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

P13108133 views2 of 3 views of the nose of Commonwealth Railways (CR) loco GM class 1 in original paint scheme showing the name of the loco "Robert Gordon Menzies" and the single horn

P13245133 viewswheat bin, Gabalong, CM line, trackside and end view of the bin.

P13331133 viewsFS class 449 and FS class 365 coupled together tender to tender with a pair of water tank wagons between them, departing eastwards form Collie, BN line, goods train

P13336133 viewsFS class 460, FS class 459 double heading, entering Collie yard from the east, BN line, goods train.

P13375133 views19 of 67 views taken from an album of photos of the Midland Workshops c1905.Block Two, - Interior Smith's Shop, Looking West.

P13387133 views31 of 67 views taken from an album of photos of the Midland Workshops c1905. Block Three, - Interior Coppersmith's Shop, Looking West.

P13444133 viewsWater tower, Wongan Hills, EM line,

P13560133 views5 of 6 images of the station buildings and yard at Meekatharra, NR line, view looking north down the yard

P13647133 viewsXF class 21219, Midland Workshops, end and side view, as new.

P13784133 viewsHC class 21560,in brown livery, Forrestfield, end and side view.

P13789133 viewsVW class 1878, Collie, BN line, side and end view,

P13883133 views6 of 6 views of the station buildings at Subiaco, main station building, trackside view

P13898133 views2 of 3 views of the signal box (Pilot Cabin) at the entrance to the Midland Yard, Lloyd Street, Bellevue, front and end view.

P13899133 views3 of 3 views of the signal box (Pilot Cabin) at the entrance to the Midland Yard, Lloyd Street, Bellevue, entrance end and rear view.

P13976133 views7 of 17 images of locos, trains and buildings at the East Perth Loco Depot, steam crane loading K class 10842 wagon, wagon stencilled "ASH WAGON EAST PERTH"

P14148133 viewsL class 238 (later L class 473, Midland Workshops, side and front view.

P14449133 viewsTrestle bridge, Capel, BB line, overall view of the bridge.

P14483133 viewsHarbour, Fremantle, eastern end of Victoria Quay taken from the new railway bridge

P02588133 views5 of 9 views of WAGR hand painted signs in the collection of the ARHS, "W.A.G.R. Persons Trespassing On This Embankment Will Be Prosecuted"