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| Ballarat single truck California combination tramcar number 33 was photographed
in Wendouree Parade at the St Aidans Drive terminus on Tuesday November 6, 2000. 33 is painted
in the final livery of trams in SEC ownership. The tram driver was chatting to
a passer-by while rotating the trolleypole for the return journey to Carlton Street, with Lake
Wendouree clearly visible in the background.
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| Single truck California combination tramcar Ballarat 26 was photographed
in picturesque Wendouree Parade at the Garden's crossing loop on Sunday 2 April 2000. 26 has been reconverted to an earlier
design featuring open end compartments. Number 26 was originally built in 1916 for the Hawthorn Tramways Trust
in Melbourne, where it was number 5 in their fleet. It subsquently became number 111 and was classed 'M'
by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board in 1920. It was sold in 1930 to the Electric Supply
Company of Victoria where it became number 26 in the Ballarat tramways. In 1934, number 26 was acquired by the
State Electricity Commission of Victoria.
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Another view of number 26, this time at the Carlton Street terminus of the museum tramway waiting to
depart for St Aidan's Drive.
The stone pillar to the left of the tram marks the boundary of the Ballarat Botanical
Gardens. Image taken 2 April 2000.
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Ballarat 18 was photographed outside the museum depot on Sunday April 2, 2000. Number 18 was originally constructed
in 1913 for the Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust where it was numbered 63. It retained this number when it
was acquired by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board in 1920, and classed 'H'. It was acquired
by the Electric Supply Company of Victoria in 1931 when it became number 18. It was acquired by the
State Electricity Commission in 1934. This picture shows the typical "Ballarat" tramcar design, suitable
for one man operation and capable of passenger loading from either side of the tram, due to the "wrong
road" track in some locations.
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Ballarat 27 was photographed outside the museum depot on Sunday April 2, 2000. Number 27 was originally built
in 1916 for the Hawthorn Tramways Trust where it was numbered 10. It later became mumber 116 of the Melbourne
and Metropolitan Tramways Board and was classed 'M'. It was sold to the Electricity Supply Company of Victoria
in 1930 where it became number 27. It achieved the distinction of running 1 million miles in Ballarat in 1968.
It has been repainted in a 1930's colour scheme.
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Maximum traction bogie tramcar, Ballarat 40 was photographed at the Ballarat Vintage Tramway's Depot on
Sunday April 2, 2000. Number 40 was originally built for the Prahran and Malvern
Tramways Trust in 1913. where it was numbered 35. In 1920, it became number 35 in the
Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board fleet, where it was classed 'C'. In 1951, it
was sold to the State Electricity Commission of Victoria, where it became number 40.
Number 40 was the last tram to officially carry passengers for the State Electricity
Commission in Ballarat on 19 September 1971.
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This photo shows inside the Ballarat Vinatage Tramway's Depot on Sunday
April 2, 2000. Visible are single truck tramcars 13 and 14.
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The body of former single truck California combination Ballarat tram
number 16 was photographed on a farm near Ballarat in November 2000.
Number 16 was scrapped some years before the closure of the Ballarat
tram system.
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