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

P07057341 viewsOverall view of the aftermath Mornington Mill disaster, the train crash at Wokalup

P08038341 viewsVDR class 23011 labelled "PETERS ICE CREAM", end and side view.

P08956341 viewsWW class 32017-G standard gauge grain hopper, end and side view, newly painted, same as P8968

P00060340 views23 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.

P00408340 viewsWWA class standard gauge grain hopper, grain silo, side and end view.

P00471340 viewsP class 441 (renumbered to P class 501 on 13/6/1947), Kalgoorlie Station, side view

P00672340 viewsStation yard, Bunbury, looking west, with passenger train in view, same as P5806

P08030340 viewsRCA class 23906, end and side view.

P12000340 viewsR class 1901, Mundijong, Mundijong Junction accident. SWR line.

T03635340 viewsH class 2259 ballast plough in between a LA class ballast hopper and a J class tank wagon

P03200340 viewsKA class 9257, 8697 and 9181 open wagons and X class hoppers, side view.

P00175339 viewsStation buildings, Mosman Park, end view from car park showing parking facilities

P00189339 viewsHump yard operator sorting wagons, view of operator, consol and hump yard, similar view to P0188

P00319339 viewsPerth station, view along the street side looking east with cars parked in the forecourt, extra description on rear of the photo. C1963

P00487339 viewsW class 30112 standard gauge flat wagon, (later reclassified to WFDY), with "Refrigerated Container" No.5616 and "Refrigerated Container" No.5628 on board heading a line of WF class wagons.

P00788339 viewsStation buildings, signal box, Chidlow, ER line

P09059339 viewsWSA class 30119 standard gauge "Wreckmaster" flat wagon with "Caterpillar" crane tractor, side view, Forrestfield Yard

T03800339 viewsADF class 492 "Grevillea", new Northam Station, ARHS tour train, head on view

P00481338 viewsG class 4-6-0 off the rails in Amherst road, West Midland, front view (ref: ARHS "Bulletin", No.456, page 246, see also "The Railway and Tramway Magazine", August 1, 1936.)