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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P07306145 views2 of 32 photos of the construction of the railway dam at Hillman, BN line, shows excavation from S. W. corner

P07500145 viewsN class, 4-4-4T steam loco hauling a suburban set comprising an AYB class, three AY class carriages and another AYB class, approaching Daglish, signals, view along the train, ER line.

P07550145 viewsQY class 2300 trolley wagon (reclassified from QX in 1967), end and side view, with load

P07626145 views1 of 3 views of AQC class 345 on fire on the Laverton to Kalgoorlie train, seven miles east of Murrin Murrin, KL line

P07656145 viewsShows the erection of a span of a bigger footbridge at the William Street level crossing, (Ref "Railways Institute Magazine"' May 1954, page 33)

P07659145 viewsSubway, Mount Lawley, steel trusses being installed

P07716145 views2 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 fire. Similar view to P7715

P07720145 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