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

P06222243 viewsP class 455 (to PR class 533 "Chapman" on 9.8.1841), East Perth, rear end and side view

P06299243 viewsAO class 431 petrol rail motor towing AOT class 433 trailer, Kalgoorlie, side and front view.

P06429243 viewsW class 906, S class 550 "Hardie", Williams, BN line, on No.103 goods train

P06618243 viewsPMR class 725, East Perth, goods train, view towards front of train. Shows uncovered wheat in open wagons

P06729243 viewsStation building, Geraldton, NR line, track side view.

P06823243 viewsP class 509, Midland Workshops stowed, side and front view

P06955243 viewsJetty, Albany, shows tracks onto jetty

P06999243 views1 of 6 views of derailment of CS class 440 "JARRAH", Banksiadale line. Photo P5858 shows the loco

P07074243 viewsGC class 10006, side view. Photo was included in the presentation to W.E. Kay, leading hand, on his retirement after 42 years of service, in 1932

P07169243 views2 of 9 photos depicting scenes of the operations of the "M.C. Davies Karri and Jarrah Company Ltd" of Karridale. Group photo of M. C. Davies with the male members of his family. M. C. Davies seated in the centre of the photo.

P07290243 views5 of 19 photos of the construction of the railway dam at Wurarga. NR line, construction of unloading stage

P07412243 viewsE class 343, East Perth loco depot, side and front view

P07598243 viewsG class, elevated coal stage, loco sheds, Kalgoorlie?

P07788243 viewsPortal, Swan View tunnel, western end, ER line, view from inside looking out. The tunnel was officially opened in 1896, closed in 1966 and is 340 metres (1116 feet) in length.

P08139243 viewsOvergrown and abandoned track, point lever, Yarloop bush line, view along track

P08168243 viewsMillars abandoned rolling stock including carriage A class 1, Jarrahdale

P08244243 viewsWickham inspection cars, Boulder station yard, Boulder Loopline Railway, B line

P08813243 viewsStation building, loading platform, goods shed, Brookton, GSR line, trackside view

P09512243 viewsMeekatharra, end of WAGR, start of Peak Hill tramway, northernmost point on WAGR at that time, view along the line, wagons being loaded from trackside pile of material. NR line.