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:

Most viewed

P1877570 viewsMount Newman (MNM) CM39-8 class 5631 "Apollo", C636 class 5454, M636 class 5471 at Newman

P1878970 viewsMount Newman (MNM) 220 car Locotrol ore train crosses Fortescue flood plain at 255kp - shows full length of train.

P1090370 viewsHamersley Iron (HI) M636 class 4034 hauls an empty ore train through Bells Cutting.

P1683970 viewsCommonwealth Railways (CR) - TAR line camp site McGurk Bros head of line store. Unknown location. C1916

P1684070 viewsCommonwealth Railways (CR) - TAR line ballast train dropping ballast. C1916

P1684170 viewsCommonwealth Railways (CR) - TAR line camp site showing tents. Unknown location. C1916

P1882170 viewsCliffs Robe River (CRRIA) M636 class 9420. Originally C630 class 2103 owned by Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad(USA). Long end view.

P1931370 viewsPacific National NR class 22 coupled to Mineral Resources MRL class 002 "Spirit of Yilgarn "on the storage track, Rail transport museum, end and side view

P1936670 views1 of 2 views of ZD class 226, "Break-Down Train Equipment" stencilled on the side, yellow livery, Forrestfield Yard, side and end view

P1937570 viewsVW class 5084, ex ZA class 168 with end platform, yellow livery, old Northam Yard, mainly a side view.

P1938170 views2 of 3 views of Z class 538T brakevan, yellow livery, on the line through the Rail Transport Museum, side view.

P1942970 viewsVW class 3386, white livery, Corrigin, NWM line, end and side view

P1949070 viewsQY class 2300 trolley wagon, red livery, Kewdale, side and end view

P1955970 viewsSCT class 006 double heads with SCT class 005 on a SCT freight train heading northwards through Hazelmere

P1956470 viewsRBW class 11212, bogie open wagon, yellow livery with "ARHS" and "Bulk Grain" stencilled on the side, small blue Westrail symbol on the right hand end of the side, Midland, mainly a side view.

P1957570 views6 of 6 images of Millars workshops at Yarloop, view looking south, Saw Shop on the left.

P1957870 viewsGoods shed, Harvey, SWR line, end and rear view

P1962270 viewsN class 1880 being lifted by 3 cranes following a level crossing accident with a truck at Wagerup. SWR line.

P1969870 viewsHMAS Yarra II which docked for a three day visit to Busselton on the 26,11 1937. The ship was open for public inspection hence the crowd on the jetty, view along the jetty.