be used and where. Ticket has been punched or nipped a number of times. Printed by J.J. Miller, Melbourne. Note Item Not formally Numbered. Image btm2494i2 shows position on page relative to items 2494 to 2504. See Reg Item 2948 for circular detailing their use at the commencement of the issue of this style of Weekly Tickets - some detail differences in the style and colours later on.Some inscriptions about the ticket in pencil.trams, tramways, tickets, weekly tickets, esco -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Report, T.E. Carter, retirement ceremony of Mr Herb Preston, 21/11/1954 12:00:00 AM
... - President of the Tramway Social Club Les Denmead - Superintendent...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Yields information about the people involved in the retirement of a particular tram driver in 1954, gives names of people in positions at the time, music providers, the style of retirements at the time and a brief history of Ballarat Tramways.Typed copy with handwritten corrections of a report on the retirement ceremony of Mr Herb Preston November 1954, written by T.E. Carter - dated 21/11/1954. Herb Preston retired after 42 years service as a Motorman. Other people noted are: Mr. Roy Courtney - President of the Tramway Social Club Les Denmead - Superintendent Mr. Geo Hall of the Tramways Employees Association Alf Ellis - Motorman Arthur Hugo - Senior Traffic Inspector Don McLachlan Mr. M.H. Pinkard, President of the Employees Association Mr. O.Dwyer Mr. T. Brittian Mr. G. Allen 2nd page dated 28/6/1954 written by T.E. Carter - short one page history of Ballarat Tramways. Written for a publication - SEC magazine or local newspaper? Various corrections in ink.trams, tramways, crews, sec, ballarat, retirements -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s - set of 2, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), 1936
... "Photographs of Ballarat Tramways Rolling Stock & Track Reconditioning...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Yields information about the rehabilitation of the Ballarat ESCo trams and new trams acquired and refurbished by the SEC from Melbourne and the interiors of these trams.Two Black and White photograph contained within Reg. Item 3000 - Photo Album produced by the SEC in 1935 titled "Photographs of Ballarat Tramways Rolling Stock & Track Reconditioning Works". Black and white photographs of the interior of No. 12, showing advertising racks in the roof and the general arrangement of the doors etc. Shows signs, seats, bell chords, strap hangers and mirrors. 3012.1 has roof advertisements for the SEC, Brockhoff's, Nu-Trola biscuits and other advertisements. Has the Caption of "M.M.T.B. Car after conversion 1936 showing system of advertising." under the photograph. 3012.2 - has caption of "M.M.T.B. Car after conversion 1936 showing seats and drivers cabin" under the photograph. Photos not to be taken out of the album unless for photographic copying. Use image files.tramways, trams, secv, tramcars, ballarat, rehabilitation, conversion, mmtb, tram 12 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Letter and Envelope, E L Tyler, 1982
... : "Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society. Herewith school concession...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...What people think it is. A Sydney tram ticket, thought by the donor to be a Melbourne School Concession ticket attached to an explanatory card within an addressed envelope. Ticket, NSW Govt. Tramways Child, black printing on light brown paper, 1d in value, number 61393 W A. taped to card in top left hand corner: "Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society. Herewith school concession tramway ticket (Melbourne), approx. 1923 - which I promised to send to you - when visiting Ballarat 7/3/82. Yours Faithfully E. L Tyler." contained within white envelope, addressed to the BTPS, with a 24c Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1981 stamp and on the rear senders address "1 Chestnut St. Surrey Hills 3127". See abovetrams, tramways, tickets, nsw -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Timetable/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Official Time Table January 1939", Dec. 1938
