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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P16040103 viewsWO class 31201, iron ore wagon, side view

P16109103 viewsA promotional truck with flagging and banner advising the public to purchase war bonds.

P16129103 views6 of 6 images of an MRWA F class diesel being unloaded from a ship by the floating crane "Pelican", Fremantle Harbour

P16144103 viewsQU class 25044, yellow livery, Pinjarra, SWR line, side and end view.

P16147103 viewsZ class 538 in yellow livery, Pemberton Tramway ownership, Pemberton, PP lineside and end view.

P16183103 viewsCommonwealth Railways (CR), Commissioners inspection train, adjacent to reservoir, Zanthus, TAR line, c1920

P16289103 viewsThe front of the Coolgardie Railway Station now set up as a Railway Museum.

P16365103 viewsXA class 1404 "PARDOO" and another diesel loco, both in green with red and yellow stripe, on the "Westland", signals, level crossing, side and front view, York, GSR line

P16386103 viewsAA class 1519, in Westrail orange with blue and white stripe livery, on ballast train comprising XM class wagons, rural setting, side on view

T04658103 viewsK class 204 standard gauge diesel locomotive pictured at Avon Yard coupled to a WBC class 862 standard gauge brakevan with a WW class wheat hopper.

T04680103 viewsWG class standard gauge open (box) wagons at Midland Workshops. See T4649, T4650, T4670 and T4677.

T04739103 viewsCliffs Robe River (CRRIA) M636 class 1712 and M636 class 1710 crossing Miller Creek hauling an empty ore train to the Pannawonica mine.

T04740103 viewsCliffs Robe River (CRRIA) M636 class 1712 and M636 class 1710 hauling empty ore train to the Pannawonica mine.

P16423103 viewsD class tank loco, taking on water, signal, water column, platform, east end of Claremont station, ER line

P16581103 viewsV class 1213, on tourist passenger service, empty log wagon, visitors, station, Pemberton Tramway, side and front view

P18623103 viewsRA class 1906 diesel locomotive at the head of an ilmenite train at Millendon. Locomotive painted in larch green colour scheme with red and yellow banding. Z type brakevan marshalled between locomotive and brakevan. MR line.

P18662103 viewsD class 1561 heading an empty mineral sands train of XE class hopper wagons to Chandalla, on the Midland Railway line, passing through Midland. The white building to the left of the locomotive is the former workshop workers bicycle shed.

P18668103 viewsClyde EMD Forrestfield works with narrow gauge S class 2102 and standard gauge Q class 316 locomotives. Both locomotives are in the finishing stages of construction.