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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P05201460 viewsG class wagons, workers, wagons loaded with sandalwood.

P09000460 viewsRailcar sets in Perth Station, overall view taken from Platform 1 looking towards Platform 6 and the Barrack Street Bridge

P04601459 viewsMillars loco No.72 at Yarloop, View of buffer beam and cowcatcher.

P05000459 viewsFlooded river, Newlgalup, DK line

P01024459 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

P01402458 viewsDS class, signals, Perth Station, east end looking east, Barrack Street Bridge with tram upon it in the near background

P03001458 viewsArmadale station with N class 75 steam locomotive running around the train, Out-of shed with a side window, nameboard, goods shed, footbridge, signal box, station building, passenger platform, Armadale, SWR line.

P07513457 viewsStation building, platform lamp, Chidlow's Well, ER line

P10001457 viewsVH class bogie van, yellow livery with a small Westrail logo on the right hand end, Midland Workshops, side and end view, as new condition, same as P5404

P01014457 views1 of 2 views of the derailment of the "Westland" due to a washaway one mile east of Merredin on the EGR line (Ref: "The West Australian" of the 22.7.1960). XA class 1408 "WOLMERI" and a carriage derailed

P00314456 viewsXA class "NILIGARA", hauling the last "Kalgoorlie" en route to Perth, banner applied by the ARHS on the front

P00435456 viewsC class 265, loco shed, Katanning?, GSR line, loco fully lined out, side and front view

P00560456 viewsES class 345, down goods on the Swan View Deviation, ER line, goods train. Same as P0966

P00889456 viewsU class hauling the "Australind", twin searchlight signals, east end of the "Bunbury Bridge", East Perth Power Station in the background.

P00985456 viewsS class 549 "Greenmount", on trial run, crossing a level crossing

T04201456 viewsV class 1210, turntable, East Perth Loco Depot, side and front view

P00195455 viewsXC class bauxite wagons on the unloader at Alcoa, Kwinana, group of officials in the foreground, same as P0198

P00251455 viewsL class 251, view of cab, Minister for Railways Mr R. O'Connor leaning out of the cab window at the handing over ceremony of the loco. (ref: Railways Institute Magazine, Vol 64, December 1964, page 16)