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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P01776230 viewsOut of gauge load of water tanks, EGR line, front and side view of loco, same train as in P0727, P7541 and P7542

P01798230 viewsSite of the MRWA workshops after their removal, distant overall view looking east, town hall clock tower can be seen in the background, same as P13648

P02351230 viewsLV&S Orenstein and Koppel loco under a tarpaulin, iron ore wagons, Bassendean front view

P02691230 viewsAG class carriage being transported by road to Esperance, side view.

P02760230 viewsX class 1014 "CHURORO" diesel locomotive on Up Westland just out of the Swan View tunnel, ER line.

P02970230 viewsQCF class 23640 bogie flat wagon loaded with two WAGR refrigerated containers, end and side view, B&W version of P4500.

P03048230 viewsPR class 531 "BRUNSWICK", fitted with a PM class boiler, first of the P class converted to PR class, renumbered from PR class 453 on 1st March, 1946, front and side view, same as P00018, P00676, P03248

P03070230 viewsADG class 609 and 610 diesel railcars, front and side view, footbridge, booking office, Perth, ER line.

P03168230 viewsEx MRWA G class 51, up goods train, Cottesloe, ER line

P03310230 viewsA class 1508, "cheese knob" point lever, Salmon Gums, CE line, front side view, shunting the yard.

P03536230 viewsC class 1701, station light, signal, Claremont, ER line, goods train heading west

P03647230 viewsX class 1030 "MOOROON" diesel locomotive, on a goods train, side and front view, Midland, ER line.

P03792230 viewsSEC class 1, East Perth Power House, side and end view

P03844230 viewsNumerically controlled lathe, front view block 3 Midland Workshops

P03863230 viewsProspector interior.

P04024230 viewsRA class 1908, Westrail orange with blue stripe, heading mineral sands train, crossing steel and concrete bridge, Irwin River. DE line.

P04056230 viewsDM class 585 on No. 195 Passenger, derailed and resting on side, at Midland Junction, ER line, view of top of loco from track level, date of derailment 30/7/1953

P04138230 viewsL class 260, with another L class diesel, double heading the "Trans Australian", both dark and light blue with yellow stripe

P04183230 viewsG class 123 "Koombana Queen" and G class 233 "Leschenault lady" steam locomotives, joined back to back in a bush location, on a Rotary International event.