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

P14352171 viewsSide loading carriage with guard's compartment on vintage train, brakevan, rear view, Donnybrook, PP line.

P14360171 viewsWater tower, squatters tank, station building and goods shed in the distance, Yarloop, SWR line.

P14382171 viewsFootbridge, platform with firehose box, Subiaco station looking west

P14449171 viewsTrestle bridge, Capel, BB line, overall view of the bridge.

P14489171 views1 of 3 images of a derailment of a R class open bogie wagon in Busselton yard, BB line, view shows the wagon tilted on its side showing the underframe, c1960s

P02587171 views4 of 9 views of WAGR hand painted signs in the collection of the ARHS, "Entrance To Trans Line Booking Office Around the Corner

P02589171 views6 of 9 views of WAGR hand painted signs in the collection of the ARHS, "NOTICE Passengers Must Not Cross Line Trespassers will be Prosecuted"

P02895171 viewsMillars 0-6-0T steam locomotive "Geraldton" and tender, side view, Yarloop

P02897171 views1 of 2, Yard at Bartons Mill, unballasted track, stacks of sawn timber, c1930.

P02905171 viewsInaugural "Indian Pacific" arrival function at the Perth terminal.

P02911171 viewsStation exit, looking from the inside to the outside, Coolgardie, EGR line, c1970.

P14501171 viewsYard, Esperance, CE line, view across the yard showing sheds, jetty, tankers in the yard carrying fuel for the Lake View & star mine in Kalgoorlie.