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

P03770136 views3 of 4: Tamper machine on standard gauge north of Kalgoorlie, front and side view.

P14609136 viewsW class 909, location Unknown, ballast train

P14626136 viewsG class 67, NS class shunters float, Bunbury jetty, heading a train of GSW class wheat hoppers

P14671136 viewsX class 1028 "MEERAMAN" on special tour train, telegraph pole, relay box, Rotary Club headboard on loco, SWR line, en route to a conference at Manjimup,

P14691136 views4 of 10, ES class 332 derailed on 10/6/1951, lying in a creek at Wooroloo, ER line, lifting the loco out of the creek,

P14738136 views2 of 2, DB class 1585 "Shire of Harvey" diesel locomotive driver's position inside the cab. of the cab.

P14766136 viewsStation building, lever frame, telegraph pole, fire hose box, Goomalling, EM line,

P14823136 views20 of 21 images of the railway precinct and station buildings at Subiaco, c1969, trackwork, double slip, view along the track

P14824136 views21 of 21 images of the railway precinct and station buildings at Subiaco, c1969, trackwork. Double slip, view from the west end looking east with the station in the background

P14826136 viewsVW class 5112, ex AF class 13 carriage, Al class 1, ex VY class 5000 bullion van, Bellarine Peninsular Railway in Victoria

P14960136 viewsN class 1881 double heading with DB class 1588 "Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup", loaded bauxite train with XBC class wagons behind the locos, Mundijong, SWR line, view along the train

P17078136 viewsG class 123 steam locomotive, side and front view, over engine pit, East Perth, ER line.

P17098136 viewsPMR class 730, Perth station, bracket signals, front and side view

P17139136 viewsYX class 176 locomotive at Donnelly Mill yard. Front and side view of loco, cheese knob point lever next to loco and stacks of timber in background.

P17158136 viewsV class 1205 locomotive at East Perth loco at eastern end. Unidentified locomotive to side of V class.

P17182136 viewsF class 423, on abattoirs shunt, cyclist, Midland, ER line, side and rear view

P17215136 viewsPM class 708, on goods train to Goomalling, EM line

P17235136 viewsV class 1207 and V class 1212, double heading goods train, overhead pedestrian bridge, station building partly obscured, Pingelly, GSR line

P10303136 viewsXA class "UNGARINYIN" in Westrail orange livery, double heading with another XA class on a tour train entering Perth Station, view from the Barrack Street Bridge looking east.