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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P17970121 viewsDA class 1573 and AA class 1516, double heading wheat wagon train to Miling branch, workshop buildings, signal gantry, Midland, ER line

P17983121 viewsDA class 1573 and AA class 1516, double heading empty wheat wagon train, near Piawaning, CM line

P01313121 viewsJOB class 12156 tanker, side view, Leighton, ER line.

P01324121 viewsJ class grounded tank, marked with "Chromate Water Only" on the side, Collie loco, Collie, BN line.

P01927121 viewsAYC class carriage, internal view showing the seating

P01928121 viewsAYD class Australind Buffet Car. Internal view showing seating.

P01962121 viewsTrack construction, Merredin, EGR line, stacks of sleepers, workers drilling holes in sleepers using a vertical drilling press.

P18015121 viewsBallast train, standard gauge, comprising WBA class 801, diesel loco, ballast wagons, Kenwick, track level view

P18042121 viewsDA class 1574, heading goods train of VG class wheat wagons to Avon Yard, Midland Workshops, signal gantry, Midland, ER line

P18075121 viewsA class 1514, on the "Australind", platform, canopy, pedestrian overpass, station building, Telstra building, semaphore signal, Perth city station, c1983

P18089121 viewsV class 1220, taking on water, water tower, Dingo Flour mill, sign on mill features black dingo on yellow background, Leighton, side and rear view, c1966

P18104121 viewsA class 1509 diesel locomotive hauling The Westland into Perth Station. ER line. Gantry signal frame over mid train, semaphore signal to right and trackage on left. Royal Perth Hospital is large building in background.

P15043121 viewsRail bridge, under construction, 80 ton floating crane "Pelican" lifting steel section into place, work boat "Baleen", Fremantle Port, c1965

P15080121 viewsStation building/goods shed, platform crane, Hyden, LH line, rear and end view

P15102121 viewsTwo former V class steam locomotive tenders utilised for use on the Weedex train.

P15153121 viewsI of 2 views of the goods shed at Claremont, ER line, being used as a depot for "Bouldens Mower City", StreetSide view showing the loading platform

P15176121 viewsDerelict short trestle bridge on the abandoned line fro Roelands, SWR line to the Roelands Quarry to the east of the siding at Roelands

P18224121 viewsPM class 713 steam locomotive, side and front view, V class 1202 steam locomotive, front view, coal stage, water column with ladder and platform, fireman's/cleaner's tools on the ground, night-time scene at Narrogin loco, GSR line.

P18330121 viewsPMR class 723 on No 37 southbound goods train, approaching station, Armadale, SWR line, shows the bridges over the Neerigen Brook and the trackbed of the lifted line to Fremantle (FA line)