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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P14406147 viewsGoods shed, Cottesloe, side view of the rear of the shed

P01489147 viewsSignalling equipment, Forrestfield

P01516147 viewsWork on track construction at a display of new equipment for the CCE

P02432147 viewsTrestle bridge over the Oakley Brook, SWR line, view of the abutment.

P02443147 views5 of 7 views V class 1221, SWR line, on ARHS tour train, front and side view of loco

P02466147 viewsPWD loco Kia Ora, Bunbury, front and side view

P02503147 views3 of 3 views of the ceremony to mark the centenary of the opening of the Fremantle to Guildford railway, Guildford, dignitaries on a dais, president of the ARHS the late Noel Zeplin at the lectern.

P02864147 viewsH class 18 steam locomotive side and front view, derelict, Bunbury, c1960s.

P02870147 views3 of 4, G class 233 "Leschenault Lady" steam locomotive on a special passenger train, front and view, hauling three passenger carriages, Collie branch, c1968.

P02884147 viewsTA 1814 0-6-0 diesel electric shunter, front view, Narrogin, SWR line.

P02978147 viewsK class 35 steam locomotive on a goods train, driver on the footplate, front and side view, Kalgoorlie.

P03075147 viewsV class 1222 steam locomotive, side view, water column, Cunderdin, EGR line.

P03156147 viewsA class 1512 hauling "The Mullewa" passenger train near Tardun, EM line, view along the train taken from the train window

P03567147 viewsUnknown class of loco, station building, Sandstone, NR line, large crowd gathered to watch the train pass through an archway to mark the opening of the line, the line closed in 1949

P03663147 views Westrail CDX 5055 Explosives container on narrow gauge wagon

P03982147 views3 of 3, Aerial view Avon yard, Avon Valley line.

P04145147 viewsMotor rail unloading, Perth Terminal.

P04171147 viewsL class 271 diesel locomotive on the Indian Pacific, in dark blue livery, side and front view.

P04358147 viewsG class 117 steam locomotive, with pressed steel cowcatcher, electric headlight and cab side curtains front and side view, GE class 11720 in background, "FC" Holden car with number plate BY1191 in the view.