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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P1990358 viewsPR class 525 "Frankland" at East Perth loco. ER line.

P1990958 viewsW class 901 in new condition at Midland Junction workshops. ER line..

P1991358 viewsA class 31, 2-6-0 steam locomotive with a six wheel tender, side view, coloured version of photo P07458

P1992558 viewsGoods shed class 4, station buildings, Margaret River, BB line

P2017358 viewsNorthern Suburbs Railway project, sign denoting the site of the proposed Bus/Rail transit station

P2100458 viewsPacific national NR class 120 hauling MRL class 005 northwards through Hazelmere en route to UGL's plant in Bassendean.

P2100658 viewsPacific National NR class 78 in the yellow and blue livery double heading with another NR class on a south bound freight train passing through Hazelmere.

P2101458 viewsPacific National loco NR class 71 in the yellow and blue livery double heading with another NR class on a south bound freight train passing through Hazelmere

P2104658 views3 of 8 views of the loading facilities at the old Swan Brewery plant at Canning Vale, left hand end and trackside view

P2108458 viewsPlatform, track, 25,000 gallon cast iron tank on a water tower, sidings, stone platelayers and single men's cottages, Yellowdine, EGR line, view looking west, c1940

P2122758 viewsX class 1021 (front portion), with driver L. W. Lightfoot standing by, Wiluna, GN line, front and side view

P2124658 viewsPerth Railway Station - 1897 sketch of station. ER line

P2125558 viewsK class 102, several other steam locomotives, awaiting repairs or scrapping, workshop buildings, points, sidings, Midland, ER line, side and front view, c1946

P2126258 viewsAmbulance in used at Midland Workshops, ER line, side and front view, c late 1920s

P2126758 viewsFitting Shop, Block 3, Midland Workshops, locomotives under repair or overhaul, B class 184 in the foreground

P2135358 viewsWestrail loco, A class 1504 in the orange with blue stripe livery heading a rake of Queensland suburban carriages off the Woodbridge Triangle towards Forrestfield, view along the train

P2023658 viewsPMR class 733 shunting goods wagons across Whatley Crescent Maylands. The siding went into Massey Harris agricultural machinery factory. Elevated water tower is on factory property, not WAGR. ER line.