Demonstrates the methodology of the abandonment of the SEC systems in Ballarat and Bendigo by the SEC and the process that had to be undertaken..1 - Letter - 2 page quarto duplicated - dated 10/9/1970 addressed to the Minister for Fuelled and Power J. Balfour, signed by the SEC Secretary F. Chipperfield, submitting a notice of abandonment in accordance with the SECV Act, with reference to the TRB Enquiry of 1968, the need to lay the motion on the houses of Parliament for 24 days. .2 - Statement - 25 pages duplicated titled "SECV - Statement regarding proposal to Abandon tramways in City of Ballarat and Borough of Sebastopol and City of Bendigo and Borough of Eaglehawk", giving details of the tramways to be abandoned, history, reasons, financial, SEC Obligations following abandonment, future of Tramway's Employees, road reconstruction and future (disposal) of tramway assets."D1775" in ink on top sheet right hand corner.trams, tramways, sec, closure, ballarat, bendigo, parliament, notices and information, borough of sebastopol, borough of eaglehawk, city of ballaarat, city of bendigo

Yields information about Ballarat No. 37 and its history including use on a tram tour.Newspaper clipping adhered to a quarto sized lined sheet of paper with punch holes titled "Old tram has been around", with a photo of SEC Ballarat 37 in Lydiard St North on a tour. From the Australasian Post, 16 May 1968. Gives a short history of the tram, sent to the publication by BC of Burwood East. Has the source information taped to the page. On the rear has three cuttings, two concerning Melbourne trams and Monorails. Loose copy of the cutting added to the collection 13-2-2020, from a donation of Karen Clark of Bargo, via Richard Gilbert. ballarat, tours, lydiard st north, tramcars

Magazine 40 page, with pink page cover and plain white paper inside cantered stapled - "The Tramway Record December 1987" - with title in black ink and Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees Association logo on the front cover and a photo of No. 1 cable tram set and hand Witten note "These contraptions are slow compared to the car! Features history of the Union, list of office bearers, President page noting the opening of the St Kilda Beach Light Rail, extract from the MMTB Instruction to Motormen in Electric car driving for the Eastern system and general news from the depots. trams, tramways, unions, melbourne, mmtb, instructions, drivers, motormen

Newspaper clipping from The Courier, page 2, Monday 1/1/2018, titled "Celebrating 130 years", with a photo of the BTM Marketing Manager Peter Waugh on the horse tram No. 1 within the depot - Phone by Lachlan Bence and a story by Siobhan Calafiore about the forthcoming operation of the horse tram on 26/1/2018.horse trams, btm, marketing

Full colour, 120 page, book, A5 size titled "Ballarat and Surrounds" with a cover photo of yellow fields. Gives details, maps accommodation listing, attractions etc of the Ballarat area. Page 46 details the Ballarat Tramway Museum. Inside rear cover is a fold out map of the district, city centre, Buninyong and Mt Helen and Ballarat and Surrounds. Published 2017 by The Ballarat Visitor Information Centre. trams, tramways, ballarat, visitors, tourist guides, btm, gardens

Full colour, 16 page, full colour centre stapled Begonia Festival program, for the 2018 Begonia Festival. Has a map with Wendouree Parade in the gardens area and shows the tram track and depot. Also shows the Park & Ride area in Victoria Park and notes the bus service from the railway (train station). trams, tramways, begonia festival, festival program

Newspaper - 12 pages, 3 sheets, "The Courier Weekender April 14 2018", pages 27 to 38, featuring an article titled "Returning to Horse Drawn Times". Front cover has a photograph of the Ballarat Tramway Museum horse tram with Len Millar on the brake and Arthur on the top deck. Inside pages feature a story titled "Journey on a humble tram" with photographs of Peter Waugh, Betty Leviston and Tony Callaghan of Sovereign. Quotes Peter Waugh, Richard Gilbert and Betty Leviston about the story of the tram, its use by the Leviston's and how the Museum acquired it and the horse trams in Ballarat in general.btm, horse trams, wendouree parade

