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

P02850215 viewsW class 943 steam locomotive on the turntable at Bunbury loco depot, side and front view, G class 123 steam locomotive in the background.

P02896215 viewsDM class 588 steam locomotive on passenger train working, bunker and side view, footbridge, Claremont, ER line.

P02962215 viewsES class 308 steam locomotive, slightly elevated side and front view, AHRS museum, Bassendean.

P03074215 viewsShunting diner of the up "Westland", Cunderdin, EGR.

P03107215 viewsDD class 591, Z class van, Cottesloe, ER line

P03115215 viewsPR class 532, "Fortescue", goods train, Perth station, westbound

P03154215 viewsDS class 381 steam locomotive, side and front view, Fremantle, ER line.

P03278215 viewsU class 662 steam locomotive on a turntable, front and side view. Same as P3250.

P03293215 viewsEx TGR V class 5 in HVR ownership, Dwellingup, PN line, shunting carriages

P03295215 viewsW class 908, passing a new flyover, Wattle Grove, HVR City Circle train

P03301215 viewsADE class 447, Albany, GSR line, in Albany Harbour ownership, view along the side of the railcar

P03314215 viewsLoco "Polly", converted from a traction engine, Collie, side and front view, on display

P03430215 viewsMRWA C class 19 steam locomotive, side and front view, loco shed, Midland.

P03488215 viewsPerth station, view from the Barrack street Bridge looking west, railcar set at platform 6, overall view of the precinct..

P03497215 viewsG class 47, decorated for the hauling of the Governor's special train to the Perth Racecourse, 1st Jan 1898, side view. (ref:" Australian Railway History", Vol.63, No.892, page 14)

P03514215 viewsBennett Brook Railway (BBR) previously PWD No.27 diesel locomotive, end and side view, Whiteman Park.

P03572215 views C class 431 steam loco on AKRU Goods No. 30 derailed near Gabbin on 21/4/1930, WLB line, view of the derailed train. Same as P14741

P03584215 viewsRCK class 23966, ex RCA class, with extended sides and ends with a corrugated iron sliding roof, fertilizer being unloaded by truck mounted bucket crane, end view, Moora, MR line