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

T0835653 viewsAB Class 1532, view from cab, Up grain train, Blands Brook Bridge, approaching York, GSR

T0835853 viewsY Class 1108, shunting, QBE Class timber wagon, A Shed, Elizabeth Quay, Fremantle

T0837253 viewsADB Class 773 with ADK Class railcar, Down suburban passenger service, departing Stokley, Albany Highway level crossing, SWR line

T0837353 viewsADC/ADL/ADC/ADL Class railcar set, Down suburban passenger service, arriving at Stokley, stopping pattern sign says "NON-STOP CLAISEBROOK TO QUEENS PARK", Albany Highway level crossing, SWR line

T0840053 viewsPerth Box C signal cabin, City Station, construction of multi-story carpark underway, Perth, ER line

T0843753 viewsXA Class 1405 "Warienga", written off, awaiting transfer to the Rail Transport Museum, Forrestfield load tubs

T0846153 viewsADB Class 771 with ADK Class railcar, Down suburban passenger service, Platform 6, City Station, Perth, ER line

T0846353 viewsView from Horseshoe Bridge over Perth Yard, unidentified XA Class departing on an Up suburban passenger service, a 5-car set of hired Queensland Railways (QR) SXV and SX Class carriages, linen store, semaphore signals, Perth Box C signal cabin, ER line

T0846453 viewsA Class 1511, Down "Australind" sevice, Bunbury Bridge, East Perth, timber trestle, SWR line

T0848553 viewsADB/ADK/ADB/ADK Class railcar set, Down suburban passenger service, Swan River Bridge, steel girder, concrete pylon, Fremantle, ER line

T0852153 viewsDA Class 1573, mineral sands train, Geraldton Port, NR line

T0854853 viewsTA Class 1809, shunting, Picton, SWR line

T0855753 viewsADP/ADQ Class "Australind" railcars, inaugural service, Bunbury Terminal, Wollaston, SWR line

T0566653 viewsSteam crane - close up of winding mechanism. Busselton. BB line

P2320253 viewsStation buildings, platforms, Cannington station, SWR line, view from platform

P2321853 viewsLW class 276, NB class 1873, J class 101, NB class 1872, Forrestfield, side and end views

P2325053 viewsQX class 2300 trolley (well) wagon with large load covered with a tarpaulin, mainly a side view "Power House Sdg East Perth" chalked on the side.

P2327953 viewsSwan View derailment. Driver fatally injured

P2329953 viewsGangers working on the track near Perth Station with compressor mounted on a H wagon. In the background is the General Post office, water tank and Fremantle dock platform. ER line