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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P1083770 viewsPlacement of R class 174 on display outside Centrepoint No 2 of 3 images, loco (side and front view) being lifted off road trailer by "Men from Mars" crane USC911 and Bell Bros crane, workers, opposite Jackson & Son building, Centrepoint Shopping Centre, Midland

P1085770 viewsTrack laying tractor in operation, worker, rural setting, track level view

P1090770 viewsCliffs Robe River (CRRIA) M636 class 1712, 1710 departing Pannawonica with a loaded iron ore train.

P1091870 viewsFS class 451 and 420 steam locomotives hauling an ARHS RESO Train photographed at Beela. BN Line.

P1095370 views6 of 7. Mechanical staff about to uncouple two wagons to allow a road crane to lift the wagon to the right back onto the rails to enable it to clear the site at Wagerup, SWR line. Date of derailment 11/9/1981

P1665870 viewsSignal box C, platform, canopy, road bridge, Perth station

P1672770 viewsCFL loco CF class 4410, having departed from UGL's site in Bassendean is waiting for the "all clear" to enter the main line, mainly an end on view

P1675170 viewsMount Newman (MNM) C636 class 5452 right side view of locomotive. Mount Newman's first Alco locomotive.

P1676070 viewsMount Newman (MNM) M636 class 5483 accident damage to front coupler and cowcatcher.

P1679870 viewsCommonwealth Railways (CR) G class steam locomotive hauling a construction train east with two TC class wooden water tanks and four TD class water tanks and a R class flat wagon with a mobile workers hut upon it, TAR line. c1916

P1684470 viewsCommonwealth Railways (CR) - TAR line Naretha Quarry buildings. This quarry supplied ballast for the railway construction. C1916

P1686170 viewsCommonwealth Railways (CR) - TAR line G class 19 steam locomotive hauling Transcontinental express at an Unknown location.

P1694470 viewsCommonwealth Railways (CR) CDF class lounge car - interior view.

P1694970 viewsCommonwealth Railways (CR) SS class 44 carriage at Forrestfield.

P1888870 viewsMount Newman (MNM) at Newman mine loadout M636 class 5477 & C636 class 5467, CM39-8 class 5631, M636 class 5494, CM36-7 M class wait for departure to Port Hedland.