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

T03819296 viewsW class 904, water tower, yard, Amery, GM line, ARHS tour train

T04038296 viewsHamersley Iron Alco loco C415 class 1000 with ex-NSWGR carriages, Pilbara Railway Historical Society yard at Six Mile, Dampier

P14219296 viewsX class 1031 "YAUERA" on Laverton's last train, chalked message on the side of the loco referring to Premier Hawke.

P01611296 viewsTracklaying, workers handling dual gauge sleepers, Standard Gauge Progress

P01674296 viewsPostcard of Perth Station, ER line, view of eastern end looking west, part of signal box "C", platforms 3 and 4.

P02315296 viewsEmpty skips being lowered downNo.2 Incline, Maylands Brickworks tramway, view up the incline

P02454296 viewsStation building, nameboard, Bellevue, ER line, elevated view looking west

P02853296 viewsMillars loco No 61, G class type steam locomotive hauling AA class 206 first class carriage on ARHS tour to Jarrahdale at a bush camp 1 1/2 miles east of Albany Hwy. "Railways Historical Society" headboard on the loco

P03210296 viewsOld railway bridge, tracks lifted, Denmark, D line.

P03324296 viewsZ class 1153, side view, Esperance, CE line

P03485296 viewsA class 1501,staion, West Perth, on a Fremantle bound goods train.

P03911296 viewsKA class 212 double heading with another KA class, in the later Westrail blue livery, nickel train, just having passed under the Maritana Street Bridge, Kalgoorlie. View along the train.

P04376296 viewsStation building, trackside view of York station building in unpainted bare stone, AD class carriage and clerestory roofed brakevan at the platform, old style water column, points indicator, cheese knob, York, GSR line.