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

P15570383 viewsD class 1184 four wheel van with a advertisement for "Petter Industrial Engines" painted on the side, Subiaco, side view, c1960s

P00047382 views10 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.

P00179382 viewsYardmaster's Office and control tower, Forrestfield.

P00419382 viewsXA class, Avon Valley line, goods train, elevated view looking down into the valley, line newly opened

P00809382 viewsWMD class wagons, Kewdale, being unloaded

P00820382 viewsRailway buses, "The Midlander", Sunshine Festival display, Geraldton

P06207382 viewsP class, automatic upper quadrant signal. banner signal, relay boxes, telephone box mounted on a telgraph pole, Parkerville station, ER line, "Hikers" train

P00052381 views15 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.

P00334381 viewsWNA class 31151 nickel tanker, Midland workshops, side and end view, "WAGR" stencilled on the side.

P00488381 viewsDS class, suburban carriages, very tall signal with two arms, leaving East Perth with suburban passenger train for Midland

P07245381 viewsK class loco with passenger train on the Belmont Branch

T03601381 viewsMRWA G class 51, Herne Hill, first ballast train for the standard gauge project, side and front view of loco

P13125381 viewsI of 2 views of the "Peerless Flour Mill", East Guildford, after the fire which destroyed the mill, view of the facade of the building on the railway side. The mill caught fire on 9th April 1975

P00057380 views20 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.

P00168380 viewsRoyal Show display showing the model railway

P08017380 viewsX class 7732 4 wheel open wagon, end and side view

P00178379 viewsStation buildings, Armadale, publicity photo showing the "Park and Ride" facilities

P00192379 viewsMidland Terminal, architectural model of

P00387379 viewsStation buildings, Claremont, early view of main building and island platform building before the construction of the elevated signal box, view along track looking east towards Perth.