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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P2111863 viewsW class loco on ballast train, narrow and dual gauge tracks, West Merredin Yard, EGR line, rear and side view

P2114663 viewsMidland Workshops workers assembled for the presentation to Jack Kelly and Frank Brookman when they joined the RAAF (Ref: Troops, Trades and Trains by Philippa Rogers)

P2115463 viewsA class 1506 on an ARHS tour train to Jarrahdale, train stopped for a photostop, view along the train

P2115563 viewsFS class 399 on an ARHS tour train to Chidlow, ER line, Train stopped fro a photostop, view along the train

P2116163 viewsWestern tunnel portal of the Swan View tunnel, ER line, view along the track towards the tunnel

P2119063 viewsADL/ADB class railcar set with the red stripe along the side, passenger platform with passengers and platform furniture, Fremantle, passengers boarding the train. C1986

P2127663 viewsXA class 1401 and XA class 1402, on the "Westland", about to depart Perth station, overhead footbridge, bracket signals, worker, Perth, ER line, front and side view from track level

P2128963 viewsX class 1012 hauling goods train including flat wagons with bolsters, vans, other wagons, on concrete and steel bridge, Bridgetown, PP line, front and side view from below bridge level

P2129663 viewsTA class 1811, shunting various wagons, vans, tank wagons, points, point lever, town buildings in background, Narrogin, GSR line, side and end view

P2133563 viewsOverpass under construction, platform, track bed, existing overpass in preparation for the Standard Gauge, Success Hill, view from track level

P2134163 viewsKalgoorlie Station and yard from Maritana Street bridge. EGR line.

P2138763 viewsD class loco on goods train crossing wooden trestle Bunbury Bridge, pedestrian walkway, Perth, SWR line, rear and side view

P2138863 viewsU class 657 on goods train, bracket signals, signal gantry, wagons in siding, trackside photographer, Midland, ER line, side and front view

P2020363 viewsDD class 593, bunker first, on train of empty passenger coaches, overhead traffic bridge, west of Maylands, ER line, side and front view from trackside

P2020863 viewsLoading sleepers onto rail wagons. Horse in foreground. Unknown location.

P2024063 viewsWorkers at the Loco Shops, Midland Workshops, assembled to Send Off soldiers to the war. (Of the Forty, ten lost their lives)

P2024463 viewsWSA class 30119 Wreckmaster, un-lttered and un-numbered. Bulldozer on board, front and side view

P2026363 viewsCanning Jarrah Timber Company No 3 "Morgan", on special passenger train, crew, Canning Mills, side and front view, c1897

P2029663 viewsPerth Railway Station- view looking east shows G class on a Fremantle bound passenger train in the Fremantle dock, the station building and shelter covering 3 mainline tracks. ER line.