Set of four black and white photos by Bill Kingsley of trams in South Melbourne: 1 - SW6 895 (Sth Melbourne & St Kilda Beach, Route 12) outbound in Albert Road. Tram has advertisements for Robo 2 min auto car wash, and Norton makes Bear Tape. 2 - W2 639 (Sth Melbourne & St Kilda Beach, Route 12) outbound in Albert Road. Tram has advertisements for Tolleys Brandy. In the background is the former South Melbourne Football ground. 3 - W5 773 (City-Brunswick St, route 12), turning from Albert Road into Clarendon St. Tram has advertisements for Sprint soft drink and HMV sound systems. 4 - Photo of Bill KIngsley's well-known VR Combi van.Yields information about the Albert Road tram servicesSet of four black and white photographs and associated 35mm negatives.Location on the rear of each print.trams, tramways, bill kingsley., albert road, clarendon st, route 12, sw6 class, w5 class, w2 class, tram 895, tram 639, tram 773, vr combi, south melbourne, south melbourne football ground

Set of two photographs, possibly during a Footscray Technical College tour in July 1974. Such tours were arranged by Bill Kingsley. 1 - L 102 at Brunswick Depot. Note the destination of "Fawkner" - which was used to link with bus services at various times of the day between North Coburg and Fawkner station - see reference. 2 - ditto turning from Pilkington St into Barkly St North Fitzroy, part of the single track Holden St. line.Yields information about the use of L class trams.Set of two colour prints, Kodak paper with date of July 1974 on rear.Location and tour notestrams, tramways, l class, tram 102, brunswick, fawkner, pilkington st, barkly street, bill kingsley.

Set of six photographs showing Domain Interchange or Junction including trams and buses in St Kilda Road. Photos by Bill Kingsley who lectured in Civil & Traffic Engineering at Footscray Technical College. These would have been taken to show how an interchange functions. Dated on an envelope with negatives as 13/10/1971. 1 - Tram stop showing shelter, SW6 886 (City) and Melbourne Brighton Bus No. 660 (City, route 602). Tram 886 had adverts for Ferris car radios and Sony electronics. 2 - W2 550 (City no route number) arriving at the stop with passengers waiting. 3 - Two Melbourne Brighton buses (routes 601 and 602) with a long line of outbound trams in the background. 4 - Inspectors cabin with W2 428 and W2 324 (City, route 67) 5 - SW6 897 (City route 3) with Inspectors cabin and Domain Road in the background. 6 - Bunch of seven southbound trams between Domain Road, tailed by W2 574 (Malvern Burke Rd, Route 5).Yields information about the Domain Interchange / JunctionSet of six black and white photographs and associated 35mm negatives."Domain Intersection" on rear of each print.trams, tramways, bill kingsley., domain interchange, st kilda road, domain road, w2 class, sw6 class, melbourne brighton bus line, buses, tram 886, tram 550, tram 428, tram 324, tram 897, tram 574

Yields information about the way former SEC Ballarat tram No. 39 was house in Lismore following the closure of the SEC tramways and recovery by the BTPS.Digital image from a colour print of Ex SEC tram No. 39 under the shelter at Lismore, circa June 74 (date stamp on back of photo). Printed on Kodak paper. Photo by Bill Kingsley. Shows the substantial nature of the shelter provided for the tram."39 Lismore (Bill K)" in ink.trams, tramways, lismore, tram disposal, tram 39

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 crossing sin Ballarat and Bendigo, 1 in 5 crossing in Ballarat, Brisbane and 1 in 8, AETM Adelaide.trams, tramways, points, trackwork, crossover, crossing loop

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

Photocopy of a paper titled "COTMA Its Origins, Aims and Operation", by Keith Kings, Executive Officer, presented to the Meeting of the Historical Engineering Relics Committee of the Institute of Engineers Annual Conference, 7 April 1978. Looks at the structure of COTMA, preservation movement in Australia, and formation of COTMA and past conference and that all work is voluntary.trams, tramways, cotma

