Colour print of Ballarat tram 12 stored in a Hayshed at Telegraph Hill, near Ararat. The tram was transferred to NSW Steam Tram Engine Preservation Society who in turn passed it to the Sydney Tramway Museum - see Oct. 1974 issue of Trolley Wire for the background and the transport to Sydney during September 1974. Photographer unknown.Yields information about the storage of SECV Ballarat No. 12 in a Hayshed before its transport to Sydney.Colour print - on plain paper with rounded corners.tramcars, tramways, offsite store, telegraph hill, tram 12, sper, stm

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