RAIL JOURNEYSOf a Lifetime

Image credits

Photo credits

The journey photographs on this site are the work of photographers who published them under Creative Commons licences. Each is credited below as its licence requires, with a link to the original.

Photographs under Creative Commons

California Zephyr
Chicago ↔ Emeryville
Photo: 4300streetcar, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original on Wikimedia Commons
Bernina Express
Chur ↔ Tirano
Photo: Kabelleger, David Gubler, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original on Wikimedia Commons
Glacier Express
Zermatt ↔ St. Moritz
Photo: Doug Knuth, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original on Wikimedia Commons
Bergen Line
Bergen ↔ Oslo
Photo: Kabelleger, David Gubler, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original on Wikimedia Commons
West Highland Line
Glasgow ↔ Mallaig
Photo: Daniel Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original on Wikimedia Commons
TranzAlpine
Christchurch ↔ Greymouth
Photo: Kabelleger, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original on Wikimedia Commons
Coastal Pacific
Picton ↔ Christchurch
Photo: Vincent60030, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original on Wikimedia Commons
Rocky Mountaineer
Vancouver ↔ Banff
Photo: The Land, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original on Wikimedia Commons
The Ghan
Adelaide ↔ Darwin
Photo: Tomoyn, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original on Wikimedia Commons

Public domain

No attribution is required for these, but the source is recorded here for completeness.

Empire Builder — GlacierNPS, Public Domain. Source

Illustrations

Not photographs. Every other image on this site is a photograph of a real train on a real line; the image below is an illustration and does not depict a specific location or service.

Coast Starlight — Illustration (AI-generated).

App screenshots elsewhere on this site are our own. If you believe an image here is credited incorrectly, let us know and we'll put it right.