Newspaper cutting page, 6 of The Courier, Ballarat, 6 June 2013, titled "Volunteering Ballarat - United Way", advertising for volunteers for various operations, including the Ballarat Tramway Museum and Geoff Gardener and Chris Phillip's phone numbers. Part of National Volunteer Week. volunteers, btm, advertisements, united way

Newspaper clipping from the Herald Sun Friday 9 August 1991, centre pages, titled "Our Trams Keep Rolling Along", written by Michael Epis. Reports on the withdrawal of W class trams from service and the National Trust involvement. Gives a brief story of the history of Melbourne's trams. Has photos of cable trams, W7 1019, Fairfield Tramway, First tram Elsternwick, Hawthorn Cable Tram, W2 646, Bylands, V214, 436 and Elton John tram 520 being exportedmelbourne, fairfield, w2 class, cable trams, w class, horse trams, elsternwick

Magazine - 116 pages + light card cover, perfect bound, titled "Ballarat Lifestyle Magazine - Autumn 2017", featuring an article on Cuthberts939. Featuring photographs of the tram and a Q&A session with Peter Waugh - all type of odd questions. Words by Eliesha Rae, photos William James Photography.trams, tramways, cuthberts 939, ballarat, tourism, lake wendouree, btm

Magazine - 24 pages, printed on off white paper, titled V/Line Update Vol. 6, No. 9 October 1989", reporting on the performance of V/Line for 1988/1989, the death of Ballarat Leading Station Assistant Jimmy Cullen, Airline strike resulting in a passenger train boost, V/Line Photograph and BTM Member - John Phillips, visit of the NSW Governor, opening of the Drysdale Station by the Bellarine Peninsula Railway featuring Gary McDonald, Features an advertisement from Cameron Walshe with David Clark - who appears in the hand over of the VR 20.trams, tramways, vline, ballarat, railways, bellarine railway, airlines

Pamphlet - 12 page centre stapled DL size, centre stapled titled "The Ballarat Arch of Victory and Avenue of Honour" describing both the Arch and the Avenue, its history, tree species, the plaques, the trees and how to find them, and the Garden of the Grieving Mother. Published by the City of Ballarat during 2017.trams, tramways, avenue of honour, arch of victory, ballarat, sturt st, western highway

Yields information about a tour by a Melbourne private schools tour to Ballarat in 1961 and the costs and the Schools club association.Magazine - 14 quarto pages, Gestetner duplicated stapled on left hand side titled "Railway Club Review Vol. 3, No. 4" with a photo of an VR AEC rail motor on the front. Contains a listing of the club committee, news from the various school club, coming trips, articles including a report on the trip to Ballarat and visiting the tram system. See also Reg items 6668 for the tour booking form and 2137 for a photograph of tram 32.trams, tramways, tours, vsrca, ballarat, booking form

Yields information about a social welfare or friendly society part of the Ballarat Tramways - group who looked after their fellow workers through contributions. Gives the rules of the 'The Ballarat Tramways and SEC Benefit Fund'Sixteen page with light brown light weight card covers, centre stapled book titled "The Objects, Rules and Regulations of 'The Ballarat Tramways and SEC Benefit Fund." Details the committee, that it was approved by the Department of Social Services, name, objects, constitution, trustees, executive, collectors, meeting of members, members qualifications, benefits (in pounds), claims, unfinancial members, payment of claims, the Secretary, alteration to constitution and Order of business. Note the membership allowed for any SEC employee in the district. President J. Young Secretary and Treasurer - R. McLannan Vice President A. Johnston and H. Knight Committee - R McLannan, H. Gilbert, A. Johnson, G. Millar, P. Hubbard, D. McLeod, L.Hoare, W. Edwards, W. Lyons, J. Young, H. Knight, E. Cartledge, T. Duke, W. Waight, C. Foster. Has a Alteration to the Rules, pasted into the inside front cover. No date. Document has the date Jan 24, 1947. Few of the committee names appear in the Employee data base, could be the original 1947 document, revised with the alteration. See also Reg item 3658 and 3657 for other versions. trams, tramways, social welfare, sickness, sec, ballarat