... , titled "Electricity Supply Department - Ballarat Tramways...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Yields information about tram services and how timetables were printed using a clock face for use in Ballarat. Demonstrates timetable making.Twenty Eight page, white paper, saddle stapled booklet, titled "Electricity Supply Department - Ballarat Tramways - Official Time Table January 1939", numbered TYE 1-48-5918. Gives notes on the through routing of the tram service, how the clock style format works and that it operates from the Tramway Centre. Also details when extra services are run and times as specific points along the route. Pages 24 and 25 detail the fares and charges, page 26 - luggage, page 27 - section destinations for the various routes and page 28, notes recent reductions in electricity charges. Two copies held. In the worksheet file is the basis of an article that appeared in Feb. 2006 Fares Please! See Reg Item 5637 for the August 1937 version.In blue pencil, the deletion of the 8.47am extra tram from Haddon St in both copies.timetables, ballarat, fares -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Functional Object - Section Staff, Electric Supply Co. of Vic (ESCo), "Carlton St to Haddon St Loop"
... with the words "BALLARAT TRAMWAYS SECTION STAFF" cast into the surface...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Demonstrates aspects of Safeworking on the Ballarat Tramway system from 1960 to c1936 when replaced by electric signs. Yields Information about the operation of Ballarat's trams and safeworking procedures.Cast brass item with a flat part recessed section with the words "BALLARAT TRAMWAYS SECTION STAFF" cast into the surface and a flat section underneath, flush with the outside edges in which the words "CARLTON ST HADDON ST LOOP " stamped in. Has an open rounded end which forms a handle or a point where it could be hung on a peg. Used as a means of authorising a tramcar to have sole use of the track between the named points to avoid head on collisions. Safeworking object - known as a section staff. Not known when made, but in use until the introduction of the electric signalling in the mid 1930's by the SEC. See also Reg Items 934 and 988 for details of use and other examples are at 1851, to 53, 2473 and 4444 to 4448, 4996 and 4497 and Reg item 934 and 988 for articles on the safeworking systems.trams, tramways, staff, safeworking, tramway staffs, sec, signals -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Functional Object - Section Staff, Electric Supply Co. of Vic (ESCo), "Pleasant St to Carlton St Loop"
... with the words "BALLARAT TRAMWAYS SECTION STAFF" cast into the surface...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Demonstrates aspects of Safeworking on the Ballarat Tramway system from 1960 to c1936 when replaced by electric signs. Yields Information about the operation of Ballarat's trams and safeworking procedures.Cast brass item with a flat part recessed section with the words "BALLARAT TRAMWAYS SECTION STAFF" cast into the surface and a flat section underneath, flush with the outside edges in which the words "PLEASANT ST TO CARLTON ST LOOP " stamped in. Has an open rounded end which forms a handle or a point where it could be hung on a peg. Used as a means of authorising a tramcar to have sole use of the track between the named points to avoid head on collisions. Safeworking object - known as a section staff. Not known when made, but in use until the introduction of the electric signalling in the mid 1930's by the SEC. See also Reg Items 934 and 988 for details of use and other examples are at 1851, to 53, 2473 and 4444 to 4448, , 4996 and 4497 and Reg item 934 and 988 for articles on the safeworking systems.trams, tramways, staff, safeworking, tramway staffs, sec, signals -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Argus, "Geelong Leads - its the first city of buses", 22/02/1956 12:00:00 AM
... , red binding titled "No. 2 - Ballarat Tramways & S.E.C. Systems...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Newspaper clipping from The Argus, 22/2/1956, titled "Geelong Leads - its the first city of buses", with a photo of Geelong 17 and lady passengers boarding a Benders bus. Quotes Mr. Norm Bender (Benders Busways) and Cr. H. R. Fidge, Mayor of Geelong about the bus services to be offered, frequency and bus stops. Ticket sellers as bus stops. Also has a item on a Geelong floral roundabout, which shows the tram line running through it. Item was contained within the back cover of Reg Item 5485 - Service Exercise Book, black covers, with label, red binding titled "No. 2 - Ballarat Tramways & S.E.C. Systems" - see list. On the rear of the cutting is a letter about a "Reckless" tram driver in Melbourne and a comment about women drivers. geelong, closure, buses, melbourne -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, Ballarat Tramway Museum (BTM), BTM 1/-and 6d, Aug. 2013
