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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, Northern Suburbs Express, "Kalinga Travellers boycott buses", Mar. 1963
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Newspaper Clipping from Northern Suburbs Express of 20/3/1963, titled "Kalinga Travellers boycott buses" about travellers boycotting buses that replaced the Kalinga route trams in Dec. 1962. Route closed 24/12/1962. Record revised and image added 20/9/2013. See Brisbane Tramways, the last Decade, Transit Press, p46.trams, tramways, kalinga, brisbane, buses -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, Adelaide Mail, "Holidaymakers see return of horse tram", 1/01/1955 12:00:00 AM
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Page 25/26 and part of adjacent page of Adelaide "Sunday Mail" 1/1/1955, titled "Holidaymakers see return of horse tram" containing a photo and story of visitors to Victor Harbor missing the horse tram service which had been suspended. Record revised and additional image added 20/9/2013.trams, tramways, victor harbor, horse trams -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, Birmingham Weekly Post, "Triple Collision", Mar. 1948
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Newspaper cutting with photo and caption, titled "Triple Collision" of the results of a collision between buses and two trams in Birmingham in march 1948."17-3-48" / "Birmingham Weekly Post 19-3-48"trams, tramways, birmingham, accidents -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Press, "Buses replace trams on New Brighton Service", Oct. 1952
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Newspaper cutting with 2 photos and caption of closure of Christchurch NZ's New Brighton tram route, titled "Buses replace trams on New Brighton Service" and replacement with buses - 20/10/1952. Page 8 of the "The Press", Mon. Oct 20, 1952. Record revised 20/9/2013.trams, tramways, christchurch, brighton trams closure, closure -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, Birmingham Weekly Post, "Trams and The Enthusiast", Late 1940's
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...A newspaper Clipping titled "Trams and The Enthusiast" from the "Birmingham Weekly Post" about tramway enthusiasts and their books - reviews - "Tramways of the Black County" by W.Webb. Has photo of steam tram and trailer. Record revised and image updated 20/9/2013.trams, tramways, trams, enthusiasts, uk trams, publications -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, Sunday Mail - Adelaide, "Old Victor Horse tram to run again", Dec. 1955
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Newspaper clipping, titled "Old Victor Horse tram to run again" dated 17/12/1955 about a proposal to re-open the Horse tram service to Granite island at Victor Harbor - Sunday Mail. Record revised and image added 21/9/2013."Sunday Mail Adelaide" "17-12-55"trams, tramways, victor harbor, horse trams -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Age, "Good-bye to Railway Trams", May. 1956
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Newspaper clipping, titled "Good-bye to Railway Trams" (Age Fri 4/5/1956) about the closure on 5/5 of the St Kilda Brighton Tramway, background history, and photo of VR No. 6. Written by Claude Forell of the Age newspaper. Record revised and image added 21/9/2013. trams, tramways, vr trams, closure, st kilda - brighton tramway, aeta -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Illustration/s, MMTB V214
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Newspaper photo glued to thin card with two other photos (non - tramway on rear) of V214 on the construction of the Royal Park tramline between period 1925-1927. Has been retouched. Date of reproduction unknown. On rear has pencil markings cross outs and number "262" in bottom left hand corner. Record revised and image added 21/9/2013.trams, tramways, mmtb v214, royal park line, construction -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Illustration/s, Sydney tram 751
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Cutting from a magazine, illustration of Old Melbourne City Court on corner of Russell and LaTrobe Streets Melb. Has cable tram passing. Caption says early 1888, soon after cable tram line opened.trams, tramways, cable trams, city court, russell st. -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, Adelaide Mail, "A lot of surprises in half a century", Jan. 1950
