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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P02278241 views26' tramway leading down to the Swan River in Rivervale, view from the top of the tramway looking down to the river, hanger from the Maylands aerodrome in the background.

P02605241 viewsR class 174 in blue paint scheme, outside the Railway Institute, Midland, front and side view, on display.

P02615241 viewsW class 908 running tender first between Wickepin and Yealering, NWM line, view looking along the tank wagon towards the loco taken from on the train

P03019241 viewsC class 434 steam locomotive, front and side view, engine pit, Kalgoorlie, EGR line, Goggs No. 88, same as P7574

P03207241 viewsPR class 521 "Ashburton" steam locomotive, front and side view, York, GSR line.

P03268241 viewsSignal box, station buildings, yard, Subiaco. Elevated view from the footbridge looking west

P03316241 viewsTrackwork in yard, cheese knobs, Northcliffe, PP line, view along the track

P03474241 viewsY class 1104 diesel shunter, side and front view, shunting at Bassendean, points, cheese knob, footbridge, ER line.

P03824241 views1 of 2 images of model of Midland Workshops, side view

P03834241 views300 containers, for shipment east, truck unloading, Kewdale Freight Terminal

P03852241 viewsFitting shop, block 3, Midland Workshops. Showing X class in Westrail orange with blue chevron and view of overhead cranes

P04125241 viewsA class 1511 Diesel Locomotive Royal Train hauling the Royal Train transporting the Queen Mother to Bunbury. Front and side view from left to right.

P04220241 viewsV class 1221, on No 24 goods train to Midland, Bellevue, ER line

P04319241 viewsADG/V class diesel railcar with ADA/V trailer, side and front view, old Armadale dock, Perth station.

P01816241 viewsStation building, Claremont, trackside view, platform 1 and 2, points rodding, passenger footbridge, Claremont, ER line.

P00102240 views65 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.