Set of notes for the Provincial Tramways Maintenance meeting to be held in Ballarat on 26/45/1954 and Melbourne on 3/5/1954. Has a summary of actions from the 1952 and 1953 conferences and Agenda for both meetings. Topics covered included tyres, special work, record keeping, brake parts, point blades, rails, rules for employees, windscreen wipers, lighting, testing of brake equipment, tramcar painting, trolley wheels, cash bags, limit marks at crossing loops, 22E weight distribution, employees oral questions, work hours, car tail lights, bumper bar heights, tracks, tramcar renovation, disinfection of tramcars, blinds, electrical systems, truck maintenance, castings, maintenance costs, oils and greases, and spare parts for 22E trucks. See item 9902 for Ballarat's notes re this conference.Yields information and demonstrates SEC Meeting minutes about discussions between the three Provincial operators about tramcars and operations.Twenty five foolscap typed sheets stapled in a landscape format to a folded manila card and two loose typed foolscap sheets.secv, ballarat, trams, tramways, minutes, sec, geelong, bendigo, tramcar equipment, maintenance, trackwork, trolley wheels, motors, maximum traction, employees

Set of draft notes or points for the training of motormen. Covers tramcar electrical equipment, defects, cutting out motors, tramcar braking, failure of brakes, emergency braking, automatic braking (dead man controls), electric signals, general instructions running in trams, tram stops, preparing trams, derailments and track cleaner tram. Dated 29/9/1947, has initials "AVM:VM"Yields information and demonstrates a set of draft training notes for tram motormen in Ballarat.Twenty foolscap typed sheets and one handwritten quarto sheet.secv, ballarat, trams, tramways, sec, tramcar equipment, motors, employees, training, motormen

Set of notes prepared before the 1954 conference by the Ballarat office. Notes actions on the 1952 and 1953 conferences, rail profile survey, bitumen paving, painting of tram, blinds, removal of sun blinds, lights fitted to trams, brake blocks - hardness and allowable wear, side bearing clearances, castings, track and depot workshop hours, costs, trolley wheels, lubrication products used, alterations to Maximum traction tramcars, and failure of pony wheel axles.Yields information and demonstrates SECV meeting notes prepared prior to a joint meeting.Four foolscap sheets - carbon copy.secv, ballarat, trams, tramways, minutes, sec, tramcar equipment, maintenance, trackwork, trolley wheels, motors, maximum traction, employees

Report on the SECV Ballarat area activities for 1934-35, power supply, breakdowns, installed equipment, boilers, tramways and kW generated and sold. Provides a set of statistics.Yields information and demonstrates about SECV activities and performance for 1934 - 1935Four foolscap sheets, typed carbon copy, three sheets stapled in top left hand corner.ballarat, tramways, secv, statistics, power supply, ballarat a power station

Details the history of the Ballarat system, take over by the SEC and the conditions of that take over by the SEC, reconstruction, financial losses incurred by the SEC, decline in passengers, its suitability, condition of the infrastructure and rolling stock. Its unsuitability to extend, effectiveness of the Geelong conversion, ability of private bus operators, tramway employees, methods of abandonment, tram tracks, overhead and impact on the electricity supply system. Dated 2/4/1968. Has a table showing the income and losses and population from 1935 to 1967, a coloured graphical presentation of tramway statistics, sheet of Fares and Charges for Ballarat. Attached to the rear of the document was an advertisement for Ballarat Tramways fare sections (See Reg Item 8039) and a map showing tram and bus services - drawing No. VX4/1/1. Attached to the second copy is drawing VD6/144, showing Geelong bus routes and former tram routes. See item 8038 for the Bendigo document dated May 1968. Yield information and demonstrates the SEC's attitude to trams in Ballarat and their finances. Report, 13 foolscap pages + three attachments stapled on left hand side, titled "Evidence to be given at the inquiry into Public Transport Facilities at Ballarat" Two copies held.secv, ballarat, trams, tramways, sec, reports, closure, history, buses, submissions

Typed note from the Works Foreman W K Trusler for placement on the Tram Depot Notice Board, dated 15/10/1968 advising that visitors are not permitted into the depot without permission of the Foreman or the Works Supt., including children of employees on duty.Yields information about the process for authorising visitors to the Ballarat Tram Depot.Document - half-foolscap typed sheet, carbon copy.In red type "Depot Foreman"tramways, secv, depot, visitors, works foreman

Typed Memo SECV departmental letterhead, dated 7/10/1959, enclosing a letter dated 21/9/1959 to the Minister for Electrical Undertakings (G Reid MLA) from the SEC Chairman (W M Connelly) regarding the future of Ballarat and Bendigo tramways, refers to previous letters on the topic. Seeks a TRB inquiry into the tramway systems, provides statistics, and impact on existing employees. Yields information about the almost continual push in the 1950s for the SECV to close both Ballarat and Bendigo tramways.Document - five pages, 2 foolscap, with rounded corners, 3 sheets made with heat sensitive paper.Date stamped 9/10/1959tramways, secv, passengers, statistics, minister for electrical undertakings, closure, trb, bendigo, ballarat

Typed Memo SECV departmental letterhead, dated 23/2/1952, titled "Tramway Operations" concerning traffic statistics, fare rises, decline in patronage, abolition of weekly tickets, extra sections on the Sebastopol route, passenger averages for period 1947 to 1952, city sections, Commission policy with regard to tramway operations, and use of one-man trams. Yields information about the passenger statistics and impact of fare rises during the late 1940s and early 1950s.Document - five foolscap pages, carbon copy pinned in top left hand corner.On front in ink "Ballarat Tramway Supt"tramways, secv, fares, passengers, statistics, city section, weekly tickets