Yields information about the rostering of crews possibly for a specific day, alterations to regular rosters/runs. Handwritten.Handwritten notes - undated - about the traffic arrangements, possibly for a particular day - gives 9 different run numbers, changes to run and details on starting and finishing times and what to change with. Exact context of use unknown - could have been the changes for a particular day towards the end of the services due to crew shortages.trams, tramways, timetables, sec, ballarat, crews

Exercise book with personal notes on tramcar maintenance, operations, recovery etc of C. Willoughby in a Spicers Tudor Exercise book - 64 pages with arithmetical tables on the rear cover. Topics covered: Rail Grinder - details on how to operate and maintain it North Fitzroy Dick Kerr, Clyde, K35 and RC2 Controller sequences and diagrams - notes on testing and faults Buzzer wiring diagrams Maintenance of trams interiors and rooves - items to be checked for Line Breakers Lighting Circuits Compressors Trolley poles etc Air operated doors Re-railing of Maximum Traction trams - 22E ditto for equal wheel bogies ditto when split points Use of false trucks Derailments on the Royal Park line Electrical equipment faults Adjusting Trolley Poles heights and tension Notes on truck types and braking Brake diagram summary, giving specifications and a list of relevant drawings Forms for the insulation testing of the Rail Grinders Checking motor leads and electrical equipment - written on the rear of a St Patrick's Day Procession notice for 1962. Advice from Neil Elfick, 23/6/2018 knew him when the Running Shed Foreman at Kew Depot.trams, tramways, tramcars, faults, controllers, 22e trucks, derailments, accidents, royal park, grinder, notices and information, st patricks day

Yields information about the SEC Ballarat depot staffing between 1969 and 1971 and has a strong association with them.List - A4 sheet titled - "Ballarat Tramways Depot Staff" prepared by Wayne Kell. Lists Foreman, Leading Hand, Controller Maintenance, Tram Mechanics, Pitman, Car Cleaners, Carpenters and Painters and Points Maintenance person. Two copies - one on a white sheet and one on a yellow sheet. Stan Lakey Dan Irvine Bert Peart Ted Davis Harry van Oorschot George Grey Norm Lorensini Austin Domaschenz Way Kell Max Devlin Ned Romeo Jack Marone Adam Balloch George Etheridge Les North Ted Fishsec, depot, workshops, tram tracks, employees, tramcar operations

Set of two Newspaper cuttings from The Courier, Ballarat, about the operation of the horse tram on 1/10/1995. 1104.1 - article with photo in the Courier Monday 2/10/1995 by Paul Nolan, about the horse tram quoting Museum President Mr Richard Gilbert, about the horse tram and the museum. Photo features Len Millar and horse owner Fred Lewis. 1104.2 - photo of Len Millar, Fred Lewis and Richard Gilbert with the horses in between, with a caption about the previous weekend operation of the horse tram. Cutting dated Wed. 4/10/1995 and assumed to have come from The Courier. Image of whole newspaper cover added 28/3/2011 - see image i21104.1 - in centre of the top edge in blue ink "2/10/95" 1104.2 - in bottom right hand corner - "Wed. 4/10/95".trams, tramways, horse trams, btm, fred lewis, tramcar operations

Clipping from page 28 on the Melbourne "Herald Sun" newspaper of 3 December 1997 with photo and small news item of the BTM commencing Wednesday operations. Has same photo of that of the Ballarat Courier. Images added 24-12-2016trams, tramways, btm, tramcar operations

Clipping from page 3 of the Ballarat Courier newspaper of 20 November 1997 with photo and small news item of the BTM commencing Wednesday operations. Has same photo that later appeared in the Melbourne Herald Sun -(see item 727). Article written by Barbara Adam and photo by David Whelan See also November 1997 (with newspaper Clipping in storage folder) for details of Wednesday operations and the interview, story by Darren Hutchesson. See also Reg items 726 and 727. 730.1 - 2nd copy in better condition, 2nd copy added 25 June 1999. See BTM Fares Please! 1997 and Reg. item No. 726730 - On side of page "Courier 20/11/97 page 3" in blue inktrams, tramways, btm, tramcar operations

