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

P13090216 viewsY class signal box, yard, Fremantle, view looking west, shunting.

P13116216 viewsAB class 1532, station nameboard, Elabbin, GM line, wheat train

P13118216 viewsXA class "NILIGARA", XA class "UNGARINYIN", station nameboard, Elabbin, GM line, front and side view

P13147216 viewsAshpit, Hopetoun, Hopetoun to Ravensthorpe line, abandoned and dilapidated, view along the pit.

P13163216 viewsWeighbridge pit, Kanowna, Kalgoorlie to Kanowna line, abandoned, view along the line of the pit.

P13303216 viewsA class 1508, siding nameboard, Pingaring, LH line, goods train

P13440216 viewsTrestle bridge, abandoned, near Waroona on the Waroona to Lake Clifton line, WLC line, side view

P13577216 viewsCommonwealth Railways (CR) CL class 4 on a freight train crossing the Zanthus Bridge, TAR Line, side and front view

P13584216 viewsADK/ ADB class four car railcar set, signal gantry with searchlight signals, departing Mount Lawley for East Perth

P13655216 viewsMarshalling yard, Leighton, devoid of wagons, all but the rails covered with sand, view looking south

P13713216 viewsJ class 104 in International Safety livery, dignitaries looking on, forecourt, Midland Workshops, side and end view

P01079216 viewsSteel girder bridge with concrete pylons, East Brook, PP line

P02166216 views1 of 5 images of the construction of the dam at Duggan, WLG line showing the laying of bitumen on the catchment area and the covering of the area with sand

P02169216 views4 of 5 images of the construction of the dam at Duggan, WLG line showing the laying of bitumen on the catchment area and the covering of the area with sand

P02170216 views5 of 5 images of the construction of the dam at Duggan, WLG line showing the laying of bitumen on the catchment area and the covering of the area with sand

P13805216 viewsVF class 23207-Y bogie van, York, GSR line, side view.

P13924216 views1 of 32 images of the railway and jetty precincts of Busselton, BB line, W class 942 approaching a level crossing, loco depot in the background.

P14350216 viewsWater tower, 10,000 gallon squatters tank, water column, G class 233 Leschenault Lady taking on water, front view, semaphore signals, Boyanup, BB line.