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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T00102208 viewsMRWA F class 45 in MRWA livery, goods shed, Walkaway?, W line, double headed, side and font view, Commissioner of Railways Mr. C. G. C. Wayne on loco

T00121208 viewsADG class & ADK railcar sets, Showgrounds Station, ER line, Royal Show trains

T00373208 viewsXU class wheat wagon under construction, Boiler Shop South, Midland Workshops, at the welding stage

T00602208 viewsA class 11, on a plinth at the Perth Zoo, green livery, front and side view, on display.

T00607208 viewsTrack work, yard, Koolyanobbing, looking east

T00847208 viewsRoad over pass Thomas Road, signal box, Kwinana Yard, signal box ex Koojedda

T00849208 viewsADG railcar set, trestle bridge, Guildford.

T00875208 viewsX class 1009 "ARNGA", Avon Valley line, Bellevue, goods train, heading towards Perth

T00976208 viewsKA class 212, L class 257, inside diesel shed, Forrestfield

T01212208 viewsPMR class 735, Pinjarra, SWR line, crossing South West Highway

T02696208 viewsL class 262, "International Safety" orange livery, near Midland, Avon Valley line, grain train

T03056208 viewsCS class 432 "MARRI", empty log train, Banksiadale railway

T03097208 viewsCS class 432 "MARRI", water column, being watered, rear view, Banksiadale Mill

T03317208 viewsTunnel portal, Swan View, ER line, western portal after closure but with rails still in situ. The tunnel was officially opened in 1896, closed in 1966 and is 340 metres (1116 feet) in length.

T03690208 viewsXA class 1405 "WARIENGA" in the plain green livery, XA class 1411 in the green livery with the red and yellow stripes livery, loco depot, Kalgoorlie, EGR line, overall view.

T03812208 viewsLoco depot, East Perth, overall view looking west

T04009208 viewsPerth Station, goods train, view from the Barrack Street Bridge looking west along Platform 1.

T04056208 viewsHamersley Iron triple headed Alco CE636R class 3017, CE636R class 3007 and an unidentified unit, empty train, Robe River fly-over, Western Creek, RIO line