NRS-15311 | Proceedings of locomotive mechanical and running officers' divisional and half-yearly conferences

These papers record the proceedings of half yearly divisional conferences undertaken by the Mechanical and Running Officers’ Divisions of the New South Wales Rail network (Metropolitan Sydney, Northern, Southern and Western). The papers review the operational performance of locomotives in terms of their mileage, any accidents or failures, defective engine components or design flaws, mechanical repairs, the quality of work done, and the costs incurred. Often quite detailed descriptions of incidents are included. In some instances a conference discussed the repair practices of Railway Depots and their management decisions.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 R94. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R94 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.

本批档案收录新南威尔士州铁路网（涵盖悉尼都会区、北部、南部及西部线路）的机务与运转官员部门举办的半年度部门会议议事录。档案围绕机车走行里程、各类事故与故障、发动机故障部件或设计缺陷、机械维修情况、作业质量及产生的成本，评估机车运营绩效。其中往往包含对各类事件的详尽记述。部分会议还会探讨铁路机务段的维修实操规范及其管理决策。

保管历史
1955年至2000年间，新南威尔士州铁路局设有专属内部档案馆，馆藏涵盖该局、其前身机构及政府接管的私营铁路公司的档案记录。这批档案的时间跨度为1849年至2000年。在决定关停“新南威尔士州铁路档案馆”后，符合州档案馆馆藏要求的藏品被移交至新南威尔士州档案管理局。该批档案系列被纳入州档案管理体系，并重新赋予编号。

本档案系列原隶属于新南威尔士州铁路档案馆馆藏，当时编号为R94系列。在铁路档案馆馆藏期间，该系列即以此编号被查阅，且曾被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援引。