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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P1683864 viewsCommonwealth Railways (CR) G class steam locomotive east bound hauling ballast train at an Unknown location. TAR line. Note the wooden TA class tank wagon and the two TC class water tank wagon behind the locomotive.

P1683964 viewsCommonwealth Railways (CR) - TAR line camp site McGurk Bros head of line store. Unknown location. C1916

P1684564 viewsCommonwealth Railways (CR) - TAR line Naretha Quarry buildings under construction. C1916

P1884764 viewsBHP iron Ore(BHPIO) first 240 ore train departing Yandi loadout tunnel. See also P18851

P1896164 viewsHamersley Iron (HI) Pendennis Castle steam locomotive hauling passenger train between Dampier and Tom Price.

P1907964 viewsDowerin - grain train derailment wagon XWBB 24758. GM line.

P1916964 viewsCommonwealth Railways (CR) construction camp being shifted, workers, buildings being loaded onto flat wagons, 474 mile, TAR line

P1917964 viewsCommonwealth Railways (CR) recreation hall, townspeople, Cook, TAR line

P1919864 viewsCommonwealth Railways (CR) bore casing, beam and engine, workers, 497 mile bore, TAR line

P1922164 viewsMount Newman Mining (MNM) Locotrol train - 270 cars departs Newman mine site. Mine site in background.

P1923564 viewsMount Newman Mining (MNM) distant view of empty train arriving Newman with drill blast hole pattern in foreground.

P1930864 viewsPacific National NR class 49 towing Mineral Resources MRL class 001 "Minres Express" northwards through Hazelmere

P1931964 viewsPacific National NR class 22 being passed by UGL TA class which is pushing the MRL class 002 into their plant, Bassendean, front on view of both locos

P1934264 viewsChicago Freight VL class 357, blue and yellow livery, crossing Railway Parade, Bassendean, side and front view

P1937064 views1 of 4 views of VW class 5100, ex ZA class 189 in the Westrail orange livery with a blue stripe as used on the weed killing train, stowed at Whitman's Park, side and end view.

P1937164 views2 of 4 views of VW class 5100, ex ZA class 189 in the Westrail orange livery with a blue stripe as used on the weed killing train, stowed at Whitman's Park, end and side view.

P1937264 views3 of 4 views of VW class 5100, ex ZA class 189 in the Westrail orange livery with a blue stripe as used on the weed killing train, stowed at Whitman's Park, side view.

P1937364 views4 of 4 views of VW class 5100, ex ZA class 189 in the Westrail orange livery with a blue stripe as used on the weed killing train, stowed at Whitman's Park, end and opposite side view.