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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P2199269 viewsNameboard, Walkaway, W line

P2212769 viewsG class 123 at East Perth loco depot. ER line.

P2050269 viewsK class 206, another K class, double heading grain train, wheat silo, tracks, side and front view from trackside

P2231669 viewsCS class 439 "Banksia" at Subiaco. ER line.

P2231769 viewsCS class 439 "Banksia" at Subiaco. ER line.

P2233469 viewsFs class 452 shunting Bassendean. ER line,

P2234869 viewsWater tower with 13000 gallon cast iron tank, water crane, sheds, Koojedda, ER line, view from behind tower at ground level

P2237669 viewsPerth stone train derailment 3 of 5, wagon numbered 41, Public Works Department E class wagon 46, derailed and damaged, side view from trackside

P2238169 viewsLoading of vats for Merredin Brewery at Fremantle ER line 3 of 4, H class 2789 wagon loaded with two vats, other wagons also loaded with vats, truck, workers, shed, side and end view from trackside

P2239669 viewsWCA class 4 car railcar set "The Prospector", on hire for Australian Railway Historical Society tour, Meckering, EGR line, side and front view from track level

P2241669 viewsADK class railcar, being lifted by shipboard crane onto "Mammoth" ship, bound for Auckland NZ, Fremantle, ER line, side and end view

P2242069 viewsPreparing a railway water supply dam 2 of 3, horses, wagons, workers, roadway, view from elevated position

P2242169 viewsPreparing a railway water supply dam 3 of 3, horses, wagons, motor vehicle, water pipe, ground level view

P2244469 viewsGroup photo of Fremantle Railway Ambulance Class 1924. Front row: J. Finnucane, P. Harrison (Chair 1922), W. Restieaux (Chair 1923-4, Instructor 1924), Dr M. Glanville (Lecturer 1923-4), T. Woodroffe (Secretary 1922-4), T. Ryan (Instructor 1921-3), G. Fruin (Instructor 1922), F. Dodds. Second row: R. Watson, D. McGowan, E. Renner, E. Morris, E. Varcoe, J. Haynes, A. Sherville, H. MacLiver, F. Andrews, J. Noble. 3rd row: J. Affleck, J. Knox-Peden, G. Coad, O. Willshire, T. Priestly, N. Taylor, J. McCarthy, J. Sheedy, W. Woods, A. Cotton. Back row: W. Foord, N. Fowler, J. Woolmington, A. Saunders, A. Foord, C. Edwards,L. McEwen.

P2244869 viewsRoad subway under rail line, Boulder, B line, view from roadway

P2248369 viewsAustralian Railway Historical Society Western Australian Division tour to Maylands brickworks 6 of 16, overview of site, wagons, sheds, tracks, points, watercourse, view from trackside