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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P15504150 viewsL class 268 in the blue, orange and white livery heads a grain train through Hazelmere towards Midland, view along the train

P02134150 views3 of 9 views of a derailment of No 26 Mixed on 26/6/1926 near Konnongorring, EM line, GA class 5276 and other wagons derailed and smashed

P15620150 viewsAustralian National CLP class 16 in the green and yellow livery, East Perth terminal, running around its train, s

T04422150 views20 of 38 images of Commonwealth Railways (CR) "Tea and Sugar" train on trip from Port Augusta to Parkeston on the TAR line by Clyde Shoebridge and Peter Sage in December 1963 to January 1964, Bush Church Aid Society, Church of England, Flying Medical Service, Bishop Kirkby Memorial Hospital, Cook

T04424150 views22 of 38 images of Commonwealth Railways (CR) "Tea and Sugar" train on trip from Port Augusta to Parkeston on the TAR line by Clyde Shoebridge and Peter Sage in December 1963 to January 1964, interior view of underground limestone cavern "The Blowhole", near Loongana

T04431150 views29 of 38 images of Commonwealth Railways (CR) "Tea and Sugar" train on trip from Port Augusta to Parkeston on the TAR line by Clyde Shoebridge and Peter Sage in December 1963 to January 1964, flat wagons with welded rails being part of the "Tea and Sugar" consist, view from rear, rake of wagons on adjacent track laden with transportable trackside buildings

T04468150 viewsV class 1203 steam locomotive pictured at the head of a goods train in the Avon Valley.

T04599150 viewsDM class 585 steam locomotive with a suburban service departing Perth Station to Armadale.

P10445150 views1 of 3 of Prospector 2 car set at Northam enroute to Kalgoorlie. Side views of both cars, portion of Administrative Building in background. Narrow gauge line to right is the line to Goomalling, Wongan Hills and Wyalkatchem with the standard gauge crossing this line leading to the former East Northam yard.

P15808150 viewsNW class 21513 four wheel open deck flat wagons for transporting iron ore containers, yellow livery, old Northam Yard, end and side view.

P15940150 viewsN class 1877 and another diesel loco, in Westrail orange with blue and white stripe, on bauxite train loading, bauxite loader, side and front view

P10602150 views2 of 2. Underwater coal storage dam at Midland Junction. Gantry used to reclaim coal for locomotive use. Wagons alongside crane possibly being loaded for country depots.

P10607150 viewsWFX class standard gauge flat top wagon being unloaded by gantry crane at Kewdale Freight Terminal.

P16218150 viewsFremantle Railway Bridge. Showing the steel girder spans which replaced the wooden trusses in 1953, Swan River, Fremantle, ER line, view of the girders from the river.

P16255150 viewsPMR class loco, shunters float, shunter, water column, station building, platform, rake of carriages, signal box, bracket signal, Northam, ER line

T04613150 viewsXA class 1414 "YINDI" diesel locomotive with a Royal Show special.

T04694150 viewsAn unidentified F class diesel locomotive, painted in Midland Railway Co. colours, at the head of an ARHS Tour train traversing the Toodyay - Miling bridge over the Avon River.

P18619150 viewsGM class 1 & GM class 14 diesel locomotives hauling the Trans Australian passenger train into East Perth Terminal. The locomotives were owned by Commonwealth Railways (CR) and are painted in the maroon and silver livery. GM1 was celebrating its 25th Anniversary of entering service.