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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P01765247 viewsPassenger on the last Albany Progress hand being shaken by his father, a WAGR employee

P01795247 viewsA class 1514, Perth Station, front and side view, arriving from Forrestfield on tour train duty.

P02227247 viewsG class 123, FS class 491, loco depot, Collie, BN line, side and front view

P02455247 viewsStation buildings, signal box, nameboard, station lamp, Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie, B line, trackside view along the station

P02464247 viewsPWD loco H class 22, Mundaring Weir. MW line, end and side view, family group posing next to the loco.

P03281247 viewsF class 43 diesel locomotive in WAGR livery, side and front view, shunting, goods shed, Subiaco, ER line.

P03519247 viewsC class 8238 sheep wagon in new condition, side and end view.

P03614247 viewsMillars Kia Ora steam locomotive and H class 18 steam locomotive, side view, stowed, Bunbury, SWR line.

P03705247 viewsR class 148, derailed, underside view, heading "Albany Express", Gilgering, GSR line. Train collided with a bull, tragically killing fireman J. Hartree.

P03774247 viewsK class 201 diesel locomotive Nickel train Esperance side and front view

P03849247 views1 of 1. Tool room block 3 Midland Workshops, overhead view, Foreman's office top left side.

P04204247 viewsWCA class railcar set, "The Prospector", Kalgoorlie, at its launch

P04211247 viewsMA class 1863, Leighton siding, ER line, side and front view

P04243247 viewsW class 903, on Hotham Valley Railway train of imported South African carriages, Dwellingup, PN line, about to depart on first trip to Pinjarra with imported carriages

P04289247 viewsY class 1117, heading AY class 452, AQL class 290 and Z class 524 van, crossing Bunbury Bridge, East Perth, SWR line

P16405247 viewsFront tank, MSA class loco, being scrapped, side and rear view

P00111246 views74 of 98 images showing views and aspects of the construction of the steel girder bridge with concrete pylons across the Swan River at North Fremantle.

P00118246 views81 of 98 images showing views and aspects of the construction of the steel girder bridge with concrete pylons across the Swan River at North Fremantle.