Report - 9 foolscap sheets - titled "MMTB Planning Branch - Maximum Capacity of a Double Track Tramway", dated June 1968 looking at the capacity of Swanston St in peak hours compared to an underground tramway with bogie or articulated trams. Compares different types of trams - SW6 to PCC, headways, time intervals, size of tram stops, traffic lights and comments. 2nd copy - original document - card covers, red binding on the left hand side - with three diagrams,2nd copy has "Lees" in top right corner.trams, tramways, mmtb, tram stops, swanston st, tramcar design, tramcar operations, traffic lights

Series of eleven(11) Colour photographs, postcard size, of the operation of the tramway during the 1997 Begonia Festival. Features various trams, locations, crews and nature of the working. 723.1 - 671 at Carlton St., 8/3/1997 - Richard Gilbert and Simon Green 723.2 - 671 at St Aidans Drive, 9/3/1997 - John Phillips and Clayton Giles 723.3 - Depot Junction, 8/3/1997 the signboard, John Phillips with "Hogaphone" and Travis Jeffrey 723.4 - Depot, 14, 26, 8/3/1997, Gavin Young, Paul Mong 723.5 - 27 at Depot Jtn, 8/3/1997 723.6 - 671 and 14 at Loop, 9/3/1997, John Phillips 723.7 - Gardens Loop, Richard Gilbert on the phone, 9/3/1997 723.8 - 671 coming into the loop from the south end, 9/3/1997 723.9 - Depot Junction, 8/3/1997, Travis Jeffrey 723.10 - 14 at Gardens Loop. Richard Gilbert and Paul Mong, offloading passengers, 9/3/1997 723.11 - 661, depot, with the Begonia Festival and Museum sign. See March 1997 Fares Please!On rear of all photos in blue biro " 8 or 9/.3.97" and "Photo Carolyn Dean"begonia festival, depot junction, btm, tramcar operations, tram 671, 661, 14, 27, 26

A4 sheet of paper, printed giving details of the commencement of regular Wednesday operations of the Ballarat Tramway Museum. Prepared by Len Millar on 18/11/97 for services commencing on 19/11/97. Copy in collection printed 1/1/98 from document held on computer. Images added 24-12-2016trams, tramways, btm, tramcar operations

Document titled "Sundry Traffic Information Cable and Electric Depots" 23-3-1927 photocopied from an original MMTB document. Lists for each depot, both cable and electric, details of the personnel, tramcars, operations, route details and for electric depots, location of cross overs.Yields detail information about cable and electric tram depots in Melbourne.Information book - card covers, containing photocopied pages - 26 sheets for cable trams and 28 sheets for electric depots. Covers and binding strip cut from a 1967 Sands McDougall calendar. Cable tram section has letraset black tabs. tramways, trams, cable tram, depots, car houses, operations, tramcars, mmtb

Covers the development of the battery tramway, depot, battery tramcar operations, steam locomotives, horse trams, steam trams, track, managers of the private company, ESCo purchase, electric trams, trams from Melbourne, SEC, description and extension to North Bendigo. May have been copied from another source.Yields information about the history of tramway operations in Bendigo and the tramcars.Handwritten copy of an article or an original article, titled "Bendigo Tramways 1890 - 1942" Eleven pages. Contained within Reg Item 5485 - Service Exercise Book, black covers, with label, red binding titled "No. 2 - Ballarat Tramways & S.E.C. Systems". trams, tramways, bendigo, battery trams, steam trams, sec, esco

