Information on O Class Trams, First introduced, Last Withdrawn, Electrics, Size and Seating, W2 with a small photo, where they can be found, some went to the USA, W5 with a small photo, W6 and the Bendigo Toastrack Tram with Nos, Introduced, Withdrawn, Electrics, Size and Seating/Crush Load. Also listed is where other trams can be seen. Also mentioned some early history of Bendigo, The Heritage Walk, The Central Deborah, Sandhurst Town, the early route from Melbourne to Bendigo, Creswick, Castlemaine and the Old Market. (7 pages).bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - trams information, prahan and malvern tramway trust, hawthorn tramway trust, melbourne and metropolitan tramways board, australian electric transport museum, david hoadley, tramway musuem of victoria, hawthorn tram depot, david bromage, sydney tramway museum, bendigo tramways, museum of transport and technology nz, whiteman park tramway museum, haddon tramway museum, the old canberra tram company, ballarat vintage tramway, bendigo toastrack tram, kilmore cable tramway, railway museum, scienceworks, tasmanian transport museum, launceston tramway museum society, ballarat vintage tramway, central deborah gold mine, chinese joss house, castleton, sandhurst, shamrock hotels, dai gum san wax museum, post office, law courts, alexandra fountain, beehive store, fortuna villa, sandhurst town

Compiled by Gus Weir of the Wellington Tramway Museum, former Wellington tram driver. See Gus Weir Obituary - Wellington Tramway Museum 2019 file. Comprises photos taken during COTMA conferences and tours in Australia. Ballarat photos have details on the rear as do many others. Museums include Sydney, Victor Harbor, Bylands, Haddon, Bendigo, Ballarat, Rockhampton, Portland, Launceston, Perth, Portland and Hawthorn Melbourne. Ballarat photos are dated 11/2000.Yields photographic records of most Australian tramway museums. Album, black leather covered heavy card cover, with 46 double side paper sheets bound into album with two plastic sleeves per side to hold photographs. Some sheets at the front have been removed. Also has a paper envelope to hold negatives at the rear. Titled "Tramway Museums Australia" on the front spine.cotma, tram museums, btm, ballarat, gus weir, stm, tmsv, bendigo, portland, launceston, perth, mtpa, mtm, victor harbor

Set of five digital images by Chris Wurr of Ballarat Tramways signage: 1 - Timetable sign, Sebastopol line at Rubicon St. - see item 24 for the actual item in the collection - 4/10/1970 2 - Warning sign in Wendouree Pde at Haddon St. - 4/10/1970 3 - Time table sign at Gardens loop - see items 24 and 32 for the actual items in the collection - early 1971 4 - Trams Leave Here sign, cnr Sturt-Lydiard Sts. - see item 34 for the actual item in the collection - 14/8/1971 5 - Motormen sign at depot - see item 4894 for the actual item in the collection - Jan. 1971 Yields information about some of the signs placed by the SECV in Ballarat and illustrates some of those held in the Museum's collection.Digital - Black and white imagetramways, trams, signs, tram stops, tram depot

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping from the Geelong Times, Dec / Jan 2014 - titled "last stop Haddon". Written about the activities of the Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association and in particular Tony Smith. Has a photo of Tony working on SW5 849. Details the history of the Association and its museum location. Article and photograph by Ian Kenins. trams, tramways, mtpa, tram preservation, tram enthusiasts, haddon

Twelve page A5 booklet, stapled, folded, titled "Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association Inc Tour Notes", for a tour to the BTPS Haddon site, written by Craig Tooke 26/3/1989. Gives details of the museum safety, tramcars, buses and details of the association and its history, site map and how to get there from Ballarat.trams, tramways, mtpa, haddon, tours

Set of 16 photos of Ballarat tram system taken 1970c on a tour by an unknown Qld based person.Photo album containing 16 colour prints. Photo album has heavy card covers, covered in black textured plastic containing 12 clear plastic photo sleeves held with a white comb binder. Photos of Ballarat prior to closure, c1970. Photographer unknown. Donated by Peter Hyde of Brisbane Tramway Museum to BTM 3/2/2010, from a deceased estate. Photos apparently taken on a tram tour. .1 - No. 42 and a single trucker inbound in Sturt St. .2 - taken from tram ascending Bakery St hill in Victoria St. .3 - End of No. 42, with the destination "Haddon St via Drummond Nth" .4 - No. 11 and 42 in Lydiard St Nth, near the railway station. No. 11 showing special. .5 - photo of three people on the tour. .6 - Trams reversing at the Victoria St terminus .7 - ditto .8 - 11, 42 and 12? in Lydiard St North by railway station. .9 - Three trams at Sebastopol terminus. .10 - View in Albert St Sebastopol looking north along the track on the side of the road. .11 - View of the tram crossing in Albert St. .12 - 27 and 42 crossing Albert St Sebastopol. .13 - View of Albert St from the tram, north of the crossing looking at the reserved track 14. - Lydiard St North looking south .15 - 42 at the railway level crossing. .16 - View south of the railway level crossing, three trams, with passengers alighting.trams, tramways, ballarat, albert st, sebastopol, victoria st, sturt st, lydiard st nth, railway crossing

