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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T00835326 viewsMSA class 499 Garratt loco, crew, East Perth Loco Depot

T03190326 viewsMSA class 491 Garratt loco, out of shed, Station, Noggerup, DK line, goods train

T03651326 viewsX class 1017 "EWENYOON", station buildings in background, Clackline, ER line, ARHS tour train

P01022326 viewsLoco "Ballaarat", Busselton, side view, "Hitler's Secret Weapon" written on the side of the bunker in chalk

P02246326 viewsWilkies loco "Maori Chief", front and side view with workers posing along the side of the loco, probably taken on the arrival with the first train to Coolgardie on the 23rd March, 1896

P02313326 viewsMaylands Brickworks loco and skip, passing through the Johnson Road tunnel, on the Maylands Brickworks tramway

P02607326 viewsAN class 413 vice regal carriage (Coach), end and side view, attached to a special train to Beverley where the Governor Gordon Reid unveiled a plaque to commemorate the centenary of the opening of the Fremantle to Beverley railway.

P03415326 viewsV class 1216 steam locomotive on goods train, front and side view, foot bridge, end of station building, Chidlow, ER line.

P01804326 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,

P02036326 viewsGSR T class loco on mixed train at Albany Station, GSR line, six wheel brakevan with "Great Southern Mail" written of the side, people in front of the train, one holding a sign "Buckleys Watches", view across the tracks.

P00082325 views45 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.

P00827325 viewsQCE class 23586, Dry Freight Container No.5022, end and side view

P04412325 viewsMillars loco "Wellington", side view, builder's photo

P06497325 viewsADK class 686 coupled to another ADK, Rail Transport Museum, official opening

P12229325 viewsF class 41, F class, in back of AYB class 456, Gingin accident. MR line.

P02413325 viewsGoods shed, tram lines, loading platform, Derby tramway.

P02820325 viewsYX class 176 steam locomotive, derelict, Bunnings Engineering Works, Manjimup.

P03804325 views1 of 2 views of L class 251, light and dark blue with yellow lining, side and front view

P04215325 viewsXA class 1413 "YABAROO" diesel locomotive, in Westrail orange livery, side and front view, on suburban passenger working, AY class and AYE class carriages, going under the footbridge at Success Hill.