NRS-22574 | Eastern Suburbs Railway Contracts, Reports, Plans, and Files

The records contain loose leaf notes, official reports, photographs, plans, industrial awards, information for tenderers, contract information and specifications, fare information, amended bus timetables, staffing recommendations, technical and administrative manuals and public relations material. Items [1]-[34] were created or collected by the Project Engineer of the Eastern Suburbs Railway project, Mr K D Ryan. Items [35]-[95] represent records created during discussion, design and construction of the Eastern Suburbs Railway by the Way and Works Branch. The series 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 R471. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R471 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.