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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P18066177 views9 of 11 Construction of new Perth City station, DMU to Midland including ADG/V class 615, DMU to City, orange and stainless steel, Platforms 6 and 7, Horseshoe Bridge, roofs supports, contractors' sheds, Perth City station

P15059177 viewsC class 1702, on board the ship "Munsterland" about to be unloaded, Western Transport truck No 5 GN1501, crates and workers, on wharf, Victoria Quay, Fremantle Port

P15061177 viewsRCA class wagon, being loaded with chain by Bell 83 mobile crane, overseer, ship and cranes in background, Fremantle Port, see P0296, c1974, (ref: "Movement", Vol 2, Jan 1975, page 1). See also P0296 and P5279.

P15129177 viewsH class wagon, State Ship tied up at the jetty, Port Hedland, PM line, unloading rails for the "Marble Bar Railway", view along the jetty

P18220177 viewsFS class 423 steam locomotive, front and side view, on ballast train, crossing concrete bridge, running tender first with J class tanker leading, station buildings, goods shed, rolling stock, semaphore signals, LA class hoppers, Balingup, PP line.

P15212177 viewsCommonwealth Railways (CR) MDH class 5 shunting wagons under the gantry crane at Parkeston, TAR line, mainly a front on view of the loco.

P15262177 viewsEMU suburban railcar set with the red stripe above the windows, on service to Currambine, Armadale station

P15297177 viewsXA class "TENMA" with "Albany Progress" nameboard, XA class "UNGARINYIN", shed, Albany, GSR line, side and front view.

P15555177 viewsBD class 9740 four wheel cattle wagon modified to carry elephants with a high arched rood and double doors, side view

P02144177 views34 of 44 views of the construction of the railway at Esperance, CE line taken by Cedric Stewart, the resident WAGR engineer, H class wagons on the Esperance jetty, ship, "Iron Chief" being unloaded, view along the jetty.

T04421177 views19 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, view from rear of train, including guard's van with white ventilation unit No 1285 and Commonwealth Railways (CR) clerestory roof carriage forming part of the consist

T04447177 viewsAn unidentified DD class steam locomotive awaiting line clear of a suburban railcar at the west end of Welshpool station. SWR line.

T04526177 viewsXB class 1020 diesel locomotive arriving Claremont with a Royal Show special. On the adjacent line is an unidentified DD class steam locomotive.

T04598177 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.

P10411177 viewsWQX class 33100 flat top wagon fitted with a fixed bulkhead at end closest to camera and adjustable bulkhead at opposite end. Bogies are 'exchange' type.

P10418177 viewsMembers of the Secretary and Chief Traffic Manager's branches pictured at a railway picnic, group photo.

P10461177 viewsG class 233 steam locomotive hauling the Vintage Train over the Preston River bridge at Boyanup. Side view of locomotive and road bridge in background. BB line.

P15860177 viewsVans on Elder Smith's siding with a kickback into a shed, opposite the Fremantle "Roundhouse", Fremantle, elevated view looking south across the "Fisherman's Harbour. c1966

P10601177 views1 of 2. Underwater coal storage dam at Midland Junction. Gantry used to reclaim coal for locomotive use. Wagons alongside crane possibly being loaded for country depots.