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

P06562188 viewsDM class 582, Mount Lawley, suburban passenger train heading east

P06571188 viewsDD class 594, Fremantle, departing station with a suburban passenger train

P06572188 viewsPR class 527 "Harvey", Mount Lawley, goods train heading east

P06579188 viewsMillars loco No.58, Mundijong, side view, partial view of the goods shed in the background.

P06580188 viewsMillars loco No.58, Mundijong, side and rear view

P06880188 viewsFS class 451, FS class 461, Bunbury Loco depot, side and front view

P06897188 viewsOA class, Kalgoorlie, side view

P06908188 views4 of 6 views of the replacement of the timber trestle bridge over the Serpentine River, just north of Serpentine Station with a steel girder bridge, SWR line.

P06935188 viewsU class 660 on "Australind" with passenger posing next to loco front, head on view

P06951188 viewsM class 1851, shunting

P06954188 viewsXP class 24609, lime tanker, shows end of side and lettering

P06987188 viewsPlatform crane, Mingenew, MR line

P07107188 viewsT class 167, side and front view, with "WAGRlys" on tender side

P07136188 views9 of 19 photos of the remains of the loco facilities at Hopetoun on the abandoned Ravensthorpe to Hopetoun Railway. Turntable pit.

P07226188 viewsSignals, Perth Station, overall view from the west end looking east

P07432188 viewsG class loco, track laying gangs, tracklaying in the Murchison

P07456188 viewsK class 210, Avon Valley line heading "The Indian Pacific" interstate passenger train.

P07459188 viewsWilke Bros G class type loco "Maori Chief" with workers on board, side view

P07461188 viewsGroup photo of the Commissioner of Railways Office Staff. Names Back Row: C. tread gold, A. W. Bell, S. J. Dobbin, G. W. Hall, G. j. Quinlan, L. Morgan, Sitting: L. E. Jones, E. Simms, C. B. Rushton, W. J. George, C. S. Gallagher, H. Pope, S. F. L. Hussey, Front Row: A. Warnecke, A. McLachlan, P. Le Cornu.