NRS-22647 | Records on Legal Matters from the Corporate Secretary's Office

These folders contain records concerning incidents with legal implications for State Rail, such as the death of an infant (Andrew Bridge) and the collision of trains. Records also deal with an inquiry by the ombudsman into State Rail's signalling system (Vince Neary). In addition there are copies of: Accreditation Documentation, Rail Safety Bill 1993, and Report on the Impact of Part IV of the Trade Practices Act (Hilmer Recommendations) of 1994. 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 R557. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R557 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.