NRS-15265 | Mechanical Branch Workshop Conference minutes

Full description

These minutes record conferences held at the Chief Mechanical Engineer's Office Redfern covering the programs of the Cardiff, Chullora, Eveleigh Railway Workshops and the Enfield Railway Depot. The conference meetings involved the Superintendent of Workshops, Works Managers from the three Railway Workshops, the Locomotive Superintendent Running Maintenance, the Boiler Engineer, and the Senior Engineer Diesel Traction. The minutes detail the heavy, medium or collision repairs undertaken on boilers, locomotives, and frames, plus the maintenance of axles, braking systems, and bogies. The workshop location of condemned or stored equipment is also given. Locomotives awaiting repair were shunted to Enfield Railway Depot as a temporary measure. Following these 'technical reports' there are specific notations concerning equipment design, performance, and future requirements.

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 R16. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R16 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.