NRS-22595 | Inventory of Plant - Bathurst Per Way Shops

The records comprise one bound volume detailing items of plant and their location within the Bathurst Per Way Shops which was kept by the Works Foreman, Bathurst Per Way Shops, within the Permanent Way Branch. Details recorded include machine number, description of the machine, maker, date installed, purchase price and second hand value, driven by, type, size, speeds, etc. of machines, class of work done by machine, remarks and condition of machine.There is a table of contents including description and page number reference at the front of the volume. 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 R496. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R496 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.