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Newspaper clipping titled "A lot of surprises in half a century" from Adelaide Mail 7/1/1950, with photo of King William St. with horse trams and notes on life 50 years before that and what was happening in 1900. Item written by Max Fatchen. Record updated and image added 21/9/2013.trams, tramways, adelaide, horse trams, social history -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, Adelaide Advertiser, "Tape visible from 500ft", Mar. 1956
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Newspaper clipping (Adelaide Advertiser 26/3/1956), titled "Tape visible from 500ft" with photo and caption of a F class drop centre tram with new reflecting tape on front of drivers cabs and visibility at 500 feet. Record updated and image added 21/9/2013.trams, tramways, adelaide, accidents, reflecting tape, mtt -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, "Old trams "much better than present homes"", 1954
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Newspaper clipping titled "Old trams "much better than present homes"" with photo of ex Adelaide single truckers cars (A class), on stands at Port Augusta for use as homes (Port Augusta Council to give approval) and on rear photo of new SA Railways Bluebird rail cars at Islington Workshops beginning trials. Item not dated. Item can be dated by knowledge of date Bluebird Railcars commenced trials. According to Railmac publication, "Railcars of S.A.R., to 1975, first Bluebird commenced service 10/54. images of both photos on file. Record updated and image added 21/9/2013.trams, tramways, adelaide, port augusta, bluebird railcars -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, Cumberland Argus and Fruit growers Advocate, "Passing of the Steam tram from the main street of Parramatta", Oct. 1938
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...A set of four pages from the "Sesqui-Centenary" issue of the 'The Cumberland Argus and Fruit growers Advocate", dated Wed. 26/10/1938 - including an article on the former Parramatta Steam tram, its opening, closure. Also advertisement of local suppliers, motor car trailers, Malings stores, Parramatta and Granville Electric Supply Co. Ltd. radios and pianos. Record updated and image added 21/9/2013. Handle with care, repairs required.trams, tramways, parramatta, steam trams, closure -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, Sydney Herald, "Two old trams can make a home", Jun. 1950
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Sydney Sunday Herald article titled "Two old trams can make a home" features of 25/6/1950, page 2 of 16 has article on re-using Sydney tram cars as the basis for houses, includes 3 photos, mentions housing shortage, page 8 has feature on start of NSW Rail construction (1850) and photo of NSW steam locos includes many as and articles of the time. Record updated and image added 21/9/2013.p2 - "No 'O' class have been taken out of service / N,K or L/P have been sold or burnt so far" notes on photos - interior/exterior - "Steam Trail Cars". p8 "Saw 5802 go through Blacktown Sunday 28-6-1950".trams, tramways, sydney trams, houses, tramcar disposals, nswgr -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Colour Photocopy, Bill Kingsley, 22/11/1995 12:00:00 AM
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Has a strong association with the BTM volunteers who worked on the repainting of W4 671 and yields information about its appearance.Colour photocopy of a colour photograph of BTM W4 671 in "City of Ballarat" colours at depot on 12/11/1995, just prior to completion of work on that day. Standing by tram are Alastair Reither, Paul Mong, Simon Jenkins, Len Millar and Darren Hutchesson. Record updated 21/9/2013.w4 class, btm, city of ballarat, livery -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, 10 Sydney paper flimsy - Wal Jack Collection, c1950
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...10 Sydney paper flimsy tickets- See list with ticket location. Image of list added 29/9/2013 - see related documents.trams, tramways, sydney trams, tickets -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, Brooklyn and Queens Transit., New York - Wal Jack Collection
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Set of 3 tickets from Brooklyn and Queens Transit., New York. See attached notes for detail. Image of list added 29/9/2013 - see related documents for details.Name of each system written on rear of ticket.trams, tramways, usa, usa tickets, brooklyn & queens -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, Wal Jack, Album of collected tickets - Wal Jack Collection, 1933