... .1 - Block of 100 tickets, 1/-, Ballarat Vintage Tramway...Ballarat Tramway Museum (BTM)...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Demonstrates the Museum's ticketing systems and ongoing production of tickets..1 - Block of 100 tickets, 1/-, Ballarat Vintage Tramway, A131001 to A131100. Printed on white paper, green ink with the ticket number in black ink. Stapled with a heavy staple at the top of the ticket onto a heavy brown cardboard sheet. .2 - Block of 100 tickets, 6d Ballarat Vintage Tramway, A111001 to A111100. Printed on white paper, dark blue ink with the ticket number in black ink. Stapled with a heavy staple at the top of the ticket onto a heavy brown cardboard sheet. On the rear is a note regarding the BTM and web contact details. Fourth order of tickets, see Reg Item 1622 and 2235 for earlier tickets. 60,000 Adults and 40,000 child ordered at the time. See pdf file, btm5964i2 for details of order. trams, tramways, tickets, btm -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Magazine, Australian Association of Time Table Collectors, "The Times Feb. 2011", 2011
... Timetable" for cable trams. The Ballarat Tramway Museum has..." for cable trams. The Ballarat Tramway Museum has a copy ...Digital image of the "The Times Feb. 2011", published by the Australian Association of Time Table Collectors Inc., Issue 323 Vol. 27, No 2. Has a detailed article on a "OSBA Melbourne Tram Timetable" for cable trams. The Ballarat Tramway Museum has a copy of a similar document - see their Reg Item - 3661, c1920. Note the map shows the Footscray system. Timetable issued by Osboldstone & Co. (OSBA) - gives a detailed description of the timetable, photographs, reproduces the various pages and gives a short history of the Melbourne Tramways and comments on some of the advertisements. Dates the timetable to 1917 based on an advert in the August 1917 issue of a The Victorian Naturalist. NOTE - the pdf reader does not show all the images associated with the magazine - will need the file to be opened separately to read it.trams, tramways, map, timetables, melbourne, cable trams -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, Ballarat Tramway Museum (BTM), BTM No Value check tickets, Nov. 2020
... Block of 100 tickets, No value, Ballarat Vintage Tramway...Ballarat Tramway Museum (BTM)...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Block of 100 tickets, No value, Ballarat Vintage Tramway, A000001 to A0000100. Printed on white paper, orange ink with the ticket number in black ink. Issued commencing 29 November 2020 - multi purpose ticket. Stapled with a heavy staple at the top of the ticket onto a heavy brown cardboard sheet. On the rear is a note regarding the BTM and contact details. trams, tramways, tickets, btm -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Programme, Association of Railway Enthusiasts (ARE), "Official Opening of the Ballarat Tourist Tramway", Jan. 1975
... "Official Opening of the Ballarat Tourist Tramway"... 1st Feb. 1975, titled "Official Opening of the Ballarat...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Duplicated sheet on pink coloured quarto size paper, by the Association of Railway Enthusiasts, Excursion to Wendouree, Saturday 1st Feb. 1975, titled "Official Opening of the Ballarat Tourist Tramway". Gives tour details, vehicle to be used - 41DRC, arrangements for trains, photo stops, trams, and that the train would operate from Wendouree Platform. Three copies held.trams, tramways, btps, opening, celebrations, timetables, are -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Pamphlet, William. F. Scott, Ballarat Vintage Tramway, Jan. 1985
... Ballarat Vintage Tramway... Ballarat Vintage Tramway...Printed 6 page fold out pamphlet on Ballarat Vintage...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Yields information about how the BTPS promoted the tramway, with the Design by the printer and William F Scott.Printed 6 page fold out pamphlet on Ballarat Vintage Tramway, Featuring 4 black and white photos, 2 maps; one of old Ballarat system, and one part of Lake Wendouree with green boarders and some type face in green ink. Prepared by W.Scott for BTPS in 1984/85. 2nd copy added 1/1/2012trams, tramways, btps, ballarat vintage tramway, botanical gardens -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Functional Object - Printed Paper Bag, Milldean Press, "Ballarat Tourist Tramway / Botanic Gardens - Ballarat /, c1975
