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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P07139189 views12 of 19 photos of the remains of the loco facilities at Hopetoun on the abandoned Ravensthorpe to Hopetoun Railway. Remains of turntable, 3/4 view

P07226189 viewsSignals, Perth Station, overall view from the west end looking east

P07232189 viewsPerth Station platforms, looking across to platform 1.

P07240189 viewsView from carriage possibly approaching the Third Avenue Bridge, Mount Lawley

P07432189 viewsG class loco, track laying gangs, tracklaying in the Murchison

P07452189 views3 of 4 views of the derailment of a MRWA Mail Train at Gunyidi, MR line, carriages derailed

P07456189 viewsK class 210, Avon Valley line heading "The Indian Pacific" interstate passenger train.

P07459189 viewsWilke Bros G class type loco "Maori Chief" with workers on board, side view

P07478189 viewsADE class 446, "Governor Stirling", on delivery run from Fremantle to Midland Workshops

P07485189 viewsADF class 495 "Banksia", green livery with white front and red chevrons, front and side view

P07490189 viewsWildflower railcar set, ADF class, front and side view.

P07493189 viewsADX class railcar, internal view, in original condition.

P07559189 viewsES class 334, East Perth Loco Depot, on turntable, side view

P07627189 views2 of 3 views of AQC class 345 on fire on the Laverton to Kalgoorlie train, seven miles east of Murrin Murrin, KL line

P07653189 viewsSSM loco JA class 28, side view

P07656189 viewsShows the erection of a span of a bigger footbridge at the William Street level crossing, (Ref "Railways Institute Magazine"' May 1954, page 33)

P07659189 viewsSubway, Mount Lawley, steel trusses being installed

P07691189 viewsL class 270, Upper Swan on Avon Valley line, on "The Indian Pacific" heading towards Perth.

P07754189 views5 of 6 views of a derailment at Norseman, CE line on 31.1.1962. Ted Bosworth was the Officer In Charge of the Breakdown crew. General view of derailment.