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

P03080323 viewsADU class diesel railcar trailer with end of train disc, bracket signals, station buildings, passenger platform, nameboard, water column, signal box (Cabin 'B'), sidings and tracks, Midland Junction, view from footbridge looking east, ER line.

P03206323 viewsC class 440 steam locomotive, front and side view, passenger carriage, Geraldton, NR line.

P03825323 views2 of 2 images of model of Midland Workshops, end view

P01212323 viewsY class 1107, Midland, side and long hood end view

P01804323 viewsStation yard with loaded wagons, scissors crossover with double slip, station building, signal box, goods shed and the 50,000 gallon water tower, Northam, ER line, elevated overall view taken from the footbridge looking west,

P00084322 views47 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.

P00464322 views TA class bogie cattle wagon, side and end view.

P00871322 viewsQBE class, QCS class wagons, loaded with timber

P00923322 viewsCTC panel, located at Perth station

P04406322 viewsJetty with tracks, Hopetoun, HR line, looking seaward

P04412322 viewsMillars loco "Wellington", side view, builder's photo

P04802322 viewsSons of Gwalia loco "KEN" (later renamed "Midland") under construction at the Midland Workshops, side view, painted with its name on the side .

P05025322 viewsRefreshment Room, Chidlow, ER line, internal view

P05807322 viewsADH class railcar, view of passenger compartment

P06069322 viewsMSA class Garratt loco, Midland Junction, front and side view

P06402322 viewsPM class 731 towing a Y class, Perth Station, goods train

P06407322 viewsSignal box, station buildings, Cottesloe

P06497322 viewsADK class 686 coupled to another ADK, Rail Transport Museum, official opening

P07261322 views7 of 10 photos taken on the Upper Darling Range Railway, Zig Zag, UDRR line, View from bottom of Zig Zag looking up. MS class Garratt on upper leg hauling a passenger train.