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

P07695174 viewsPerth station building, street side view

P07735174 viewsPR class 138 "Ashburton", Midland Workshops, When new, in black and grey livery, workers lined up along loco, front and side view, same as P5765

P07793174 viewsMillars derelict locos line up at Yarloop, includes loco "Jarrah"

P07918174 views4 of 6 views of the Ballast Regulator TM713, side view

P07919174 views5 of 6 views of the Ballast Regulator TM713, rear and side view

P08272174 views3 of 4 views of new track, Yarloop workshops, view along track

P08315174 viewsTimber stacks, Yarloop,

P08643174 viewsWoodanilling, station building, platform, nameboard, view from rail side, GSR line.

P08716174 viewsRailway house, Kalgoorlie, view of front of house..

P08729174 views3 of 4 views of the abandoned wagons at Carnarvon

P08750174 views3 of 5 views of the trestle bridge at Capel, BB line

P08772174 views2 of 2 views of the barracks, Quairading, YB line,

P08870174 views6 of 15 views of the aftermath of the washaway at Coondle, CM line on the 3rd of March 1934, trestle bridge with its rails on the river bed. Pigsty temporary bridge in the background

P08895174 views11 of 29 views of the construction of the Wyalkatchem-Lake Brown-Southern Cross railway, WLB line. Man on horseback conversing with a worker on the trackbed

P09031174 viewsK class 204, Forrestfield Yard, side and end view

P09139174 viewsCXB class 17630, CXB class 17522 sheep wagons coupled together, end and side view

P09195174 views1 of 5 views of the inside of the "Outwards" shed at the Kewdale Freight Yard, conveyor belt

P09240174 viewsDD class 592, Rail Transport Museum, Bassendean, side and front view.

P09323174 views5 of 5 views of the Hotham Valley Tourist Railway's "Riverland" carriages at Fremantle Wharf having been unloaded after arrival from South Africa, end view of carriage.