Yields information about the BTPS volunteers constructing the Trackwork at the BTPS depot in 1973 and who was undertaking the work.Black and white photograph of the BTPS workers boring a hole in the rail for a fish plate in the rails on No. 1 Road, 14 Oct. 1973. Featured in photograph are Bill Kingsley, Peter Reece, Richard Gilbert, Louis Melli and Peter Winspur. Photographer not known.In red ink on rear of photograph "Bill Kingsley, Peter Reece, Richard Gilbert, Louis Melli and Peter Winspur prepare the rail boring machine to bolt and plate the first rail on 1 road to the depot fan. Sun. 14 October 1973." tramways, trams, btps, depot, track laying

Has a strong association with the two BTPS workers, Maurice Calnin then President and Bill Kingsley.Digital image from a black and white print of Maurice Calnin (BTPS President) and Bill Kingsley alongside No. 26, circa late 1973, early 1974. "Maurie Calnin JP and I" in ink on rear.trams, tramways, btps, depot, tram 26

Yields information about depot activities of the BTPS constructing depot fan c1973 and some of those involved in the work.AGFA blue and white plastic mount 27mm sq slides of the construction of the ten depot fan, 2/3 road points early 1973, with Rolf Jinks and Bill Kingsley in the view. Various notations by John as to the slide number and the trams in pencil and ink.tramways, trams, btps, track construction, depot fan

Yields information about the closing hours of the SEC Ballarat tramways - night photo of trams in the city loop.Digital image from a black and white print of Ballarat No. 37 in the Sturt St loop - night photo. Taken on the last day of SEC tram services by Bill Kingsley, 19/9/1971. trams, tramways, sturt st, night photo, closure, tram 37

Yields information about the appearance of the Sebastopol terminus on the last day of SEC tramway operations.Digital image from a black and white print of 40 at the Sebastopol terminus, on the last day of SEC services, 19/9/1971. Photo by Bill Kingsley, looking north. Royal Mail Hotel, Sebastopol, alongside. trams, tramways, sebastopol, closure, tram 40

Yields information about the BTM's 40th anniversary celebrations, and some of the people involved.Set of seven colour prints of speakers during the 40th anniversary celebrations dinner at the Brewery Tap Hotel, Warrenheip. Taken by Earl Ewers, printed on Fujichrome paper. Taken 28/5/2011. .1 - Richard Gilbert speaking .2 - Paul Nicholson .3 - Neil Lardner, Richard Gilbert and Greg Rogers .4 - Neil Lardner, Richard Gilbert, Stephen Butler and Greg Rogers .5 - Alan Bradley .6 - Bill Kingsley .7 - Ballarat Bertie beer advert at hotel.On rear in blue pen .1 - Richard Gilbert speaking at 40th Anniversary Dinner, Warrenheip Hotel 28 May 2011. .2 - Paul Nicholson speaking at 40th Anniversary Dinner, Warrenheip Hotel 28 May 2011. .3 - Neil Lardner, Richard Gilbert, Greg Rodgers 40th Anniversary Dinner, Warrenheip Hotel 28 May 2011. .4 -L. to R. Neil Lardner, Richard Gilbert, Stephen Butler Greg Rodgers 40th Anniversary Dinner, Warrenheip Hotel 28 May 2011. .5 - Alan Bradley speaking at 40th Anniversary Dinner, Warrenheip Hotel 28 May 2011. .6 - Bill Kingsley speaking at 40th Anniversary Dinner, Warrenheip Hotel 28 May 2011. .7 -"Ballarat Bertie" adverts, Warrenheip Hotel 28 May 2011.trams, tramways, 40th anniversary, btm

Yields information about the closing hours of the SEC Ballarat tramways - night photo of trams at the Sebastopol terminus.Digital image from a black and white print of possibly the last or near to the last trams at the Sebastopol terminus with many cars at the terminus. Night photo. Taken on the last day of SEC tram services by Bill Kingsley, 19/9/1971. trams, tramways, sebastopol, night photo, closure

Report - single quarto duplicated sheet titled "Conference of Australian Tramway Museums", issued to Members of the BTPS in the March 1975 issue of Fares Please! Gives details of the conference, attendees, presentations and organisers. Organiser Bill Kingsley, Clyde Croft and Geoff Cargeeg.trams, tramways, reports, conferences, cotma, ballarat

