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

P06318168 viewsPR class 138 "Ashburton" when new, East Perth, rear of tender and side view

P06357168 viewsLoco "Ballaarat", derelict, front and side view, large pile of firewood in background

P07352168 views1 of 10 views of the construction of the deviation at Allanson, BN line, staff quarters with Mess building in foreground

P07466168 viewsProspector railcar set, Northam Station, during the inauguration of "The Prospector"

P07541168 viewsE class 299, Karralee, EGR line, with out of gauge load of water tanks, head on view

P07574168 viewsC class 434, Kalgoorlie, front and side view, Goggs No. 88, same as P3019

P07636168 viewsMRWA Workshops, locomotive boiler undergoing a general overhaul

P07795168 viewsThe "cairn that marks the completion of the Great southern Railway on the 1st June, 1889, erected 1st May 1939"

P07914168 viewsTrack maintenance machine, TM701, side view

P08672168 viewsDumbleyung, station building ("Traffic Office"), out of shed with ramp, view from rail side, WLG line.

P08683168 viewsKarlgarin, out of shed, nameboard, view from rail side, LH line.

P08770168 views3rd Class goods shed, Narembeen, NKM line, end and streetside view, mural painted on the wall

P08865168 views1 of 15 views of the aftermath of the washaway at Coondle, CM line on the 3rd of March 1934, view shows displaced track with exposed sleepers