NRS-16368 | Signal arrangement drawings

This series takes the form of drawings on transparent drafting paper or linen. These drawings show the arrangements of signals and interlocking arrangements in relation to railway lines throughout New South Wales. Drawings also indicate the position of structures such as stations, signal boxes, sidings, junctions, stockyards, engine sheds and facilities used for servicing and running locomotives, such as water columns, ash pits and turntables. Some drawings also indicate distances between various fixed structures, for example, between the centre of a signal box and a set of points. Some drawings have "superseded" written across them. The series was arranged alphabetically by location by State Rail staff.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 R336. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R336 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.

本系列藏品以透明绘图纸或亚麻布手绘图纸为载体，展示了新南威尔士州全境范围内铁路线路相关的信号布置与联锁布局。图纸同时标注了各类建（构）筑物的位置，包括车站、信号楼（signal box）、侧线（sidings）、线路所、牲畜栏、机车库，以及用于机车整备与运用的相关设施，如水柱装置（water columns）、灰坑（ash pits）与转车盘（turntables）。部分图纸还标注了各类固定建（构）筑物间的间距，例如信号楼中心与一组道岔（points）之间的距离。部分图纸上标注有"已作废（superseded）"字样。本系列由新南威尔士州铁路局（State Rail）工作人员按地点字母顺序编排。

保管历史：1955年至2000年间，新南威尔士州铁路局（State Rail Authority of New South Wales）设有内部档案馆，馆藏包含该局、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"州铁路局档案馆"后，馆藏中符合州档案要求的部分被移交至新南威尔士州档案管理局（State Records Authority of NSW）。上述档案系列被纳入州档案管理局的档案管控系列体系，并重新赋予编号。

本系列原隶属于州铁路局档案馆馆藏，当时编号为R336系列。该系列在州铁路局档案馆期间曾以R336系列的身份供查阅，此前也可能被州铁路局档案馆的研究人员、已出版或未出版作品中的注释所引用。

搜集汇总

背景与挑战

背景概述

该数据集是新南威尔士州的信号布置图纸档案，时间跨度为1908年至1981年，包含透明绘图纸或亚麻布上的图纸，详细展示了铁路信号、联锁装置以及相关结构（如车站、信号箱）的布局和位置。数据集具有历史研究价值，专注于铁路基础设施的视觉记录，并覆盖全州范围。