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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P00855311 viewsADL class 802 heading a railcar set, Midland station, as new condition, front and side view

P00858311 viewsJ class trolley bus No.1, front and side view, picture taken preparatory to the inaugurating of the trolley bus service.

P00863311 viewsStation building, Gingin, trackside view, undergoing restoration

P04526311 viewsMillars loco "Jubilee" wrecked at Mornington Mills disaster, Wokalup.

P04802311 viewsSons of Gwalia loco "KEN" (later renamed "Midland") under construction at the Midland Workshops, side view, painted with its name on the side .

P05811311 viewsAYL class carriage, interior view showing the lounge chairs

P06810311 viewsW class 945, Bunbury, side and front view, PMR class locos in background stowed

P07061311 views2 of 8 views of the smash at Wokalup, SWR line, view shows E class 345 having collided with some cattle wagon looking forward from the tender.

P07178311 viewsStation staff with children in the group, Bayswater Station, station master standing in the centre of the back row of group

P07927311 viewsVI class 7979, ex AP class 86, side and end view

P08337311 viewsA series EMU, Subiaco, views show progress on the new tunnel

P08979311 viewsQUW class 25007-B wagon adapted to transport wool bales, side and end view, loaded with bales.

T03190311 viewsMSA class 491 Garratt loco, out of shed, Station, Noggerup, DK line, goods train

P02614311 viewsA class 1510 hauling a rake of Hotham Valley Railway ex South African carriages through Forrestfield Yard for the first run of these carriages through the Avon Valley

P02645311 viewsMRWA B class loco decorated with flags and bunting, Watheroo, MR line, for the opening of the line from Mullewa to Cue, NR line. (Ref: Australian Railway History, Volume 63, Issue 892, page 14)

P02817311 viewsKalgoorlie station platform, side view, dog box carriages, N class 4-4-4T steam locomotive, GC class wagon, van, low sided wagons, c1920s.

P03213311 viewsStation building, track side view, vans and wagons, soldiers on the platform, water tower, Moora, MR line, c1940s.

P03407311 viewsW class 916 steam locomotive, two AQZ first class sleeping carriages, brakevan, front and side view, footbridge, on ARHS tour, Collie, BN line.

T05002311 viewsStation yard, rakes of wagons, sidings, points, houses, platforms, road crossing, station buildings, goods shed, water tower, pedestrian footbridge, signal, Wyalkatchem, GM line