Yields information about the appearance of the Albert St, Sebastopol track on the last day of SEC tramway operations.Digital image from a black and white print of the Sebastopol track in Albert St Sebastopol, looking north. Has a few houses and one tram in the photograph. Very lonely looking. Taken on the last day of SEC tram services by Bill Kingsley, 19/9/1971 trams, tramways, sebastopol, closure, albert st

Set of four Black and white photographs of some of the people, volunteer workers who were involved in the construction of the BTPS depot and trackwork - mid 1972 to 1973. .1 - Gavin Young in the mess room .2 - Richard Gilbert in the mess room .3 - Bill Kingsley, ?, ? Bounds and Gavin Young standing by an old tar heater being used as a heater in front of No. 1 road. .4 - Richard Gilbert, Andrew Hall, Bill Kingsley and Gavin Young - making up boxing for the cut off walls - early to mid 1973. See - 1972 - 1973 Annual Report which has a list of dates on page 3 of events at the depot.trams, tramways, depot fan, btps, construction, people and places, tram 14

Yields information about the horse drawn tower wagon first used in Ballarat and has a strong association with some of the COTMA 1975 Conference participants.Colour slide, Kodak white cardboard mount, developed April 1975 of the first horse-drawn tower wagon at Sovereign Hill. This item was offered to the BTPS but declined as it did not have the storage space for it. Understood to have later been dismantled. Photo dated 24/4/1975. See also Reg item 7280 for another photo by David Verrier. The tall person in the photo is John Radcliffe, and standing next to him is Bill Kingsley, The person with his hands in his pockets is Peter Kahn, and behind him is Mal Macaulay and Rolf Jinks. Standing alongside Bill Kingsley is Noel Forster person with tie - Geoff Cargeeg.ballarat, tramways, trams, tower wagon, sovereign hill, cotma

Demonstrates the way the SEC provided information to passengers about the fares and sections and other charges on the Ballarat Tramway system.Printed poster on heavy cartridge paper showing Ballarat Tramway (SEC) Fares, Charges, and Section Map. Also gives charges for Scholar's Monthly tickets, Luggage, Parcels and Newspapers. Dated July 1951. Digital image btm6322i2.pdf scanned in 2011 from the Bill Kingsley collection. Added 12-11-2015 trams, tramways, ballarat, fares, sections, map

Set of two Black and White photograph of seven BTPS volunteers pushing No. 26 back into the shed after an open day during 1973 or 1974 internal lighting up and possibly the overhead. Includes Bill Kingsley, Richard Gilbert, Stuart Loddington and one of the Bounds bros. No. 26 has been set up as the Museum tram. Printed on Kodak paper.trams, tramways, btps, museum, tram 26

Colour print of Richard Gilbert and Bill Kingsley taken in front of a bogie truck tram at the Gardens Loop (not sign on the pole behind the tram), along with ladies. The lady in the middle, Mrs. Lock donated the photograph to the Museum on 27/8/2005 - to John Clowes. Photo taken soon after opening either late 1974 or early 1975. Two copies held.btps, wendouree parade, opening

Set of 14 colour photographs by Carolyn Dean during the 2006 Begonia Festival period. Printed on Kodak paper. .1 - 661 and 27 at Gardens loop - 12/3/2006 .2 - Crowd scene at Gardens Loop .3 - Neil Lardner - conductor .4 - Loading passengers - 27 Gardens Loop .5 - Group scene at Mess room - Bruce Worthington, Graeme Cleak, Neil Lardner, John Shaw, Bill Kingsley, Alastair Reither, Greg Rodgers. .6 - Graeme Cleak and Bill Kingsley, 661 at St Aidans Drive .7 - Bruce Worthington sweeping track at depot .8 - Swinging the pole at Depot Junction .9 - 40 out in the open with 26 and 8 behind - 11/3/2006 .10 - ditto .11 - 466 on 6 road .12 - 671 at Depot Jtn - 12/3/2006 .13 - Graeme Cleak issuing check tickets .14 - ditto.On rear of each photo is name and address label of Carolyn Dean and date in black ink.wendouree parade, begonia festival, btm, depot, tram 661, tram 27, tram 671, tram 40, tram 8, tram 26, tram 466

