Produced by the SECV to document the Tram rail switch gear.Yields information regarding the Tramway switch tongue.SEC drawing number VW4/17A, "Coning Gauge. Tramway Tyres - All Tramcars - Provincial Cities.". Drawn 17/01/1955. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print. Copy of original.electricity supply department, secv, works division, provincial tramways, coning gauge, tramway tyres, tramways

Produced by the SECV to document the Tram Tyre (wheel) specifications.Yields information regarding the Tramway Tyre cross section for different cheese sizes.SEC drawing number VW4/1, "Tramway Tyres. Copied from MMTB Drg. Nos. 16925 & 28799.". Drawn 20/12/1951. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print. Copy of original.electricity supply department, secv, works division, provincial tramways, tramway tyres, tramways, flanges

Produced by the SECV to document the Tram Tyre (wheel) specifications when ordering supplies.Yields information regarding the Tramway Tyre cross section for different cheese sizes.SEC drawing number VW4/2A, "Tramway Tyres. (DRG For Use When Ordering Supplies) All Tramcars - Provincial Cities". Revision A. Drawn 13/12/1954. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print. This drawing, revision 2A, was created from drawing W416/1A in 19/06/1961.Copy of original.electricity supply department, secv, works division, provincial tramways, tramway tyres, tramways, flanges

Yields information regarding hardness tests carried out on tramway tyres and brake shoes.SEC drawing number W-598, "Location of Hardness Tests on Tramway. Brake Shoes & Tyres". Drawn 23/05/1956. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print.Copy of originalsecv, state electricity commission of victoria, ballarat tramway, ballarat tramway museum, ballarat, electricity supply department, works division

Produced by the SECV to document the Tram Tyre (wheel) specifications.Yields information regarding the Tramway Tyres Flange Height Gauge.SEC drawing number VW4/18, "Flange Height Gauge. Tramway Typres - All Tramcars - Provincial Cities.". Drawn 12/01/1954. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print. Copy of original.electricity supply department, secv, works division, provincial tramways, tramway tyres, tramways, flanges

Produced by the SECV to document the Tram Tyre (wheel) specifications.Yields information regarding the Tramway Tyres Flange Width Gauge.SEC drawing number VW4/19, "Flange Width Gauge. Tramway Typres - All Tramcars - Provincial Cities.". Drawn 14/01/1955. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print. Copy of original.electricity supply department, secv, works division, provincial tramways, tramway tyres, tramways, flanges

Produced by the SECV to document the Inner Joggle Plates.Yields information regarding the dimensions of the Inner Joggle Plates for BSS No 1 & No 1C to 102lb BHP & 102lb BHP to BSS No 1 & No 1C.SEC drawing number VW4/4, "Inner Joggle Plates. BSS No 1 & No 1C to 102lb BHP & 102lb BHP to BSS No 1 & No 1C. Tramways.". Drawn 06/1955. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print. Copy of original.electricity supply department, secv, works division, provincial tramways, tramway tyres, tramways, flanges

Produced by the SECV to document the Outer Joggle Plates.Yields information regarding the dimensions of the Outer Joggle Plates for 90lb Lorain to 102lb BHP & 102lb BHP to 90lb Lorain.SEC drawing number VW4/5, "Outer Joggle Plates. 90lb Lorain to 102lb BHP & 102lb BHP to 90lb Lorain. Tramways.". Drawn 07/1955. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print. Copy of original.electricity supply department, secv, works division, provincial tramways, tramway tyres, tramways, flanges

Produced by the SECV to document the Inner Joggle Plates.Yields information regarding the dimensions of the Inner Joggle Plates for 90lb Lorain to 102lb BHP & 102lb BHP to 90lb Lorain.SEC drawing number VW4/6, "Inner Joggle Plates. 90lb Lorain to 102lb BHP & 102lb BHP to 90lb Lorain. Tramways.". Drawn 07/1955. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print. Copy of original.electricity supply department, secv, works division, provincial tramways, tramway tyres, tramways, flanges

Produced by the SECV to document the Outer Joggle Plates.Yields information regarding the dimensions of the Outer Joggle Plates.SEC drawing number VW4/3, "Outer Joggle Plates. BSS No 1 & No 1C to 102lb BHP & 102lb BHP to BSS No 1 & No 1C. Tramways.". Drawn 06/1955. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print. Copy of original.electricity supply department, secv, works division, provincial tramways, tramway tyres, tramways, flanges

