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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P21436103 viewsADK class 684, bogie being lifted into cradle for shipping, crane, cables, workers, wharf, ship (part), Fremantle port, side and front view

P21495103 viewsHead on collision at Mount Kokeby 1 of 3, ES class 354 loco and FS class 279 loco nose to nose, tender derailed, wreckage of wagons, Mount Kokeby, GSR line, side view from track level

P21550103 views11 of 20 Construction Scenes of Third Beechina Deviation between Wooroloo and Chidlow ER line c1920s, horse drawn wagons with contractors J Sharp and S Ford

P21624103 viewsDMU 3 car set, platforms, station buildings, signal box, pedestrian footbridge, steps, Claremont, ER line, side and end view from platform

P21633103 viewsDM class 582, on down goods train, vans, wagons, signal, Perth yard, track level view

P21637103 viewsTrack diagram, block instrument, lever handles, inside Box B, Midland, ER line

P21642103 viewsSignal Box B, entry stairs and door, tracks, wagons, shed, Midland, ER line, looking east from an elevated position

P21644103 viewsInterior view of main floor inside signal Box B, lever frame, block instrument, track diagram, Midland, ER line

P21649103 viewsXA class 1401, RA class 1913, on shed, Merredin, EGR line, front and part side view

P21701103 viewsStation nameboard, tourist, Ringa, CM line

P21705103 viewsCravens 25 ton breakdown crane No. 23, U Class 1730 match wagon, West Merredin, EGR line, view from trackside

P21716103 viewsK class 204, on eastbound freight train, including flat wagon WFL class 30059 loaded with former MRWA F class 40, signal box, station building, platform, Merredin, EGR line, front and side view

P21721103 viewsCommonwealth Railways GM class 16 at Kalgoorlie (Parkeston)

P21740103 viewsL class 251 hauling freight train through West Merredin. A class 1511 being piggybacked in consist. EGR line.

P22037103 viewsTrack laying, underground between Joondalup station and Currambine station, concrete sleepers, wagon carrying rail, supports, workers, Joondalup line, view inside tunnel, NSR Line

P22474103 viewsOats Street station SWR line 2 of 5, shelter, platform, station nameboard, light pole, cars on adjacent road, wire fence, view from opposite platform, c1976-1977

T06017103 viewsEast Perth Loco Depot, diesel shed, ADF Class 493 "Hovea" Wildflower railcar, J Class water tanker, unidentified X Class, grounded D Class van, Summer Street footbridge ramp