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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T04236282 viewsHamersley Iron SD50 class 6061 undergoing major rebuilding, Dampier, 7 Mile workshops, internal view

T04302282 viewsL class 260 double heading with L class 261, hauling the inaugural "Indian Pacific" interstate passenger train, front on view, the leading L class has the Indian Pacific headboard mounted on the front.

P01054282 views1 of 4 views of the derailment of No105 Mixed near Dumberning, BN line on the 14th of March, 1934, GA class wagon lifted into the air

P01074282 views2 of 3 views of the derailment of No. 11 Mixed at the 51 mile point near Indarra, NR line, on the 2nd March 1932, showing derailed wagons piled up across the track. Q class 3234 in the view. Photo taken from the chimney of the cottage at 51 mile.

P01612282 viewsCulvert under construction, standard gauge construction, Avon Valley line

P01613282 viewsGroup of Thursday Islander tracklayers, Standard Gauge construction.

P01766282 viewsTrack newly ballasted, signal, TNT forwarding depot sheds, Maylands . View looking east along the track towards Meltham

P02834282 viewsASG class G49 Garratt articulated steam locomotive in builders grey, side view.

P03092282 viewsPR class 530 "Murchison" steam locomotive, front view, on up goods train, signals, passenger platform, pedestrian crossing, edge of signal box and nameboard, Claremont, ER line.

P03927282 viewsL class 264 standard gauge diesel locomotive, front view, in Westrail orange livery, double heading with L class 262, in International safety orange livery, on iron ore train, WO class iron ore wagons, on route to Kwinana, standard gauge line.

P04222282 viewsW class 920, on goods train for Collie or Bridgetown, departing Bunbury yard, SWR line

P01218282 viewsFD class 14292, louvered van, the only all steel version, yellow livery, side view, Leighton, ER line.

P01873282 viewsADL class 802 with ADC class 852 on a trial run from Pinjarra to Dwellingup, PN line, view along the train as it approaches the "top crossing" on the Pinjarra - Boddington road

T05100282 viewsNarrow gauge tracks, crossover, shed, mobile crane, Jeff Austin, Ian Milne, Soldiers Road, Churchman's Brook, track level view

P00128281 views91 of 98 images showing views and aspects of the construction of the steel girder bridge with concrete pylons across the Swan River at North Fremantle.