Features a photo of a cooking lesson in Electra Hall and the Mayor of Ballarat driving No. 30, following its conversion to the Ballarat style of trams in September the previous year at the time of the inauguration of the new rolling stock. Notes the progress in Ballarat in the last 18 months, reconditioning of the tram lines, the "new" trams, the changeover from DC to AC, new sub-stations, distribution networks and electrical development, including work at the power station. Has an "Important Notice" advising readers of the scope of the Departmental Journal "CONTACT" and its relationship with the social and sporting activities magazine "SEC MAGAZINE". See Reg Item 3011 for a print of the photo of No. 30. Record revised 3/4/2019 to add digital images with those from Andrew Cook CD and to include an item titled "A Page from Geelong" about a fractured pole, two minutes of silence and the impact on power generation and a thankyou letter. Demonstrates the reporting and promotion of SEC activities to its staff and public in Ballarat.Photocopy of an article in the State Electricity Commission of Victoria Magazine, Contact, Vol 1, No. 1, May 1936 titled "Progress in Ballarat". trams, tramways, sec, ballarat, electricity supply, tramcars, power station, electra hall, geelong, poles

Photocopy of an article in the State Electricity Commission of Victoria Magazine, Contact, Vol 1, No. 4, Feb 1937 titled "Tramway 'Hold-up' in Ballarat". The story is about the hold up of the tram service by Swans and cygnets crossing the road in Wendouree Parade. Each item had a thin strip of paper attached by staple to the top left hand corner, giving the Vol. No. details. Also has an item about the issuing of stamps by Yugoslavia to celebrate the life of Nicola Tesla, "Wizard of Electricity". Record revised 3/4/2019 to add digital images with those from Andrew Cook CD.trams, tramways, ballarat, sec, wendouree parade, stamps, swans

Photocopy of an article in the State Electricity Commission of Victoria Magazine, Contact, Vol 1, No. 4, Feb 1937 titled "Electricity Supply for Buninyong" and "Ballarat Trams in Picturesque Setting". Each item had a thin strip of paper attached by staple to the top left hand corner, giving the Vol. No. details. The first story features the provision of power to the town of Buninyong on 14/1/2937. The supply was provided by a 6.6kV line running from Sebastopol. The second story with a photo of a line up of 7 trams in the Gardens following the annual outing of the Pleasant Street State School trip to the Botanical Gardens and special trams in general. Record revised 3/4/2019 to add digital images with those from Andrew Cook CD.trams, tramways, power supply, picnics, buninyong, wendouree parade

Photocopy of an article in the State Electricity Commission of Victoria Magazine, Contact, Vol 1, No. 4, Feb 1937 titled "Electricity Supply and Tramways / Reconditioning the Tramway Systems at Ballarat and Bendigo". Each item had a thin strip of paper attached by staple to the top left hand corner, giving the Vol. No. details. The item gives the background to the takeover from ESCo. Details some of the work undertaken in both Ballarat and Bendigo, including the widening of double track in McCrae St to 10' to allow ex MMTB trams to run. Work at Grenville St - City Loop, the method of track laying in Ballarat - concrete stringers, welded joints, financial arrangements for the work - employment council. Includes replacement of trolley wire. Features photos of reconditioned track on the Eaglehawk Route and a caterpillar tractor. Record revised 31/3/2019 to replace images with those from Andrew Cook CD and to include item .1 .1 - Item also was originally printed with different photographs in the Electrical Engineer and merchandiser Sept 15 1936. See Reg Item 2968i5.pdf. Copy provided on heat sensitive paper.trams, tramways, sec, reconstruction, trackwork, mccrae st, grenville st, esco

White cardboard mount, 35mm slide, from the Association of Railway Enthusiast's film strip titled "Provincial Tramway Film Strip" of No. 38, crossing Albert St, southbound, with Destination of Sebastopol. Photo taken after tram has passed photographer. Has the Anglican Trinity church in the background. The film strip notes (Reg. Item 2560), provided the following caption details: "About 1/2 mile from the terminus the line crossed to the west side of the road. Here car No. 38 outbound bowls across the asphalt. - Nov. ' 70 (Glen Mills)" See image btm2576p.tif for high level scan of image. Stamped on base of slide "11786" and written in ink on top edge "No. 38 Sebastopol line Ballarat"tramways, trams, are, film strip, albert st, sebastopol, tram 38

