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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P05737144 viewsMRWA loco A class, front and side view

P07315144 views11 of 32 photos of the construction of the railway dam at Hillman, BN line, excavation for contour wall around main rock

P07323144 views19 of 32 photos of the construction of the railway dam at Hillman, BN line, start of roofing

P07458144 viewsA class 31, Side view, foreground & background masked out

P07464144 viewsProspector railcar set, Northam, inauguration ceremony for "The Prospector"

P07555144 viewsStation building, Fremantle, street side view.

P07637144 viewsMRWA diesel workshop but in WAGR ownership

P08662144 viewsCowcowing, nameboard, view from main line, WLB line.

P08665144 viewsMukinbudin, station building, platform, Westrail nameboard, view from rail side, WLB line.

P08668144 viewsLake Grace, station building, scale on platform, view from rail side, WLG line.

P08669144 viewsLake Grace, station building, scale on platform, view from rail side, WLG line.

P08857144 views3 of 4 views of M class 8174 coal box wagon, Rail Transport Museum, view along the side

P08858144 views4 of 4 views of M class 8174 coal box wagon, Rail Transport Museum, view of headstock and along the underframe

P08867144 views3 of 15 views of the aftermath of the washaway at Coondle, CM line on the 3rd of March 1934, view of displaced track.

P08876144 views12 of 15 views of the aftermath of the washaway at Coondle, CM line on the 3rd of March 1934, view shows a telegraph pole bent over due to the floodwaters.