Report - 18 landscape format - A4 pages + card covers, bound with a plastic binding on the left hand side. Titled "A tramway museum and Tourist Tramway for Melbourne". Prepared by Robert Green mid 1990's. Examines various aspects of establishing a Museum at the full site of the Hawthorn; Has a Introduction, preservation and tourism, world vintage tramcar operation, the TMSV, operation of the Museum and trams, establishment requirements, an imaginary visit to the Museum, conclusion and recommendation.trams, tramways, hawthorn, hawthorn tram depot, tmsv, museums

Draft of an article with notes/additions by Keith Kiings on the signalling system and tramcar operations in Bendigo. Looks at the basic services, crossing loops, signalling, following movements (Bendigo used a white disc on the tram to indicate a following tram, Ballarat did not use this system), short workings, reversals, observations of actual workings. Includes a map drawn by Keith Kings in 1972. Published in the September 1990 issue of Somersault, by the Signalling Record Society of Victoria.Yields information about the operation of the Bendigo tramway system using the Forest City Signalling system.Six A4 pages of a draft of an article by Peter Barry and correspondence to Keith Kings re "Signalling and Operations on the Tramway System in Bendigo, April 1990.tramways, trams, bendigo, signalling, forest city, operations, crossing loops, srsv

Form headed "Ballarat Tramways Punch Register" - with extensive entries required for the record of tramcar operations on ESCo Ballarat tramways. Principally around the number of tickets sold, punched and trips with the pay-in details along the lower edge. HP James notes the use of Bell punches of two types in his notes on tickets - see item 2541. See item 2531 for a 4d ticket that states it had to be Bell punched. Has space for 4d return, 1d night school, disabled soldiers, and various values of dockets. Has a piece of paper glued to the top - lower right hand area to record 4d and 3d exchange tickets.Demonstrates an ESCo trip waybill and bell punch register.Preprinted form - double layer of paper with red horizontal ruling.tramways, ballarat, fares, pay-in forms, tickets, trip waybills, esco, bell punch

Set of four colour photographs taken during the March 2000 Begonia festival by Carolyn Dean of tramcar operations in Wendouree Parade on Sunday 12 March 2000. On Kodak Paper. 1345.1 - Tram 671 by the Festival Ticket Booth at the Paddle Ferry stop, with tramcar 18 in the background. Len Millar driving tram. The floral carpet was nearby. Trams southbound in Wendouree Parade. .2 - ditto .3 - Tram 671 northbound in Wendouree Parade, near Windmill Drive North. .4 - Tram 18 northbound in Wendouree Parade, near Windmill Drive North. See Fares Please! March 2000All have on rear in black ink "12.3.00 / Photo by Carolyn Dean"wendouree parade, begonia festival, btm, tram 671, tram 18

Extensive history on the foundation of the three Victorian Provincial tramways, operations, tramcar lists and relationship to their private operation and power stations.. Foreword by Professor Weston Bate Yields detailed information about the history of the three SEC Provincial systems, in particular the construction history and their tramcars.Book - 212 pages on art paper with a gloss finish applied to photographs, sewn with glued end papers, folded dust jacket or cover titled "Last Tram at Eleven - Tramways of Ballarat, Bendigo Geelong". Written by William F Scott, published by Full Parallel Productions 2008. Has a cloth book mark. Has a Table of Contents, Index, many photographs, maps, liststramway history, ballarat, bendigo, geelong, tramcars, trams

Booklet titled - "Instructions to Motormen and Conducotrs of Efficient Operation of Tramcars and Tramcar Equipments", published in 1920 by the MMTB Eastern Systems (Hawthorn, Kew and Malvern depots) about the operation of tramcar controllers, speeds, cost of power, stopping times, brakes, delays, and a table showing where tramcars should be operated in series on down grades and where to coast. All to save power. Has the logo of the printer on the back page.Demonstrates a MMTB publication of 1920 advising crew in tramcar operation and how to save electrical power.Booklet - 20 pages + blue cover, centre stapled.tramways, trams, eastern system, instructions, mmtb, tram controllers, power supply, costs

