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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P01563262 viewsMap of the railways showing "Standard Gauge Railway Project"

P02254262 viewsMillars loco G class 71 attached to the "Vintage Train on the line into the workshops, G class 233 at the other end of the train, water tower with a cylindrical tank in the background, Yarloop, SWR line

P02327262 viewsDB class 1581 "City of Bunbury" on loaded bauxite train, KJ line, view of the train rounding a curve

P02395262 viewsS class 549 "Greenmount", Bassendean station building in the background, carriages in adjacent sidings, mainly a front on view.

P03375262 viewsH class 22, Jetty, lamp, derrick, Port Hedland, PM line, view along the jetty

P03952262 views2 of 3, Ex MRWA F class 44 diesel locomotive in MRWA livery but with "WAGR" on the nose, side and end view.

P04054262 viewsPassengers on platform, Perth station, ER line

P04071262 viewsRailway buses A25 & F49, under repair in workshops, front on view

P04285262 viewsR class 1902, on concrete re-sleepering train, Brunswick Junction, Worsley line

P04335262 views7 of 8, Water tower, water column, 13,000 gal. cast iron water tank, SM's house, level crossing, signal, points, points lever, cheese knob, Elleker, GSR line.

P04400262 viewsLash up of NR 75, NR 27, NR 23 and AN7 diesel locomotives on east bound freight train, approaching Windmill Hill Cutting, Avon Valley standard gauge line.

P01814262 viewsRBW class 11217 steel bodied bulk wheat wagon, detail of standard 5'6" axel spacing bogie, side view.

P02006262 views4 of 14. Steam loco "Nampup", later re-named G class 48, side tipping wagons, side view, cutting where material taken out for big bank for the construction of Denmark-Nornalup railway, D line.

P00122261 views85 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.