NRS-15292 | Chief Mechanical Engineer's staff circulars

Full description

This series contains information circulars issued to Mechanical Branch staff from the Chief Mechanical Engineer. They detail a range of staff directions and notices covering apprenticeships, concession travel passes, legislative changes, disciplinary matters, equipment usage, new contracts, public holidays, railway fares, re-issued orders, special leave, supplementary notes to previous circulars, train driver notices, wages and salaries, and workshop operations.

Indexes to part of the series survive. These cover 1895 - 1977 and 1963 -1974.

Custody History

From 1955 until 2000 the State Rail Authority of New South Wales maintained an ‘in house archives’ consisting of the archival records of the Authority, its predecessor agencies and the private railway companies taken over by the government. The date ranges of the records were from 1849 until 2000. When the decision was made to close the ‘State Rail Archives’ the parts of the collection that were required as State archives were transferred to the State Records Authority of NSW. Those record series were incorporated into the State Records series system of archives control and were re-numbered.

This series was formerly part of the State Rail Archives collection where it was identified as series R13 and R14. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R13 and R14 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.