Set of twelve crew timetables known as "blocks" or "depot table sheets" for Kew depot - printed on A4 sheets stapled together. Has various symbols explaining crew movements. Last two sheets give graphical details of tramcar operations and a list of tables and duties indexes. .1 - Sunday 27-8-2006 .2 - commencing Monday 28-8-2006 - annotated in ink "Collins St Review Block, Comm 10th Sept 06?" .3 - Sat 2-9-2006 .4 - Friday 1-9-2006 .5 - Thurs 9-1-2014 with a notation "Wed 8-1-14" .6 - (6a and 6b) - two versions for Friday 1-6-2010 .7 - (7a and 7b) ditto for Monday 14-6-2010 .8 - Thursday 8-1-15 .9 - Sunday 9-2-1997 .10 - Saturday 15-2-1997 .11 - Monday 24-2-1997 .12 - Friday 28-2-1997trams, tramways, kew depot, timetables, crews, table cards

Duplicated quarto sheet for the Victorian Schools Railway Club Association, VSRCA, tour during 1960 using MMTB PCC tram 980. Provides details of the tramcar and its Melbourne operation. On the rear is a typed note thanking the person for the book and that it will be departing Malvern at 2pm. No date on the circular.trams, tramways, vsrca, pcc, tours

Set of documents associated with the Colonial Tramcar Restaurant that commenced operations in 1982 and ceased in 2018 due to dispute with Yarra Trams over the safety of the tramcars. It was a very popular operation. See reference for further details. Item 1 - notes the September 1984 Tourism Award, item 2 and 3 are promotional pamphlets. The Museum has other similar documents from different dates in its collection. Yields information about the Tramcar Restaurant operation in Melbourne.Set of three documents, full colour on gloss paper, for the "The Colonial Tramcar Restaurant", Melbourne. 1 - Menu - full dinner four course menu, including logos. On the rear is a brief history of Melbourne tramways and the Colonial Tramcar Restaurant itself. Has contact details. 2 - pamphlet with 442 on front cover, advertising the restaurant, the food, seating plan, departure point and the availability of the tramcar. 3 - pamphlet promoting group bookings, general information, contact details including telex and fax numbers. Gives prices from Jan. 1988 and times. tramways, trams, w class, restaurant tram, colonial tramcar restaurant, menu, tram 442

Book - brown Rexene covers, with 8 pages (two sheets) centre stapled inside, titled "Instructions in the Operation of Tramcars", published by the Hawthorn Tramways trust giving instructions about the correct operation of controller, where down grades and coasting could be done, stopping time, brakes, delays, and general instructions re operations. Published by HTT 1919.trams, tramways, hawthorn tramways trust, htt, instructions, tram stops, controllers

.1 Pamphlet - folded DL full colour printed on gloss light weight card, titled "Choose your TramTracker" advertising the iPhone App, its features, desk top gadgets, on line access and where the tram stops ID can be located. Has the various Yarra Trams and TramTracker/ Printed April 2012 Two copies held. .2 - Pamphlet - cut to hang within tramcars, titled "Our Operations Centre in YOUR pocket" advertising the TramTracker system and its attributes. Published early 2017.trams, tramways, tramtracker, tramways, melbourne, control centre

Produced by the North Sydney Boys High School Railway club, prior to the closure of the Bendigo system - little else written and published at the time about the history and details of the system. A very good booklet for the time - produced entirely by the wax cut stencil process. Has a strong association with the people who prepared the document. Lower significance as not directly associated with Ballarat.Twenty page booklet on the history, operation and tramcars of Bendigo, produced by the Nth Sydney Boys High School Railway Club in September 1971. Printed on a wax cut stencil process, with green covers, drawings, maps, track layout, fleet list, gives tentative closure dates, route descriptions, sketches, stapled on edge. Title "The Bendigo Tram". Inside front cover notes written by A. Weston and typed by Geoff Clark. See Reg item 302 for the Ballarat version.trams, tramways, bendigo