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

P06204350 viewsSignal, upper quadrant automatic, Swan View, ER line, full description on rear of photo

P06214350 viewsG class 108, Inspectors car, Albany Yard. GSR line

P08029350 viewsRC class 22941, side view.

P09182350 viewsJQ class 70 "BP" bogie tank wagon, end and side view

T01177350 viewsBallast hopper, Kenwick, Standard Gauge construction

T02801350 viewsX class 1030 "MOOROON", light engine, Mount Lawley, crossing goods train

T03184350 viewsMRWA D class locos and a C class loco, on Belmont branch, Bayswater, awaiting scrapping

T03201350 viewsLoco driver cooking his "crib" on the firebox door

P03789350 viewsQU class 25008 flat top wagon in the black livery, with N class 5451 cattle container, end and side view

P00080349 views43 of 98 images showing views and aspects of the construction of the steel girder bridge with concrete pylons across the Swan River at North Fremantle.

P00330349 viewsA class, ballast sled, trackwork on the Eneabba railway, DE line. same as P4425

P00572349 views"Peace Memorial", Midland Workshops, CME's Office building in the background, side on view looking west.

P00932349 viewsStation buildings, goods shed yard, Toodyay, looking east, Standard Gauge formation under construction

P05069349 viewsC class 86 brakevan, later reclassified as a Z class van

P05816349 viewsV class 1220, Collie, dropping fire after completing the ARHS "Farewell to Steam" tour

P06118349 viewsStation buildings, signal box, Byford, SWR line

P12119349 viewsEx MRWA F class 40 with "MR" motif on the end of the long hood, down stock special, subway bridge, part of platform, Mount Lawley. ER line.

P03002349 viewsP class 448 steam locomotive on passenger train at platform, double 25,000 gallon tank water tower in the background, Northam, ER line.