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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P02009217 views7 of 14. Ruston steam shovel righting derailed side tipping wagons on embankment, view of wagon suspended from shovel bucket, front and side view, construction of Denmark-Nornalup railway, D line.

P00751216 viewsS class 547 "Lindsay", SWR line, goods train

P00947216 viewsD class 1562, caustic soda train, SWR line

P04524216 viewsMillars loco "Jubilee" at Mornington Mills, side view

P05217216 viewsPR class 532 "Fortescue" and other locos, Salvage Yard, Midland Workshops, stowed

P05314216 viewsStation building, Muchea, MR line, from ARHS tour train

P05454216 viewsFreudenstein loco, when new, working at the Golden Ridge Mining Co, Kalgoorlie, same as P4772.

P05661216 views1 of 8 photos of a collision at Canna, EM line involving X class 1029 "MULIARRA" and X class 1024 "KOGARA", front view of damaged X class 1029 "MULIARRA"

P06006216 viewsGoods train between Eradu & Wicherina, NR line, view from loco looking back along the train

P06049216 viewsCollision at Canna, EM line, wagons piled up behind X class 1024 "KOGARA", GE class 11801 upside down, coloured version of P06014

P06077216 viewsF class 402, Chidlow, ER line, departing with goods train

P06236216 viewsP class, through truss bridge, Guildford, on country passenger train

P06770216 viewsScrap metal from the Port Hedland to Marble Bar railway, PM line, in ship's hold

P06980216 viewsADG/AYE/ADG class railcar set, No.6 platform, Perth Station, in green livery with red chevrons on front, elevated view looking east.

P07191-2216 viewsFremantle town with railway tracks in the foreground, overall view from an elevated position looking east, other half of photo P7191-1

P07215216 viewsPerth Station, street side looking east, horse & cart in foreground

P07709216 viewsXA class 1409 "UNAMBAL", nickel concentrate train, Norseman, CE line, on Widgiemooltha to Esperance train.

P07862216 viewsStation buildings, yard, West Perth, elevated view looking east

P08133216 views2 of 7 views of the collision at Yarloop, SWR line, by a train headed by W class 951 and a stationary goods train. wrecked wagons and Z class 65 clerestory roofed brakevan, the 25 ton breakdown crane in the view