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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P13629191 viewsStation building, Northampton, GA line, crowd on the platform awaiting the first train on the opening of the line

P13714191 viewsJ class 104 in International Safety livery, dignitaries looking on, forecourt, Midland Workshops, end view

P13726191 viewsTrain of sheep wagons on the "Stacey Lamb Train, end of train view looking forward, same train as in P13620

P13769191 views1 of 9 views of the abandoned and derelict D class, DA class and DE class vans at the Woodman Point munitions depot, line up of 4 vans

P13876191 viewsTurntable, Brunswick Junction loco depot, SWR line, view along the table.

P13897191 views1 of 3 views of the signal box (Pilot Cabin) at the entrance to the Midland Yard, Lloyd Street, Bellevue, entrance end and trackside view

P13927191 views4 of 32 images of the railway and jetty precincts of Busselton, BB line, steam crane, rear view

P14257191 viewsLever frame, clock, telephones, internal view of signal box, Maylands, ER line.

P14283191 viewsStation buildings, end and front view, lever frame, semaphore signal, passenger platform, Beverley, GSR line.

P14371191 viewsX class 1016, "DJUKIN" hauling a Show Day passenger train, Subiaco, ER line.

P14378191 viewsStation buildings, signal box, footbridge, Subiaco, elevated view looking west along the track

P14380191 viewsFootbridge, signal box, goods shed, Subiaco, view looking west down the yard.

P14465191 viewsSide loading country carriage with passengers looking out of the windows, platform and buildings, goods shed, water tower, Narrogin, GSR line, small child on the platform is late ARHS member Brian Morrell, loaded train is possibly a "Football Special"

P14482191 viewsC class 1703, Fremantle Harbour, front and side view, being lowered onto the wharf from the "Vanoise" at Victoria Quay (ref: Railways Institute Magazine, Vol. 59, N0. 10, Oct. 1962, cover photo. Caption page 17, Article on page three)

P01520191 viewsApprentice coppersmith, welding

P01622191 viewsMobile cranes, workmen, installing a rail crossing, Meckering

P02193191 viewsBunnings loco No.176, side and front view

P02446191 viewsOpen passenger vehicle, Broome, side view, on display

P02536191 viewsPMR class 724 steam locomotive, side and front view, crossing the Fremantle bridge, aircraft carrier in the harbour in the background, ER line. circa late 1960s.