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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T03854346 viewsACM class 36, AA class 201, ACM class 395, ACM class 33, semaphore signal, colour light signal cement works, Rivervale, carriages stored on cement works siding

P13363346 views7 of 67 views taken from an album of photos of the Midland Workshops c1905. Block one, - West Elevation.

P03011346 viewsB class 13 steam locomotive, front and side view, water column, cheese knob, Midland, ER line, c1940s.

P00426345 viewsLine of WFW class standard gauge bogie flat wagons, (later reclassified to WFDY), with iron ore containers on board, side and end view.

P00742345 viewsRA class 1909, Bunbury, SWR line departing with goods train

P00821345 viewsWA class freezer van, Sunshine Festival display Geraldton

P00896345 viewsWFW class 30042, standard gauge flat wagon,(later reclassified to WFDY), with three iron ore containers on board, end and side view

P05445345 viewsStation, Jandakot, FA line, passengers on platform from the "Jandakot Ramble"

P05501345 views1 of 14 photos from the "Office of Chief Engineer Way and Works" showing before and after views of the demolition of the Railways Institute building from the forecourt of the Perth Railway Station. View from the water tank at the west end of the Horseshoe Bridge looking east

P05877345 views4 of 4 photos of derailment at Goomalling, EM line, P class 2002 "Shire of Moora", off rails, front view

P06218345 viewsG class, loco shed, loco depot, Albany

P09551345 viewsOriginal terminus of the Eastern Railway at Guildford, view shows the extension to Chidlow's Well curving away to the right to travel along Ellen street, now Johnson Street. Guildford Hotel seen in background

P13133345 viewsXA class 1411 "WEEDOOKARRI" double heading with XB class 1004 "KADJERDEN", nameboard, Holly, DK line, front and side view, goods train.

P01407345 views2 of 16 images of the pair of trestle bridges over the Canning River at Gosnells, SWR line, view along the bridge from the north.

P02207345 viewsMillers loco No.71, water tower with a wooden tank, Yarloop, side and front view.

P03270345 viewsAI class carriages, side view, at Perth station, Robb's steam locomotive A3, side and end view, at the opening of the Fremantle to Perth and Guildford railway.

P04102345 viewsMidland Workshops, Midland Terminal, aerial view looking east, ER line

P00076344 views39 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.

P00077344 views40 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.