NRS-15594 | "Freight Rail & Countrylink Xpress" staff newspaper

Full description

This newspaper was used to convey news and information to Freight Rail and CountryLink staff. Included are articles on the major activities of Freight Rail and Countrylink; short articles on the sporting and educational achievements of staff; and news items relating to social activities of staff members. Also included are articles on industrial matters.

The newsletter’s title was changed slightly in August 1990 from Freight & Countrylink Xpress to its current title. The newspaper is illustrated with colour photographs.


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 R67 "In-house publications". It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R67 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.

State Rail series R67 was separated into 14 individual series.