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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P02637228 viewsDD class 592, dual pole bracket signal, Midland, on a suburban passenger train departing Midland

P02651228 viewsQA class 9389 flat wagon loaded with 320 bags of wheat, side view.

P02743228 viewsDD class 592 steam locomotive with new AY second class suburban saloon carriage and AYB first class suburban brake saloon carriages, Bassendean, ER line.

P02841228 viewsBunnings M class 23 steam locomotive (formerly M class 1E) on a timber tramline at Yornup, front and side view.

P02929228 viewsFirst train into Coolgardie, Wilke Bros G class steam locomotive "Maori Chief" with workers on board, side view, Yilgarn Railway, EGR line

P02931228 viewsPerth station looking west, tracks, island platforms, station building end view, footbridge, signal rodding, ER line, early 1900s.

P02943228 viewsP class 2012 "Shire of Mullewa" diesel locomotive on a wheat train, front and side view, nameboard, edge of silo, Kukerin, WLG line.

P03044228 viewsU class 7, tank, scrap siding, Midland, ER line, side view, c1940

P03051228 viewsA class 1501, Midland Junction, ER, short hood end view

P03086228 viewsU class 658 steam locomotive, front view, "Australind" platform, Perth, ER line.

P03088228 viewsDM class 587 steam locomotive running bunker first, end and side view, suburban passenger carriages, nameboard, Show Ground, ER line.

P03112228 viewsUpper quadrant signal, rear view, double track main line near Parkerville, ER line, view along the track

P03134228 viewsY class 1118, Leighton Yard, ER line

P03174228 viewsDS class 371, passenger train, Claremont station, ER line

P03224228 viewsSiding, loading dock, Mullalyup, PP line

P03260228 viewsW class 903 double heading with W class 945 steam locomotives, lead loco a Telecom logo on the smoke box cover, arriving at Dwellingup on a HVR train, cheese knob, catch points, tall telegraph pole.

P03317228 viewsTrackwork in yard, cheese knobs, Northcliffe, PP line, view along the track, main street of Northcliffe in the background.

P03332228 viewsX class 1006 "NANGAMADA" diesel locomotive, front and side view, Y class diesel shunting locomotive, front and side view, Perth, ER line.