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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P15121123 viewsPMR class 734 departing Bunbury with 42 goods train. Note semaphore signal at left, overhead footbridge in background. SWR line.

P18252123 viewsW class 913, on No 226 goods train from Boyup Brook to Bunbury, DK line, side and front view

P18319123 viewsL class 265 on empty freight train, DB class 1592 "Shire of Toodyay" and another DB class loco on bauxite train, rake of goods carriages, signals, Kwinana, front on view from elevated position

P15211123 viewsPacific National NR class 31 leads a freight train near Parkeston, TAR line, view along the train showing double stack containers

P15255123 viewsShed for roadside traffic, Chidlow, ER line, all that remains of the railway station

P15369123 viewsDB class 1589 "Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes", P class 2011 "Shire of Narembeen", NJ class 5 and P class 2013 "Shire of Morawa" pictured in the vicinity of the Albany Locomotive depot. GSR line, The DB painted in the original orange scheme, P class 2011 "Shire of Narembeen" in Westrail yellow, NJ5 in Australian National colour scheme while P class 2013 "Shire of Morawa" has the Westrail name painted out.

P18420123 viewsDM class 581, on goods train, Cannington, SWR line, side and front view

P15402123 viewsMineral Resources loco MRL class 003, passing through the site of the Rail Transport Museum heading for UGL's plant, Bassendean, side and front view.

P15416123 viewsACM class 238 carriage, green and cream livery, side view, Boyanup

P15600123 viewsTrailerrail RANC class 1084, white end and yellow sides, Kewdale, front and side view

P02061123 viewsSteam crane, bridge construction, lifting a pile, workers camp in the background, possibly Guildford

P15620123 viewsAustralian National CLP class 16 in the green and yellow livery, East Perth terminal, running around its train, s

T04478123 viewsAn unidentified S class and W class steam locomotives arriving at Bridgetown, PP line.

T04569123 viewsLeighton Marshalling yard, looking west, as viewed from the Yardmaster's building.

T04599123 viewsDM class 585 steam locomotive with a suburban service departing Perth Station to Armadale.

P10418123 viewsMembers of the Secretary and Chief Traffic Manager's branches pictured at a railway picnic, group photo.

P10567123 viewsADF class 491 "Crowea" diesel electric power/baggage van 'Crowea' pictured leaving the Swan View tunnel enroute to Perth on a country passenger service.

P15860123 viewsVans on Elder Smith's siding with a kickback into a shed, opposite the Fremantle "Roundhouse", Fremantle, elevated view looking south across the "Fisherman's Harbour. c1966

P10796123 viewsX class 1016 "DJUKIN", on the "Albany Progress" comprising van and 4 passenger cars including AQY class 424, rural setting, GSR line, side and front view.