Set of six photographs taken by Carolyn Dean of the BTM services - AGM 2003 on 19.10.2003. 2600.1 - No. 28 arriving at Depot Junction. 2600.2 - No. 28 leaving Depot Junction with No. 27 waiting to cross Wendouree Parade 2660.3 - No. 27 crossing Wendouree Parade on Members Special 2600.4 - No. 27 at Carlton St. terminus 2660.5 - Nos. 661, 27 and 45 on Depot Fan 2660.4 - Tower Truck outside Depot on No. 1 Road, with No. 45 in background.On rear of each print in blue biro "19.10.03" / "Photo by Carolyn Dean".btm, depot, wendouree parade, tram 28, tram 27, tram 45, tram 661

Cardboard, Kodachrome slide, white with red band around slide on non viewing side of Geelong No. 18 at East Terminus. Photo shows a crewman boarding the front end of the tram. Possibly taken on the last day of the Chilwell - East West line, 8/1/1956. See Reg. Item 476.5 for a similar photograph taken by Geoff Grant and 2675 for another copy of the slide. Photographer unknown.tramways, trams, geelong, east, tram 18

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) with a photo of Bendigo No. 30 in Mitchell St, just before start of the double track section, c1962. Photo taken during a rainy day. Tram has destination of Eaglehawk. Note SEC crewman standing by door and the passengers looking towards the gutter at the railway station stop. Apparently picking up passengers ex the train on a Sunday. See Other Information regarding a possible date of the slide."BES 1" in penciltramways, trams, bendigo, mitchell st, tram 30

Agfachrome Professional plastic mount (blue base, white cover) reproduction slide of a black and white photograph of Geelong Nos 8, 4, 1 and another 4 wheel tramcar and a open cab motor bus photographed within the interior of Geelong depot, prior to 1924. From notes provided by David O'Neil, 12/2003, advises that bus driver is either Bill Hamaling or Charles Stafford. Gentlemen next to No. 8 could be Vic Phipps. Hawthorn Tram Museum Reg Item 3558 shows the tram on the left hand side - Geelong 2."G 1" and "1 -1" in pencil.tramways, trams, geelong, depot, motor buses, tram 8, tram 4, tram 1

Agfachrome Professional plastic mount (blue base, white cover) reproduction slide of a colour slide of Geelong No. 2 at North terminus. Tram has the destination of Belmont. Photo taken mid 1950's. "G 3" and "1 -3" in pencil.tramways, trams, geelong, north, tram 2

Agfachrome Professional plastic mount (blue base, white cover) reproduction slide of a colour slide of Geelong No. 3 at Brougham St, near Moorabool St, with the Custom's House? in the background. Tram has the destination of Chilwell. Photo taken mid 1950's. "G 5" and "1 -5" in pencil.tramways, trams, geelong, brougham st, customs house, tram 3

Agfachrome Professional plastic mount (blue base, white cover) reproduction slide of a colour slide of Geelong No. 4 at Eastern Park Terminus. Tram has the destination of Newtown. Photo taken after 1953. Photo has the driver/conductor in the doorway. "G 6" and "1 -6" in pencil.tramways, trams, geelong, eastern park, tram 4

Yields information about the closure of Geelong tramway system - slide of Geelong No. 4 decorated for the last tram in Geelong.Agfachrome Professional plastic mount (blue base, white cover) reproduction slide of a colour slide of Geelong No. 4 decorated for the last day of service, outside the depot in Corio Tce. Tram has the destination of Belmont. Sign on the end of the tram, notes that the tram was the first car in 1912 and was to be the last car in 1956. Photo taken on 25/3/1956. See also Reg Item 4388 for a print of this photograph. See btm2667doc.pdf for a scan of a letter and the rear of the photograph identifying that Keith Kings took the photo. Photo added to collection - "G 7" and "1 -7" in pencil.tramways, trams, geelong, depot, last tram, corio tce, closure, tram 4