.1 Newspaper clipping from the Courier, titled "Tram No. 37 off to Sydney", 28/9/1971. Has a photo of the tram being loaded in Wendouree Parade with two cranes. Gives a short history of the tram. .2 - on front page - "Move for speed removal of tram lines" and the possibility of borrowing funds to enable their removal more quickly rather than that agreed to with the SEC. Quotes Crs. Chisholm and Pittard.tramcars, sydney, sper, closure, bogie trams, track removal

.1 - Book - 52 pages + light grey cover, issued by the British Engineering Standards Association, titled Limits and Fits for Engineering - British Standard 1916 - Part 1 - 1953, with amendments to July 1969. Has a table of contents, with definitions, specification and tables. BS 1916 .2 - Book - 52 pages + light grey cover, issued by the British Engineering Standards Association, titled Guide to selection of Fits - British Standard 1916 - Part 1 - 1953, has a table of contents with specification, figures, examples and tables. Both copies have an Standards Association of Australia paste over sheet on the front cover, referencing the document without amendment as AS B132, dated Feb. 1956.See History of object for stamps. part 1 has "T. Baker" in ink on the top of the first page. trams, tramways, engineers, manufacturing, workshops, machining

Colour Print laminated of a screen shot of two men, one carrying a Gladstone Bag walk in front of tram 939 at South Melbourne Depot from the film Malcolm, 1986. Sourced by Roger Gosney. Use on the fleet page for the BTM.trams, tramways, w6 class, malcolm, films, south melbourne depot, tram 939

Colour print of the two dogs, Bonnie and Rabbi, owned by member Alastair Reither c2015 tied to one of the bumpers of tram 40 in the depot on No. 7 road. Used in the BTM Facebook page, 17/7/2016.trams, tramways, btm, volunteers, personnel, dogs, tram 40

Contains a detailed article on both the VR lines by Jim Seletto, featuring photos of 39, 30, 53, 49, MMTB 675 and a colour photo of VR 49 on the rear. Contains maps and diagrams of St Kilda Station. Includes Sandringham and Black Rock line. Published by the ARE.Provides a light hearted record and view of the VR Railway trams with plenty of stories..Magazine - "Australian Railway Enthusiast - Vol 31, No. 1, March 1993", 24 pages, centre stapled,vr trams, st kilda - brighton tramway, sandringham, black rock, maps, st kilda, tramways, railways

Has articles on US Railroads in 1948, steam loco booster trials, tram 661, NZ railcars, a trial trip as a fireman. Cover has a photo of Ballarat tram 30 in Sturt St West by Robert Belzer. Centre pages has an item about the repainting by the BTPS of tram 661 into a chocolate colour MMTB 1920's scheme, with photos by John Alfred, Dave Macartney and William F Scott. Unfortunately the centre page spread colour is out of register.Yields information about the repainting of tram 661.Magazine - part colour cover and centre spread - 32 pages, centre stapled to A4 size.trams, tramways, ballarat, btps, tram 661, repainting, livery

Gives details of events, locations, hotels, food etc - a What's on in Ballarat. Advertisement for BTM on page 24 features Geelong 2 in the New Museum. See page 24 for the BTM entry.Yields information about tourist attractions etc in Ballarat.Book - 52 pages, centre stapled, full colour, titled "Best of Ballarat", for Summer 2024. trams, tramways, ballarat, btm, events, hotels, tram 2

Provides guidance to Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society conductors about their duties, ticket issuing, pay-ins sales etc. Was the first version of this document. Prepared by Peter Walker. Replaced by version 2 of 1/5/1990. See item 1623 for a 1990 version.Demonstrates BTPS documentation for crew use.White comb bound document with card covers, 30 A4 photocopied pages.trams, tramways, conductors, btps, btm, guidelines, manual

