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

P06294208 viewsP class, water column, taking water, goods train

P06358208 viewsLoco "Ballaarat", derelict, Busselton, side view

P06374208 viewsFS class 422, G class 117, DD class 592, PMR class 735, around turntable, Bunbury Loco depot

P06482208 viewsG class 233, Bunbury jetty, shunting

P06791208 viewsQUW class 25013, flat wagon adapted for transporting wool bales, side view showing loaded with wool bales.

P06865208 viewsFS class 415, FS class 450, Midland Workshops Salvage yard

P06901208 viewsG class, Kalgoorlie, side view

P06940208 viewsAH class 1st class sleeping carriage, internal view of compartment showing wash basin

P07026208 viewsG class 156, without tender and wheels and motion, supported on piles of sleepers, side view

P07090208 viewsMillars loco "J. H. Smith", side and front view

P07190208 viewsPerth Station forecourt, looking east

P07238208 viewsN class loco coupled to a R class wagon, Perth Station looking east

P07308208 views4 of 32 photos of the construction of the railway dam at Hillman, BN line, main silt pit

P07472208 viewsAI class 432 rail motor coach, Port Hedland, PM line, front and side view, two men standing at the rear of the vehicle.

P07479208 viewsADE class 446, "Governor Stirling", unpainted, on delivery run from Fremantle to Midland Workshops, front and side view. Note the distant signal arm in the background painted red with a white vertical stripe

P07752208 views3 of 6 views of a derailment at Norseman, CE line on 31.1.1962. Ted Bosworth was the Officer In Charge of the Breakdown crew. Tank wagons derailed.

P07798208 viewsStation building, Geraldton, first station building

P07826208 viewsV class 1223, near York, GSR line, very short goods train

P07896208 views8 of 13 views of the Car & wagon depot, Perth Yard, shows from left to right, C&W Exam & Fitters Amenities, Fitters Shop with narrow gauge tramway in foreground.