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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P12046286 viewsADF class 490 "Boronia" with two ADU class trailers, on test run. Similar to P6695

P12121286 viewsPM class 701, DD class 593, subway bridge, part of platform, Mount Lawley. Delivery of DD to old Northam loco. ER line.

P12162286 viewsZF class 440, four wheel brakevan in green livery, side view, Midland Workshops. ER line.

P12188286 viewsSEC shunting engine at Bunbury Powerhouse.

P12219286 viewsW class 946, Reso train, station buildings, siding, water column, Bowelling. BN line.

P12231286 viewsAYB class 456, door and windows, internal damage, Gingin accident. MR line.

P12388286 viewsW class 922, 193 goods, arriving Dwellingup with second part of train, station building, platform. PN line.

P12453286 viewsL class, Trans Australian, mixed Commonwealth Railways (CR) and ROA carriages, near Millendon Junction?, SG line.

T00065286 viewsGeraldton Trade Fair, F class 42, "The Midlander" train, Geraldton, NR line, "The Midlander" train on display

T00201286 viewsNF class wagon, freight container, being loaded onto wagon

T03607286 viewsW class, shunters float with a shunter on board, construction of new bridge in background, Bridgetown, PP line, goods train

P12841286 viewsF class 44 double heading with another F class, scotch block, Darkan, BN line, side and front view, goods train.

P01424286 views3 of 4 images of the buildings and other structures at the Ravensthorpe station precinct, HR line, barracks, side and end view, appears to be two goods sheds face to face

P01603286 viewsEarthworks for the 69 mile culvert, Koolyanobbing to Kalgoorlie, Standard gauge progress

P01738286 viewsU class 663, at Bunbury, SWR line, hauling the "Australind", side and front view.

P01766286 viewsTrack newly ballasted, signal, TNT forwarding depot sheds, Maylands . View looking east along the track towards Meltham

P02358286 viewsW class, water tower with a 25,000 gallon cast iron tank, engine shed, loco depot, Busselton, BB line, overall view of the depot.

P02907286 viewsADE class 446 "Governor Stirling", bound for Merredin, passing through National Park, ER line, "B" end leading, National Park station building in the background.

P02926286 viewsPerth station, signal box ('C' cabin), passenger train in the Armadale dock, view from Wellington St looking north east, ER line, c1920s.