Notes on crossing loop locations in Ballarat, old loop around Wendouree parade dismantled in 1943 and relocation to another location within Wendouree Parade - between Brawn Ave. and Hotham St. Contained originally within Reg Item 5623 at the front of this note book. For items see btm5623 loose items list.pdf.Yields information about the location of crossing loops in BallaratHandwritten note or personal papers on two sheets of lined paper from a notebook trams, tramways, ballarat, crossing loop, wendouree parade

Geelong No. 1 leaves the crossing loop in Aphrasia St before turning into Pakington St. The tram has the destination of Station. See item 7821 for the original negative.Yields information about Geelong No. 1 and Aphrasia St.Black and white photograph, with hand written details on rear.See rear image. tramways, trams, geelong, newtown, aphrasia st, tram 1, geelong tramway

Geelong No. 1 leaves the crossing loop in Aphrasia St before turning into Pakington St. The tram has the destination of Station. Brown Gouge delivery truck. Note the asymmetrical loop at this location. See item 9051 for a print that identifies the date as 23-6-1949 and gives other details.Yields information about Geelong No. 1 and Aphrasia StNegative and Digital images of the Wal Jack Geelong Negative filestrams, tramways, geelong, newtown, aphasia st, tram 1

Digital image of Trams 18 and 17 crossing at Gardens Loop. Tram 17 has a Twin Lakes and a SEC roof advert. Photo by Peter Knife 24/7/1971.Yields information about tram operations in Ballarat, some two months before closure of the SEC operated tram system.Digital image of a colour slide.tramways, tramcars, ballarat, gardens loop, tram 18, tram 17

Digital image of Trams 12 and 38 crossing Grey St loop. Tram 38 has the unusual destination for this line of Mt Pleasant, a Bray raceway trotting auxiliary board. Photo by Peter Knife 10/5/1969. Yields information about Ballarat's trams in May 1969.Digital image of a colour slide.tramways, tramcars, ballarat, tram 38, albert st, sebastopol, tram 12, grey st loop

Photograph of the No. 25 and 23 crossing in the Parking Loop (Gardens South Loop), Music for the People day, 14-3-1948. No. 25 has destination of City and No. 23, Gardens via Sturt. Note the dog "boarding" the tram. Note the cars are parked with rear into the kerb. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negativeYields information about the streetscape and use of the Gardens Parking loop in the late 1940's which was subsequently removed.Negative and Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album.On rear of photograph in ink "SEC, Ballarat No. 25 to City, No. 23 to Gardens crossing at Parking Loop Ballarat Gardens, "Music for the People" day. 14-3-48" and Wal Jack stamp in top right hand corner with number "T96" written in.trams, tramways, gardens loop, wendouree parade, tram 25, tram 23

The photograph shows a Ballarat tramway crossing or passing loop at night, looking down hill, possibly the Seymour or Gregory St loop in Lydiard St North. The photo was used on page 59 in Keith Kings 1971 book "Ballarat Tramways." Yields information about the appearance of a crossing loop possibly in Lydiard St North at nightBlack and white photograph notes on rear with cropping paper.In pencil "No. 38, page 59 and KK" tramcars, tramways, crossing loop, passing loop, night photo

Photograph of Ballarat trams Nos. 15 and 22 crossing at the depot loop, Wendouree Parade, 22-12-45 - Wal's notes 1st day both bogies in service. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negativeYields information about the early use of Ballarat's bogie trams and the track in Wendouree ParadeNegative and Digital image of a photograph from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album that was loaned to the Museum by the family.On rear in ink "SEC Ballarat Tramways Bogie trams No. 15 and 22 in loop Wendouree Parade near depot. 1st day both bogies were out together. 22-12-1945" Wal Jack stamp in bottom right hand corner with number "T541" written in.trams, tramways, depot loop, bogie trams, lake wendouree, tram 15, tram 22