Australian standards for rolling stock issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association.Gives details of the 1920s standards in Australia for railway rolling stock.1 - Book - 20 pages + light grey cover, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association tentative standard E2 to E5 - for Railway Rolling stock material, laminated volute and helical springs and spring steel, dated Dec. 1925. .2 - Book - 40 pages + light grey cover, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association tentative standard E16 to E21 - for Railway Rolling stock material, steel blooms for railway forgings, axles, locomotive crank axles, wagon and engine tender axles - dated Dec. 1927. .3 - Book - 24 pages + light grey cover, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association tentative standard E8 to E12 for Railway Rolling stock material - copper plates, rods, tubes and pipes and brass tubes. Dated Dec. 1925 .4 - Book - 20 pages + light grey cover, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association tentative standard E6 and E7 - railway rolling stock material - steel plates, angles and rivets for locomotives; steel castings. Dated December 1925. .5 - Book - 12 pages + grey covers, centre stapled issued by Standards Association of Australia, standards H13 and H14 - Bronze (Gun Metal) ingots and castings for General engineering purposes Dated 1940..trams, tramways, standards, rolling stock, axles

A report - possibly to investors about the performance of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria, in 1959. Reports on power production, brown coal production, opening of the Richmond control room, power sales, number of consumers, new power stations - Morwell and Kiewa McKay Creek. Gives Income and profit details. On the last page bottom right hand corner is a paragraph about the financial loss of the Ballarat and Bendigo tramways and the cost of operation per passenger. Yields information about the SEC for 1959 and tramway losses.Two colour folded publication, four sheetssecv, reports, power stations, electricity supply, tramways, finances

Valentine Series postcard of the early 1930s of No. 27 inbound in Lydiard St Nth. Valentine series No. 1492, with the caption "Lydiard Street showing George Hotel, Ballarat". See page 59 of The Golden City and its Tramways and for the photo itself. Photo shows the wooden centre poles, street lighting, tram 27 in ESCo colour scheme, and buildings on the west side of Lydiard St North, including the George Hotel, A.M. Palmer & Co Chemist, Wm Hiscock Dentist and other buildings. A horse-drawn cart and two motor cars parked at the kerb. See 3893 for a digital image and reproduction photograph.Yields information about Lydiard St Nth in the 1930's, the centre poles, traffic and the appearance of the trams.Postcard black and white, divided back. Card No. 1492Has on the rear in pencil "KT" and "to be copied" tramways, trams, tram 27, lydiard st nth, george hotel, centre poles

Magazine - full colour, 40 pages, centre stapled, A4 finished size titled "my Ballarat - Spring 2016", published by the City of Ballarat, with items on the Archibald exhibition, Local Government elections, Eureka Stadium, events, Central Ballarat, events, Civic Hall. Pages 26 to 30 has an item on the Lake Wendouree Master Plan, including the proposed Tramway and Military Interpretative Centre, BTM in partnership with the Ballarat RSL Sub-Branch.trams, tramways, btm, city of ballarat, lake wendouree, masterplan, gardens, interpretative centre

Book - 52 pages + card cover, full colour, perfect bound - titled "Ballarat Tramway Museum - 2012 - 2014 - My Social Book". Looks at the Museums Facebook site over the three year period. Presents the photographs and captions, posts and events that the Museum had during the period. Peter Waugh advised that he purchased two of these at $35 each - a very good record, though there is no control by us on the editorial content. Published by MySocialbook.com, not Facebook.trams, tramways, btm, facebook, wendouree parade, depot, christmas

Grey cardboard with light grey cloth end binding covered book, 124 pages "MMTB Electric Tramways and Motor Omnibuses Sections and Fares", dated July 1976. Details the various section stages and fares for each tram and bus route, General instructions, concession fares and has photos or drawings of the various special tickets, eg passes or prepaid tickets. Book consists of eight sections, bound with cloth binding on the outside covering internal staples.trams, tramways, tickets, fares, sections, passes

Two page Gestetner copy of an amended timetable for tram services in Bendigo for the SECV issued October 1955. Gives times for the departure from the City and the terminus for the Eaglehawk, Quarry Hill, Golden Square and North Bendigo routes. On Gestetner foolscap sized paper, stapled in the top left corner. Headed the "Electricity Supply Department - Northern Branch" bendigo, secv, timetables, tram services