RailShelf: Model Trains

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Your whole fleet, one roster in your pocket. RailShelf catalogs a model train collection the way a railroader thinks: what runs, in which scale, wearing whose paint, wired for DCC or not, and what it is worth to you. Add an item in seconds, snap a photo, and the roster does the counting. What you get: - A catalog built for rolling stock: scale (with the real ratio and track gauge attached), road name and number, type from steam locomotive to caboose, manufacturer, era, and a condition grade from new in box to project piece. - 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. - Locomotive service notes: log wheel cleanings, lube, decoder installs, coupler swaps, repairs, and tune-ups per item. The workbench queue flags locomotives with no note in 180 days. - Layout project checklists that start real: four built-in build plans (4x8 starter layout, switching shelf, DCC conversion, club module) with phased tasks from planning to operations, plus your own tasks. - 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, iPad, and Mac with iCloud. - Private by design: no account, no ads, no tracking, and a Delete All My Data control. Free and Lifetime: RailShelf is free for up to 20 roster items and 3 layout projects, with everything on the item itself: photos, DCC status, condition, money notes, service log, and the want list. A single one-time purchase, the Lifetime unlock ($14.99 USD), opens unlimited items and projects, the Stats room, and the report exports, for good. It is a one-time purchase, not a subscription, and it never renews. RailShelf is an independent app for cataloging a collection you already own. It fetches no market data and is not affiliated with any railroad or manufacturer.