Series:
Photographic Negatives relating to Railway Mechanical Operations.
Series Number:
Access:
Open
Start Date:
01 Jan 1947
End Date:
31 Dec 1977
Creating Agency:
| Transport Commission, Railway Branch (TA1736) | 01 Jul 1939 | 01 Mar 1978 |
Related Series:
| P2121 Photographs of Permanent Way and Rail Operations | 01 Jan 1906 | 15 Nov 1997 |
| P1 Photographic Prints relating to Railway Mechanical Operations | 01 Jan 1950 | 31 Dec 1977 |
Controlling Series:
| P1299 Index of Black and White Photographic Negatives | 01 Jan 1947 | 31 Dec 1977 |
| P2001 Register of Colour Negatives | 01 Jan 1960 | 31 Jan 1970 |
How to Use:
This series is affected by vinegar syndrome. Many of the negatives have been so badly damaged that they have been destroyed. 35mm negs have been made of this series and contact prints were made,from the original negatives for NAA by Tasmap Photographics in about 1990.
The listing of these negatives is an ongoing project.
Series notes:
This series consists of a photographic record of activities relating to railway mechanical operations. It comprises a pictorial record of important events and railway accidents during the period 1947 to 1977.
These records are part of the holdings of the Tasmanian Archives
System of Arrangement:
The system of arrangement/control is a three part alpha/numeric coding where the first part is a numerical character and denotes a sub-division of the subject matter and the second part is an alpha character which denotes the subject matter, for example; ;;B. Workshop and Offices - 1B building, 2B Interior; 3B Processes
Items: