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

P06239362 viewsP class, Albany Express approaching Swan View having just exited the tunnel, ER line, Ron Turner in foreground

P06779362 viewsGE class, grain elevator, wheat bin, Cunderdin, EGR line, Bulk superphosphate experiment (?), unloading wagon

P07253362 viewsK class loco, AD class carriage, Darlington, M line, train heading east.

P01789362 viewsCXT class 23624 bogie sheep wagon, later reclassified as SXT, side and end view, same as P8032 but higher quality print.

P03093362 viewsEs class 345 4-6-2 steam loco atached to shunters float I class 274 shunting at Midland Junction, front and side view

P03516362 viewsGB class open wagons in brand new condition, Railway Workshops, Midland.

P01220362 viewsBox B signal cabin, Carriage Sheds, east end, Perth Yard, ER line

P02084362 views5 of 44 views of the construction of the railway at Esperance, CE line taken by Cedric Stewart, the resident WAGR engineer, H class 287, GC class 8573 with extended side and corrugated iron roof, side view

P00322361 viewsT class 167, side and front view

P00424361 views3 of 3 views of WGX class 33218 standard gauge bogie gondola, (later reclassified to WOAX class) Midland Workshops, as new, raised view of the side and end.

P00633361 viewsL class 268, heading "The Indian Pacific" train, East Perth Terminal

P00839361 viewsG class tram No.38, front and side view

P06372361 viewsADK class 684, ADK class 690, between Spencers Brook and Clackline, ER line, ARHS outing to Wundowie

P13201361 viewsXA class "YABAROO" coupled to XA class 1408 "WOLMERI", station building Mundijong, SWR line, locos passing the station in the loop.

P02291361 viewsPM class 706, Pinjarra, front and side view, on Hotham Valley Railway ownership

P03413361 viewsX class 1031 "YAUERA" diesel locomotive on the Australind, front and side view, Bunbury, SWR line.

P17573361 views2 of 2 The girder span after being removed from Mundaring-Sawyers Valley flyover, abutments in the distance, advertising on the side of the girder, M line.

P00071360 views34 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.