NRS-15257 | Machinery stock cards

Full description

The purpose of this series was to record of the book value of machinery and equipment held by railway workshops and depots. Cards record details of stock which may include registration number; commissioner’s file number; item description; location; manufacturer; date installed; purchase cost; installation cost; and, transfer and condemnation details.

Arrangement of the series is indicated by an internal index, although the arrangement varies significantly. Some cards are arranged numerically by machine number; others are arranged by depot location and within that arrangement numerically by machine number; others are arranged by machine category and within that arrangement may be ordered numerically by machine number.

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 formed part of series R68. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R68 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.