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

P06871220 viewsZS class brakevan, burnt out, Bunbury

P06891220 viewsW classes double heading, Strickland Street level crossing Bunbury, SWR line, goods train

P07034220 viewsK class 192, front and side view, oil headlight and bar cowcatcher

P07043220 viewsMillars loco "Geraldton", Yarloop, view of tender

P07141220 views14 of 19 photos of the remains of the loco facilities at Hopetoun on the abandoned Ravensthorpe to Hopetoun Railway. View along Loco pit

P07213220 viewsP class 449 (renumbered P class 509 on 20.12.1946), side view of entire loco

P07222220 viewsPerth Box B signal cabin, Carriage Sheds, overall view of west end of Perth Yard looking west, taken from the end of platform in Perth Station, ER line

P07282220 viewsMachine Shop extension, east end, Midland Workshops

P07369220 viewsMarshalling yard and Yardmaster's Office & control tower, West Merredin,

P07486220 viewsADF class 495 "Banksia" on transfer bogies, forecourt of the Midland Workshops, green & white livery with red stripe, side and front view. ADF 495 is the only one of the class with a hood on the front covering a downlight.

P07547220 viewsN class, K class, station buildings, Claremont, Royal Show trains

P07624220 viewsLoco depot, Kalgoorlie, looking west, shows elevated coal stage

P07625220 viewsP class 507, Kalgoorlie Express near Kalgoorlie, EGR line, shows driver, Billy Williams oiling the motion dressed in boiler suit

P07703220 viewsL Class 251, inaugural west-bound standard gauge service from Port Pirie to Forrestfield, signals, station platform, Kalgoorlie, EGR line

P07729220 viewsH class 22, Midland Workshops, side view, just been overhauled, apprentice fitters posing in front of loco, Ted Bosworth second from left

P07780220 viewsMillars loco "Grafter", Wellington Mills, with crew posing on loco, front and side view. Same as T3112

P07819220 viewsP class 457 (later PR class 535 "Coongan"), front and side view, background has been whited out.

P07821220 viewsF class, Perth Station on Fremantle bound goods train

P07829220 viewsFS class 418, on deviation east of Swan View, ER line, officials on buffer beam and running board with protection, platform ended carriage behind loco. Testing in progress