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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P13890176 viewsPoint indicator with square faces and oil lamp, Subiaco

P13950176 views27 of 32 images of the railway and jetty precincts of Busselton, BB line, W class 942 approaching a level crossing, loco depot in the background, same as P13924

P14015176 viewsStation building, Kamballie, B line, abandoned and overgrown with weeds.

P14018176 viewsLA class 23767 ballast hopper, side and end view

P14022176 viewsTrack, road overbridge, Meltham, ER line, view along the track looking east towards the bridge.

P14026176 viewsCoal stage with the unloading shed, Northam loco depot, ER line, end and rear side view.

P14035176 viewsTicket Office and station entry, Perth Station, adjacent to the Barrack street Bridge, view across the tracks looking south.

P14093176 viewsQueen Mother Royal Visit 1966, A class 1511, Vice Regal car AN class 413, Australind set, Harvey, SWR line. (ref: "The Westland", Jan 2004, page 14)

P14111176 viewsTrackwork, Midland, gantry signals, single semaphore signals, view to the east, ER line.

P14153176 viewsL class 248 (later L class 483) as rebuilt after the Kalgadding derailment, with high sided tender, Midland Workshops, side and front view

P14222176 viewsUT class 664, JY class 1428 bogie tanker built on the underframe of a R class loco, East Perth loco depot, front and side view.

P14261176 views3 of 4, Station building, side and end view, signal box, footbridge, island platform, Bassendean, ER line.

P14290176 viewsBrakevan Z class 221, side and end view, Brunswick, SWR line.

P14347176 viewsWater tower, 25,000 gallon cast iron tank, Beverley, GSR line.

P14394176 viewsStation buildings, island platform, platform lamp, Claremont, view along the platform looking west

P14495176 viewsStack of bagged wheat, Esperance Yard, CE line, view across the tracks, c1925

P02515176 viewsR class 174 steam locomotive outside the Railway Institute at Midland, side view.

P02585176 views2 of 9 views of WAGR hand painted signs in the collection of the ARHS, "NOTICE Riding Bicycles On Ramps Of Overhead Bridge Strictly Prohibited"

P02588176 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"