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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T0470581 viewsTwo W class steam locomotives hauling a goods train in the lower South West. See T4702

T0473981 viewsCliffs Robe River (CRRIA) M636 class 1712 and M636 class 1710 crossing Miller Creek hauling an empty ore train to the Pannawonica mine.

T0476181 viewsMount Newman C636 class 5458 near New Norcia being road transported to Tomlinson Steel, Welshpool for overhaul.

T0478381 viewsHamersley Iron (HI) GE36-7 class 5057, 5058, 5059 (Goninan-GE) new locomotives off loaded from vessel MV Iron Baron waiting commissioning at Dampier.

P1652781 viewsX class 1013 "BOONARA", station building, platform, yard, Toodyay, CM line

P1861281 viewsRake of WN class nickel wagons, end and side view

P1867581 viewsP class 2005 "Shire of Lake Grace" narrow gauge diesel locomotive hauling an empty wheat train, to Brookton, pictured at the 84km post in the Avon Valley.

P1867881 viewsDB class 1593 "Shire of Northam", in Westrail orange with white edged blue stripe, side and front view of driver's cab end

P1869781 viewsB class 1601, dark livery with white end with V stripe, shunting goods wagons, end and side view

P1871981 viewsA four car EMU set crossing the old Bunbury Rail bridge at East Perth enroute to Perth. Construction of the new Goongoongup bridge is in progress.

P1878681 viewsBHP Iron Ore (BHPIO) M636 Class 5502, (left- blue livery), 5497, 5499, 5496 (right - orange livery) at Port Hedland

T0485281 viewsBHP Iron Ore CM36-7M class, M636 class & CM36-7M class approach Kalgan with a loaded ore train

T0485581 viewsTrack maintenance train including flatbed wagons laden with sleepers, workers, Avon Valley line, side view

P1085181 viewsPlasser track maintenance machine, operator, Kalgoorlie to Kambalda standard gauge line c1972

P1088681 viewsCommonwealth Railways (CR) G class 15 steam locomotive of the Commonwealth Railways (CR) hauling the "Trans" passenger train on the Nullarbor Plain. TAR line. Note the square bodied water tanker behind the locomotive.

P1089381 viewsHamersley Iron (HI) M636 class 4047, 4051, 4046 haul an empty train through Bells Cutting near Tom Price.

P1089881 viewsHamersley Iron (HI) C628 class 2004 hauling communications train (ex NSWGR passenger carriage FS class 2010) at Emu.

P1093981 viewsA gathering of interested guests and railway personnel gather around a dual gauge set of points which incorporate a moveable set of 'baby K' points.