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Yields information about many transport tickets systems from around the world, including some SEC tickets. Has a strong association with Wal Jack.Diary, printed for 1934, two days per page - full bound and sewn in black Rexene with end papers (partly removed) with gold block title "Diary 1934" on front and "1934" on spine of book, stationary item, with a Nestle's product advertised on the bottom right hand pages. Has a blue ribbon sewn into book. A number of pages have been cut from the front and back of the book. See btm230i for image of book. Has been used primarily to store and present tramway tickets using stamp hinges. Cities collected: Most c1950 though some earlier - 1920's, 1930's. MMTB - 5d - 12 No. - image 1 MMTB - 4d, 6d, 5d, 8d and 9d - 17 No. - image 2 MMTB - 2d, 3d 7d, 4d - 10 No. - image 3 Eastern Goldfields Transport Board - Kalgoorlie, 16 No. - image 4 Ditto - 6 No. - image 5 Ditto - 14 No. - image 6 Ditto - 11 No. - image 7 W.A. government tramways - Perth - 10 No. - image 8 Auckland - 5 No. - image 9 (Special One Day travel ticket loose) MTT Adelaide - 11 No. - image 10 NSW Govt. Tramways - Sydney - 20 No. - image 11 Brisbane - 10 No. and AETA tour ticket date 3/2/1951 - image 12 NSW Govt. Tramways - Sydney - 13 No. - image 13 St Kilda Brighton electric tramway - 1 No. - image 14 German and Swiss tramway tickets - 4 No. - image 15 Wellington, Hamburg, Wanganui, New Plymouth, Hobart and Winnipeg - image 16 Ballarat (or other Provincial cities) 11 No. - image 17 German cities - 9 No. - image 18 German cities - 4 No. - image 19 Front inside page of book has some birthdays listed of relatives and friends. Last few pages contain notes on photos of train leaving Ballarat 1943. 56, 57 (copy to ARHS Archives). Item revised 30/6/2002. Inside front page has a list of birthdaystrams, tramways, tickets, photo notes, vr steam locos, ballarat., kalgoorlie, mmtb, melbourne, auckland, weekly tickets, adelaide, perth, sydney, brisbane, vr trams, st kilda brighton, wellington, wanganui, new plymouth tramways, hobart -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Sign - Staff Tickets, NSW Department of Road Transport and tramways, Sydney tramways staff tickets, 1930's-1950's
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...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 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, William Ticket Printer & Brighton Corporation Transport, 2 tickets from the Volks Electric Railway - Wal Jack Collection, 1940's
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...2 tickets from the Volks Electric Railway - see attached notes for details, have been used. Image of list added 29/9/2013 - see related documents for details.On rear of ticket No. AC 06502 has in pencil "12" with the 12 within a circle.trams, tramways, volks electric railway, tickets, uk -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Photocopy, Neville Gower, "Mayor's Report 1975-1976", Jul. 1997
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Yields information about the City of Ballaarat the time of the Mayor's report to the City Council, about the events, industry, transport and other issues within the City.Photocopy of part of City of Ballaarat's Mayor's Report for 1975 - 1976. Originals held in the Ballarat Library. One page with photo of BTPS operation in Wendouree Parade.trams, tramways, city of ballaarat, trams, civic history, btps -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Album - Photo Album, Ron Scholton, "661", c1989
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...A photo album, spiral bound with 10 cardboard sheets with photos of late Alf Twentyman cable car set on covers. Each sheet coated with a glue and overlain by a plastic sheet. Album contains 34 photos of BTM W3 661operating in Melbourne 1989 on a charter for Yapper Tours. - no date on photos. Photos taken at Preston depot, South Melbourne loop, Camberwell depot, Thornbury depot, Preston Workshop gates, Sth Melb. depot, Victoria Parade, St Kilda, Brunswick depot, Victoria Market and Kew depot. Also six photos of W1 427 at Kooyong and Dandenong Roads, St Kilda, Batman Avenue, Swan St. bridge, Hawthorn and Wattle Park. See also Reg Item 5986 for a larger more formal album of photographs. Sample of images added 19-12-2016trams, tramways, w3 class, melbourne, w1 class, yapper tours -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Poster, David Frost and Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society, Romance of Australian Railways, c1978
