Significance

Yields information about the instructions issued to Motormen in Ballarat by the Electric Supply Co. for driving and operating tramcars.

Physical description

Instruction - 6 quarto sheets stapled in top left hand corner - retyped from an original Electric Supply Co. of Victoria (ESCo) document with a black hand written heading Motormen! Take No Risks", detailing motormen's behaviours, operations, braking, tram car lights, steps, ticketing, recruit motormen, shunting, speed, trolley wheels, changing cars, trailers, controllers, testing magnetic brakes, switches, timetables, fares, tram stops, section staffs, holidays, uniforms, breakdowns, smoking, lost property, headways, gong signals, conductors, whistle signals, instructions to recruit motormen.



7th page - details motors and how to get your car ready for service and how to apply power. (see btm8096i1.pdf)



page 8 missing.