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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P15100335 viewsD class 40503 , ex MRWA BLA class 816, 4 wheel half louvered van utilised for use in the Geraldton district. NR line, end and side view

P00367334 viewsButt Welding machine, Midland Workshops, side view

P00425334 viewsWFW class 30115 standard gauge bogie flat wagon, (later reclassified to WFDY), with iron ore containers on board, side and end view.

P00631334 viewsZ class 1151, front and side view, when new

P00936334 viewsXG class coal hoppers in yellow livery with "State Energy Commission" markings, being loaded with coal

P05501334 views1 of 14 photos from the "Office of Chief Engineer Way and Works" showing before and after views of the demolition of the Railways Institute building from the forecourt of the Perth Railway Station. View from the water tank at the west end of the Horseshoe Bridge looking east

P05574334 viewsCollision, ES class 336 on No.6 Passenger from Narrogin ran into the rear of No.8 Passenger fom Albany, loco under remains of ZJ class 360, ACL class 229, Mount Kokeby, GSR line,

P07003334 views5 of 6 views of derailment of CS class 440 "JARRAH", Banksiadale line. Photo P5858 shows the loco

T00888334 viewsFootbridge, East Guildford, as new

T02601334 viewsX class 1007 "NATINGARO" blowing smoke, Mount Lawley, possibly on a country passenger train

P13601334 viewsWagons loaded with bags, station buildings, goods shed, Salmon Gums, CE line, view along the train

P01035334 viewsLine of derailed and damaged wagons looking towards Mullewa, NR line, view from the top of a van looking along the train.

P01791334 viewsTA class 23641 bogie cattle wagon, side and end view

P03212334 viewsWagons, end view, Spearwood, FA line, c1940s.

P00078333 views41 of 98 images showing views and aspects of the construction of the steel girder bridge with concrete pylons across the Swan River at North Fremantle.