The attachments to Andrew Cook's post of June 25 depict the initial form of
the 'Geelong' conversion to O-M-O including the 'GET' emblem on the rocker
panel. A photograph of a Geelong tram in this form appears at P164 of
William F Scott's book Last Tram at 11 (No 29 at the Railway station).

However this type of conversion was short-lived, it being found that a
single door was inadequate. A second door was cut into the other
end-compartment and the 'GET' emblem was replaced by the SEC insignia, this
arrangement being seen in the attachment to Mal Rowe's post of June 26 (No
24 at the Eastern Beach terminus).

It is not known whether the SEC created a legally-constituted entity
'Geelong Electric Tramways' from which the intertwined initials formed the
'GET' emblem. Perhaps something was just dreamed up locally to replace the
former emblem displayed on Geelong trams, this being the intertwined
initials of the Melbourne Electric Supply Company.

From a legal point of view it may have been inadvisable for the (then) SEC
trams to carry the emblem of a non-existent entity, at any rate 'GET' was
duly replaced by the SEC's own insignia, and appeared on all of its trams in
Geelong, Ballarat & Bendigo.

Anyway, had 'GET' been persisted with, how would the SEC have differentiated
between their Bendigo and Ballarat trams?

Roger Greenwood

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