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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T01658117 viewsMT Newman Mining locos M636 class 5479, bridge, iron ore train.

T01710117 viewsADG railcar set, station, Fremantle.

T02091117 viewsDD class, the "Early Morning Riser" suburban passenger train

T02731117 viewsA class 15, makers plate (builders plate).

P14523117 viewsM class loco boiler being lifted onto or off its chassis, outdoor work area, timber derricks

P14643117 viewsUT class 664 hauling a ballast train bunker first, two JA class tank wagons, attached to the bunker end of the loco, Cairn Hill, MR line, view along the train.

P14648117 viewsS class 543 "Brockman", location Unknown, goods train

P14682117 viewsADF class 492 "Grevillea" heading a two car set Wildflower set, side and front view.

T04395117 viewsGH class 18876-M in Westrail yellow livery, "Bulk Grain" stencilled on the side, side view

P14896117 viewsStation buildings and yard, signal box, Brunswick, SWR line, pre 1950s,

P14989117 viewsMobile crane unloading sawn timber from open wagons, side view of the crane

P17292117 viewsDD class 592 steam locomotive, shunting goods wagons, Picton, SWR line.

P17350117 viewsW class 919 steam locomotive and S class 550 "Hardie" steam locomotive, double heading, on goods train, side view, heading out of Narrogin, BN line.

P10250117 viewsPlasser track tamping machine, working, side and front view

P10353117 viewsPR class 521. On freight train of mixed wagons in open country, three quarter view light smoke plume.

P17511117 viewsV class 1205, on No 24 goods train, Avon Valley line, rear and side view

P17536117 viewsV class 1216, on No 24 goods train, No 2 cutting, Avon Valley line

P17730117 viewsW class 936 & 944 steam locomotives travelling light engine from Avon Yard to Old Northam Loco at the east end of Avon Yard. GSR line. Note the automatic signal posts and the semaphore signal pole, signal wiring and narrow & standard gauge trackage.

P17736117 viewsDD class 598 steam locomotive arriving at City Station with a suburban service. Note the semaphore signals in the foreground. Former SEC building in background. signal box and Barrack Street overhead bridge in view. Note the roofed area of the platform. ER line.