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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T02486236 viewsRA class 1914, Bunbury, on woodchip train

T03018236 viewsTrack junction, Zig Zag, Yarloop bush line

T03157236 views8 of 9 photos of maps of Millars railway lines between Yarloop and Nanga mill

T03332236 viewsMSA class 499 Garratt loco, ARHS tour train, en route to Dwellingup, PN line

T03731236 viewsSignal, Meltham "UP Starter" & Maylands "Up Distant" after arms removed, wagon at the "K.W.Thomas" (later "TNT") shed in background

T03810236 viewsLoco shed, East Perth loco depot, view of east end and side

T03923236 viewsMaylands Brickworks loco No.1 hauling train of hoppers with ARHS members on board, end view of loco

P12813236 viewsP class 455 (to PR class 533 "Chapman" on 9.8.1841), Midland Workshop, side view, workers standing on the running board and in front of the loco.

P12845236 viewsADK class with white and red front, ADL classes with white and red fronts with red stripe along the sides, Forrestfield Yard, stowed.

P12978236 viewsStation platforms, abandoned, Clackline, ER line, view along the right of way, road bridge in the background.

P13209236 viewsStation buildings, Out of Shed on platform, Brookton, GSR line, view across the yard looking north.

P13410236 views54 of 67 views taken from an album of photos of the Midland Workshops c1905. Main Store, - Interior, Looking East.

P02172236 viewsV class 1202, Midland Loco Depot, front and side view

P13926236 views3 of 32 images of the railway and jetty precincts of Busselton, BB line, three way point leading into sidings, steam crane on one of the lines.

P14215236 viewsCommonwealth Railways (CR) C class 63, elevated coaling platform, water column, Parkeston Locomotive Depot.

P01426236 views1 of 13 images of the construction of the duplicate steel girder bridge No.1 at 16 miles 25 chains on the ER through the John Forrest National Park, starting construction on the east pier.

P01439236 viewsCommissioner of Railways, Mr. C. G. C. Wayne poses with a train crew in front of a carriage.

P01579236 viewsWMB class 34029, standard gauge car carrying wagon, (later reclassified to WMGY class then to WMGF class) Kewdale, end and side view, car being unloaded.