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

P11491149 viewsPM class 710, short goods train, base of lighting tower, Avon Yard. Avon Valley line, loco running tender first.

P11493149 viewsH class 4, H class, wheat gondolas with fittings, Avon yard. Avon Valley line.

P11512149 viewsV class 1201, up goods. GSR line.

P11553149 viewsInjector and brake gear detail, FS class 463, East Perth loco shed. ER line.

P11560149 viewsV class 1204, turntable, East Perth loco shed. ER line.

P11575149 viewsDM class 582, light engine, part of signal box, leaving down main for East Perth loco shed. ER line.

P11592149 viewsDD class 598, ADX class railcar in background, East Perth loco shed. ER line.

P11593149 viewsDD class 597 with non bifurcated spokes, front and side view, coupled to a Z class brakevan in the green livery with a grey roof, shunting East Perth yard. ER line.

P11713149 viewsDD class 599, down show special, signals, Axon Avenue bridge, DD class on shunt train in yard, Subiaco. ER line.

P12023149 views1 of 12 images of the construction of the Kwinana to Jarrahdale railway. (ref: The Railway Institute Magazine, July 1963), completed earthworks at the Jarrahdale end of the line.

P12057149 views5 of 9 views of the station building at Menzies, KL line, disused and fenced off to the public, view of south end and platform.

P12085149 viewsDiesel shed, Picton, SWR line, side and front view.

P12116149 viewsDM class, DD class, partially demolished sheds, East Perth loco shed. ER line.

P12358149 viewsW class 903, between Boundain and Narrogin. NKM line.

P12394149 viewsV class 1214, 24 goods, departing West Toodyay. Avon Valley line.

P12435149 viewsW class, light engine, on bridge, returning from River Siding to Bridgetown, PP line.

P12449149 viewsS class 541, on 333 fast goods, missing its nameplate, approaching Hester, PP line. Train No. and departure time chalked on buffer beam.