NRS-16105 | Correspondence re condemnation of steam locomotives, tenders and boilers

There are four files in this series, each apparently having been maintained in the Chief Mechanical Engineer's Office or the Boiler Engineer's office, Redfern. The files contain internal correspondence relating to the disposal of condemned engines. Much of the correspondence indicates the composition of ferrous and non-ferrous material in the various engines . The files contain occasional lists of the engines including the engine and boiler numbers. 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. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R268 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.