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

T03583180 viewsW class 919, ACL class 395, Bunbury Station, SWR linepassenger train

T03985180 viewsAL class 40 "Gilbert" car, ARHS tour train, plain green livery, side view

T04013180 viewsTrack, dual gauge, Avon Valley Line,

T04094180 viewsMount Newman Mining Alco loco M636 class 5495 in the later Mount Newman Mining livery, CM36-7 class 5506, Nelson Point, Port Hedland

T04106180 viewsGoldsworthy, loaded train departing with BC class goods van, or BDV breakdown van, used to convey parts from Finucane Island to Goldsworthy, BHP line

T04108180 viewsGoldsworthy Mining Limited English Electric loco A class 9, similar to WAGR K class, loaded train, departing Goldsworthy, BHP line

T04166180 viewsPerth Parcels Office, Roe Street, Perth, view from street

P12926180 views5 of 8 images of a derailment at Dumberning, BN line, a conglomeration of wheelsets, underframes and smashed wagon bodies. Date of derailment 14/3/1934

P13071180 viewsTraction engine "Polly" with flanged wheels to run on rails, Collie, side and front view, on display.

P13564180 viewsH class 3, "Cravens" 25t breakdown crane No.23, replacing transfer bogies with power bogies, same occasion as depicted in P5458, c1978

P13591180 viewsDiesel railcar bogies with disc brakes, four pairs in a row

P13716180 viewsXA class "Nilgara", heading a container train, front and side view.

P13729180 viewsCXB class sheep wagons, wharf cranes, Fremantle Wharf, unloading sheep for shipment to the Arabian Gulf, harbour side view.

P13752180 viewsXA class 1403 "WANBIRI", XA class "UNGARINYIN" double heading on a salt train being loaded, same as T4296

P13795180 viewsVW class 5074, ex AU 324, the ownership of the Kojonup Tourist Railway Inc., Kojonup station yard, DK line, end and side view.

P13798180 viewsGN class 5844 wagon, upwards looking side and end view, Narrogin, GSR line, on display.

P13934180 views11 of 32 images of the railway and jetty precincts of Busselton, BB line, six wheel Cowans Sheldon hand crane, side and end view, coupled to a steam winch.