NRS-16368 | Signal arrangement drawings

Full description

This series takes the form of drawings on transparent drafting paper or linen. These drawings show the arrangements of signals and interlocking arrangements in relation to railway lines throughout New South Wales. Drawings also indicate the position of structures such as stations, signal boxes, sidings, junctions, stockyards, engine sheds and facilities used for servicing and running locomotives, such as water columns, ash pits and turntables. Some drawings also indicate distances between various fixed structures, for example, between the centre of a signal box and a set of points.

Some drawings have "superseded" written across them. The series was arranged alphabetically by location by State Rail staff.

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 R336. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R336 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.