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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P02505208 views2 of 4 views of G class 233 and G class 123 back to back separated by a J class water tank wagon on the train to commemorate the centenary of the opening of the Fremantle to Guildford railway, west end of Perth Yard, taking water.

P02533208 viewsPMR class 724 steam locomotive, Fremantle passenger terminal in the background, side view, Fremantle yard, ER line. circa late 1960s.

P02641208 viewsW Class 908 steam locomotive heading "Australind" carriages, front and side view.

P02789208 viewsMillars loco "Swan" at Denmark, side and front view, hauling a log train

P02825208 viewsO class 93 steam locomotive, side and front view.

P02894208 viewsW class 928 steam locomotive hauling ARHS tour train crossing the Avon River over a wooden trestle bridge between York and Mount Hardey, YB line.

P02916208 views Yard, showing lifted rails, Coolgardie, EGR line, c1970.

P02928208 viewsWilke Bros G class steam locomotive "Maori Chief" with workers on board, construction train on an embankment, track gang, horses, side view, near Coolgardie, c1896, Yilgarn Railway.

P02937208 viewsE class steam locomotive hauling a mixed goods train including tankers, roof of station building in the background, KL line.

P03125208 viewsH class 2," Prospector" railcar, Midland, ER line

P03183208 viewsLeft hand side of J class steam locomotive cab, Wuraming/Hakea forest.

P03356208 viewsDA class 1575 double heading with AA class 1517, Manmanning, KBR line, wheat train

P03383208 viewsG class 234, being coaled from an open wagon, PM line, side view.

P03471208 viewsADF class 492 "Grevillea" diesel railcar, front view, being passed by D class 1562 diesel locomotive, front and side view, on alumina train.

P03511208 viewsDD class 592 steam locomotive, on ARHS Twilighter Tour, front and side view, sidings, points, cheese knob, Mundijong, SWR line.

P03548208 viewsXA class loco on a Perth bound goods train on the Avon valley line, elevated view

P03553208 viewsP class 441 steam locomotive, side and front view, guard on the buffer beam, signal box, passenger platform, Kalgoorlie, EGR line, c1940s.

P03567208 viewsUnknown class of loco, station building, Sandstone, NR line, large crowd gathered to watch the train pass through an archway to mark the opening of the line, the line closed in 1949

P03635208 viewsPulling up the track on the Kalgoorlie to Kanowna railway, KK line, view along the track showing a wagon being loaded with sleepers and piles of sleepers adjacent to the track.