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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P2167748 viewsADB class 772 in Midland bound 2 car DMU set, another DMU 2 car set City bound, platforms, station buildings, bracket signals, signal box, pedestrian ramp, vans, shed, Subiaco, ER line, view from overhead bridge

P2177748 viewsW class 958 rear end banking ARHS Dwellingup tour near Isandra. PN line.

P2178648 viewsS class 541 "Bruce" at Bunbury Locomotive depot. SWR line.

P2178748 viewsW class 904 at Bunbury Locomotive depot. SWR Line

P2185748 viewsX class 1008, other diesel locos, shed, East Perth loco depot, ER line, side and end views

P2186748 viewsW class 904, sheds, post, loco depot, Bunbury, SWR line, front and side view

P2192048 viewsWooden rail bridge, looking along the tracks to the south, bracket signals, port, Swan River, Fremantle, ER line

P2194148 viewsN class loco, tender first, on passenger train, crossing wooden trestle bridge, bracket signals, Swan River, Fremantle, ER line, front and side view

P2194548 viewsAZ class sleeper, derailed and almost on its side, Karping, GSR line, end and side view from trackside

P2195248 viewsGroup photo of Fremantle Railway Ambulance Class of 1924. Front row: J. Finnucane, P. Harrison (Chair 1922), W.A. Restieaux (Chair 1923-4, Instructor 1924), Dr M. Glanville (Lecturer 1923-4), T.R. Woodroffe (Secretary 1922-4), T.E. Ryan (Instructor 1921-3), G.W. Fruin (Instructor 1922), F.J. Dodds. Second row: R. Watson, D. McGowan, E.M. Renner, E. Morris, E.W. Varcoe, J. Haynes, A.H. Sherville, H. MacLiver, F.A. Andrews, J. Noble. Third row: J. Affleck, J. Knox-Peden, G.A. Coad, O.W. Willshire, T. Priestly, N. Taylor, J. McCarthy, J. Sheedy, W. Woods, A. G. Cotton. Back row: W. Foord, N.A. Fowler, J.W. Woolmington, A.D. Saunders, A.C. Foord, C.A, Edwards, L. McEwen.

P2197948 viewsKalgoorlie coal stage G class on coal stage and ASG in foreground. EGR line.

P2198148 viewsN class 200 at Armadale station hauling ARHS Tour train. Photo of locomotive only. SWR line.

P2204548 viewsW class 904, from Australian Railway Historical Society "Avon Explorer" tour train, York loco depot, taking on coal, coal stage, loco shed, tracks, Avon Valley line, front and side view, GSR line.

P2213148 viewsPR class 532 "Fortescue" York -Midland goods near Swan View. ER line.

P2213848 viewsDD class 600 leaving Swan View hauling last 194 Chidlow passenger train. ER line.

P2218448 viewsDA class 1576, with DA and AB class locos, triple heading ballast train, station nameboard, station limits sign, gravel path across tracks, Wyalkatchem, GM line, front and side view

P2042748 viewsPinjarra, head on collision of No.14 fast mixed and No.25 goods. Locomotives E class 346 and E class 310. SWR line.

P2045548 viewsEngine on rotatable jig, ladder, fitter and apprentice tightening crankshaft main bearings with torque wrench, diesel shop, Midland workshops, ER line, interior view