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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P02062186 viewsSteam crane, bridge construction, side view, possibly Guildford

T04416186 views14 of 38 images of Commonwealth Railways (CR) "Tea and Sugar" train on trip from Port Augusta to Parkeston on the TAR line by Clyde Shoebridge and Peter Sage in December 1963 to January 1964, station building, the "Tea and Sugar" stopped at station, Tarcoola

T04419186 views17 of 38 images of Commonwealth Railways (CR) "Tea and Sugar" train on trip from Port Augusta to Parkeston on the TAR line by Clyde Shoebridge and Peter Sage in December 1963 to January 1964, "Tea and Sugar" at station, water tower, station building, Ooldea

T04596186 viewsR class 1902 diesel locomotive hauling an special passenger train travelling towards Kwinana from the Coogee Line

T04598186 viewsX class 1017 "EWENYOON" diesel locomotive with the Australind headboard and City of Bunbury crest on the locomotive front shortly after arriving from East Perth locomotive depot.

P16264186 viewsGangers' trolley, turntable (60 feet), houses, Toodyay, CM line

T04611186 viewsR class 1902 diesel locomotive with side chains, hauling a special passenger train over the Fremantle bridge enroute to Kwinana. See T4596 and T4609.

T04619186 viewsWW class 32037 wheat hopper being transferred at Parkeston from rail to road. These units were road hauled to West Merredin for subsequent transfer to rail and forwarding to Midland.

T04915186 viewsDD class 591, PR class 529 largely obscured, loco shed, Northam, ER line, side and rear view

T04943186 viewsStation buildings, Ladies Waiting Room, stone Traffic Office, portable passenger shelter, stone platform face, nameboard, Northampton, GA line, station not in use and tracks removed, end and trackside view

P16614186 viewsStation building, station nameboard, part of goods shed, Kondinin, NKM line

P16682186 viewsTA class 1811 diesel locomotive, in Westrail orange with blue and white stripe, shunting a rake of yellow vans, loading gauge, goods shed, country hotel, side and front view, Katanning, GSR line

P19032186 viewsPilbara Railway Historical Society (PRHS) C415 class 1000 at 6 Mile Dampier.

P19096186 viewsAustralian Western Railway (AWR) T class 01 derailed at Albany. GSR line.

P19135186 viewsX class hauled passenger train entering the Swan View tunnel - eastern end. Photo taken from passenger carriage with a view looking along the train. ER line.

P20001186 viewsWAR G class 17, on turntable, side view

P20049186 viewsX class 1001 "YALAGONGA" with "The Westland" headboard, in builder's paint scheme, Metropolitan-Vickers works, Stockton-On-Tees, England, side and front view