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

T02093122 viewsPM class 710, Collie, rear view of tender

T02150122 viewsF class 40, Fremantle, ready to depart with suburban passenger train

T02341122 viewsPMR class 732, departing Bunbury, SWR line, on No.171 goods train

P13573122 viewsA. G. Hall, Commissioner of Railways, 1949-57, official portrait

P14169122 viewsFS class 278 (later FS class 425) with bar cowcatcher, side and front view

P14580122 viewsU class 655, Bassendean, ER line, signal box in the background, goods train.

P14677122 viewsA class 1511 on a tour train, Bayswater, ER line shows track leading to Brady's Plaster works

P14695122 views8 of 10, ES class 332 derailed on 10/6/1951, lying in a creek at Wooroloo, ER line,

P14699122 views2 of 3, FS class 450 steam locomotive derailed, side view, Moorhead, BN line. Date of derailment 2/5/1955

P14714122 viewsB class 1607 0-6-0 diesel hydraulic locomotive in Westrail orange livery, side view.

P14943122 viewsAB class 1532, Forrestfield loco, long hood end and side view

P14995122 viewsRoad over bridge, Meenaar, Standard gauge line, view along the track

P14996122 viewsStation light and nameboard, Kellerberrin, standard gauge line, v view along the platform

P17241122 viewsV class 1218 and V class 1219, double heading goods train, c1969

P17391122 viewsPM class 708, on Akru 15 stock special to connect with 104 to Collie, departing Boundain, level crossing, NWM line

P10286122 viewsA class 1514 in Westrail orange livery, hauling the "Daily News Watsonia Flyer" tour train, view along the train.

P17698122 viewsACL class 395, another ACL class carriage, another passenger carriage, hauled by tank engine, bunker first, station, ER line, typical Showgrounds loco, c1965

P17709122 viewsDD class 591, bunker first, on passenger train, C Cabin, bracket signal, Barrack Street bridge, Perth station, c1968

P17756122 viewsPMR class 728 steam locomotive shunting Picton Junction yard while working 23 Goods train from Perth. Side/Front view of locomotive. R class low sided bogie wagon behind locomotive. Fertiliser works in the background.