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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P10203197 viewsXA class 1404 "PARDOO" double heading with XA class 1403 "WANBIRI", goods train, front and side view

P14438197 viewsMotorized gangers trolley upon a trestle bridge, between Spencers Brook and York, GSR line.

P01479197 viewsCTC panel, overall view with operator. located at Perth Station

P01513197 viewsK class 205, apprentices working on the loco, view of the cab area.

P01596197 viewsXO class woodchip wagon, end and side view, under construction.

P01632197 viewsU class 7, 0-6-0T crane loco but with the crane removed, side and front view.

P01685197 viewsH class 18, Fremantle harbour, side and front view.

P01689197 viewsBunnings YX class 86, Donnelly River taking on water, front and side view.

P01777197 viewsPrefabricated aircraft hanger on flat wagons, Geraldton, (Ref: "The Westland", issue 189, October 2000, page 4), same as P0921

P02299197 viewsV class 1209, Brunswick Junction yard, head on view.

P02320197 viewsNSWR loco C3801 arriving at East Perth terminal on the "Western Endeavour", front on view

P02363197 viewsLoco "Kate" with logs on jinkers behind, Margaret River, on display

P02378197 viewsNSWR loco C3801 on the Western Endeavour, signal gantry with searchlight signals, Mount Lawley, mainly front view

P02192197 viewsBunnings loco "Nevada" with saddle tank removed, side and front view, c1946

P02458197 viewsV class 1208, signal, goods train on the West Leederville Bank, heading west, view looking down on the train. Cecil Street signal box in the top left hand corner of the view

P02544197 viewsRestored Midland Railway F class 40 diesel locomotive, side and front view, Forrestfield.

P02554197 views2 of 2, Hotham Valley Railway's XA class 1401 "PEDONG" shunting a tour train at York, front and side view, JDA class 288K tanker, GSR line.

P02574197 viewsDanger sign affixed to all Hotham Valley Railway main line steam locomotives and XA 1401 diesel locomotive concurrent with the electric overhead lines to Armadale.