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:

Most viewed

P2243028 viewsOverview of country town, smokestack, houses, fences

P2245628 viewsB class 1601, shunting wagons including BE class 20535 livestock wagon, dancing worker, tracks, points, point lever, tower, view from track level

P2246128 viewsL class 268, in Westrail yellow livery, water tank (part), front and side view

P2249128 viewsAustralian Railway Historical Society Western Australian Division tour to Maylands brickworks 14 of 16, site, tracks, open land, view from trackside

P2250628 viewsK Class 206 double heading with another K Class, grain train, WW Class wagons, West Merredin CBH

P2251828 viewsPR Class 521, unknown location, note repaired headstock

P2254728 viewsS Class 542 "Bakewell", workshops grey livery, on display at Perth Terminal

P2055528 viewsGW class 1030 bulk grain wagon, GW class 2581 bulk grain wagon, GW class 3684 bulk grain wagon,, Bunbury, SWR line, side and end views, c1965

P2057228 viewsX class 7732 steel bulk grain wagon with ridge pole, end and side view

P2057728 viewsGB class 3450 open bogie wagon, built by Stableford, bodywork painted in grey with black ironwork, later reclassified as R class 3450 wagon, side and end view

P2059628 viewsStandard gauge WSJ Class 4-wheel ballast hoppers (ex-Commonwealth Railways BAS Class), WSF Class flat wagons (ex-Commonwealth Railways R Class), WF Class flat wagon, narrow gauge wagons on adjacent roads, Millendon Junction, standard gauge construction project

P2256528 viewsHead on collision of PR class 530 and PR class 531 on No W7 Water Train and No 76 Goods near Botherling EM line on 20 April 1950 No 3 of 7, JA class 11110, JK class wagon, derailed and up against locomotive tender, side view from trackside

P2257528 viewsGroup photo of 28 men in suits and hats, in front of Cabin A, c1940s

P2258328 viewsD class loco on passenger train, station buildings, platforms, nameboard, overhead pedestrian footbridge, crowds on platforms and footbridge, Showgrounds Station, ER line, view from elevated position, c1935

P2258528 viewsOverview of Fremantle railway station looking east, old workshop on left, goods shed, Cliff Street crossing in middle of photo, wharves, steamships and sailing ships in background,. See P02739