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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P2394226 viewsHamersley Iron (IR) iron ore wagon on traverser, end and side view

P2080426 viewsD class 373, bunker first, on passenger train comprising AU class, two AT class, AS class and AF class carriages, Bayswater, ER line, side and front view of train

P2080626 viewsDS class 375, bunker first, on passenger train comprising AS class, two AT class and AU class carriages, signal, trackside building, Queens Park, SWR line, front and side view

P2082126 viewsDD class 595 on passenger train comprising 4 AY class and AYB class brake carriages, Guildford, ER line, side and front view

P2067025 viewsW Class 926, ARHS tour train to Toodyay, unknown location, ER line, AKB Class 60 behind loco

P2285725 viewsSteel pipes loaded on to flat wagon, with new webbing straps ready to secure load, van, workers, Kwinana, side and end view

T0787025 viewsXA Class 1412 "Noala", Down "Australind" service, X Class 1023 "Kariera", Down suburban passenger service, City Station, Perth, semaphore signals, footbridge, station buildings, ER line

T0787225 viewsXA Class 1413 "Yabaroo", Down suburban passenger service, Z Class brakevan on rear of grain train with XF Class alumina wagons in consist, Moore Street level crossing, ER line

T0787625 viewsADX Class 667 with ADX Class railcar, Up suburban passenger service, between Maylands and Mount Lawley, searchlight signal, ER line

T0797125 viewsXA Class 1402 "Targari", stabled, Forrestfield Yard

T0811125 viewsDD Class 592, Up ARHS passenger special, one of four steam shuttles run between Fremantle and Perth for Parliament Week celebrations, Swan River Bridge, North Fremantle, ER line

T0834425 viewsAB Class 1532, grain train, shunting, York CBH, GSR line

P2331125 viewsPerth Station Platform 4 passengers alighting from suburban train hauled by D class locomotive. C Cabin in background. ER line.

P2333725 viewsKoorda water supply - original dam. WLB line.

P2353225 viewsMeal time on the Nullarbor. The cattle wagon was the kitchen car. Large stew pots from the Wiles Cooker can be seen alongside the track.