RailShelf: Model Trains
Every locomotive and car on one roster: scale, road name, DCC, condition, and what you paid. Build the layout with real checklists. One purchase, yours forever.
Every locomotive and car on one roster: scale, road name, DCC, condition, and what you paid. Build the layout with real checklists. One purchase, yours forever.
RailShelf: Model Trains is one of the focused apps from InnovaLabWorks. It does one job well, works offline, keeps your data on your device, and syncs through your private iCloud. There is no account to create and nothing to sign up for.
What you can do with RailShelf: Model Trains
- DCC at a glance: mark each locomotive DC only, DCC ready, DCC fitted, or DCC sound, and watch the fleet's decoder share on the roster and in Stats.
- Wiring and scenery notes: a categorized notebook per project, so which wire went where and what the ground cover recipe was never fades.
- A want list filed by manufacturer, with grail-to-someday priorities and your target prices totalled. Found one? One tap moves it onto the roster.
- Paid vs value notes: log what you paid and what each piece is worth to you. RailShelf shows per-item deltas and fleet totals. Your own numbers, never scraped market prices.
- Collection stats (Lifetime): fleet value, items by scale, top road names, fleet mix, DCC readiness, growth over time, and the workbench queue.
- A shareable Roster Report PDF and a spreadsheet-ready CSV of every item (Lifetime).
- A built-in scale and gauge guide: nine standard scales from G to Z plus common narrow gauge combinations, with real ratios and track gauges.
- Syncs across iPhone and iPad with iCloud.
- Private by design: no account, no ads, no tracking, and a Delete All My Data control.
Who it is for
RailShelf: Model Trains is made for anyone who wants a simple, dependable way to handle this without a spreadsheet or a complicated setup. It fits naturally in the Entertainment category on the App Store.
Private by design
No ads, no trackers, no data harvesting. Your entries stay on your device and sync only through your own private iCloud, so they move between your devices without passing through our servers.
Availability
RailShelf: Model Trains is available now on the App Store.
Common questions
What is RailShelf: Model Trains?
Every locomotive and car on one roster: scale, road name, DCC, condition, and what you paid. Build the layout with real checklists. One purchase, yours forever.
Is RailShelf: Model Trains on the App Store?
Yes. It is available now on the App Store.
Does RailShelf: Model Trains work offline?
Yes. Everything runs on your device, so it works with no signal.
Does RailShelf: Model Trains sync between devices?
Yes. Your data syncs through your own private iCloud. We never see it.