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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P07535181 viewsSuburban passenger train, station buildings, Guildford.

P07562181 viewsEC class 252, with soft coal chimney, side and front view.

P07610181 viewsMakers plate (builders plate), from loco F class 20, "Reconstructed by Loco Dept. WAGRlys, Fremantle, 1892".

P07620181 viewsSons of Gwalia loco "Ken" (later "Midland"), Midland Workshops, when new, side view

P07628181 views3 of 3 views of AQC class 345 on fire on the Laverton to Kalgoorlie train, seven miles east of Murrin Murrin, KL line

P07718181 views4 of 8 views of the burnt down running shed at Port Hedland, PM line on 9.10.1950, the night before the annual visit by the Chief Boiler inspector (Jack Farr), accompanied by a fitter (Ted Bosworth) and a boiler maker. G class 234 was badly damaged in the fire. similar view to P7717

P07719181 views5 of 8 views of the burnt down running shed at Port Hedland, PM line on 9.10.1950, the night before the annual visit by the Chief Boiler inspector (Jack Farr), accompanied by a fitter (Ted Bosworth) and a boiler maker. G class 234 was badly damaged in the fire. View of shed debris with H class 22 in background

P07720181 views6 of 8 views of the burnt down running shed at Port Hedland, PM line on 9.10.1950, the night before the annual visit by the Chief Boiler inspector (Jack Farr), accompanied by a fitter (Ted Bosworth) and a boiler maker. G class 234 was badly damaged in the fire, side view of G class 234

P07725181 viewsGoods Shed, Port Hedland, PM line, was used as a workshop to repair G class 234

P07779181 viewsMillars loco "Noyes", Yarloop view from cab forward, out of service, same as P4666

P07838181 viewsSteel girder bridge, Fortescue River Bridge, Robe River Railway.

P07839181 viewsRobe River loco No.262005, Cape Lambert, side and front view

P07848181 viewsHamersley Iron locos on empty iron ore train crossing the Fortescue River

P07849181 viewsHamersley Iron ore wagon being emptied on rotary unloader, Parker Point

P07864181 viewsSignals, carriage sheds, Perth Yard, view looking east

P07895181 views7 of 13 views of the Car & wagon depot, Perth Yard, shows from left to right, Battery Room, Fitters Shop partly demolished, Hot Water Plant, part of Carriage Shed, "Peters" building in background.