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

P04427288 viewsRA class 1908, Woodchip train being loaded at Lambert

P05083288 viewsTurntable, roundhouse, Bunbury loco depot

P05428288 viewsQRC class 6583, container CDX class 5055, end and side view

P05495288 viewsUT class 664, JA class tank wagons, ballast hoppers, between Cairn Hill Ballast Siding and Moora, MR line, ballast operations

P05534288 viewsStation yard with loaded wagons, scissors crossover with double slip, station building, signal box, goods shed and the 50,000 gallon water tower, Northam, ER line, elevated overall view taken from the footbridge looking west,

P05589288 viewsKrauss loco, Great Boulder Mine, Kalgoorlie, hauling skips at loading bin

P06343288 viewsADE class, AG class Gilbert car trailer, Maylands, side and front view passing under the Seventh Avenue bridge

P06738288 viewsMRWA loco "Walkaway", MRWA workshops, Midland

P06806288 viewsS class 545 "Dale", Bunbury, side and front view

P07008288 viewsLoading platform, Newlands, PP line, overgrown and out of use

P07811288 viewsG class 118, water tower, Shaw River, PM line, possibly on the train celebrating the opening of the Port Hedland to Marble Bar Railway, Same as P6765 but better quality.

P08133288 views2 of 7 views of the collision at Yarloop, SWR line, by a train headed by W class 951 and a stationary goods train. wrecked wagons and Z class 65 clerestory roofed brakevan, the 25 ton breakdown crane in the view

P08178288 viewsCS class 432 "MARRI" towing CS class 440 "JARRAH", Isandra, PN line. Similar to T1754 and T3087

P11356288 viewsPMR class 735, up goods, crossing lights, signals, industrial water tank, industrial buildings, crane, loading bank, part of goods shed, level crossing activation switches, Maylands. ER line.

P11449288 views60 ton Cowans Sheldon breakdown crane, re-railing standard gauge wheat wagons, wheat silo road Leighton yard. ER line.

P11808288 viewsState Saw Mills loco SSM 7, QC class 23501 loaded with sawn timber, crossing SW Highway on way to Pemberton station. Side on view looking up the street, PP line