NRS-22651 | Mechanical Branch Drawings

Full description

This series consists of Mechanical Branch drawings and diagrams of locomotives, wagons, carriages, bogies, rolling stock etc. Included are drawings of interior arrangements of carriages; details of hospital trains, tank carriers and troop trains; details of fittings of several classes of engines; conversion of trains for war-time use; mortuary wagons. Some drawings produced by Chullora and Eveleigh workshops are also included. Rolled plans hold approximately 10 plans each, have been numbered 1 to 1455 for identification.

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 R199. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R199 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.