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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P13717199 viewsXA class "TENMA" on "The Westland" upper quadrant automatic signal, west side of tunnel, Swan View, ER line, publicity photo

P13840199 viewsWater tower, Merredin, EGR line, side view, "Kalgoorlie Bitter" on the side of the tank

P14014199 viewsStation platform, nameboard, Kalgoorlie, ERG line, view along the platform.

P14420199 viewsDA class 1573, station building, Mosman Park, good stain on the freight line from Leighton Yard.

P01508199 viewsStation building, Kambalda on the standard gauge Binduli Bypass, trackside and end view.

P01546199 views3 of 3 views of the Commissioner of Railways, Mr R Pascoe posing in front of G class 233, Perth, feigning oiling the loco

P01566199 viewsConcrete girder bridge, standard gauge construction, Avon Valley line. Under construction.

P02344199 viewsYX class 86, Rail Transport Museum, side and front view.

P02486199 viewsG class 234, number in large numerals on the cab side, PM line, taking water from the Shaw River, front and side view.

P02647199 views1 of 2, Kia-Ora steam locomotive, side and front view, Bunbury Technical school, c1960

P02692199 viewsW class 920 steam locomotive on goods train working, side and front view, coal stage in the background, Bunbury, SWR line. c1960s.

P02922199 viewsBoilermaker shop, inside, Midland Workshops.

P02962199 viewsES class 308 steam locomotive, slightly elevated side and front view, AHRS museum, Bassendean.

P02978199 viewsK class 35 steam locomotive on a goods train, driver on the footplate, front and side view, Kalgoorlie.

P03046199 viewsSteam loco, 0-4-0, "Kate", LG Poole Collection, side and front view

P03358199 viewsADK/ADB class railcar sets, five of in storage at Forrestfield

P03434199 viewsN class 201 steam locomotive, in steam at loco shed, front and side view, ash pit in foreground, East Perth, ER line.

P03446199 viewsG class 118 steam locomotive, front view, shunting at East Perth loco sheds, ER line.

P03567199 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