Photo of SEC Ballarat Tram No. 27 and 32 crossing at Depot Loop (Barrett Ave) in Wendouree Parade, east bound, near the Junction for the SEC Depot. Tram 27 has the destination of "Victoria St.". Has Lake Wendouree in the background. Shows the arrangement of the loop within Wendouree Parade Kodak cardboard mount slide, taken by Peter Moses August 1971.On back of slide in red ink "Ballarat / Passing Loop Wendouree Pde" and in bottom right hand corner in black ink "P. Moses" on the other side of the slide.tramways, trams, wendouree parade, depot, crossing loop, barrett ave, depot loop, tram 27, tram 32

Black and white print of a donated negative. Print made 8/1998. Photo of SEC bogie tram 38 and single truck, tram 21 crossing at Depot Loop in Wendouree Parade on 4/9/1963. both trams fitted with dash canopy lighting, but not the large white section under the driver's windows. Rainy day. Tram 38 has Castrol Advertisement and 21 a Twin Lakes and another roof ad. High Res scan of copy negative added 17/1/2019tramways, trams, wendouree parade, crossing loop, ballarat, depot loop, tram 38, tram 21

Yields information about the Carlton St loop area in Dec. 1970 (the wilds) and trams crossing at the loop.Colour slide - 35mm - of Ballarat single truckers No. 17 and 14 as the Christmas tram crossing at the Carlton St loop, Wendouree Parade; No 17 has the destination of Victoria St. Photo taken by Chas Bevan on Saturday 19-12-1970."Ballarat trams (Myers Xmas) crossing loop on lake line 19-12-70"tramways, trams, carlton st, christmas trams, decorated trams, wendouree parade, tram 14, tram 17

Yields information about the instructions about Signalling system on Wendouree Parade and Bridge St - Forest City signals.Five page, foolscap duplicated document, stapled in the top left hand corner, titled Forest City Signals, undated, has letters S4 in top right hand corner of first sheet, giving details about the Forest City signalling system installed in Ballarat, particularly around Wendouree Parade and the depot. Explains how the system operates, gives instructions, details of the system, location of the loops, trams following each other, power failure. Also gives details of how the Bridge St system operated and the switch at Grenville St. Note: The locations of the signals may not be not as detailed as in the Driver Training Manual - See Reg Item 3486. Does not provide instructions for Lydiard St North or Sebastopol routes. See also Reg Item 3456 for another similar copy.trams, tramways, signals, crossing loop, forest city signals, grenville st, wendouree parade

Photo shows a Geelong tram to North in Moorabool St at the Balliang St / Forser St loop in Moorabool St. In the background is a Caltex Service station and a bus. See also item 8299 for the trailing photograph.Yields information about the Geelong operations toward the closure of the tram system.Black and white Negative - 120 sizetramways, geelong, belmont, moorabool st, crossing loop

Photo shows a view from an eastbound tram in Wendouree Parade at the depot loop with a bogie tram approaching.Yields information about the views in Wendouree Parade of a crossing loop and tram operations.Negative - 127 film black and whitetramways, tramcars, crossing loop, wendouree parade

Yields information about the use of the trams on the Sebastopol line and their use by school children.Bromide of a black and white photograph of Ballarat trams 41 and 42 crossing at the Grey St. Loop, Albert St. Sebastopol, c1970. School children are boarding No. 41, which is inbound with the destination of Lydiard St. North. No. 42 is southbound, or outbound with a destination of Sebastopol. Richard Gilbert photo. Bromide made c1994 for possible publication, but not used, though may have been used in another publication. Print of the actual photograph added 27/1/2019 - see image i1. Richards notes that came with the photograph "Near the end of school term, students use the trams for the last few days of the closing school term. When the next terms commenced, the trams had been replaced". See image i2. Photograph has a sticker on the rear with "9" written on it and "Both these cars were transferred to Ballarat in 1956 from Geelong after that system closed. They were originally from Melbourne" and "Richard C Gilbert 1970". trams, tramways, grey st., sebastopol, albert st, crossing loop, schools, tram 41, tram 42

