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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P03249162 viewsP class 502 steam locomotive with bobtail tender, side and front view.

P03386162 viewsCommonwealth Railways (CR) G class 2, Parkeston, side and front view.

P03426162 viewsM. C . Davies steam loco "Kate", side and front view, Margaret River.

P03574162 viewsW class 945, trestle bridge over the Abba River, train of loaded timber, BB line

P03631162 viewsJ class 102 in Westrail orange livery, view of the roof looking towards the cab

P03663162 views Westrail CDX 5055 Explosives container on narrow gauge wagon

P03978162 views2 of 3, Koolyanobbing yard, standard gauge construction project line.

P03987162 viewsNew Fremantle rail bridge, standard gauge construction project.

P04036162 viewsRA class 1907, Westrail orange with blue and white stripe, on mineral sands train, loading, Eneabba, DE line

P04171162 viewsL class 271 diesel locomotive on the Indian Pacific, in dark blue livery, side and front view.

T04330162 viewsDB class 1593 "Shire of Northam" and DB class 1584 "Shire of Waroona" diesel locomotives in Westrail orange livery on a ballast train of 1 XH class wagon and 1 XM class wagon, Whitfords, NSR line.

P17009162 viewsBallast train, Kenwick, SWR line, standard gauge project

P17096162 viewsA class 1502, on the down "Westland", Bellevue, ER line, side and front view

P10260162 viewsDS class on Royal Show special working departing for Perth from Claremont Station with a consist of an AD class, AP class, AS class, AT class, AT class, AU class, N class loco in the yard, ER line

P10261162 viewsD class on Royal Show special working departing for Perth from Claremont Station, N class loco in the yard, large numbers of intending passengers on the footbridge, view looking down the track towards the station

P17433162 viewsW class 913, S class 545 "Dale", double heading goods train standing in station siding, station building with "Parcels Office" and "Station Masters Office" signs, Donnybrook, PP line

P17451162 viewsFS class 423 steam locomotive on a ballast train at Balingup. PP line. Note the empty flat top wagon between the locomotive and empty ballast wagons.

P17827162 viewsW class 947 and PR class 538 steam locomotives arriving at Narrogin, from Wickepin. Note the automatic signalling adjacent to the locomotives and trackage in the foreground. GSR line.

P17837162 viewsC class 1702 diesel locomotive hauling a rake of empty bauxite wagons through Fremantle. FA line. Overhead view of train with semaphore signals in foreground and portion of footbridge ramp.