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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P18065126 views8 of 11 Construction of new Perth City station, DMUs at platforms, new escalators and pedestrian overpass, new roof, Forrest Place development in background, contractors' sheds in foreground, Perth City station

P15098126 viewsZJA class 433 passenger brakevan painted in Westrail yellow.

P15109126 views 'KATE' steam locomotive, Wyndham Meat Works shunter, moving loaded wagons at the wharf as a ship crane loads goods on-board.

P18222126 viewsS class 548 "Gardner" steam locomotive double heading with S class 542 "Bakewell" steam locomotive, side and front view, on the No. 104 goods train, between Narrogin and Collie.

P18257126 viewsG class 233, bracket signal, water tower, Boyanup Junction, PP line

P15202126 viewsPacific National NR class 11 traversing the line through the Rail Transport Museum en route to UGL's plant, side and front view

P15410126 viewsVW class 5122 carriage, ex ACL class 409, yellow and blue livery, side and end view, Museum at Wyalkatchem

P15462126 viewsThe Westrail Rail Siding with large shed with a loading platform, piles of rails and other items scattered around the site, Bellevue, general view from the entrance to the site

P15572126 viewsDA class 13311 four wheel van painted all over white with "DE'S Fuel Van" stencilled on the door, end and side view, Corrigin, NWM line

P02070126 views6 of 12 views of the construction of a railway dam at Hillman, BN line, side view of raft

P02073126 views9 of 12 views of the construction of a railway dam at Hillman, BN line, view from top of Back Rock looking down towards the channel from Back Rock

P02075126 views11 of 12 views of the construction of a railway dam at Hillman, BN line, looking up channel from Main Rock

P02150126 views40 of 44 views of the construction of the railway at Esperance, CE line taken by Cedric Stewart, the resident WAGR engineer, workers unloading construction materials from H class wagons

P02149126 views39 of 44 views of the construction of the railway at Esperance, CE line taken by Cedric Stewart, the resident WAGR engineer, construction materials and machines.

P15746126 viewsStation building, Hovea, ER line, row of palm trees adjacent to the structure, end view of an ADU class carriage on a Wildflower railcar set having passed the station heading eastwards.

T04488126 viewsDD class 594 steam locomotive at Welshpool on the local shunt train, SWR line, note the station buildings on the platform and the wooden structure forming the platform uprights and facing.

T04494126 views PMR class 722 steam locomotive departing the former goods yard at Perth Station. Portion of the western end of platform 1 is visible.

T04501126 viewsW class 949 steam locomotive hauling a special passenger service in the lower South West.

T04508126 viewsW class 906 steam locomotive at Bunbury locomotive depot with an unidentified PM class steam locomotive two roads across. The coaling stage in the background, SWR line.