Produced by the SECV to document the Tie Rod/Brake Spreader Bar for Maximum Traction Tramcars.Yields information regarding the dimensions and materials of the Tie Rod/Brake Spreader Bar.SEC drawing number VW4/20, "Tie Rod (Short). Brake Spreader Bar. Maximum Traction Tram Cars.". Drawn 21/07/1954. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print. Copy of original.electricity supply department, secv, works division, provincial tramways, tramway tyres, tramways, flanges

Produced by the SECV to document the Slack Adjuster Compression Spring.Yields information regarding the dimensions of the Slack Adjuster Compression Spring.SEC drawing number VW4/7, "Provincial City Tramways. Maximum Traction Tramcars. Slack Adjuster Compression Spring.". Drawn 24/03/1958. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print.Copy of original.electricity supply department, secv, works division, provincial tramways, tramway tyres, tramways, flanges

Produced by the SECV to document the 201 Motor Suspension Rubber.Yields information regarding the dimensions and material for the 201 Motor Suspension Rubber.SEC drawing number VW4/27, "Provincial Tramways - Ballarat. 201 Motor Suspension Rubber.". Drawn 17/09/1964. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print.Copy of original.electricity supply department, secv, works division, provincial tramways, tramway tyres, tramways, flanges

Set of nine Engineering standards that were acquired by ESCo during the 1920's. 2261.1 - British Engineering Standards Assoc. No. 101 - 1921, titled "British Standard Specification for Tramway Tyres" dated July 1921. 12pp + printed cover and a folded tip in sheet printed as plate 1, date stamped ESCo 14 Sep. 1923 - 216H x 141W, with "Tait Book Co. 90 William St. Melbourne" stamp on front cover. Light blue grey cover, with off white paper inside. Saddle stapled, rounded corners. Printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited, 49 Parliament Street Westminster SW1. See image 2261i1 for front cover. Publisher - Crosby Lockwood and Son London UK. - see images btm2261i1 and i2 for scans of the document. 2261.2 - British Engineering Standards Assoc. No. 2 - 1922, titled "British Standard Specification and Sections for Tramway Rails and Fishplates" dated March 1922. 56pp including cover, actual pages 35 - 50 are fold out sheets for plates 1 to 8 with rail sections detailed, date stamped ESCo 8 Jun 1926 - 216H x 142W, with "Tait Book Co. 90 William St. Melbourne" stamp on front cover. Light blue grey cover, with off white paper inside. Saddle stapled, rounded corners. Printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited, 49 Parliament Street Westminster SW1. Publisher - Crosby Lockwood and Son London UK. See image btm2261i3.pdf and i4.pdf 2261.3 -Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Standard No. E 1a - 1926T - "Tentative Australian Standard Specifications for Railway Permanent Way Material", dated May 1926. 32pp plus cover, date stamped by ESCo 14 June 1926 - 229H x 157W saddle stapled. Grey cover with off white paper inside. Printed by The Australasian Medical Publishing Company Limited. See image 2261i2 for front cover. Publisher - The Association Sydney, Australia. See images i6 and i7 for a pdf scan of this document. 2261.4 - British Engineering Standards Assoc. No. 2 - 1927, proof issue, titled "British Standard Specification and sections for Tramway Rails and Fishplates" dated 1927. 56pp including cover, actual pages 35 - 50 are fold out sheets for plates 1 to 8, date stamped ESCo 16 Jul 1927 - 216H x 142W. Off white paper covers and text. Saddle stapled, rounded corners. Has "Waterlow" name on front cover bottom right hand corner. 2261.5 - Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Standard No. C. 30 -1926T - "Tentative Australian Standard Specification for Drum Controllers and Resistances for use therewith for electric motors (DC and AC slip ring, excluding controllers for traction purposes", dated December 1926. 28pp plus cover, date stamped by ESCo 29 Jun 1927 - 227H x 152W. Grey cover with off white paper inside, saddle stapled. Printed by The Australasian Medical Publishing Company Limited. Publisher - The Association Sydney, Australia. 2261.6 - Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Standard No. C 33 - 1926T - "Tentative Australian Standard Specifications for Drum Starters for electric motors", dated December 1926. 28pp plus cover, date stamped by ESCo 29 June 1927 - 227H x 153W. Grey cover with off white paper inside, saddle stapled. Printed by The Australasian Medical Publishing Company Limited. Publisher - The Association Sydney, Australia. 2261.7 - Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Standard No. E 13 to 15 1927 T - "Tentative Australian Standard Specifications for Railway Rolling Stock Material, locomotive tyres, carriage wagon and tender tyres, weldless steel angle rings", dated August 1927. 32pp plus cover, date stamped by ESCo 15 Sep 1927 - 228H x 153W. Grey cover with off white paper inside, saddle stapled. Printed by The Australasian Medical Publishing Company Limited. Publisher - The Association Sydney, Australia. 2261.8 - Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Standard No. E 22 to 29 1928 - "Australian Standard Specifications for Railway Permanent Way Material", dated January 1928. 64pp plus cover, date stamped by ESCo, but not readable - 228H x 153W. Light purple cover with off white paper inside, saddle stapled. Printed by The Australasian Medical Publishing Company Limited. Publisher - The Association Sydney, Australia. 2261.9 - British Engineering Standards Assoc. No. 101 - 1929, titled "British Standard Specification for Tramway Tyres" dated February 1929. 16pp +cover, pages 13 and 14 are foldout plate 1, held together with sewn thread, - 218H x 142W, with "J. Ewins & Sons, Booksellers and Stationers Ballarat" label on front cover. Light blue grey cover, with off white paper inside. Printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited, 49 Parliament Street Westminster SW1. Publisher - Crosby Lockwood and Son London UK. Yields information about British Tramway Standards which were used on Australian and New Zealand Tramways.Set of nine printed books, centre stapled. trams, tramways, standards, tramway equipment, tyres, permanent way, track materials, electric motors, esco

