Rail Heritage WA Archive Photo Gallery

A picture tells a thousand words - and in historical research,
a picture may often show something for which no words have been written.

Rail Heritage WA has collected photographs and images over many years and these are available for research purposes thanks to the assistance of Lotterywest.
Please contact our archivist if you would like full size images or more information:

Most viewed

P00446390 views4 of 4 views of DM class 585 on No. 195 Passenger derailed and lying on its side, Midland Junction, view of the underside of the loco, end of AD class 46 in the view. Date of derailment 30/7/1953

P05402390 viewsWSO class 301171-J, Standard Gauge flat wagon, side view

P01024390 views2 of 10 views of the derailment of A class 1501 at Northam Station, ER line. View shows loco on top of wagons looking forward, date of derailment 2/11/1961

P00258389 views2 of 7 publicity images of passengers in the Prospector railcar

P00449389 views3 of 4 views of the derailment of a bauxite train at Mundijong, XBC class 21009 bauxite hopper derailed, view of the end of the wagon and the bogie.

P00597389 viewsASG class 26 Garratt locomotive, builder's photo, side view

T04201389 viewsV class 1210, turntable, East Perth Loco Depot, side and front view

P00194388 viewsAvon Yard, aerial view looking west.

P00392388 viewsAZ class 436, derailment of "The Midlander" near Irwin, MR line, view of bogie

P00435388 viewsC class 265, loco shed, Katanning?, GSR line, loco fully lined out, side and front view

P00598388 viewsStation buildings, Narrogin, showing the two island platforms with just a single track between them. GSR line

P11005388 viewsMRWA FA class 61 brakevan, BL class 841 louvered van, Midland, side and end view

P00257387 views1 of 7 publicity images of passengers in the Prospector railcar

P00341387 viewsStation building, Wagin Lake, GSR line, trackside view with the station staff on the platform, same as P7376.

P00619387 viewsProspector WCA class power car and WCE class trailer, models

P00045386 views8 of 98 images showing views and aspects of the construction of the steel girder bridge with concrete pylons across the Swan River at North Fremantle.

P00173386 viewsZ class 217 all steel brakevan, Minister for Railways and other dignitaries on the end platform at the opening of the Forrestfield Railway Complex. (ref: see the "Railways Institute Magazine", Vol.70, No.7)

P00230386 viewsMoora station yard flooded, view taken "near main road crossing", MR line

P00251386 viewsL class 251, view of cab, Minister for Railways Mr R. O'Connor leaning out of the cab window at the handing over ceremony of the loco. (ref: Railways Institute Magazine, Vol 64, December 1964, page 16)