... "Ballarat Tourist Tramway / Botanic Gardens - Ballarat /... Tourist Tramway / Botanic Gardens - Ballarat / on the western...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...White paper bag printed on side with green ink, "Ballarat Tourist Tramway / Botanic Gardens - Ballarat / on the western shore of Lake Wendouree" in capitals. Bag has serrated edges top and bottom, folded and glued joins. Hole in one corner for string connection (not used). Also printed in old style logo of tram 31. Image added 20-12-2016.trams, tramways, commerce, sales, btm, btps -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SEC) and The Courier Ballarat, Apex declines to enter tram dispute, Mar. 1962
... the formation of the Ballarat Tramway Co. 2 - "Keep Trams" - 28-2-62...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Yields information about the views of various letter writers, special trains for the Begonia Festival and issues re costs.Foolscap sheet of plain paper, with rounded corners, with 5 newspaper cuttings, concerning the mooted closure of the Ballarat Tram system 28 Feb and 2 March 1962. All from The Courier, unless noted otherwise. 1 - "Trams in 1886" - 28-2-62 - about the formation of the Ballarat Tramway Co. 2 - "Keep Trams" - 28-2-62 - about the lack of trams for church and public service 3 - "Apex Declines to Enter Tram Dispute" - 1-3-62 - determined not to support the Union to support the trams 4 - "Track Times" - 1-3-62 - letter about the speed of the tram service, slow, notes a Mr. Mawby comment. 6 - "Tramway Discussions" - 2-3-62 - Editorial commenting on the APEX decision, Union request, service clubs, becoming a political issue, community support for the trams.closure, letter to the editor, editorial, sec, apex -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Memorabilia - Scrap Book, Tim Wright, "Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society", 1971 - 1975
... "Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society"... "Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society" Comprises many newspaper...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Demonstrates the development of the BTPS and yields information about the Society and other tramways. Has a strong association with the maker.Scrap Book - approx. 66 plain sheets, centre stapled within a cardboard cover with a Muppet type character on the rear cover. Front cover has a manila colour sheet attached with the label "Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society" Comprises many newspaper cuttings of the time of the closure of the SEC Ballarat tram system, the formation of the BTPS, buses, tickets, moving the trams to the new depot, tickets, samples of signs, cuttings from magazines, some cuttings from San Francisco, Melbourne, cartoons altered to support trams, Melbourne items, Sydney trams, new Z class trams in Melbourne, Bendigo Trust, Bylands, TMSV, Steam rail trains to Ballarat, an invite to the opening of the BTPS Tramway for 1/2/1975, opening photographs from The Courier. Each page has been scanned to the two pdf files.trams, tramways, scrap book, btps, opening, tmsv, bendigo, melbourne, z class trams, buses -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Pamphlet, Warren Doubleday, "Welcome Aboard", Dec. 2019
... Tramways, and the museum itself and has maps of the Ballarat system...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Set of four Printed colour foreign language versions of BTM "Welcome Aboard" pamphlets for handing out to passengers on trams. Features photos of 26, 38, 1 & 14 and interior photo ex 26 and text describing "Your Trip", the trams, Ballarat Tramways, and the museum itself and has maps of the Ballarat system and the Gardens area. See Reg. items 712 and 1532 for details of earlier productions. Item folded as presented to a passenger or picked up at the depot. 250 each printed 12/2019 by Waller and Chester. .1 - Korean version .2 - Japanese version .3 - Indonesian version .4 - Chinese version Work by etranslate, Pamela Lee, March 2016. When checked 26/12/2019 - now part of Transperfect, with a Sydney office. Word and pdf versions of the items are stored on the website server - 8-1-2020. trams, tramways, btm, handouts, passengers, pamphlets, foreign language -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, Herald & Weekly Times Ltd, "A Place in the Sun", "Save the Trams", 1971
... to the Editor, about the closure of the Ballarat tramways, that some...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Set of two Newspaper clippings pasted onto a single sheet of paper with two Punch holes on the left hand side. Clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, 19/8/1971; two letters to the Editor, about the closure of the Ballarat tramways, that some of the trams and line should be saved and what the aims of the BTPS are. The first from a person titled "All Het Up", and the second from John Anderson of P.O. Box 145 Box Hill. The second clipping from The Sun, Melbourne dated 14/7/1971 written by Keith Dunstan in his column, "A Place in the Sun" about the forthcoming closure of the Ballarat and Bendigo systems. Has a photo of a Bendigo Birney tram and notes their rarity. The second part is about the formation of the BTPS, which has 100 paid up members and quotes Shane McCarthy, a committeeman. Both cuttings in two portions.In red ink in lower edge of first cutting "19/8/71". On sheet of paper, various pencil / ink markings - with date Dec. 1963. Possibly paper used by Donor at his job with the former machinery makers, Ronaldson and Tippet.trams, tramways, closure, btps, birney, preservation -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), $2.50 - Scholar's Monthly Ticket, 1969
... , 91 and 4956 added 30/6/2016 from Donation of Bendigo Tramways...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Yellow cloth backed paper ticket with white front, printed in black ink with fare value of $2.50. Blank or Unused Scholar's monthly ticket for use by under 15 years students, number No. 7386. Has form number "TYE 3-570" in top left hand corner. Space for an expiry date to be stamped on the ticket and name, address and school of the student. The 1969 Schedule of Fares and Charges shows these tickets. 1728.1 - ditto, ticket No. A7423. Added 16/10/04 - after being on display in cabinet in 39 since 1992. 1728.2 - ditto, ticket No. A7382. Added 19/05/06 - from filing cabinet. 1728.3 - ditto ticket Nos. A004773, 75, 89,91, 91 and 4956 added 30/6/2016 from Donation of Bendigo Tramways. See 1969 Schedule of Fares and Charges for the Ballarat Tramways - Reg. Item No. 704.trams, tramways, secv, ballarat, schools tickets -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Film - Video cassette tape and box, Ballarat Nine News Network and Alan Snowball, "Ballarat City Tramway Plan", 11/07/2002 12:00:00 AM
... "Ballarat City Tramway Plan"... Meeting receiving the report on the Ballarat City Tramway proposal...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...VHS cassette and cardboard box, black plastic, with white insert cover, and labels on cassette and VHS video tape. Contains recording of the Ballarat Nine Network news service of 11/7/2002 reporting on the previous nights Ballarat Council Meeting receiving the report on the Ballarat City Tramway proposal. 00.00 to 15.50 - general items from previous shows 1550 - 1620 - News headlines and notes at 1620, headline regarding the Ballarat City tramway and short video clip of a tram. 1620 - 2410 - news, bomb hoaxes, Johns Valves industrial problems etc. 2410 - 2535 - report on Ballarat Council meeting the previous nights, interviews with the Mayor David Vendy, Austin Brehaut and Alan Snowball. Mentions BTM and operation at Lake Wendouree. 2535 - onwards - report on the Stoddart Statue collection at the gardensOn box and tape label, notes re tape size and AS (Alan Snowball) number.btm, city tramway, video tape, news broadcasts -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, J.J. Miller, ESCo Lunch Hour Weekly Ticket, 1/6, early to mid 1920's to 1930's
