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

T05005270 viewsRA class 1907 on No 20 goods train, between West Merredin and Nokaning, GM line

P00365269 viewsRelay room, Merredin Yard, view of banks of relays

P00440269 viewsVH class all steel bogie van, side and end view

P00491269 viewsProspector railcar set in original livery with the WAGR crest on the front, side and front view.

P00694269 viewsL class 255 with short train with brakevan

P00845269 viewsXF class alumina hoppers, loading bins, string of wagons being loaded.

P00848269 viewsXG class coal hoppers, Pinjarra, string of wagons painted in State Energy Commission livery

P00880269 viewsQRA class 22968 container wagon with "Bulk Ammonium Nitrate" container

P00943269 viewsEC class 246, side view, builder's photo, same as P3591

P05304269 viewsADF class, upper quadrant signal, Swan View, ER line. Number missing from front of the ADF, maybe a trial run

P05365269 viewsL class 251, Swan View, ER line, aftermath of No.97 goods derailed after running out of the Swan View tunnel

P05507269 views7 of 14 photos from the "Office of Chief Engineer Way and Works" showing before and after views of the demolition of the Railways Institute building from the forecourt of the Perth Railway Station. View from Perth Station building looking west

P07884269 views4 of 4 photos of the Royal Train taking Prince Charles from Perth to Northam, (Ref: "Westrail" Vol 1, No.3 April 1979), see also P0897, view of crowd on platform at Northam

P07984269 views1 of 5 views of Millars mill at Marrinup, 4 kms west of Dwellingup, PN line, general view before the fire, wagon GC class 9267 in mid foreground

T00018269 viewsARHS Vic Div visit, MSA class 499 Garratt loco, trestle bridge, Nannup, WN line, heading tour train

P13114269 viewsPowered ganger's trolley with Hotham Valley Railway members on board, station nameboard, Etmilyn, PN line

P01618269 viewsStairway from the Horseshoe Bridge to the station forecourt, new, Perth station, view up the stairway.

P01628269 viewsAD class carriage and other suburban carriages, under the overall roof, Fremantle station, c1926

P02610269 viewsPassenger train on the trestle bridge crossing the Swan River at North Fremantle, overall view of the bridge, train heading for North Fremantle.