NRS-15279 | Steam locomotive registers

Full description

This register records steam locomotives in service on the Great Southern, Western and Richmond Railways, and the Great Northern Railway. Handwritten entries include: engine number, description of engine, diameter of wheels, coupled or single, length of stroke, wheel base, maker’s name and number, date of commencement to run, total cost, the weight of engines and tenders when empty and loaded, remarks. The remarks record whether the engine has been converted to another type, rebuilt sold or replaced.

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 R38. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R38 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.