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:

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P02818359 viewsKalgoorlie station, looking west from west end, signals, cheese knobs, signal box, AG "Gilbert" class carriage at the passenger platform, dogbox carriages, sheds, tacks.

P03003359 viewsL class 237 steam locomotive stabled with two other steam locomotives, side and front view, water tower with a 25,000 gallon cast iron tank, railway workshops, Midland.

P03419359 viewsMRWA B class 6 steam locomotive, view of tender in the shed, side and front of MRWA G class 50 diesel locomotive in front of shed, Midland Junction, MR line.

P00159358 viewsThe Governor General, Sir Paul Hasluck speaking at the ceremony celebrating the arrival of the inaugural "The Indian Pacific" interstate passenger train.

P00307358 viewsAH class carriage, internal view of a compartment showing wash basin.

P00679358 viewsUT class 664, East Perth loco depot, front and side view, same as P0971

P00952358 viewsDistant view of train on the Zig Zag of the UDRR line.

P00953358 viewsTrestle bridge, MRWA style, over the Susannah Brook, Millendon, MR line

P05517358 viewsDerailment 144.25 mile, near Marchagee, MR line, workmen around derailed MRWA LC class bogie van and other wagons, date of derailment 20/6/1936

P07018358 views7 of 7 photos of the construction of the Cue - Big Bell railway, NR line, shows newly laid track approaching the mine

P09670358 viewsPMR class 734, down goods on Avon Valley route, Great Eastern Highway overbridge, formation of Parkerville line on left, with stacked track panels, north of Bellevue. ER line.

T01201358 viewsG class 123, "Vintage Train", near Argyle, tour train

P13932358 views9 of 32 images of the railway and jetty precincts of Busselton, BB line, D class type work van, jetty precinct, side view.

P01418358 views13 of 16 images of the pair of trestle bridges over the Canning River at Gosnells, SWR line, ADX class railcar set on the bridge, view taken from the north.

P02401358 viewsW class 934 steam locomotive loaded on Commonwealth Railways (CR) QB class 2406 flat top wagon on route to Pt Augusta, front and side view.

P02423358 viewsGreat Western Railway loco "Pendennis Castle", side and end view, ready to make its last trip on Westrail rails, awaits a late running Indian Pacific with a Prospector railcar atached, hauled by an L class diesel locomotive, Midland, ER line.

P02807358 viewsADE class 449 "Governor Weld" with ADT class trailer, Goomalling, EM line, front and side view

P00086357 views49 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.