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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P17517169 viewsV class 1215, on No 24 York to Perth goods train, Horseshoe Cutting, leaving West Toodyay, ER line

P17528169 viewsV class 1214, on York bound goods train, having emerged from cutting, between No 1 and No 2 cuttings, Avon Valley line

P17552169 viewsStation building, trackside shed, hand luggage trolley, cars parked, station nameboard, Parkeston, TAR line, c1968

P17617169 views2 unidentified W class steam locomotives hauling the NSW Rail Transport Museum RESO train at an Unknown location (possibly South West line).

P01309169 viewsJR class 188 Vacuum Oil tanker, side view, Leighton, ER line.

P01382169 viewsVW class 5086, ex ZA brakevan, yellow livery, Narrogin, GSR line, side and end view.

P01866169 viewsAYB class 459 on the rear of an ARHS City Circle tour train, view along the train looking towards the front. Train hauled by DD class 592

P01934169 viewsAYD class 550 Australind Buffet Car (carriage), hostess at the door assisting passengers

P01939169 viewsJK class 9911 liquid caustic soda bogie tank wagon, Midland Workshops, side and end view

P18055169 viewsS class 2102, painted yellow, and S class 2104, painted white, under construction at Clyde Engineering, industrial buildings, Forrestfield, end and side views

P15112169 viewsRoebourne horse tram is depicted opposite the Victoria Hotel, the first stopping point on the journey to Cossack

P15186169 views2 of 6 images of showing the Hotham Valley Railway's use of the facilities at Pinjarra, SWR line, ex TGR loco V class 4 with the steam crane and W class 945 in the background in front of the loco shed

P18312169 viewsThree DMU sets, headed by ADA class railcar, ADB class 774 and ADK class railcar, front on view, platforms, canopies, horseshoe bridge, vacant area in foreground for overhead carpark construction, Perth city station, view from eastern end

P15420169 viewsAYC class 511 "Australind" carriage, green and cream livery, side and end view, Jarrahdale, KJ line, ARHS tour to Jarrahdale

P02070169 views6 of 12 views of the construction of a railway dam at Hillman, BN line, side view of raft

P02151169 views41 of 44 views of the construction of the railway at Esperance, CE line taken by Cedric Stewart, the resident WAGR engineer horse drawing a wagon of construction materials

P15620169 viewsAustralian National CLP class 16 in the green and yellow livery, East Perth terminal, running around its train, s

P15746169 viewsStation building, Hovea, ER line, row of palm trees adjacent to the structure, end view of an ADU class carriage on a Wildflower railcar set having passed the station heading eastwards.

T04438169 views36 of 38 images of Commonwealth Railways (CR) "Tea and Sugar" train on trip from Port Augusta to Parkeston on the TAR line by Clyde Shoebridge and Peter Sage in December 1963 to January 1964, GM class 5 on goods wagons approaching camera, trackside buildings, view from "Tea and Sugar"