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

P06099228 viewsK class, Collie, elevated view, possibly from water tower

P06134228 viewsO class 218, East Perth Loco Depot, side view

P06440228 viewsV class 1212 equiped with a Capuchon chimney, Midland, front and side view, entering loco depot

P06470228 viewsF class 40, west Leederville Bank, suburban goods train

P06512228 viewsRA class 1914, Midland yard, eastbound goods train

P06523228 viewsProspector railcar set departing Perth Terminal, white front with blue horizontal strip livery

P06665228 viewsMillars loco "Samson", Jarrahdale, front and side view

P06679228 viewsSailing ship, jetty, Rockingham, loco "Samson" shunting in the background

P06688228 viewsTrain, tunnel entrance, Canning Dam, ARHS visit

P06853228 viewsV class 1209, with other V class locos, East Perth Loco depot, front and side view

P06868228 viewsDD class 592, Leighton, side and end view

P06884228 viewsS class 544 "Hallowell", V class, Wollaston, near Picton Junction, SWR line, on short goods train

P06902228 viewsE class 299, with railway personnel posed in front of the tender, early photo, possibly when new, side view

P06917228 views"The Mullewa", view back along train from the loco, NR line

P06974228 views3 of 3 photos of derailment at the 121 km peg, EM line, XW class wagon derailed

P07289228 views4 of 19 photos of the construction of the railway dam at Wurarga. NR line, unloading pug wall clay from railway open wagons

P07363228 viewsA class 1505, bypassing the East Perth Terminal hauling "The Kalgoorlie" passenger train heading east, Temporary terminal building in background