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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P14211337 viewsX class 1031 "YAUERA", Laverton's last train crew posing in front of the loco (Guard Bill King, Driver Gordon Fraser, Fireman Murray Fairbanks), Laverton, KL line

P01719337 viewsLooking eastwards from East Perth (Claisebrook) station, view from footbridge, multiple tracks, points, signals, ER line.

P03413337 viewsX class 1031 "YAUERA" diesel locomotive on the Australind, front and side view, Bunbury, SWR line.

P04262337 viewsSix two car EMU A series sets, stabled in station dead end road, Fremantle, ER line, awaiting departure to Subiaco Oval for Perth Glory v Wollongong football final

P15136337 viewsGC class 6364 medium sided open wagon with a steel underframe and cast stanchions . Photo enlarged from P5489.

P00351336 viewsMarshalling yard, Avon Yard, overall view of yard

P00461336 viewsVDR class 23118, side view, lettered "Peters Ice Cream" on side in red. c1958

P00522336 viewsE class 326, front and side view

P00649336 viewsV classes, new Fremantle rail bridge, being used in deflection tests on bridge

P00911336 viewsHolden sedan with Westrail logo on door, side and front view

P05441336 viewsXF class 25501 alumina hopper, end and side view, same as T0364

P01418336 views13 of 16 images of the pair of trestle bridges over the Canning River at Gosnells, SWR line, ADX class railcar set on the bridge, view taken from the north.

P01600336 viewsDual gauge track, "Progress Standard Gauge", "Eastern Goldfields Railway", view along the track.

P02219336 viewsCommonwealth Railways (CR) C class 69, side view

P02178336 viewsStation buildings, Northampton, GA line, maximum number of buildings, from right to left : the Refreshment Room, Shelter shed, Traffic Office, Ladies Waiting Room, Station Master's house in the background.

P02973336 viewsA class 1511 diesel locomotive hauling "The Westland", approaching Bellevue with the Mundaring line in the background and the formation for the new SG line in the foreground.

P04115336 viewsVF class bogie vans in the last train departing Meekatharra, NR line, view along the train

P00079335 views42 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.