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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P03210250 viewsOld railway bridge, tracks lifted, Denmark, D line.

P03324250 viewsZ class 1153, side view, Esperance, CE line

P04008250 viewsAYS class carriage, interior view, brown colour scheme, fans, tables, window treatments

P04095250 viewsC class 1 "Katie", on truck, Midland Workshops, leaving for Claremont Showgrounds

P00088249 views51 of 98 images showing views and aspects of the construction of the steel girder bridge with concrete pylons across the Swan River at North Fremantle.

P00092249 views55 of 98 images showing views and aspects of the construction of the steel girder bridge with concrete pylons across the Swan River at North Fremantle.

P00694249 viewsL class 255 with short train with brakevan

P00779249 viewsDD class 592, Bayswater curve, suburban passenger train consisting of AY class and AYB class carriages painted green and cream. Maybe testing the new carriages

P00871249 viewsQBE class, QCS class wagons, loaded with timber

P00925249 viewsQU class 25008, flat wagon in the black livery loaded with three containers, side view. Same as P02969

P00967249 viewsL class 268, with first standard gauge passenger train,

P05025249 viewsRefreshment Room, Chidlow, ER line, internal view

P06360249 viewsMSA class 499 Garratt loco, Dwellingup, PN line, ARHS tour train, arriving at Dwellingup, bunker leading.

P06450249 viewsW class 918, loco shed, Pemberton, PP line, view of rear end of loco shed

P07264249 views10 of 10 photos taken on the Upper Darling Range Railway, Zig Zag, UDRR line, view from top of Zig Zag, train heading away .

T00835249 viewsMSA class 499 Garratt loco, crew, East Perth Loco Depot

P12895249 viewsADP class Australind railcar, "Westrail" symbol on the front, Waroona, SWR line, front and side view, single unit.

P13114249 viewsPowered ganger's trolley with Hotham Valley Railway members on board, station nameboard, Etmilyn, PN line

P01066249 viewsStation construction, Daglish, notation "Lawton Street Station under construction", platforms under construction, view along the tracks