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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P1966774 viewsInstalling dog spikes and fish plates. Location unknown.

P1970074 viewsTimber trestle railway bridge over the Vasse River, Busselton, overall view looking across the river

P2109274 viewsSignal box, signal, track, point lever, station, pedestrian overpass, onlookers, East Perth, ER line, view from trackside looking towards the station

P2112074 viewsPMR class 732, shunting ash and coal wagons, rake of carriages, loco sheds, turntable, tracks, west end of East Perth running sheds, ER line, side and rear view of train

P2112374 viewsRoundhouse with various locos, Holden ute BY 5542, timber, Bunbury, SWR line

P2112574 viewsStation, building, platform, sheds, tracks, Swan View, ER line, view from overhead road bridge looking west

P2112974 viewsSignal box, signals, track, points, platforms, station buildings, canopies, overhead footbridge, East Perth, ER Line, view from track level

P2116374 viewsGroup of workers posing in front of CS class 270 "Black Butte" at Dwellingup, Left to right: M. Huxtable (Mill Manager), F. Sweeney, S. Evans, H. Willmott, l. Stewart.,

P2122374 viewsO class 82, crew member standing on the footplate, side and front view

P2125474 views G class 114, shunting wagons, vans, sheds, driver, workers, Midland, ER line, front and side view, c1936

P2127574 viewsBuilding extensions under construction, required to facilitate increased production for the war effort, workers, Midland Workshops, ER line, overall view of building site, c1941

P2127674 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

P2130974 viewsSwan View - single track

P2135474 viewsWestrail S class 2102 loco in the yellow with black chevrons livery heading an empty bauxite train near the mine, elevated view of the loco in a cutting emerging from the foliage surrounding the track

P2021974 viewsPM class 701. Front three-quarter view of right hand side, showing original air-operated sanding control and also Cardew cylinder relief valves mounted to side of smokebox.� ER line

P2024274 viewsGroup photo of the Chief Mechanical Engineer's staff: Back Row - Left to Right: L. Price (Chief Clerk), H. Holland (Work's Manager's Clerk) H. Moore (Foreman) Coppersmith) J. Thomas (Foreman Fitter) G. Loveridge (Foreman Track Equipment) T. Clough (Foreman Elect.) J. Johnson (Foreman Machine Shop) Front Row: - Left to Right: J.H. Makin (Foreman Boilermaker) B. Copley (Foreman Painter) T. Marsland (Chief Mechanical Engineer) R. Johnson (Works Manager) C. Pearce (Car & Wagon Foreman) J. Redpath (Foreman Blacksmith) T. Fergie (or Ferguson) Foreman Moulder)

P2029874 viewsPerth Railway Station - view looking west. Show a train in main platform and train in Guildford dock. The passenger shelter canopy has not been constructed. ER line.

P2039074 viewsUnidentified K class steam loco attached to steam railway crane positioning new girder on the Fremantle railway bridge replacing the wooden trusses, side on view of the bridge. ER line.