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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P00821289 viewsWA class freezer van, Sunshine Festival display Geraldton

P00896289 viewsWFW class 30042, standard gauge flat wagon,(later reclassified to WFDY), with three iron ore containers on board, end and side view

P00941289 viewsL class 270, Midland, first standard gauge passenger train?

P00970289 viewsStation buildings, Norseman, CE line, the Minister for Railways, Mr R. O'Connor opening the new station building

P04412289 viewsMillars loco "Wellington", side view, builder's photo

P06059289 viewsK class 39, Jandakot, FA line, with a short train of a J tank wagon, brakevan and carriage

P06381289 viewsXA class 1407 "WIRNGIR", XA class 1414 "YINDI", between Bakers Hill and Clackline, ER line, empty iron ore train bound for Avon Yard

P06802289 viewsE class 352, East Perth Loco Depot, decorated for the visit of the Duke of York. This loco hauled the Royal Train from Perth to Pinjarra and return, front view

P07010289 viewsStation yard entrance, signal, Claremont, looking west

P07258289 views4 of 10 photos taken on the Upper Darling Range Railway, Zig Zag, UDRR line, portable shelter shed. At Bottom Points, point indicator in foreground.

P09802289 viewsLeighton Yard, overall view, railcar set on down main, Y class shunting in yard, Y class in distance on Rocky Bay line, car carrying wagons in yard. Construction work on SG sidings. ER line.

P11411289 viewsBassendean, overall view, west end, signals, goods shed, sidings, U class 655 running around train. ER line. Elevated internal view of open wagons with superphosphate residue

P01408289 views3 of 16 images of the pair of trestle bridges over the Canning River at Gosnells, SWR line, view between the bridges from the north west abutment

P02218289 viewsCommonwealth Railways (CR) G class 19, side and front view

P02617289 viewsW class 908 running tender first, Yilliminning, NWM line, stopping for a staff change, on a Hotham Valley Railway tour train

P03327289 viewsJetty, Esperance, CE line, shows the damaged section of the Oil jetty from the shore end

P04111289 viewsDerailment, steam crane lying on its side, Midland rail yard, assorted wagons and steam boilers, ER line

P01811289 viewsADX class 664 suburban diesel railcar, orange livery, front and side view, Perth, ER line.

P00090288 views53 of 98 images showing views and aspects of the construction of the steel girder bridge with concrete pylons across the Swan River at North Fremantle.