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

P18397115 viewsMakers plate, Dubs & Co No 3502, G class118, close up view

P18424115 viewsW class 919, Perth station, rear and side view

P18434115 viewsJ class diesel on wheat train comprising WG class wagons modified to carry grain, signal, overhead footbridge, beach, Leighton yard, ER line, front and side view

P18435115 viewsU class 655, Bassendean, ER line, side and front view

P18477115 views8 of 12 images relating to the ceremony for the linking of the standard gauge railways at Kalgoorlie, Commonwealth Minister of Shipping and Transport Ian Sinclair drives home the final gold dog spike to link the standard gauge railways

P18500115 views4 of 5 images of C class 1701 on reclamation train on old ER line, passing Swan View, view on curve from rear of the train to the front

P18508115 viewsPR class 521, on goods train, crossing V class 1206, V class 1207, on No 12 goods train, GSR line

P18537115 viewsW class 959, V class 1220, on No 12 goods train, water tower, Yornaning, GSR line, front and side view

P18597115 viewsW class 937, W class 917, on ballast train, level crossing, near Bridgetown, PP line

P15469115 viewsGoods shed, abandoned and derelict at the railway precinct at Grass Valley, EGR line, view of the end and out loading side

P15475115 viewsWeigh bridge shed at the abandoned railway precinct at Grass Valley, EGR line, view along the weighing bridge.

P15498115 viewsDB class 1583 "Shire of Murray" heads a wheat train through Hazelmere at 12.57pm northwards towards Midland

P15722115 viewsGMR class 15989, four wheel medium sided wagon with Victorian Railways style ridge poles, brown livery, Welshpool, end and non brake lever side view

P15744115 viewsHD class 22892, four wheel flat wagon with end bulkheads, brown livery, Robbs Jetty, elevated view of the end and the deck.

P15760115 viewsWatco Australia loco FL class 220 in the yellow and black livery on a ballast train, Hazelmere heading towards Midland.

P15773115 viewsJOA class 10560-Q four wheel tank wagon, black livery with an orange Westrail motif on the side, "Avon Waste Oil Only" stencilled on the side of the tank, end and side view

P10456115 viewsProspector 2 car set about to enter a cutting in the Avon Valley. Front and overhead view of leading railcar.

P10551115 viewsTwo car Prospector set, with the Westrail logo on the front panel, pictured in a cutting in the Avon Valley.

P10553115 viewsRA class 1908 diesel locomotive, front view, shortly after repaint into the Westrail colour scheme. Of note is no white lining between blue lining and main colour.