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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P02169214 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

P10219214 viewsG class 68 in original condition, side and front view

P13805214 viewsVF class 23207-Y bogie van, York, GSR line, side view.

P13991214 viewsRail service vehicle converted from a road vehicle with six wheels under the front unit and a bogie from an ADU/AYU class carriage under the trailer unit, bracket signal Goomalling, EM line

P14016214 viewsStation building, storage shed, Kojonup, DK line, end and streetside view

P14137214 viewsXA class 1404 "PARDOO", XB class 1004 "KADJERDEN" on the "The Westland", crossing a steel girder bridge between Quairading and York, YB line on the day the Standard Gauge Avon Valley line opened.

P14403214 viewsStation building, telegraph pole, Cottesloe, trackside and west end view of the building

P01695214 viewsE class loco in photographic grey livery, side and front view.

P02269214 viewsY class 71, Rail Transport Museum, side and front view.

P02350214 viewsTram 66, Rail Transport Museum, front and side view.

P02354214 viewsSteam excavator, Whiteman Park, front and side view, on display

P02480214 viewsDM class 4-6-4- t loco with rake of new AY class carriages in the cream and green livery, footbridge, possibly at Maylands.

P02501214 views1 of 3 views of the ceremony to mark the centenary of the opening of the Fremantle to Guildford railway, Guildford, dignitaries on a dais, the late Bob Higham at the lectern

P02539214 viewsSons of Gwalia Gold Mine Steam locomotive "Midland" under construction at Midland Workshops, side view.

P02540214 viewsPR class steam locomotive on the new "Westland Express", front and side view, Perth, ER line.

P02625214 viewsHeadboard "PERTH Freighter"

P02648214 views2 of 2, Kia-Ora steam locomotive, side view, Bunbury Technical school, c1960

P02700214 views4 of 8. Rail smash at Yarloop. Brakevan of train No.21 on the front of W class 951 on train No.93, partial view of the break down crane including the maker's plate, SWR line.

P02704214 views7 of 8. Rail smash at Yarloop. Brakevan side view and W class 951 side view, breakdown crane and water tower in the background, SWR line.