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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P09940228 viewsOverall view, east end of loco shed, FS class 362, UT class 664, W class 936, PMR class 734, also V class inside shed, one carrying headboard. East Perth loco shed, ER line.

P09998228 viewsPMR class 724, up goods, north of Kelmscott. SWR line.

P10027228 viewsFlanging Shop, Midland Workshops, XF class hopper and a standard gauge tank wagon under construction

P10041228 viewsHouse, WAGR transportable house for employees, "Simms-Cooke" type

P10111228 viewsPMR class 722, having departed Subiaco heading for Daglish, on the "Rattler"

P11192228 viewsStation building, portable shelter shed, Corrigin, NWM line, view along the station yard.

P11219228 views3 of 5 views of the transportation of the gantry from the Midland Coal Dam to the rail depot in Bellevue

P11305228 viewsP class 503, V class 1206, V class 1216, home signals, south end of Brookton. GSR line.

P11389228 viewsF class 43, loading rail onto work train, Morrison Rd overbridge in background. ER line.

P11426228 viewsPM class 719, W class 913, coaling plant, East Perth loco shed. ER line.

P11506228 viewsW class 937, Narrogin loco shed. GSR line.

P11542228 viewsW class 912, S class on coal train, bracket junction signals in background, Brunswick Junction?

P11577228 viewsPR class 524 "Fitzroy", PR class 530 "Murchison", Summers St footbridge, part of coaling tower, East Perth loco shed. ER line.

P11580228 viewsU class 655, shunting Bassendean. ER line. GC class 7249 open wagon in the consist.

P11620228 viewsPM class 713, down goods, between Bellevue and Millendon Junction. Avon Valley line.

P11732228 viewsS class 546, steam crane behind, east end of East Perth loco shed. ER line.

P11988228 viewsQA class wagons, XB class wagons, Mundijong Junction accident. SWR line.

P12008228 views8 of 12 official portraits of the Chief Mechanical Engineers of the WAGR and Westrail, (ref: "A History of W.A.G.R... Steam Locomotives" by A. Gunzburg, page 150), Mr W. C. Blakeney-Britter, 1966-1973