... David Frost and Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Poster - foolscap size advertising book "Romance of Australian Railways", drawn by David Frost, glued onto green cardboard and stapled onto cut down SEC roof ad (ex Hot water). Poster has sketch of two trams (SEC Ballarat 38) and a Sydney tram smooching. Has been printed by a duplicator process. Image added 20-12-2016. See Publication date of Romance of Australian Trams, 1978.trams, tramways, tram books, sales, roof ads -
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Poster, David Frost, Train World, 1982
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Train world poster for use in roof ad rack of Ballarat trams. A3 size poster of a Uganda Railway Steam Locomotive (Mallet) drawn by David Frost and details of "Train World" hobby shop. Poster photocopied and glued onto a cardboard cut from another poster. Image added 20-12-2016.trams, tramways, train world, posters, roof ads -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Poster, David Frost, Train World, c1985
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Train World poster for use in roof ad of a Ballarat tram, consisting of wording and three cut out (Diesel locomotive power bogie, a VR train and a cartoon by David Frost and colour in water coloured wash, and colour pencil, mounted onto a sheet of cardboard. Image added 20-12-2016.trams, tramways, posters, train world, roof ads -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Membership Card/s, John Phillips, c1985
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Set of seven paper of varying colours laminated with thin plastic sheet, printed for BTPS membership card for years 1988 - 1995. Features sketch of a tram. On rear is printed a label for "W.Doubleday 85", or a handwritten label and stuck to rear of card. 688.1 - 1988 - 89 - 2nd copy issued to P.Winspur 76, 3rd copy issued to C. Dean 42. 688.2 - 1989 - 90 - 2nd copy held, issued C. Dean No. 42, 3rd copy issued to P.Winspur 76. 688.3 - 1990 - 91 (was originally 688, renumbered to 688.3) 7/11/2005 - 2nd copy held, issued to C.Dean 42 688.4 - 1991 - 92 - 2nd copy held, issued C. Dean No. 42 688.5 - 1992 - 93 - 2nd copy held, issued C. Dean No. 42 688.6 - 1993 - 94 - 2nd copy held, issued C. Dean No. 42 688.7 - 1994 - 95 - 2nd copy held, issued C. Dean No. 42trams, tramways, btps, membership cards -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Poster, Len Millar & others, Ballarat Vintage Tramway, c1995
... Ballarat Vintage Tramway...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Laminated A3 fawn coloured poster for use in tram roof ad racks, featuring Souvenirs available for sale on the tram and making reference to display cases. Includes drawing of tram 33. Image added 20-12-2016.trams, tramways, btm, posters, roof ads -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Poster, Len Millar & others, Ballarat Vintage Tramway, c1995
... Ballarat Vintage Tramway...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Laminated A3 fawn coloured poster for use in tram roof ad racks, featuring drawing of tram 33 and welcoming passengers aboard. Image added 20-12-2016.trams, tramways, btm, posters, roof ads -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Poster, Len Millar & others, Ballarat Vintage Tramway, c1995
... Ballarat Vintage Tramway...Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Laminated A3 fawn coloured poster for use in tram roof ad racks, featuring five different drawings of Ballarat trams - SEC 40, ESCo Toastrack, ESCo California Combination, SEC 13 and horse tram No. 7, with words "Ballarat Trams are Ballarat History" See Also Reg Item 3895 for a sale version of this poster. .1 - 693.1 - has four white Velcro dots on rear for display purposes.trams, tramways, btm, posters, roof ads, esco -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Poster, City of Box Hill, Box Hill Tramway, 1989
... Ballarat Tramway Museum South Gardens Reserve Wendouree ...Reproduction of a wall poster used by the Box Hill - Doncaster Tramway, includes sketch of Doncaster Tower, one of the tram cars and timetable. Printed in two colours on heavy cartridge paper. Printed for centenary of tram by the City of Box Hill? Was Australia's first electric tramway. See also reference for further information on the tramway itself. Copy 2 - ex the ARHS Vic. Division June 2000. Hi Res scan made for MoV July 2012. See Item 351, "Know Your City - Box Hill - Doncaster Tram" 1974, by the City of Box Hill. trams, tramways, box hill, posters, timetables, doncaster