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

P00813451 viewsQUA class 25079, cattle container No.5455, end and side view

P01010451 viewsMSA class 468 Garratt loco, in photographic grey livery, builder's photo. Side view, same as P6154

P01024451 views2 of 10 views of the derailment of A class 1501 at Northam Station, ER line. View shows loco on top of wagons looking forward, date of derailment 2/11/1961

P00406450 viewsBogie flat wagons loaded with pipes for the North West shelf gas pipeline, overhead gantry crane, Kewdale, view along the row of wagons.

P00179449 viewsYardmaster's Office and control tower, Forrestfield.

P00192449 viewsMidland Terminal, architectural model of

P00516449 viewsADG class railcar, Meltham station, station master observing passengers boarding the train, front on view

P06842449 viewsNS class 2575 flat wagon, DM class 588, Midland Workshops Graveyard

P00488448 viewsDS class, suburban carriages, very tall signal with two arms, leaving East Perth with suburban passenger train for Midland

P00618448 viewsA class diesel loco, internal view of cab and controls

P00787448 viewsWMB class 34029, standard gauge car carrying wagon,(later reclassified to WMGY class then to WMGF class), side and end view

P05201448 viewsG class wagons, workers, wagons loaded with sandalwood.

P00052447 views15 of 98 images showing views and aspects of the construction of the steel girder bridge with concrete pylons across the Swan River at North Fremantle.

P00231447 viewsStation staff posing on the platform of the Coolgardie railway station, EGR line

P05419447 viewsWST class Standard Gauge tank wagon

P06207447 viewsP class, automatic upper quadrant signal. banner signal, relay boxes, telephone box mounted on a telgraph pole, Parkerville station, ER line, "Hikers" train

P00053446 views16 of 98 images showing views and aspects of the construction of the steel girder bridge with concrete pylons across the Swan River at North Fremantle.