Green cloth covered cardboard covers, sewn sections field or survey notebook, with end papers, made by Arnall & Jackson of Brunswick - their No. 641. Use by the BTPS - W. Doubleday and Bill Kingsley - for survey notes during the construction of the BTPS depot access track 1972 and 1977 , including pole survey and other notes. Gives levels around the depot. Full scan of document added as a pdf file 5/6/2019.trams, tramways, btps, surveys, depot, access track

Colour Print of a group of BTPS workers / trammies / volunteers dressed in SEC uniforms during the 1989 Begonia Festival standing along tram 26. Has the details of the people written on the rear on an adhesive label. Photo dated 13/3/1989. Photographer unknown. Left to Right: Bill Kingsley, Andrew Mitchell, Chris Jacobson, Clayton Giles, Richard Gilbert, Ian Hill, Dave O' Neil, Roy Sheedy.trams, tramways, btps, begonia festival, museum, personnel, volunteers, group photo

Photocopy - No Number, no date, other than BTM Number 228, No title – plan showing roads and trees in the Gardens area, early drawings, many roads on the east side of Lake Wendouree not built . Photocopy onto heat sensitive paper – 9 separate sheets joined with tape. An additional sheet added at the St. Aidans end showing roads – in pencil. Probably compiled for the BTPS by Bill Kingsley for planning purposes.Has “228” in biro on rear of sheet, and “Scale 100 foot to 1 inch” on front of sheet.trams, tramways, signals, forest city signals, equipment, electrical engineering

Black and white photograph of three trams crossing at Gray St. loop on the Sebastopol line in Albert St. No. 21, northbound is entering the loop, while a single trucker and No. 42 showing "Special" wait. A number of photographers are photographing the event indicating a enthusiast special. Probably taken early 1970's Item from the ARHS Archives dated 14/7/2004 via Bill Kingsley. No indication of original source, date or photographer.tramways, trams, sebastopol, gray st, special tours, albert st, tram 42, tram 21

Has a strong association with volunteer staff, and the first house at Bungaree.Colour print of groups of BTM Volunteers at the Bungaree house, c19789, the original house used by the Museum, weather board. Two photos group on same sheet. Photo 1 - Paul McDonald, Bill Kingsley, Richard Gilbert and Campbell Duncan on the porch Photo 2 - Peter Hill, Peter Winspur and Richard Gilbert in front of the house, possibly soon after moving in, given the condition of the grass etc. Photographer unknown at time of cataloguing, trams, tramways, btps, bungaree, volunteers

Yields information about the design and construction of the depot extensions for the BTPS in the mid 1970's and has a strong association with Warren DoubledaySet of personal papers of Warren Doubleday concerning the extension of the original depot of the BTPS in the mid 1970s' Includes drawings, sketches, Letters In and Out, Specifications, calculations, Building Permit and General Papers. This includes plans of Bungaree, list of drawings held by Bill Kingsley at the time, and a report dated 25/4/1977 titled "First Report of the Expert Panel on Tramway Museum Safety Standards to the Chairman and Members of the Council of Tramway Museums of Australasia".trams, tramways, btps, depot extensions, cotma, safety

Demi - foolscap duplicated sheet titled "Volunteer Work Party Enquiry Sheet", asking BTPS members to express interest in undertaking work for the Society in construction of trackwork, drainage and overhead. Gives contact details and that Bungaree is available for accommodation - c1978. Headed Ballarat Tourist Tramway. Contact details for Len Doull, Bill Kingsley and Peter Winspur. Has space for a person to return to 30 Barcelona St with their details. Sent out at the same time as a Membership Renewal.tram, trams, btps, trackwork, overhead

Black and white photograph of Geelong No. 39, photographed at the Geelong depot, prior to an AETA Tour on 2/4/1955. Photo by Peter Duckett. Tram has Australian Electric Traction Association sign on the front bumper, a auxiliary sign showing "Chartered Tram" and showing destination of "Special". See also Reg. Item 487 for a similar photograph. Item from the ARHS Archives dated 14/7/2004 via Bill Kingsley. No indication of original source, date or photographer.On rear of photograph in red ink at top "39 Geelong Depot 2/4/1955, Ex MMTB 39, to Ballarat as No. 41". On base of photo in blue ink "Peter Duckett Photo" and in red ink "AETA Special Tour"tramways, trams, geelong, depot, special tours, aeta, tram 39