... , Ballarat Tramways, Lunch Hour Weekly Ticket, price 1/6, printed...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Ticket contained within Reg. Item 2488, page 31, ESCo, Ballarat Tramways, Lunch Hour Weekly Ticket, price 1/6, printed for Week 11, that is not available for Sundays or Holidays. Ticket printed on light weight card, in two colours, off white and light brown, numbered 6646 available only between the City and Macarthur St.. Notes the conditions of use, the time available for which the ticket may be used and where. Ticket has been punched or nipped twice and shows that it was stapled to a block. Printed by J.J. Miller, Melbourne. Note Item Not formally Numbered. Image btm2494i2 shows position on page relative to items 2494 to 2504. See Reg Item 2948 for circular detailing their use at the commencement of the issue of this style of Weekly Tickets - some detail differences in the style and colours later on.Some inscriptions about the ticket in pencil.trams, tramways, tickets, weekly tickets, lunch hour, esco -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Magazine, Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees Association (ATMOEA), "The Tramway Record Vol. 54, No. 11, March 1992", Mar. 1992
... his activities with the Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Forty Four page, with glossy white cover and plain white paper inside - "The Tramway Record Vol. 54, No. 11 March. 1992" - with title in green ink and Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees Association logo on the front cover. Printed by the Victorian branch of the union. Features on the front cover a photo (see image) of the W7 1032. Other items featured are "Tram Stories" written by Frank Puls (Ballarat), pages 29 - 30, about his activities with the Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society, his liking for trams, training, incidents. Features a photo of Frank standing adjacent to No. 13 in Wendouree Parade and a photo taken on Christmas Day 1991, with an Explorer Coach driver. On page 31 - 36 traffic returns and wage comparisons over the years provided by Norm Maddock of The Tramway Museum, Stanhope St. Malvern. Shows cost of living adjustments to wages.trams, tramways, unions, melbourne, ballarat, btps, atmoea -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Rule Book, Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society (BTPS), "Instructions to Drivers in Electric Car Operation", 1972
... "Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society /Electric System...Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society (BTPS)...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Thirty Eight page, side staple book , printed on duplicating paper, foolscap size, with a yellow cover. Titled "Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society /Electric System /Instructions to Drivers in Electric Car Operation" Dated 1972. Contains an Introduction written by Clyde Croft, as Driver Training Officer, and dated 27/7/1972; index, reference Index for quick solution of equipment defect, procedures to adopt, Accident Procedure, instructions and details on equipment, an ABC for Tram Drivers and points to remember. 3379.1 - added 31/12/2008, as above, a photocopy bound with black plastic comb binding, A4 size within a green folders. Made by Warren Doubleday early 1980's. 3379.2 - added 5/1/2016 - from donation of Lindsay Rickard via Hawthorn Tram Depot Dec. 2015. Unbound copy - has been imaged to a pdf file.trams, tramways, rules, instructions, by laws, btps, drivers, conductors -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Functional Object - Section Staff, Electric Supply Co. of Vic (ESCo), "Victoria Park Loop / Carlton St Loop"
... with the words "BALLARAT TRAMWAYS SECTION STAFF" cast into the surface...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Demonstrates aspects of Safeworking on the Ballarat Tramway system from 1960 to c1936 when replaced by electric signs. Yields Information about the operation of Ballarat's trams and safeworking procedures.Cast brass item with a flat part recessed section with the words "BALLARAT TRAMWAYS SECTION STAFF" cast into the surface and a flat section underneath, flush with the outside edges in which the words "VICTORIA PARK LOOP / CARLTON ST LOOP" stamped in. Has an open rounded end which forms a handle or a point where it could be hung on a peg. The top line of words has a reddish paint inlay. Used as a means of authorising a tramcar to have sole use of the track between the named points to avoid head on collisions. Safeworking object - known as a section staff. Not known when made, but in use until the introduction of the electric signalling in the mid 1930's by the SEC. See also Reg Items 934 and 988 for details of use and other examples are at 1851, to 53, 2473 and 4444 to 4448 and Reg item 934 and 988 for articles on the safeworking systems.trams, tramways, staff, safeworking, tramway staffs, sec, signals