Significance

Yields information about the purported achievement of tram 27 reaching 1,000,000 miles and the TMSV Tour, and has a strong association with the tour participants.

Physical description

Set of two Digital images of a Black and white photographs of the tour participants for Tram 27 during the celebrations of the tram completing its "millionth" mile in Ballarat on Saturday 29 June 1968. Photographed on the Grey St loop, Albert St Sebastopol, probably while waiting for another tram.



Tram showing "Special", has banner "This tram has just completed 1,000,000 (million) miles in Ballarat" on the front of the tram during the TMSV Celebratory tour.



See also Reg Items 1878 and 7990 to 7995 for other photos of the day by Mal Rowe.



Note: A review of the tram car mileages by Dave Macartney, showed that it was actually 900,000, due to a carryover error.