Yields information about track mileages and horse tram track and information used in calculating fares.Report or chart - set of two documents pinned together in the top left hand corner giving information of system miles for both track and fares. .1 - Blue print - Mileages Ballarat - giving route including Sebastopol Horse car and one leg of a loop. Provides single track miles, double track miles, Total track, Total Single track miles, miles for car mileages. .2 - "Fares Distances" dated 7-3-01 - all routes. Has been prepared on the rear of a 1921 calendar, Brown, Win? of 30 Armstrong St Ballarat.trams, tramways, mileage, horse trams, esco, fares, crossing loop

Yields information about the purported achievement of tram 27 reaching 1,000,000 miles and the TMSV Tour and the Lake View loop, showing its relationship with the Ballarat A power station and the removed set of points that were used to construct 0 road at the SEC depot in 1956.Digital image of a Black and white photograph of Tram 27 at the Lake View Loop in Wendouree Parade during the celebrations of the tram completing its "millionth" mile in Ballarat on Saturday 29 June 1968. Note that the south end points of the loop have been removed. The Ballarat A Power station fence is in the background. Tram showing "Special", has banner "This tram has just completed 1,000,000 (million) miles in Ballarat" on the front of the tram during the TMSV Celebratory tour. See also Reg Items 1878 and 7990 to 7995 for other photos of the day by Mal Rowe. Note: A review of the tram car mileages by Dave Macartney, showed that it was actually 900,000, due to a carryover error.trams, tramways, tmsv, million miles, lake view, wendouree parade, crossing loop, ballarat a power station, tram 27

Yields information about the set out and dimensions of various track points or turnouts and their use in Ballarat and Bendigo.Letter and list from Bill Kingsley dated 28-5-1986 to Warren Doubleday regarding points and turnouts for tramways looking at various track centres, leads, and dimensions as calculated for 1 in 6 crossings in Ballarat and Bendigo, 1 in 5 crossing in Ballarat, Brisbane and 1 in 8, AETM Adelaide.trams, tramways, points, trackwork, crossover, crossing loop

Significant in being a detailed set of instructions for the Forest City signalling system that was operated by the tram's trolley pole. Details of the locations and crossing loops where used, primarily around the loop and through Bridge St. and how it operated. Prepared and printed by the SEC during 1965.Five page, foolscap duplicated document, stapled in two locations along the top edge, titled Forest City Signals, and dated 20-1-1965, giving details about the Forest City signalling system installed in Ballarat. Explains how the system operates, gives instructions, details of the system, location of the loops, trams following each other, power failure. Also gives details of how the Bridge St system operated and the switch at Grenville St. Gives instructions for running out of the depot. Note: The locations of the signals are not as detailed as in the Driver Training Manual - See Reg Item 3486 See also Reg Item 5373 for another similar copy and fully scanned copy.trams, tramways, signals, crossing loop, forest city signals, grenville st, wendouree parade

Black and white photograph for SEC trams 18 and 37 at the Carlton St. Loop, Northbound in Wendouree Parade on 21/4/1962. Tram 18 is showing destination of "Gardens via Sturt St. West". Also has an "The Age" advertisement on drivers panel. Two crew members standing alongside the tram. Can see the Olympic monument in the background.In red ink on rear of photograph in three of the four corners "18 and 37 Carlton St. 21-4-62", "Keystone Ballarat" and "Neg 662-10".trams, tramways, carlton st, wendouree parade, crossing loop, keystone, tram 18, tram 37

Yields information about the painting of while lines at crossing lines to indicate clearances between tram lines.Carbon copy of a Hand written memo on SEC memo paper from D/E dated 1/3/1955, titled "Painting of White Lines on Loops”. signed by Les Denmead. BTPS Number "223" Has “223” in biro in bottom right hand and top right hand corners.trams, tramways, sec, crossing loop