Tour pamphlet or brochure for the Rail Tourist Association Inc. visit to the Ballarat Tramway Museum and the Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association site at Haddon. Printed on A4 sheet, green paper, features a photo of Ballarat tram 14 on the front cover. Tour date - 15 January 2000. Gives details of the proposed tour arrangement, refreshments, fares and booking along with a booking form. See Item in January 2000 Fares Please! for report on the trip.trams, tramways, rail tourist association, btm, mtpa, excursions

Has a strong association with a tour organised by the TMSV to Ballarat Boxing Day 1985 - issued as a souvenir for the trip.Edmondson pasteboard railway ticket, No. 49, undated, printed for use on The Tramway Museum Society of Victoria visit to Ballarat and Haddon on Boxing Day, 26 December 1985. Ticket is printed in three sections, light green, fawn and light green - marked as Flinders St to Haddon and back same day. Has two red vertical stripes. Ticket number in reverse printing top and bottom of ticket. See Fares Please! January 1985 issue for details of visit.trams, tramways, tickets, tmsv, btps, tours

Photograph shows the scrapping prior to being burnt of W2 class tram 259 at Preston Workshops, during March 1975. The photographer notes that the saloon underframe and parts were used to repair tram 407 which is now owned and operated by the Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association at Haddon and/or on the Ballarat Tramway Museum.Yields information about dismantling or scrapping trams in order to provide parts to enable another tram to continue to operate.Black and White photograph with notes on the rear.In ink on the rear "259 scrapping to provide saloon underframe for badly damaged 407. 407 was PWS made 1926, 259 James Moore 1924. Body parts fitted perfectly. NC Photo. 407 preserved Haddon"trams, tramways, w2 class, tram 259, tram 407

Photographs of the posters in MTPA tram 41 providing the story of its restoration/reconstruction to a serviceable condition by both the MTPA and Bendigo Tramways.Yields information about the reconstruction of MTPA tram 41 which is currently at the Ballarat Tramway Museum.Colour print with a number on the rear - set of 2In ink "252/15 & 14"mtpa, haddon, vr class tramcars, tram 41, bendigo trust

Photographs of a sign fitted to VR tram 41: Black sign mounted on wood, stating "SMOKING IS PERMITTED IN REAR SALOON" with separate sections for "WEEK DAYS" and "SATURDAYS", detailing permitted times for cars leaving terminals.Yields information about a sign, regarding smoking fitted to MTPA tram 41 which is currently at the Ballarat Tramway Museum.Colour print with a number on the rear.In ink "252/13"mtpa, haddon, vr class tramcars, tram 41, signs, smoking

Three of the Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association (MTPA) trams in front of the depot at Haddon during the 2006 COTMA Conference tour. Trams W4 670, W2 407 and Victorian Railways 41. The latter two trams are currently (2026) operating at the Ballarat Tramway Museum.Yields information about three of the MTPA tramcars at Haddon.Colour print with a number on the rear.In ink "252/17"mtpa, haddon, w4 class, w2 class, vr class tramcars, tram 670, tram 407, tram 41

Set of 9 photographs showing Sydney Tramway Bedford Overhead trucks at work during the 1950s. 1 - Ford Bedford Fort Macquarie Depot 2 - Chevrolet - Newtown Bridge 3 - Bedford - track/overhead removal, Harbour Bridge 4 - Bedford - truck and R class tram 1838 at Maroubra Junction 5 - Bedford Tower waggon Alfred St Circular Quay - c1967 6 - Bedford Truck working in Bendigo - see item 10682 for details. 7 - Bedford tower waggon, King St City c1960. 8 - Bedford tower waggon - Eddy Ave, Central Railway, c1960 9 - ditto under one of the railway over bridges. With donation sheet is a copy of the photographs with captions and additional photos from Tony Cody of tower trucks: 10 - Sydney Tram Museum's truck 11 - Circular Quay 12 - Haddon, 13 - Bylands 14 - Princes Bridge x 2 by Keith Caldwell 15 - St Kilda Junction - Keith KingsYields information the maintenance of tramway overhead using Bedford TrucksBlack and white photographs with notes written on the rear - set of 9. Held with the donation document is a series of printed photos sheets with captions and other photographs supplied by Tony Cody.See contexttramways, secv, overhead, sydney, tower wagon, tower truck, melbourne

Tram 13 was built by Meadowbank Manufacturing Co. Sydney in 1915. First ran for the Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust and the Geelong. Came to Ballarat in 1936. When the trams stopped running in 1971 it was donated to Lake Goldsmith Steam Preservation Society. Returned to Ballarat in 1983 on loan to Ballarat Tramway Museum. Re-entered service in 1988. Photograph shows Tram 13 in Wendouree Parade near Haddon Street. It was the first tram out for day. Warning sign is on the side of the road - "WARNING ONCOMING TRAMS". Photographer Campbell Duncan took this photo on 22 August 1971.Colour image in cardboard Kodak mount. 35mm slideHandwritten notation in ink on mount.ballarat tram 13, meadowbank manufacturing, 1915, prahran and malvern tramways trust, geelong, 1936, 1971, goldsmith steam preservation society, 1983, re-entered service ballarat, 1988, campbell duncan, photographer, wendouree parade, haddon street