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

P01152252 viewsVC class 5088 accident van, ex ZA class 191, yellow livery, elevated side and end view, Claisebrook, ER line.

P01167252 viewsF class 45 diesel locomotive, green livery and X class 1025 "LOONGA" diesel locomotive, International orange livery, side view of cab, Forrestfield.

P02015252 views13 of 14. Ruston steam shovel on embankment clearing derailed side tipping wagons, side and front view, construction of Denmark-Nornalup railway, D line.

P10407252 viewsSignal box and main station building at Maylands with footbridge and Seventh Avenue bridge in background. In the distance is a suburban railcar set travelling to Mount Lawley. ER line.

T05153252 viewsStation and yard, platform, station building, goods shed, Mount Magnet, NR line, one year after closure

T05230252 viewsWagons being loaded, wheat bins, loading ramp, trackside buildings, points, Beacon siding, KBR line, view from elevated position

P20305252 viewsE class cool storage van, side and end view

P00698251 viewsH class 5 double heading with another H class, grain train

P00719251 viewsV class 1217, goods train, same train as in P0717

P04421251 viewsMillars loco "Westralia", Jarrahwood, front and side view

P04432251 viewsL class 251, Bellevue, grain train, long hood leading, original livery, side and end view of loco

P04459251 viewsMillars loco "The Huon" at Yarloop, RHS view

P04532251 viewsNo.2 Mill, Jarrahdale, fruit boards stacked near mill. (postcard))

P04623251 viewsMillars loco "Kalgoorlie" on a log train at Karridale between August 1907 and 1912. The locomotive is fitted with side buffers and central link and pin couplers, view along the train.

P04744251 viewsWAGR H class 22, water tank wagon, Port Hedland, PM line, side on view

P04805251 viewsSons of Gwalia loco "KEN" (later renamed "Midland") under construction at the Midland Workshops, side view, painted with its name on the side .