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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P06807378 viewsW class 951 without tender, stowed at Midland Workshops, Tender from S class 549 "Greenmount "on flat wagon behind string of boiler on flat wagons behind. W class being cannibalised

P01543378 viewsU class 654, Leighton yard, completion of the Cottesloe - North Fremantle Interchange sidings, overall view of the yard looking towards Fremantle

P00507377 viewsKalgoorlie Station staff, group photo, names of the staff on the rear of the print.

P00678377 viewsO class 216, east of Northam, EGR line, "Goldfields Water Supply" pipe train

P04938377 viewsVT class 4998 track recorder van, ex AP class 93 carriage

P06781377 viewsGER class, grain elevator, wheat bin, Cunderdin, EGR line, Bulk superphosphate experiment (?), unloading wagon using a "Clarke Shovel"

P08949377 viewsWODX class 33146-L standard gauge gondola, side and view, originally a WGX class

P01034377 viewsW class 924 on No.23 Goods, PM class 728 on No.38 Goods, head on collision at Yarloop, SWR line, on the 31st October, 1961,side view.

P00280376 viewsOverhead gantry crane, Kewdale Freight yard, side view

P00357376 viewsADB/ADK railcar set, Midland Terminal, front and side view.

P00815376 viewsXNG class 11, side view, same as P0361

P00819376 viewsQCF class flat wagon, being loaded with pipes by mobile crane

P00899376 viewsE class, Kalgoorlie, EGR line, on express arriving at the station

P00931376 viewsStation buildings, goods shed, yard, Toodyay, looking west, Standard Gauge formation under construction

P08601376 viewsMeekatharra, station building, platform, goods shed, loading ramp, view from rail side, NR line.

P01086376 viewsASA class 445 Sentinel-Cammell steam railcar, East Perth, in cream and green livery and chevrons on the front, side and boiler end view.

P03601376 viewsW class 908 steam locomotive, front end sticking out of the loco shed, Busselton, BB line.

P00265375 viewsIndian Pacific carriage going through the coach Washing Plant, Forrestfield Yard, end view

P00296375 viewsRCA class wagons being loaded with chain from a ship at Fremantle Harbour by a crane owned by "Bell" (ref: "Movement", Vol2, Jan 1975, page 1). See also P5279 and P15061