Agfachrome Professional plastic mount (blue base, white cover) reproduction slide of a colour slide of Geelong No. 5, at the corner of Moorabool and Ryrie St. Geelong. Has the Bank of New South Wales building in the background. Also a set of "Bar traffic lights" and signs indicating the safety zone at the tram stops on either side of the road are shown in the photo. The signs could be taken away from the stops when necessary. The tram has the destination of Newtown Photo taken after 1953. Dave O'Neil's notes that the tram has terminated in the city instead of through routing to Eastern Park and was about to reverse to run to Newtown - an unusual working. "G 8" and "1 -8" in pencil.tramways, trams, geelong, moorabool st, ryrie st, traffic lights, safety zones, tram 5

Agfachrome Professional plastic mount (blue base, white cover) reproduction slide of a colour slide of Geelong No. 7 outside the depot, turning onto the double track in Corio Tce. The tram has the destination of East. Photo taken mid 1950's. "G 9" and "1 -9" in pencil.tramways, trams, geelong, depot, corio st, tram 7

Agfachrome Professional plastic mount (blue base, white cover) reproduction slide of a colour slide of Geelong No. 8 at intersection Pakington and Aphrasia St - Newtown to the right. Photo taken mid 1950's. Photo shows Geelong overhead service truck on the right side of the photograph and a group of workers (tram crew and overhead crew) looking up at the overhead itself. "G 10" and "1 -10" in pencil.tramways, trams, geelong, pakington st, overhead, tram 8

Agfachrome Professional plastic mount (blue base, white cover) reproduction slide of a colour slide of Geelong No. 9 running out of the depot building into Corio Tce. Photo taken mid 1950's. "G 12" and "1 -12" in pencil.tramways, trams, geelong, depot, corio st, tram 9

Agfachrome Professional plastic mount (blue base, white cover) reproduction slide of a colour slide of Geelong Pengelley No. 16 at the Beach terminus - Bellarine St and Corio Tce (now Brougham St). Photo taken after 1951. Dave O'Neil notes remark that the corner is virtually unchanged, except for traffic lights. "G 14" and "1 -14" in pencil.tramways, trams, geelong, beach, corio tce, tram 16

Agfachrome Professional plastic mount (blue base, white cover) reproduction slide of a colour slide of Geelong Pengelley No. 18 at East Terminus. Photo shows a crewman boarding the front end of the tram. Possibly taken on the last day of the Chilwell - East West line, 8/1/1956. See Reg. Item 476.5 for a similar photograph taken by Geoff Grant and 2610 for another copy of the slide. Photographer unknown. "G 15" and "1 -15" in pencil.tramways, trams, geelong, east, tram 18

Yields information about the Geelong tramway system and one of the terminus and the appearance at the time.Agfachrome Professional plastic mount (blue base, white cover) reproduction slide of a colour slide of Geelong Pengelley No. 18 at East Terminus Ormond and Boundary Roads. Photo shows a child walking away from the tram. Tram has the destination of East. Photographer unknown. Taken on the last day of the first closures, 8/1/1956. See also Reg Item 4389 for a print of this slide. "G 16" and "1 -16" in pencil.tramways, trams, geelong, east, closure, last day, tram 18

Agfachrome Professional plastic mount (blue base, white cover) reproduction slide of a colour slide of Geelong Pengelley No. 18 at West Terminus. Tram destination part way between "East" and "West". Photographer unknown. Taken after 1951, probably near time of closure. "G 17" and "1 -17" in pencil.tramways, trams, geelong, west, tram 18

Agfachrome Professional plastic mount (blue base, white cover) reproduction slide of a colour slide of Geelong Pengelley No. 19 running out of the depot / power house building into Corio Tce mid 1950's. Tram has the destination of Chilwell. Photographer unknown. Taken after 1951, probably near time of closure. "G 18" and "1 -18" in pencil.tramways, trams, geelong, depot, corio st, tram 19

Agfachrome Professional plastic mount (blue base, white cover) reproduction slide of a colour slide of Geelong Pengelley No. 19 at Belmont terminus mid 1950's. Tram has the destination of Belmont. Photographer unknown. "G 19" and "1 -19" in pencil.tramways, trams, geelong, belmont, tram 19

Agfachrome Professional plastic mount (blue base, white cover) reproduction slide of a black and white photo of Geelong No. 35, at Pakington and Aberdeen St turning towards Chilwell. Photo taken early 1950's. Photographer unknown. Tram has the destination of Chilwell. Tramcar number can just be seen in the image - appears to be No. 35 - which fits the tram type. See also Reg item 4212 for the same photo - of Wal Jack. "G 20" and "1 -20" in pencil.tramways, trams, geelong, chilwell, pakington st, tram 35

