NRS-15260 | Records of locomotive officers' conferences

This series comprises the minutes of proceedings of meetings of Mechanical Branch officers. Most minutes are bound together with regular reports on various aspects of Branch activities which were probably meeting papers. From 1927, monthly reports of Mechanical Branch activities are bound with the minutes. These reports detail activities under the headings of: Locomotive stock, Passenger and Goods rolling stock, Mileage and ton mileage, Consumption of coal and fuel oil, consumption of lubricants - hot running, Casualties and failures, Total staff employed.Between 1972 and 1980, the minutes and reports include Electrical, Equipment and Workshops Branches, under the Rail Division of the Public Transport Commission.Custody HistoryFrom 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 R24 and R25. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R24 and R25 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.

本系列档案包含机械分部（Mechanical Branch）官员会议的议事记录。多数议事记录与分部各项活动的定期报告装订成册，此类报告大概率为会议文件。自1927年起，机械分部活动的月度报告均与议事记录装订为一体。此类报告按以下类目详述各项活动：机车车辆、客货车辆、运营里程与吨公里数、煤炭及燃料油消耗、高温运转工况下润滑油消耗、事故与故障情况、雇员总人数。
1972年至1980年间，议事记录与报告还涵盖公共交通委员会铁路分部下属的电气分部、设备分部及车间分部相关内容。

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1955年至2000年，新南威尔士州铁路管理局（State Rail Authority of New South Wales）设有内部档案馆，馆藏包括该局、其前身机构以及政府接管的私营铁路公司的档案记录。本批档案的时间跨度为1849年至2000年。在决定关闭“州铁路档案馆”时，符合州档案收录要求的馆藏部分被移交至新南威尔士州档案管理局（State Records Authority of NSW）。该系列档案被纳入州档案管理体系的档案分类系统，并重新编号。

本系列原隶属于州铁路档案馆馆藏，当时编号为系列R24与R25。该系列在州铁路档案馆存续期间，或曾以R24、R25系列标识被查阅，且此前可能已被州铁路档案馆的研究人员在笔记、出版物或未刊作品中以此编号被引用。