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Catalog your train collection, today!

Your collection, your way. Add your trains from a catalog of 160,000+ items on your phone or computer, identify the mystery pieces from a photo, and always know what you have, where it is, and what it’s worth.

Works on Android, iPhone, Windows and Mac — right in your web browser, no app store needed.

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📒 160,000+ cataloged items 🚂 Lionel · American Flyer · MTH · Atlas · K-Line · Bachmann · Kato & more 🔐 Your list and photos stay in your own Google account
Watch it work

See it in a minute

Real screens, real trains — no sound needed.

What it does

The only way to collect.

Everything you need to catalog, value and share your trains. Every screen below is the real app, with a real collection — tap a picture to see it full size.

On a computer

The dashboard: worth, counts and recent additions at a glance.

Add your trains fast

  • With 160,000+ cataloged items, you can quickly add your trains using your phone or computer.
  • Easily identify unknown items with Photo ID.
  • Manually add any item, so you can track that lantern collection too!
  • Already have your list in Excel? Easily import it in minutes.
On your phone
Type a number — the catalog fills in the rest.
On a computer
Adding on a computer: type the number — it even tells you when you already have one.

Every piece, every detail

  • Each item gets its own page with your photos, condition and notes.
  • Track prewar & postwar variations. Easily identify them using the Cornucopia of Toy Trains site.
  • Engines with their tenders, and diesel A and B units, kept together the way they run.
On your phone
A postwar 2331 Virginian, variation and all.
On a computer
The same 2331 on a computer: the exact variation, your photo and every detail.

Every list in one place

  • Maintain your Collection, Want, Sales and Parts lists easily.
  • Track each item’s location so you can remember where you put it.
On your phone
Your whole collection, with photos, in your pocket.
On a computer
The full collection list — sets and engine-and-tender pairs kept together.

Know what it’s worth

  • Track the estimated worth of everything in your collection.
  • Print insurance reports in a few clicks — with photos — and keep every past report ready to send.
On your phone
Estimated worth by maker, at a glance.
On a computer
The dashboard: worth by maker, counts and recent additions at a glance.

Share it

  • Share your sale items with your friends, or brag about what you just got, by text or email.
  • The people you send it to can open every photo at full size.
On your phone
Your For Sale list — share it with one tap.
On a computer
Your For Sale list with asking prices — share it with a friend or your customers.
Phone or computer

Same collection, every screen

Catalog at your desk with a full-size screen, then take the same collection to the show on your phone. Sign in on each and it’s all there.

The dashboard on a computer: worth, counts and recent additions at a glance.
The full collection list — sets and engine-and-tender pairs kept together.
An item’s page: the exact variation, your photo and every detail.
Adding on a computer: type the number — it even tells you when you already have one.
Your collection, your way

Yours forever. Really.

Your collection list and photos are yours forever, stored in your own Google account — not on our servers.

Your listA Google Sheet in your own account. Open it, print it, export it any time.
Your photosKept in your own Google Drive, at full size.
No lock-inStop any time and everything stays where it is — with you.
Price

One simple price

Every feature, every catalog, on every device you sign in on.

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  • The whole 160,000+ item catalog
  • Photo ID, reports, sharing — everything
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Questions

Good questions

Which trains are in the catalog?
Lionel prewar, postwar and modern (including HO and parts), American Flyer, MTH, Atlas, K-Line, Williams, Weaver, RMT, Marx, Menards, Bachmann, Kato, Märklin, LGB and more — over 160,000+ items, and it keeps growing. Something not in it? Add it by hand in a minute.
Do I need a Google account?
Yes — you sign in with Google, and that is where your list and photos are kept, in your own account. No Gmail address? Get one free from Google in about five minutes.
Phone or computer?
Both. It runs in your web browser on an iPhone, Android phone, tablet or computer, and puts an icon on your home screen like any other app — no app store needed. Sign in on each device and it’s the same collection everywhere.
I don’t know what I have. Can it help?
That’s what Photo ID is for: take a picture of the piece or its box and it suggests the item number for you to confirm. Printed labels can be read too, and box barcodes where the box has one on file.
I already keep my list in Excel.
Bring it with you — import your spreadsheet in minutes instead of typing it all again.
How does the free trial work?
Sign in with Google, then start your 3-week free trial. A card is needed to start it, but nothing is charged until the trial ends — cancel any time before then and you pay nothing. After that it’s , renewing yearly, with an email before each renewal.
What if I cancel?
You keep full use until the end of the year you paid for. There are no partial-year refunds. Your list and photos never leave your Google account, so they are always yours to open, print and export.
Is my collection private?
Your list and photos live in your own Google account, not on our servers. Nobody sees them unless you share them. Details in our Privacy Policy.
Who’s behind it?
A collector who wanted a better way to keep track of his own trains. Questions or ideas: support@therailroster.com — a real person answers.
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Catalog your train collection, today!

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