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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P11317183 viewsV class 1216 returning from Narrogin for rear half of train. GSR line.

P11355183 viewsPMR class 735, up goods, shunting Maylands. ER line.

P11428183 viewsW class 913, on turntable, East Perth loco shed. ER line.

P11433183 viewsDD class 596, down suburban passenger, new track being built on right, ballast wagons on new track, Rivervale bank. SWR line.

P11461183 viewsW class 931 with travelling water tank, S class, west of Hillman. BN line.

P11516183 viewsS class 548 "Gardner", travelling water tank, between Williams and Narrogin. BN line.

P11522183 viewsV class 1210, assisted in rear of train by V class 1201, Cuballing bank. GSR line.

P11609183 viewsLV&S loco, on flat wagon, end and side view.

P11701183 viewsDM class 586, up show special, DD class 593, down show special, west end of Subiaco. ER line.

P11717183 viewsDD class 596, signals, water column, up show special in Fremantle dock, B class shunter, Perth. ER line.

P11732183 viewsS class 546, steam crane behind, east end of East Perth loco shed. ER line.

P11796183 viewsW class 925, S class 549 "Greenmount", up goods, shunting Yornup. PP line.

P11875183 viewsDD class 598, up suburban passenger, signals, signal box, footbridge in background, departing Midland Junction. ER line.

P11922183 viewsPMR class 733, 37 goods with carriages, signal box, departing East Perth. ER line.

P12006183 views6 of 12 official portraits of the Chief Mechanical Engineers of the WAGR and Westrail, (ref: "A History of W.A.G.R... Steam Locomotives" by A. Gunzburg, page 150), Mr J. Bradley, 1958-1961.

P12023183 views1 of 12 images of the construction of the Kwinana to Jarrahdale railway. (ref: The Railway Institute Magazine, July 1963), completed earthworks at the Jarrahdale end of the line.

P12033183 views11 of 12 images of the construction of the Kwinana to Jarrahdale railway. (ref: The Railway Institute Magazine, July 1963). Ballast being crushed at a mobile crushing plant