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

T03205310 viewsPMR class 720, water column, Armadale, SWR line, taking water

P01616310 viewsXW class 21312, Railway officials and dignitaries, introduction ceremony, Avon Yard.

P01202310 viewsAV class 426 "Dining Car" (carriage), just east of the Barrack Street Bridge, end and side view, on HVR tour train

P00093309 views56 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.

P00665309 viewsAYU class carriage, internal view

P00740309 viewsW class 943, Bowelling, BN line, goods train

P05853309 viewsADT class coupled to an ADE class railcar, Perth station, in original green and cream livery with black and yellow chevrons on front of the ADE

P06814309 viewsDD class 594, Midland graveyard, front and side view, earmarked to be reserved for the ARHS but never eventuated. Similar to T0585

P08117309 viewsAbandoned track in level crossing, outside the Boddington Caravan Park, PN line.

P08130309 viewsF class 43, MRWA livery, double heading with F class 45, plain red livery,crossing the trestle bridge over the Hotham River at Tullis, ARHS tour train returning from Boddington, PN line, view along the train, see also P00668

P12103309 viewsY class 1105, working on re-railing junction track, Mundijong Junction accident. SWR line.

P12543309 viewsPort Hedland - Newman railway, BHP line, Alco M636 class 5464 wearing the new Mount Newman Mining livery, 2 similar units in the original livery are behind it, loaded train on mainline

T03400309 viewsPWD loco "Kate", Wyndham jetty, shunting

T03821309 viewsSignal box, station buildings, Maylands, view form the Down platform looking west , Seventh Avenue bridge in the background

T04046309 viewsCommonwealth Railways (CR) loco CL class 5, Commonwealth Railways (CR) GM class 11, Parkeston.

P01058309 viewsTrestle bridge over the Blackwood River near Boyup Brook, DK line, under construction

P01083309 viewsHump Yard, Forrestfield Yard, wagons moving over the hump, elevated view down the yard

P01470309 viewsC class 1701, searchlight signal, relay box, lineside telephone box, Commissioner of Railways, Mr. C. G. C. Wayne posing in front of the cab