NRS-22591 | Classification Book - Engines, Coaching, and Goods Stock Vehicles

The record comprises of a bound volume prepared by an employee within the Locomotive Accountant's office in his spare time (from about 1890), detailing all locomotives, coaches and goods vehicles of the NSW Government Railways from 1855 to 1905. The document was presented to the Railway Commissioners of New South Wales on 8 May 1906. Series start date is circa only. The volume is arranged thematically. 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 R491. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R491 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.