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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P14680126 views2 of 3 views of the Royal Train, hauled by long hood leading A class 1511, transporting the Queen Mother to Bunbury, SWR line

P14685126 viewsC class 1701, location Unknown, goods train.

P14740126 viewsToilet blocks on the platform at York, GSR line.

P14739126 viewsA class diesel locomotive in Westrail orange livery, side view of bogie.

P14902126 viewsES class 346 steam locomotive, side and front view, coal elevator, Wongan Hills loco, EM line, c1950.

P14906126 viewsSignal box, track side view, Tunnel Junction, ER line. See also P03451.

P17230126 viewsRailcar set comprising ADF class 492 "Grevillea", ADU class 587, ADU class 586, stopped in cutting, on excursion to Jarrahdale.

P17240126 viewsV class 1218 and V class 1219, double heading goods train, passing rocky outcrops, c1969

P17282126 viewsX class 1007 "NATINGARO" diesel locomotive, on tour train, with suburban brakevan in the consist, front and side view, alongside Brunswick passenger platform, signal box, semaphore signals, SWR line.

P17374126 viewsPM class 701 steam locomotive on 104 goods on 'Narrogin Bank' enroute to Collie. Front & side view of locomotive. BN line.

P17395126 viewsW class 911, on goods train to Wagin, leaving Bowelling, WB line, train in middle distance moving away from camera, viewed through trees

P10246126 viewsCravens 25T breakdown crane No 23 lowering a WSF class standard gauge flat wagon with end bulkheads onto the track, side and end view

P10249126 viewsCravens 25T breakdown crane No 23 lifting an ex Commonwealth Railways (CR) four wheel ballast wagon from a narrow gauge flat wagon

P17677126 viewsDM class 586, bunker first, on 7:28 am Perth to Cannington suburban service, arriving Cannington, SWR line

P17729126 viewsDM class 585 on suburban passenger working, leaving Victoria Park towards Perth, side and front view, footbridge, station buildings, platform, nameboard, SWR line.

P17984126 viewsNR class 56 "Port Botany", featuring maker's plate and signage on cab, side view

P18092126 viewsV class 1205, East Perth loco shed, side view

P18108126 viewsW class 920, S class 546 steam locomotives at the head of a goods train near Shotts, BN line, front and side view of leading locomotive.

P18141126 viewsDB class 1583 "Shire of Murray" diesel locomotive double heading with an unidentified unit with an empty bauxite train enroute to Jarrahdale.