NRS-19488 | Index to work approved

This series is an index to the Registers of works approved on the railways. The volumes are in the form of alphabetised ledgers, with works detailed under the name of their location (e.g. Central, Eveleigh Shops, Newcastle, Railway Institute). The details include a reference number, description of the work undertaken (e.g. moving signals, improvements to staff work areas and railway stations, widening level crossings, telephone installation), and cost.Custody HistoryFrom 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 R397 and part of R398 (the remainder of R398 can be found in NRS 19487 and NRS 19489). It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R397 or R398 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.

本系列为铁路核准工程登记簿的索引。该系列卷宗采用按字母排序的台账形式，工程信息按所在地点名称逐一列明（例如中央车站、伊夫利车间、纽卡斯尔、铁路协会）。信息条目包括参考编号、所实施工程的说明（例如迁移信号设备、改善员工工作区域与火车站设施、拓宽平交道口、安装电话）以及工程成本。
保管历史
1955年至2000年间，新南威尔士州铁路管理局（State Rail Authority of New South Wales）维护了一套内部档案馆，馆藏涵盖该局、其前身机构以及政府接管的私营铁路公司的档案记录，档案时间跨度为1849年至2000年。在决定关闭“州铁路档案馆（State Rail Archives）”后，符合州档案馆馆藏要求的部分藏品被移交至新南威尔士州档案管理局（State Records Authority of NSW）。该批档案系列被纳入州档案管理系统并重新编号。
本系列原隶属于州铁路档案馆馆藏，当时被标识为R397系列，同时也是R398系列的组成部分（R398系列的剩余部分可在NRS 19487与NRS 19489中查阅）。在州铁路档案馆馆藏中，本系列曾被归类为R397或R398系列，此前州铁路档案馆的研究人员在笔记、出版物或未刊作品中可能也曾以此编号引用该系列。