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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P13641187 viewsADG class 602, Perth station, guard in the doorway of his compartment with his hand on the bell button

P02156187 viewsEarthworks at Moornaming Bridge, KP line, view along the right of way, approach from Nyabing side..

P13804187 viewsVF class 23207-Y bogie van, York, GSR line, end and side view.

P13840187 viewsWater tower, Merredin, EGR line, side view, "Kalgoorlie Bitter" on the side of the tank

P14236187 viewsASG class 20, Kalgoorlie loco depot, side and rear view

P14245187 viewsStation building, with staff and passengers on the platform, Kookynie, KL line, mixed train at the platform, view along the platform. Looking south.

P14260187 views2 of 4, Station building, end view, signal box, footbridge, seats, island platform, Bassendean, ER line.

P14263187 viewsStation buildings, island platform, platform furniture, Guildford, ER line.

P01570187 viewsCutting "C2" being excavated, standard gauge construction, Avon Valley line, view back to the entrance into the cutting.

P01788187 views3 of 3 images of a rake of H class wagons loaded with Chamberlain tractors, end and side views

P02355187 viewsSteam excavator, Whiteman Park, side and end view, on display

P02488187 viewsW class 908, searchlight signal in the middle of an adjacent track, Rivervale Yard, SWR line, rear view of the signal, front view of signal in P2650

P02546187 viewsDerailment, tankers on their side, spillage sprayed with foam, Forrestfield marshalling yard.

P02647187 views1 of 2, Kia-Ora steam locomotive, side and front view, Bunbury Technical school, c1960

P02797187 viewsPWD loco "Kate", Wyndham, front and side view, Goggs No. 326, same as P4747

P02837187 viewsC class 266 steam locomotive, side view.

P02910187 viewsStation building showing nameboard and parcels office, scales, Coolgardie, EGR line.

P02928187 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.