Yields information about the development of the wheel profiles in Ballarat and other SEC tramways.Set of research notes - A4 sheets, titled "SEC wheel tyre - some historical notes", prepared 10/4/2005. Comprises: 1. Two page of notes, including references, giving SEC profiles, MMTB profile, Tyres before conforming to Geelong practices and tyre as conforming to Geelong tramway's practice. 2. Email between Warrington Cameron and Warren Doubleday dated 10/4/2005 3. Email between C. Tooke and K. Smith dated 15/3/2005 4. SEC drawing VW4/? - Tramway Tyres - copied from MMTB drawings 5. MMTB drawing R2624A 6. SEC drawing 7515/6 - Maximum Traction Tyre, 22E, 33" driver wheel tyre. trams, tramways, wheels, tyres, profiles, sec

See image 2085i4 for tender re brake blocks detailing the type of cast iron and the Brinell hardness.Demonstrates MMTB tender documents of 1923.Manila colour file marked "Specifications" containing 25 different specifications of the MMTB 1922 to 1925. Not all dated, generally foolscap sheets either pinned or stapled. Dated Tender No. For supply of: 30/6/1925 157 Steel castings Not dated Ballast Hopper trucks 1923 Steelwork for electric and cable tramway crossings Pamphlet Monier Pipes and box culverts Pamphlet Monier – septic tanks and aerators Not dated 229 Purchase of removal of cottages 101 to 107 Bouverie St Carlton Not dated Side tipping ballast trucks 18/7/1923 226 Brake shoes - see pdf file for a full scan 18/7/1923 222 Steel tramway tyres 18/7/1923 220 Concrete Mixing Plants Not dated 219 Dressed wooden poles 9/5/1923 215 Bricks 19/4/1923 214 Reinforced Concrete fencing posts 20/3/1923 213 Tramway steel wire ropes 28/3/1923 212 Painting exterior of 673 Bourke St Melbourne Not dated 210 Alterations to offices at Rathdowne St depot Not dated 202 80lb steel rails and fishplates 5/1/1923 198 GE201 Motors 6/12/1922 197 Hydraulic pit jacks 6/12/1922 195 Supply of Low tension feeder cable Not dated 194 Supply of high tension cable 4/12/1922 188 Supply of hard drawn trolley wire 6/11/1922 186 Dressed wooden poles 20/11/1922 182 Steel Poles 20/12/1922 171 Erection and completion of new car depot Glen Huntly Roadtrams, tramways, mmtb, tenders, specification, trackwork, motors, cables, poles, ballast wagons, glenhuntly tram depot, brake blocks

Document titled "Tramway Maintenance Minutes of Conference - April 26 and 27 1951", attended by SEC Head Office Officers, representatives from Bendigo and Geelong. Opening note on page 2 - that the discussions should be based on the SEC operating the tramways indefinitely. Topics covered - tyres and wheel centres, truck maintenance, suspension bearings, bearing metal (white metal), motor armatures, carbon brushes, air receivers, overhead equipment, tracks, car renovation - painting, gold lining, roof, floor treatment and covering, trolley wheels, purchase requisitions, spare parts, supplies, brake shoes, timber, castings, tramway drawings, patterns and a summary of action. Has a list of attendees.Yields information and demonstrates SEC Meeting minutes about discussions between the three Provincial operators about tramcars and operations.Minutes - 26 duplicated foolscap sheets pinned (was stapled poorly) in the left hand corner.trams, tramways, minutes, sec, geelong, ballarat, bendigo, tramcar equipment, maintenance, trackwork, overhead, painting, trolley wheels, brakes, motors

