Series:
"New" Railway Mechanical Drawings
Series Number:
Access:
Open
Start Date:
01 Jan 1935
End Date:
15 Nov 1997
Creating Agency:
Tasmanian Government Railways (TA245) | 01 Jul 1872 | 01 Jul 1939 |
Transport Commission, Railway Branch (TA1736) | 01 Jul 1939 | 01 Mar 1978 |
An-Tasrail (XX8) | 01 Mar 1978 | 15 Nov 1997 |
Related Series:
P1284 Construction Drawings for Diesel and Diesel Electric Locomotives | 01 Jan 1946 | 15 Nov 1997 |
P2559 Alteration Forms | 23 Jun 1944 | 15 Nov 1997 |
Controlling Series:
P1278 Index Cards of New Drawings, Railway Mechanical | 01 Jan 1946 | 15 Nov 1997 |
P2422 Index to Foundry Patterns | 01 Jul 1939 | 01 Mar 1978 |
P1277 Register of 'New' Railway Mechanical Drawings | 01 Jan 1946 | 15 Nov 1997 |
Previous Series:
P1275 "Old" Railway Mechanical Drawings | 01 Jan 1886 | 31 Dec 1946 |
How to Use:
Some of the drawings in this series were microfilmed by National Archives. There are five reels of film in MicroSpace:
Reel 1 contains plans F-1B-12 to F-7W-268
Reel 2 contains plans D-4K-23 toE-1B-2 and F-8W-147
Reel 3 contains plans E-1M-21 to D-6W-944 (in reverse order)
Reel 4 contains plans 1W-2W, E-7W-109 to E-11W and C-19M-39
Reel 5 contains plans C-11W-489 to C-13W-12 and F-7W-27 to C6W-400
Series notes:
The drawings were produced locally and used by workshops to manufacture components for the maintenance of locomotives and rolling stock.
These records are part of the holdings of the Tasmanian Archives
System of Arrangement:
Alphanumeric.;;The system consists of four parts. The first part is the letter denoting the size of the drawing. The symbols used are: ;;C = 100-200x70cm ;;D = 70x50cm ;;E = 60x38.5cm ;;F = 35x25cm;;The second part is numerical and denotes a subdivision of the subject matter.
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