Open Railroad Guide

Open Railroad Guide puts detailed railroad maps and historical aerial imagery in your pocket so you can explore, save, and share the places that matter to railfans, historians, and planners.

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-**Live train map:** View all Amtrak and VIA Rail trains on a Live Map

-**Transit Map:** View all transit lines in your local city, with color coded lines

-**Rail Community:** Use the rail community to collaborate with other users to put user-made info on rail lines and train sightings that update in real time

-**Train Watch:** Put specific points on the map to get alerts and see upcoming trains to that point

- **FRA Records:** Get official records by the FRA on how much trains run through a railroad in the day, night, and weekly.

- **Interactive Map:** Fast vector-tile map with smooth zooming and panning built for rail lines and right-of-ways.

- **Grade Crossings:** View every railroad crossing in the US with full FRA Inventory records on them.

-**Trainspotting Logs & AI Predictions:** Log every train you spot and use AI Overview to predict where & when the next train will be

-**Railroad Lookup:** Lookup the selected Railroad directly on the internet within the app to get all the info you need

- **Historical Imagery:** Slide through years of aerial imagery to compare past and present alignments.

- **Saved Places & Folders:** Save coordinates with notes, organize them into folders, edit details, and quickly fly to any point.

- **Local Edits & Annotations:** Draw and persist local edits and annotations right on the map; they render alongside map tiles.

- **Seamless Device Sync:** Automatic background sync and backups via iCloud Key-Value Store keep your saved places and edits in sync across your devices.

- **Restore & Backup:** One-tap restore and safe merge behavior prevent accidental data loss and detect when data are already up to date.

- **Quick Access:** Add bookmarks from the map or the main menu and use a dedicated “View on Map” flow that reliably navigates and centers the map on saved places.

- **Power Tools for Enthusiasts:** Street-view toggle, custom map styles and layers, and a compact UI designed for quick field reference.

Privacy: Your saved places and edits are stored on-device and synced only via your iCloud account when enabled.