Set of six colour prints of Ballarat Trams Nos. 40, 661, 26, 38 and 18 and 671 in Wendouree Parade or at the tram depot during the COTMA Conference open day 22/11/2000. Photographs by Carolyn Dean. See also Reg. Item 2699 to 2701 for other photographs as well. .1 - No. 661 on depot fan with 671 in background .2 - No. 26, 38 and 18 on depot fan with Trevor Denhardt walking towards the photographer. .3 - No. 661 in Wendouree Parade .4 - ditto .5 - ditto .6 - No. 40 in Wendouree Parade Printed on Kodak paper.On rear of each print is "263.1 or .2, or .3" and date "22.11.00" in ink.btm, wendouree parade, cotma, depot, tram 40, tram 661, tram 26, tram 38, tram 18, tram 671

Set of eight colour prints of the Ballarat COTMA Conference 2000 visits to the MTPA depot at Haddon, the township of Clunes and to CMR Muckleford Photographed on 22/11/2000 at Haddon and on 23/11/2000 at Clunes and Muckleford. Photographs by Carolyn Dean. .1 - No. 663, 670 and 407 at Haddon MTPA depot .2 - COTMA delegates at Haddon BBQ .3 - No. 407 on operating track at Haddon .4 - Clunes war memorial .5 - Clunes township main street .6 - Muckleford station nameboard .7 - J549 at Muckleford station .8 - ditto Printed on Kodak paper.On rear of each print is "263.3 or .4, or .5" and date "22.11.00" or "23.11.00" in ink.btm, haddon, cotma, muckleford, clunes, tram 663, tram 670, tram 407

Single quarto sized sheet titled "Special Order No. 66/1" in relation to being on duty under the influence of intoxicating liquor (alcohol). Title area refers to the order as being additional to the Booklet "Rule Governing Employees", dated September 1964. Not formally dated. Printed from wax stencil. Signed by F. K. White, Manager. Prepared by Les Denmead. Four copies held.trams, tramways, ballarat, trams, secv, instructions, alcohol

Twenty Four page printed magazine, saddle stapled, printed on off-white paper, titled "Transit", Vol. 1 No. 1, November 1975 and subtitled 'Monthly Review of Transport Systems'. Articles feature; The Auckland Bus-rail shemozzle, Sydney Rail Progress (Eastern Suburbs line), Transit in Toronto, The new Generation of Melbourne Tramcars (Z class cars), Auckland Trolley buses (Is There a Future?), Transit topics and news, Troubled Time for Interurbans, and Transit Museums news and The New Order for Melbourne. News items note the subsidising of tram replacement buses in Ballarat and Bendigo by the SEC and that it was apparently illegal in the view of the Solicitor General (page 19) and BTPS news on operations in Wendouree Parade. Published by Transit Publications in Auckland New Zealand. Not known whether was further issues of this magazine.trams, tramways, melbourne, mmtb, ballarat, bendigo, sec, buses, sydney, toronto, museums, auckland

Thirty Six page, with glossy white cover and plain white paper inside - "The Tramway Record Vol. 54, No. 13 Sept. 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 tramway holiday flats at Rosebud. Other items featured are "Tram Stories" written by Frank Puls (Ballarat), pages 29 - 30, about his tramway driving days in Melbourne at Preston in the late 1950's and a photo of Frank standing next to W2 543 at Thornbury on 3/1/1963. On page 32 is a one page item about the Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society, and the former SEC Tramway Employees day on 3/10/1992 when the BTPS was celebrating 21 years. Features a photo of Barry McCandlish standing by No. 14 in front of the depot. 2nd copy added ex C. Dean 20/03/06trams, tramways, unions, melbourne, thornbury, ballarat, btps, atmoea

Large print illustration of SEC Bendigo Birneys in front of the SEC Depot. Print published by Windsor Publications as their No. 7 of a series. P Features tramcars 11, 28, 29 and 30. Photo by R. Green, either late 1969's or early 1970's. Two copies held. Printed on heavy cardboard with a gloss sheet.On rear of copy 1, letters "TBT"trams, tramways, birney, bendigo, windsor publications