Copy of an article by Neville Gower, published in "Somersault", the magazine of the Signalling Record Society of Victoria, May 1988. Describes location of loops in horse drawn era compared to those of the ESCo area 1905 to 1934, with reference to changes made to ESCo Loops by SECV upon rehabilitation of the system, based upon changes on BTM's collection of staffs. Published in p54, 55, 56 and 60 of Somersault, May 1988. Copy supplied by Graeme Reynolds, printed with a dot matrix printer. Page 56 and cover page supplied by Warren Doubleday (2/1999). Was a follow up article or item by Peter Barry in the July 1988 issue and an article on Bendigo during 1989. (Information provided by David Langley editor at the time - 1/1999). See also item 988.p1 - 54 has been enhanced in black ink.trams, tramways, signals, crossing loop, esco, tramway staffs

Copy of an article by Peter Barry on the location of loops and operations of the Ballarat Tramway system. From pages 76 to 79 of the July 1988 issue of Somersault. Cover page, page 61 included. Covers running times, loop sections on Sebastopol, Lydiard St and Eastern Routes, Weekdays and Sats. and Suns., View Point, Signalling system, points where trams reversed in the section.trams, tramways, signals, crossing loop, secv, operations

Christmas Card prepared by Peter and Patti Duckett and sent to Keith Kings Printed photo on exterior with red printed ribbons, photo corners on inside with another photo and gold block print and the Duckett's address. Photographs by Peter Duckett. Item made for 1996 Christmas Card titled "Single Track Days on the East Brighton Line", featuring the story of the single track extension in 1937 for the East Brighton, route 64 line. Notes the staff system in use for Safeworking. Cover photo includes the driver of W2 class 452 bound for East Brighton, picking up the staff from another car and the inside print of tram 550 at the terminus."To Keith" in ink.trams, tramways, east brighton, route 64, safeworking, staff, crossing loop, w2 class, tram 452, tram 550

Digital Image of two crewmen conversing between tramcars while at a crossing loop and possibly swapping cars.trams, tramways, loops, conductors, crews

Printed street map titled "Bendigo Including city and district maps", published by the RACV, showing the central part of Bendigo on the front cover, Bendigo Outlets and notes on the city itself. Has the tram lines shown dotted, only shows the full extent of the Golden Square line. Inside has a district road map. The front cover has the number "0468" in the bottom left hand corner, indicating the publication date.in ink on the Bendigo Outlet map, has various notes showing the location of crossing loops on and off the map and the location of the tram depot itself.trams, tramways, map, bendigo, racv, railways

Photo shows the front of Geelong bogie tram No. 33, possibly at a crossing loop on the Belmont line.Yields information about the AETA's first Geelong tour in 1948 and the trams being operated on that day.Black and white photograph of Geelong No. 33tramways, trams, sec tramways, geelong, tram 33

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) with a photo of Bendigo No. 5 in the crossing loop at Myrtle St. loop, with No. 24 leaving the crossing loop for Charing Cross. No. 24 has a Cohns Drink advertisement on the front dash panel and two roof advertisements. Tram has destination of Golden Square. In the background is the Sacred Heart Cathedral . Photo taken c1962."BES 24" in penciltramways, trams, bendigo, golden square, myrtle st, tram 5, tram 24

Set of two photographs during April 2004, of the tram track pavement reconstruction in Wendouree Parade - Photo taken at the old Crossing Loop. Photo by Carolyn Dean.On rear of each photo in ink, "04-04", "Photo by Carolyn Dean"road works, wendouree parade

Yields information about the condition of Wendouree Parade in the Gardens during the last 12 months of operations.Colour slide - 35mm - of Ballarat No. 13 south bound to Mt Pleasant in Wendouree Parade, just past the old Gardens crossing loop. Photo by Chas Bevan 19-12-1970"Ballarat trams (bogies) at depot 19-12-70" in ink.tramways, trams, wendouree parade, gardens loop, tram 13