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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P16321111 viewsFootbridge demolition, mobile crane, motor vehicles, workers, Summer Street, East Perth, ER line

P16378111 viewsTwo WCA class "Prospector" sets, Merredin, EGR line, front and side views

T04628111 viewsDD class 598 steam locomotive with a Royal Show special passenger service.

T04649111 viewsWG class standard gauge open (box) wagons at Midland Workshops.

T04670111 viewsK Class standard gauge diesel locomotive at the head of a rake of WF class standard gauge class flat top wagons at Midland.

T04672111 viewsK class standard gauge and J class standard gauge diesel locomotives pictured at Midland.

T04722111 viewsV class 1206 steam locomotive hauling a Z class brakevan in the lower South West.

T04761111 viewsMount Newman C636 class 5458 near New Norcia being road transported to Tomlinson Steel, Welshpool for overhaul.

T04775111 viewsHamersley Iron (HI) GE36-7 class 5059 (Goninan-GE) being lifted onto wharf from vessel MV Iron Baron at Dampier.

T04787111 viewsHamersley Iron (HI) ore car- elevated view.

P16431111 viewsMSA class 500,XA class coal wagons, Midland Junction loco depot, ER line, rear and side view

P18627111 viewsNA class 1872 diesel locomotive, in Westrail orange paint, at the Forrestfield Loco depot. Dual gauge trackage in the foreground.

P18676111 viewsRA class 1906 in the orange with blue stripe Westrail livery, Forrestfield, side and end view

P18721111 viewsN class 1880 diesel locomotive hauling a rake of GH class wagons loaded with coal between Beela and Brunswick enroute to Bunbury. BN Line.

P18784111 viewsBHP Iron Ore (BHPIO) C36-7M class 5506 "Ethel Creek", M636 class 5474,5483 showing 3 different liveries. Note loco 5506 had its name transposed with loco 5507 in 1991.

P10868111 views4 of 4 views of a derailed narrow gauge wheat train, No. 505 Goods near Carani, CM Line, GM class and GH class wagons off the tracks including GH class 18858, GH class 18710, GH class 18647, 25 ton breakdown crane, No.23 in attendance, date of derailment 11/7/1969

P10915111 viewsF class 453 steam locomotive at East Perth Locomotive Depot with two unidentified steam locomotives. Good side view of locomotive.

P10916111 viewsCliffs Robe River M-636 class 9416 diesel locomotive and ex Chesapeake & Ohio M-636 class (2103) 9420 hauling a loaded iron ore train enroute to Cape Wickham port.

P10958111 viewsPerth Terminal depicting a Commonwealth Railways (CR) RM class flat top wagon loaded with passenger's motor cars. The wagon will be detached from the train to enable the motor vehicles to be unloaded. Portion of S class 542 'Bakewell" can be seen on display in the background.