State Rail Authority Archives Photographic Reference Print Collection
Available to view in Photo Investigator, this series is a miscellany of photographs relating to the activities of the various agencies responsible for railways in New South Wales c.1850-c.1988.
About the images
The series is NRS 17420, State Rail Authority Archives Photographic Reference Print Collection, c.1850-c.1988 and is comprised of black and white photographs, colour photographs and prints of maps and plans.
The images covers a variety of subjects including but not limited to the following: accidents, aircraft production, anniversaries/celebrations, apprentice training, brakevans, bridges, bullock teams, buses, carriages, carriage sheds, collieries, dams, depots, electrification, ferries, gas works, gate houses, inns, junctions, level crossings, locomotives (including accident cranes, bogies, boilers, cabs, diesel, electric, steam, and workshop shunters), luggage vans, maps, paddle steamers, post offices, proposed railways, railway refreshment rooms, ships, shunting, signals, silos, stations, stockyards, street scenes, strikes, tickets, track maintenance vehicles, trains, trams, tram depots, trolley buses, tunnels, uniforms, valves, vans, wagons, workshops, and yards. The number of photographic reference prints per category varies considerably.
Related records
- Archives in Brief 98 - Railway refreshment rooms
- Archives in Brief 54 - An introduction to State Rail Records
- Online indexes relating to railway employees
