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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P2051381 viewsCommonwealth Railways GM class 24 and another diesel loco, double heading "Trans Australian" passenger train of stainless steel carriages, rural setting, front and side view from elevated position

P2051681 viewsX class 1007 on goods train, rural setting, Avon Valley line, front and side view

P2222581 viewsInterior view of AYL class lounge car, showing worker adjusting overhead fan, and scenic pictures on compartment divider

P2226681 viewsBringo Crash 1 of 2, loco upended, wagons derailed, track torn up, group of onlookers including driver J. Larcombe, fireman E. Gleed, guard N. Criddle, Bringo, NR line, view from track level looking towards front of train

P2244381 viewsZoo locomotive, standing on rails in park, front and side view, in use from 1934 until 1953

P2255681 viewsW class 939, taking on coal, conveyor, coal wagons, sideless shelter shed, Bill Gorden, Lake Grace, LH line, side and rear view

P2258181 viewsStation buildings, platform, nameboards, signal box, sheds, open shelter for passengers with bicycles, Parkerville, ER line, c1966. Similar to P00616

P2273781 viewsW class 937 arriving Merredin from Bruce Rock.View from footbridge looking east. EGR line.

P2279481 viewsGreat Western Railway Castle class "Pendennis Castle" on flat wagon, tender on another wagon, tanks, containers, on wharf at Fremantle, ER line, rear and side view

T0600281 viewsPM Class 701, goods train, unknown location, pipeline, EGR line

T0600681 viewsCunderdin CBH when new, standard gauge, silos, people in formal clothing, opening ceremony?, EGR Line

T0603081 viewsG Class 123, FS Class 461, Vintage Train bound for Collie, water bag, Worsley, BN line

T0606681 viewsFS Class 420, FS Class 422, scrapped, sale lot number painted on cab, ex-MRWA depot, Midland

T0606781 viewsP Class 514, scrapped, sale lot number painted on tender, ex-MRWA depot, Midland

T0613281 viewsV Class 1220, PMR Class 729, G Class 233 and other steam locos, Bunbury roundhouse, JOA Class 11312 distillate tank wagon, fuel tank, turntable, ash pit

T0661581 viewsV Class 1220, ARHS 75th tour train to Donnybrook, Dardanup, goods shed, station building, double slip points, PP line

T0666981 viewsProspector railcars, Perth Terminal, dock platform, East Perth, night photo, ER line

T0671181 viewsV Class 1220, locomotive and brakevan heading to Brunswick Junction for the ARHS "Farewell to Steam" tour, Z Class 536 brakevan, Fernbrook, BN line

T0671481 viewsV Class 1220, on turntable, Brunswick Junction, ARHS "Farewell to Steam" tour, water tower, warning signs, "CHILDREN IT IS [DANGEROUS] TO PLAY ON TURNTABLE", "[WARNING] ENGINEMEN TURNTABLE to be weighed down by FIREMAN before engine mounts table. TURNTABLE to be stopped by catch at very SLOW speed."