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

P07428155 viewsT class 170 with bogie tender, side and front view

P07444155 viewsXG class 20701, coal hopper, with Westrail symbol, same as T0367

P07453155 views4 of 4 views of the derailment of a MRWA Mail Train at Gunyidi, MR line, carriages derailed

P07520155 viewsStation building, Kambalda, when new, trackside view

P07611155 viewsMakers plate (builders plate), WAGR A class, "Beyer, Peacock, & Co, Gorton Foundry, 1875, Manchester."

P07708155 viewsF class 40, Leighton Yard, awaiting to depart for Midland with goods train.

P07915155 views1 of 6 views of the Ballast Regulator TM713, front and side view

P07916155 views2 of 6 views of the Ballast Regulator TM713, rear view

P07979155 viewsTimber stacks, Yarloop, air seasoning fruit case boards.

P08271155 views2 of 4 views of new track, Yarloop workshops, view along track

P08314155 viewsTimber stacks, Yarloop, seasoning floor boards, track between timber stacks.

P08549155 viewsNyabing, out of shed, work shed, KP line.

P08633155 viewsDonnybrook, station building, platform, view along platform, PP line.

P08712155 viewsJetty, Geraldton, tracks in foreground, wagons on the jetty, ship the "Bambra" tied up at the jetty. The SS Bambra served with the WA State Shipping Service from June of 1915 until February 1927

P08713155 viewsWharf, Fremantle?, tracks in foreground, ship tied up at the wharf, windjammers in the background.

P08850155 viewsSignal box, Perth Box C, water column, Perth Station, looking across from Platform 6.

P08888155 views4 of 29 views of the construction of the Wyalkatchem-Lake Brown-Southern Cross railway, WLB line. Bridge No.1 under construction.

P09039155 viewsX class 1025 "LOONGA", side view looking forward

P09123155 viewsWAGR owned building located at No.1 Beaufort Street, leased by the WA Branch of the Australian Model Railway Association as their clubrooms, view from side street of the rear of the premise.