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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T03815254 viewsLoco depot, East Perth, overall view looking north from the Summers Street bridge east

T04248254 viewsOrenstein and Koppel (O&K) No.4242,Lake View and Star goldmine loco, Boulder, yellow livery with black lettering, front and side view.

T04299254 viewsDouble headed L classes hauling the "Indian Pacific" interstate passenger train up a long embankment, the leading L class has the Indian Pacific headboard mounted on the front

P12881254 viewsDB class 15 84 double heading with another DB class with a ballast train on the Northern Suburbs Railway under construction.

P12889254 viewsA class 1513, R class 1903, damaged and derailed due to collision at Beela, BN line, on 6.11.1981,front and side view.

P13015254 viewsW class 945, water tower, Boyanup, PP line, Hotham Valley Railway tour train

P13139254 viewsXA class 1402 "TARGAR"I, XB class 1024, turntable pit abutments, wheat bins, Greenhills, YB line, view across the turntable pit to the siding

P13276254 viewsF class45 double heading with F class 44, Out of Shed, Northcliffe, PP line, shunting the yard.

P13415254 views59 of 67 views taken from an album of photos of the Midland Workshops c1905. Oil Store, - Interior, Looking East.

P01040254 viewsMRWA loco B class 6, Geraldton, number plate and plaque, on display at Maitland Park.

P01048254 viewsStation staff group photo posed in front of vehicle No. 145.

P02163254 views1 of 3 images of the flooding at Kulyalling Bridge, GSR line, "looking upstream towards road bridge"

P14040254 viewsQRP class 11182-R bogie flat wagon, side view.

P01579254 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.

P01636254 viewsO class 74, Midland Junction, front and side view, c1926

P01652254 viewsA class 31 with six wheel tender, Midland Junction, ER line, side and front view, c1926.

P01697254 viewsS class 476 "Bruce" steam locomotive with full length boiler-top cowelling, missing nameplate, side and front view, signal box, water tower with 13,000 gallon cast iron tank, relay boxes, Koojedda, ER line, Same as P03012