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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T0575949 viewsCanning Dam, dam wall extension, Planet locomotive, ARHS outing

T0576049 viewsCanning Dam - dam wall extension - Gemco locomotive, ARHS outing

T0577649 viewsPR class 521 "Ashburton", PM class 701, Rail Transport Museum, side and front views

T0578049 viewsX class 1030 in the green with red and yellow stripe livery, modern Out of Shed on a raised platform, Yoting, YB line, view along the track

T0578149 views1 of 8 views of the work on the Kalgoorlie to Kwinana Rehabilitation Project featuring the P811 Track Replacement Machine, view of the P811

T0578849 views8 of 8 views of the work on the Kalgoorlie to Kwinana Rehabilitation Project featuring the P811 Track Replacement Machine. View of the completed track replacement

P2340149 viewsADL class 806, ADC class 856, platforms, canopy, station building, horseshoe bridge, city buildings in background, Perth city station, ER line, side and end view

P2344949 viewsStation building, station sign, water tank, shed, wagons, track, Hopetoun, HR line, trackside view

P2346149 viewsGC claas 9901 festooned with flags,loaded with chaff to be sold in aid of Railway Queen, at Perth Goods shed, end of GA class 4938 in the view, Perth, ER line, ground level side view. See also P23460 & P23462

P2360149 viewsU class 655, chalked face on smoke box door, carriage, shed, front and side view from trackside

P2372949 viewsWSQ class 30152 standard gauge rail recovery wagon - end view

P2023048 viewsPM class 726 under coaling plant at East Perth loco depot. Night photograph using flash.

P2027148 viewsRake of QU class wagons including QU class wagon 25023, loaded with large Bernard Smith pressure vessels, vans, sidings, point lever, Midlands, ER line, end and side view

P2028448 viewsDerailment in the Darling Range. Locomotive L class 251, numerous wagons on side. ER line.

P2199648 viewsNameboard, Northampton, GA line

P2200648 viewsStation carpark sign, "Parking on Railway Business Only 15 minutes", motor cars

P2203048 viewsSteel and trestle bridge, Swan River, workers, Guildford, ER line, view from riverbank

P2203448 viewsGroup photo, Winning Champion Railway First Aid Team 1966. Front row: N.R. Outred, M.J. Warnock (coach). Back row: G.A. Errington, K.B. Warnock (leader), W. Hartley, R.A. Thompson.