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

P15324167 viewsAB class 1536, in Westrail orange and blue colour scheme but with Australia Western Railroad initials and logo, Albany, GSR line, side and end view

P02029167 viewsAB class 1536 with rake of ballast hoppers, Avon Yard, side and end view

P02091167 views12 of 44 views of the construction of the railway at Esperance, CE line taken by Cedric Stewart, the resident WAGR engineer, H class wagon loaded with the segments of the turntable, end and side view.

P02125167 views1 of 7 views of flooding and washaways on the Narrogin to Wagin section of the GSR, worker standing on a short culvert surrounded by flood waters and a section of track washed away

T04490167 viewsDM class 583 steam locomotive performing shunting duties, goods shed, Subiaco, ER line. End and side view of the loco.

P10415167 viewsAYS class 461 buffet car pictured at Midland Workshops after overhaul and repaint into larch green and cream scheme.

P16302167 viewsThe former railway station at Menzies on the Kalgoorlie - Leonora railway. The railway gauge pictured is standard gauge. KL line

T04686167 viewsAn unidentified A class diesel locomotive at the head of an Up Westland Express, Swan View station in the backgrounds, ER line, photo taken from the end of the abandoned runaway track.

T04884167 viewsL class 252, and six other L class locos, building, wagons, Merredin, EGR line, side and end view

T04900167 viewsDerailment, Cowans Sheldon 60 ton crane, flat bed wagon, covered wagon, diesel loco and wagons off track, workers, Doodlakine, EGR line,

T05227167 viewsG class 123, on excursion train, platform, canopy, Dardanup, PP line, front and side view

T05264167 viewsDM class 581, on goods train, another steam loco, rake of coal wagons, pedestrian overpass, crane, East Perth, ER line, front and side view

P21143167 viewsSeventh Tiiennial Conference of the W.A. Amalgamated Society of Railway Employees, group photograph: Back Row: C.J. Peters (Northam) F.C. Towler (Pinjarra) J.B. Williams (Bunbury) , W. Rothnie (Collie) H. Stevens (Minute Secretary) ; J. Burhop (Merredin) W.E. Sterrett (Geraldton) 2nd Row: A.W. Jordan (Albany), C.H. Venner (Katanning) , W. Manning (Midland Junction) , A.E. Scott (Southern Cross) ,C.E.D. Williams (Mullewa), F.J. Mckenney (Fremantle) , J. Jeffery (Perth) 3rd Row: J. Pirani (Kalgoorlie) , G.F. Keating (General Secretary). A. Meyers (General Vice President), A.H. Phillips (General President), R. Halliday (General Treasurer) W. Baker (Busselton) J. Watters (Chidlow) 4th Row: C.V. Fawcett (Cue), A.L. Stewart (Narrogin) (See photo P21143)