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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P06616225 viewsFS class 421, Kylie, WB line, on ballast train, photo taken from ZA class 194 on No.54 goods

P06783225 viewsAN class 413 Vice Regal carriage, Pinjarra, side and end view

P07066225 views7 of 8 views of the smash at Wokalup, SWR line, shows steam crane No.23 lifting E class 345, cab end.

P07834225 viewsLoco shunting train into "Florida Cumming Smith" siding Bassendean

P08027225 viewsRA class 5603 bogie open wagon, side view.

P08054225 viewsM.C. Davies jetty, Flinders Bay, view from shore

P08408225 viewsMargaret River, station building, road side, BB line.

P08954225 viewsWQD class 30774-S sodium cyanide tank container wagon, (later reclassified to WQDF class), end and side view. This wagon was cut down from a WVX van, the end bulkheads being the remnants of the van's ends

P09830225 viewsLeighton Yard, Yardmaster's Office and control tower, DD class 591 on up passenger leaving station platform, three different carriage liveries, standard gauge line laid across narrow gauge lines. ER line.

P11831225 viewsW class 943, coal conveyor, turntable, loco depot, Boyup Brook, DK line.

P12101225 viewsR class 1901, Mundijong, Mundijong Junction accident. SWR line.

T00016225 viewsARHS Vic Div visit, X class 1023 "KARIERA", Malcolm?, KL line, on tour train

T02407225 viewsTunnel entrance, Swan View, ER line, west end portal, The tunnel was officially opened in 1896, closed in 1966 and is 340 metres (1116 feet) in length.

T03202225 viewsPMR class 721, driver illustrating typical driver attire

T03875225 viewsRA class 1910 in "International safety" orange livery, Claisebrook, goods train

T03948225 viewsQRS class bogie sleeper wagon, side and end view

T04207225 viewsDD class 600, West Leederville bank, Royal Show train

P12848225 viewsX class 1002 "BIBBULMUN", Bowelling, BN line, side and front view, goods train.

P13069225 viewsDD class 591, MRWA JA class carriage, Midland Junction Station, loco being coupled to the train to haul it into Perth, view of carriage side looking towards the loco.