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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P01329131 viewsVW class 5113 workmen's van, side view, Collie, BN line.

P01357131 viewsVW class workmen's vans both stencilled "Mobil Gang 503", Narrogin, GSR line

P01359131 viewsVW class 3273, ex V class bogie van, white livery, Narrogin, GSR line, side view.

P01856131 viewsARHS president Mr. Nicholas Pusenjak seated in the gathering for the Beverley Centenary celebrations

P01867131 viewsCulvert, masonry (stone), Werribee, on the abandoned ER line, view of the face of the culvert

P01894131 viewsH class 22 coupled to a water tank wagon, Port Hedland, end and side view, PM line

P01934131 viewsAYD class 550 Australind Buffet Car (carriage), hostess at the door assisting passengers

P18031131 viewsDB class 1587 "Shire of Capel" and N class 1877, double heading empty bauxite train through cutting, 10 km post, Jarrahdale line

P18038131 viewsNR class 47 "Fremantle", heading "Indian Pacific" passenger train, passing through level crossing, near Toodyay, Avon Valley line

P18152131 viewsCoal wagon on tipper, rake of similar wagons, SEC locomotive, Bunbury Powerhouse

P15054131 views1 of 2, Hotham Valley Railway AHF class 312 "Avon", being unloaded by crane, North Quay, Fremantle Port, side and end view

P15059131 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

P15070131 views7 of 7 views of the yard at Leighton showing the changes that have taken place to the trackwork and the infrastructure within the yard, PTA loco U class 201 coupled to XM class ballast wagon, end and side view taken from Port Beach Road

P18201131 views1 of 4 images of S class 549 "Greenmount" at Pinjarra, on No 34 goods train, houses in background, SWR line, front and side view

P18216131 viewsG Class 233 "Leschenault Lady" steam locomotive vintage train, ACM class 210 suburban compartment carriage in the lead, crossing Capel trestle bridge, BB line.

P02057131 viewsF class 286, six wheel ballast plough, ballasting operations, side and front view.

P02059131 viewsTrestle bridge, pile driving derrick being lifted into position by a steam crane, view along the deck from an adjacent bridge. Possibly Guildford

P02093131 views14 of 44 views of the construction of the railway at Esperance, CE line taken by Cedric Stewart, the resident WAGR engineer, coaling stage completed, trackside view.