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

T03800341 viewsADF class 492 "Grevillea", new Northam Station, ARHS tour train, head on view

P15005341 viewsC class 1703 in on HVR tour train, Donnybrook, PP line, front and side view

P00174340 viewsQuarry, Brunswick, for ballast for the upgrading of the Collie BN line

P00175340 viewsStation buildings, Mosman Park, end view from car park showing parking facilities

P00189340 viewsHump yard operator sorting wagons, view of operator, consol and hump yard, similar view to P0188

P00481340 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.)

P00487340 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.

P00558340 viewsW class 917, ER line, front and side view, goods train.

P00580340 viewsAH class 560 1st class sleeping carriage, side and end view

P00996340 viewsDB class 1590 "Shire of Collie" double heading with another DB class, Albany Harbour, grain train

P05527340 viewsQX class 2300 trolley wagon passing Lord Street with large load

P00191339 viewsSculpture, Westrail Centre, east Perth

P00978339 viewsXA class 1406 "UNGARINYIN" in the all green livery, East Perth Loco sheds in background, on "up" country passenger train

P00984339 viewsM class loco, Station building, Geraldton, first locomotive leaving for Northampton

P05409339 viewsADG/V class 615 railcar in newly applied Westrail orange livery, side and end view

P08035339 viewsVB class 4330, side and end view.

P08688339 viewsGA class open wagon, number obscured by worker, end and side view.

P12600339 viewsLoading platform, Armadale, SWR line, overgrown and out of use, trackside and end view.

P00064338 views27 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.