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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P01553332 viewsFour car ADK class railcar set when new, between Subiaco and Daglish, heading towards Fremantle, side and front view.

P01718332 viewsFremantle station, looking towards Perth, showing the "overall" roof, ER line.

P02607332 viewsAN class 413 vice regal carriage (Coach), end and side view, attached to a special train to Beverley where the Governor Gordon Reid unveiled a plaque to commemorate the centenary of the opening of the Fremantle to Beverley railway.

P02617332 viewsW class 908 running tender first, Yilliminning, NWM line, stopping for a staff change, on a Hotham Valley Railway tour train

P02816332 viewsKalgoorlie station forecourt, horses and carts, motor vehicles, station clock.

P03080332 viewsADU class diesel railcar trailer with end of train disc, bracket signals, station buildings, passenger platform, nameboard, water column, signal box (Cabin 'B'), sidings and tracks, Midland Junction, view from footbridge looking east, ER line.

P03215332 viewsMSA class Garratt steam locomotive, front and side view, c1940s.

P03219332 viewsF class steam locomotive work train, Chidlow, ER line, c1940s.

P01212332 viewsY class 1107, Midland, side and long hood end view

T05011332 viewsG class 117, old EGR main line alongside, Lions Park, Merredin, EGR line, front and side view

P00087331 views50 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.

P00294331 viewsWestern Mining's nickel concentrate plant at Kwinana, nickel concentrate wagons in the background, overall view of the plant.

P00521331 viewsAA class carriage, men in civilian clothes in front of the carriage, possibly for a first aid competition.

P00752331 viewsPR class 533, Narrogin, GSR line, view of the rear of the tender

P00895331 viewsProspector railcar, orange and white front livery, three hostesses on platform, front view of car, Royal Train for Prince Charles, see also P7881-P7884, (Ref: "Westrail" Vol 1, No.3 April 1979)