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Your model railway collection. Finally under control.

Locomotives, rolling stock and decoders in one place. Runs in the browser on phone and computer. Sign up and start.

Getting started is free. The free plan's caps are listed under Pricing .

Locobox overview with collection metrics and the newest articles

What Locobox does

Six features that matter in a collector's day.

Article list in Locobox with manufacturer, categories, country and era per model

Your whole inventory in one place

Record locomotives, rolling stock and accessories with manufacturer, era, railway company and your own fields. Fast even for large collections thanks to CSV import.

Train list in Locobox with consists shown as horizontal carriage rows

Trains from your own stock

Assemble complete trains from your recorded articles. The consist is visible right away, including the length over buffers. The order can be adjusted by drag and drop.

Decoder detail view in Locobox with master data and a linked article

Decoders in detail

Store address, protocol and linked articles right on the decoder. Function matrix and CV configuration are included for power users.

  • Illustration: photo upload

    Your own photos

    Every article gets a picture: as a small side view, it makes the article recognisable at a glance in lists and trains.

  • Illustration: Locobox on a smartphone

    At the layout and at the desk

    The same interface on phone, tablet and computer. Look things up on your phone, maintain them on the computer.

  • Illustration: central data storage

    Stored centrally and safely

    Your collection lives in the cloud, stored in the EU. Every device shows the same state automatically, no manual syncing needed. Developed in Switzerland.

Pricing

Getting started is free. Every account gets 14 days of full Premium once: all extra features included, and the free plan caps do not apply during that time.

Free

CHF 0

For getting started and smaller collections. The caps only apply to creating new entries. Existing entries always stay editable.

Articles
100
Trains
5
Categories
5
Decoders
15
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Locobox Premium

CHF 2.50 / month

For growing collections. Can be booked in the app under “Usage”.

  • No caps on articles, trains, categories and decoders
  • All Premium features while the subscription is active
  • Your contribution goes directly into servers, backups and development
Book Premium in the app

The link opens the app settings at “Usage”. If you don't have an account yet, register for free first.

New here? Every account gets 14 days of full Premium free, once.

Common questions about limits and Premium

Are existing entries blocked by limits?

No. The limits only apply to creating new articles, trains, categories and decoders. Existing entries can still be edited as usual.

How do the free 14 Premium days work?

Every account gets 14 days of full Premium once: all extra features are available and the free plan caps do not apply. Locobox Premium costs CHF 2.50 per month while the subscription runs. Premium can be booked in the app under “Usage”.

What happens when Premium expires?

After expiry there is a grace period of three days. After that, the Premium status is removed.

Is data deleted when Premium ends?

No. No data is deleted; existing content is kept.

Are features locked afterwards?

Without Locobox Premium, individual Premium features are no longer available. The rest of Locobox remains fully usable.

What happens to data from Premium features?

The data is kept. As soon as Locobox Premium is active again, it is available again.

What are the contributions used for?

The contributions cover, among other things, the costs for servers, database, backups, licences and further development.

Thanks to our sponsors

  • LokiSOB
  • RegioTrains
  • Sangdra_Rongschier

A passion project at heart

Locobox is run by one person: Yannik. He collects model railways himself and, next to job and studies, builds the app he always wanted for his own collection.

Yannik Gartmann

Software engineer and model railway collector

Bytepeak.ch

Custom software development

Contact

Questions, feedback or found a bug? An email is enough, you will get a personal reply.

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