NRS-22633 | Records relating to the Railway Fire Brigade

The records comprise photographic negatives, a print, and a commemorative plaque of the Sydney Railway Volunteer Fire Brigade. The negatives include the Sydney Railway Volunteer Fire Brigade, a fire on the Central West Daylight Express, a NSW Fire Brigade fire engine bogged attending this fire and the Railway Town Fire Brigade, Broken Hill. The plaque commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the Railway Fire Brigade. All records originated from Mr Don Buchanan, Fire Protection Officer, Newcastle, Railway Services Authority. Series state date is circa 1995, and contents from 1896. The records are 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 R541. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R541 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.