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

P02222195 viewsR class 174, Midland, side view, on display

P02300195 viewsS class 548, steel girder bridge on timber piles, Collie, BN line short goods train

P02189195 viewsBunnings loco No.2 "Nevada", Lyall's Mill, front on view over inspection pit.

P02573195 viewsPM class 706 steam locomotive double heading with W class steam locomotive on Hotham Valley Railway run to Gingin, front and side view.

P03258195 viewsQCP class 23475 flat top wagon with road trailer load.

P03261195 viewsDerailment of open wagons, Indarra, NR line., view along the train.

P03435195 viewsMRWA C class 18 steam locomotive, front and side view, taking on water, water tower, water column, Gingin, MR line.

P03656195 viewsE class loco with workers in view, in cab, G. Brown, G. Clayton, on the running board, J. Plumb, in front of loco left to right, F. Shenfield, J. Roberts, R. Tanner, G. Meyers, M. Cook, location Unknown, view of side of the loco looking towards the front, Katanning, GSR line.

P03863195 viewsProspector interior.

P04024195 viewsRA class 1908, Westrail orange with blue stripe, heading mineral sands train, crossing steel and concrete bridge, Irwin River

P04186195 viewsHC class 21490 low-sided wagon loaded with Golden Fleece petrol containers, side view.

P04198195 viewsW class 947, on heritage train, green and cream carriages, "Great Southern Steam Special"

P04248195 viewsPassengers disembarking from special Midland Centennial train, old Midland Junction platform, ER line

P01387195 viewsDB class 1592 "Shire of Toodyay", XB class 1017 "EWENYOON", XA class 1408 "WOLMERI", engine shed, loco depot, Narrogin, GSR line, general view looking towards the loco shed

P01803195 viewsCollapsed bridge, North Fremantle, due to the 1926 flood, shows rails suspended and the collapsed trusses.

T04586195 viewsAn unidentified MRWA F class diesel locomotive, gangers shed, Moora. MR Line, side view.

P19355195 viewsWestrail XNW class 12J hopper, Westrail' painted on the side, Kwinana Yard, side view, c1000s

P04574194 viewsMillars loco "Samson" hauling sawn timber from Jarrahdale

P04805194 viewsSons of Gwalia loco "KEN" (later renamed "Midland") under construction at the Midland Workshops, side view, painted with its name on the side .