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

P02163256 views1 of 3 images of the flooding at Kulyalling Bridge, GSR line, "looking upstream towards road bridge"

P13800256 viewsH class 2499 ballast plough, Narrogin, GSR line, side and end view, on display.

P14214256 viewsCommonwealth Railways (CR) CN class 73, Parkeston Locomotive Depot, loco purchased from the Canadian Pacific Railway during WW2.

P01430256 views5 of 13 images of the construction of the duplicate steel girder bridge No.1 at 16 miles 25 chains on the ER through the John Forrest National Park, main girder being manoeuvred into its final position

P01652256 viewsA class 31 with six wheel tender, Midland Junction, ER line, side and front view, c1926.

P02231256 viewsUT class 664, Midland, front and side view

P02296256 viewsV class 1209, tender first, cowcatcher on the tender, empty stock working near Brunswick junction, SWR line

P02307256 viewsFS Class 423, stopred Midland Workshops, BN line, side and front view

P02507256 views4 of 4 views of G Class 233 and G Class 123 back to back separated by a J Class water tank wagon on the train to commemorate the centenary of the opening of the Fremantle to Guildford railway, west end of Perth Yard, Perth Box B signal cabin

P02566256 views4 of 8, Derailment showing MA class 1862 diesel locomotive on its side, front view, Forrestfield marshalling yard.

P02581256 viewsK class 207, near the Kalamunda Road overpass en route to Forrestfield, from Cobblers Pool with a special train of ballast loaded in hoppers and containers

P02672256 viewsB class 182 4-6-0T steam locomotive, shunting Fremantle yards, side and end view, ER line.

P03033256 viewsPM class 706 steam locomotive on HVR train next to the 40 ft. water tower with a 25,000 gallon cast iron tank, Wongan Hills, EM line.

P03140256 viewsAB class 1531, shunting goods carriages, signal, Wagin, GSR line

P03225256 viewsGoods shed, loading dock, Boyanup, PP line

P03708256 viewsSix railcar set, ADG, AYE, ADG, ADX, ADA, ADG classes, Bassendean, ER line. ADGs not yet fitted with Voith transmission.

P03717256 viewsY class 1105, assorted carriages, Avon marshalling yards, near Northam, ER line, elevated view

P03764256 viewsG class 233 "Leschenault Lady" steam locomotive, VC class 2100 carriage side and front view in front of Midland Workshops, escorted by man in bowler hat carrying a flag.