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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T04212251 viewsloco crew oiling the motion, Brunswick Junction, SWR line

T04238251 viewsHamersley Iron Alco M636 class 4046 coupled to two sister locos, note mop hanging near door, Dampier, 7 Mile yard,

P12827251 viewsMainline south, elevated view taken from the coaling tower, Katanning Yard, GSR line

P12838251 viewsW class double heading with another W class (909?), Kojonup, DK line, front and side view

P13264251 viewsVW class 5080, ex AL class 38 "Gilbert" carriage at the Castledare Miniature Railway, side and end view, This carriage was burnt and destroyed on the 23rd September, 1978.

P01055251 views2 of 4 views of the derailment of No105 Mixed near Dumberning, BN line on the 14th of March, 1934, GA class, GC class 7709 and RA class 5056 in the consist.

P01440251 viewsA conductor checks the ticket of a passenger on the "Australind"

P01605251 viewsTrackbed on embankment for the standard gauge at Koolyanobbing, Standard Gauge progress,

P01722251 viewsWestland ARS class 282 second class sleeping carriage showing inside cabin.

P02803251 viewsE class 307 without a sand dome, side view

P02907251 viewsADE class 446 "Governor Stirling", bound for Merredin, passing through National Park, ER line, "B" end leading, National Park station building in the background.

P03420251 viewsW class 953 steam locomotive hauling ADG diesel railcar, front and side view, East Perth, ER line.

P03842251 viewsNumerically controlled lathe, block 3 Midland Workshops

P03932251 viewsXBC class 21026 bauxite hopper unloading at Kwinana, side view. Same as P6786

P04083251 viewsSubway, Mount Lawley, ER line, Capitol and Boans billboards, street level view

P04159251 viewsWestern Endeavour NSW 3801 steam locomotive arriving at Kalgoorlie August 1970.

P04242251 viewsW class 903 and W class 945, double heading Toodyay Show train, Swan View, ER line

P17605251 viewsC class 1703 diesel locomotive hauling a freight train through Koojedda. ER line. An elevated view showing wagons of wheat behind the locomotive. Note the signal box in the distance.