Extract from the 1957? Tramway Conference of the two tramway systems - notes on Brinell hardness of brake shoes, rails and wheels, tyres on hand, tram 32 and second life tyres, brake adjustment and settings, slack adjusters, renewable cups and steam cleaner use, repairs after accident damage, paintwork, type of grease on bearings, rail lubricatioin, Date based on two references to 1957 in the sheet.Demonstrates minutes of the 1957 Tramway Conference.Typed foolscap page of a carbon copy document - pages 2 to 4, page 1 missing.Has three sets of notes in ink written in.tramcars, tramways, bogie trams, pony axles, costs, tramcar maintenance, brake shoes, tram 32, brakes

Blank form to provide an administrative record - for each Provincial tramway branch to summarize the work done for a year end. Has sections for tram bodies, trucks, motors, brake blocks, tyres etc. Not dated.Demonstrates a SECV form for reporting on annual maintenance activities.Form - duplicated foolscap sheet titled "Maintenance report - Rolling stock"tramways, tramcars, secv, maintenance, reports

Set of notes for the Provincial Tramways Maintenance meeting to be held in Bendigo - 5/5/1958. Has a summary of actions from the 1957 conference, and an Agenda. One page of a multipage document titled "Some notes on the Agenda" dated 28/4/1958 reporting on track condition, life cycle on special work, flange running sections and rail hardness. Second loose sheet follows on from the 1957 conference, - rolling stock tyres, track maintenance - joining of rails and concrete sets. Memo dated 6/6/1958 from the Works Manager to Manager Ballarat branch forwarding a copy of the minutes of the conference held in Bendigo on 5/5/1968. These minutes are not in the collection as of April 2025.Yields information and demonstrates SEC Meeting minutes about discussions between the three Provincial operators about tramcars and operations.Thirteen foolscap typed sheets stapled in a landscape format to a folded manila card and two loose typed foolscap sheets. Half size foolscap sheet - copy.secv, ballarat, trams, tramways, minutes, sec, geelong, bendigo, tramcar equipment, maintenance, trackwork, trolley wheels, motors, maximum traction, employees

Memo dated 9/11/1960 to the Manager of Ballarat Branch from Manager North Western Region (Bendigo) giving details of Bendigo tram No. 1 transferred to Ballarat. Gives history, mileages, axle numbers, tyre mileage, armatures, and trolley wheels, including fitting date. The tram became Ballarat 37 (the second one) and is now at the Sydney Tramway Museum. Signed by Mr Sutherland. See item 5549 for dates of transfer.Yields information about Bendigo No. 1 when it was transferred to Ballarat during October 1960Memo on SECV letterhead, typed with handwritten signatures and receipt stamp.tramways, ballarat, reports, secv, tram 1, tram 37, bendigo, tramcars

Set of 6 photographs by Robert Green 31/12/1968, showing the tramcar operations of the SECV system on that day: 1 -Tram 38 Northbound crossing Albert St 2 -Trams 42, 38 Crossing at Grey St Loop. Tram 42 has a Trotting at Bray Raceway Auxiliary board 3 - View looking south along Barkly St, Mt Pleasant 4 -Tram 31 Tram northbound in Barkly St for the Gardens. Has a Pay as you enter sign. In the background is a milk bar with newspaper adverts 5 -Tram 32? Turning from Barkly St into Main Road. Tram has an ANA funds sign. IN the background is a billboard for Olympic tyres. 6 -Tram 32 In lower Sturt St with the 8-hour monument in the background. Yields information about the SECV Ballarat tram operations on 31/12/1968.35mm negative in a film strip - set of 6tramways, tram 38, tram 42, grey st loop, albert st, barkly st, tram 31, tram 32, sturt st, mt pleasant

Rear of MESCo's bus No. 2, built for their East Geelong route between the East terminus at Boundary Road and the railway station or Moorabol St. wharf. Note the twin rear tyres. Looks new, 1912.Black and white print on paper.No. 1 inside a circle written on the reverse in pen. 14-2 and GRS710/14/1/2 written n the reverse in pencil.geelong tramways, mesco bus no. 2