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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P00308340 viewsAH class carriage, internal view of a compartment showing the seating and the upper bunk..

P00371340 viewsMock up of the "Australian Urban Passenger Train", front and side view.

P00653340 viewsPR class 523 "Blackwood" without name plates, side and front view

P00680340 viewsW class 942, "Australind" set in plain green livery, SWR line

P05818340 viewsTurntable, remains of at Toodyay

P05872340 views3 of 4 photos of a derailment at Jennacubbine, EM line, P class 2004 "Shire of Dalwallinu", on side with crane in position

P06103340 viewsASG class 29 Garratt, water tower, Collie loco depot, side and end view, being watered

P06242340 viewsE class, station buildings, Mullewa, NR line, Wiluna Express

P06408340 viewsXA class 1413 "YABAROO", Midland, suburban passenger train. an AYU class carriage is the trailing carriage

P07878340 viewsWAM class 23461, EB class 15307cool storage vans, end and side view "Polar bear" emblem on side of WAM

T01849340 viewsWAR class refrigerated vans, Midland Workshops

P01035340 viewsLine of derailed and damaged wagons looking towards Mullewa, NR line, view from the top of a van looking along the train.

P13931340 views8 of 32 images of the railway and jetty precincts of Busselton, BB line, four wheel D class type workman's near the jetty, steam crane in the background.

P03015340 viewsP class 140 steam locomotive on the "Westland" passenger train at platform, side and front view, water tower with Hannan's Larger painted on the side, signal rodding, Kalgoorlie, EGR line, c1940s.

P03065340 viewsP class 443 steam locomotive on the Royal Train for the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, AZ class first class sleeping carriage, AV class 315 dining carriage, AM class 313 Ministerial carriage, AN class 413 Vice Regal carriage, ZJ class brakevan, special marker lamp on buffer beam, coat of arms on the smokebox, fireman Don Thompson, Driver Jack Sweeting, Mechanical Inspector Jack Thomas and Loco Inspector Joe Hewiston, Balingup, PP line.

P03212340 viewsWagons, end view, Spearwood, FA line, c1940s.

P00078339 views41 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.