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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P14485162 viewsOrenstein & Koppel 0-6-0T, builders No.4241, Great Boulder mine, Kalgoorlie, side and front view, derelict

P14787162 views4 of 4 images of the railway infrastructure at the wharf at Albany, view of the trackwork on the water side of the wharf

P14831162 viewsX class 1008 "WARRANGOO" diesel locomotive, front view over engine pit in front of the round house, Bunbury, SWR line.

P14889162 viewsASG class 26 Garratt articulated steam locomotive, front and side view, in photographic grey livery c. Nov 1943.

P14911162 viewsXA class 1403 "WANBIRI", station building with nameboard, Capel. BB line, loco hauling a mixed train including seven XEB class mineral sands hoppers

P14939162 viewsBunnings loco D class 6 "Leonora" at Tullis, on bogie flat wagon QA class 9416, trailing behind is a five plank RA class wagon possibly built in the USA

P14949162 viewsRA class 1915, long hood leading coupled to X?? class hoppers, "Little Davids" point levers, Leighton Yard

P17040162 viewsS class 547 Lindsay at Midland Workshops with a J class standard gauge diesel hauling 2 wagons.

P17154162 viewsPR class 530 locomotive at western end of Perth Station. Note semaphore signals in background and portion of Perth Goods yard at left of locomotive.

P17159162 viewsQY class 2300 heavy lift wagon with a tarpaulin covered load. Location Unknown. Side view of wagon & load. Note the wagon has a total of four bogies necessary for carrying the load.

P17173162 views3 of 3, V class 1220 steam locomotive side and front view on the number 56 goods train, Fremantle Port Authority building in the background, cab of X class 1023 "KARIERA", Fremantle.

P10334162 viewsA class 1508 diesel locomotive in Westrail orange livery with XW class wagons, front and side view, foreshore Esplanade, Fremantle.

P10364162 viewsDB class 1590 "Shire of Collie" "Shire of Collie" Westrail Orange with train of superphosphate from Kwinana to Forrestfield passing Cockburn Junction 29.3.84. North leg of standard gauge triangle visible in background

P17439162 viewsS class 549 "Greenmount", trackside buildings, farmhouse, side and front view

P17491162 viewsFS class 451 steam locomotive, with shunters float at rear, shunting at Collie. BN line. Side view of locomotive & tender.

P17525162 viewsW class 903, on No 69 goods train, Narembeen, NKM line

P17529162 viewsV class 1214 steam loco on York to Perth goods train, approaching cutting, between No1 and No 2 cuttings, Avon Valley line, moving away from camera

P17582162 views4 of 4, R class 1903 diesel locomotive on ARHS tour train to Meckering, running long end first, running alongside the standard gauge line west of Meckering, EGR line.