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

P12614290 viewsYard, Station buildings, goods shed, Armadale, SWR line, general view of the yard looking north

T00041290 viewsC class 1701, 60T "Cowans Sheldon" breakdown crane No.31, Swan View, ER line, clearing of smash

P13085290 views"The Kalgoorlie" overnight passenger train, upper quadrant signal, tunnel portal, train entering the eastern end of the Swan View Tunnel, ER line

P01465290 viewsK class 201 with "PERTH" on the front of the leading end, on its delivery run to West Australia, Bundook, NSW.

P01559290 viewsProspector railcar internal view of passengers on a "Travel League" special to Toodyay

P01605290 viewsTrackbed on embankment for the standard gauge at Koolyanobbing, Standard Gauge progress,

P01612290 viewsCulvert under construction, standard gauge construction, Avon Valley line

P02253290 viewsMillars loco G class 71 attached to the "Vintage Train, Yarloop, SWR line, G class 233 at the other end of the train

P02263290 viewsPR class 521, P class 508, Rail Transport Museum, newly arrived at the museum, fertilizer works in the background

P02577290 viewsYard, cheese knob, point indicator, Bowelling, BN line, view along the track looking east showing the junction

P02603290 viewsJ class 10467 4 wheel tank wagon, side view

P03233290 viewsW class 947, on Southern Steam Train Tours, footbridge, Mount Barker, GSR line

P03322290 viewsA class 1512, goods shed, yard, Esperance, CE line, end view of loco.

P03774290 viewsK class 201 diesel locomotive Nickel train Esperance side and front view

P04012290 viewsAYL class 29 carriage, lounge car, interior view, single and double seater lounge chairs

P04211290 viewsMA class 1863, Leighton siding, ER line, side and front view

P00130289 views93 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.

P00685289 viewsS class 546 "Egerton", side and front view, Collie

P00772289 viewsTrestle bridge with steel girders over the Preston River, PP line, Commissioner of Railways Mr. C. G. C. Wayne and other officials on bridge