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37418 · York · 7 October 2026
Train spotting with Fishplate
Your railway sightings, connected.
Record the locomotives, units and workings you see, then explore them through Fishplate’s railway database.
Don’t just record what you saw. See what Fishplate already knows about it.
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A train spotting app built around the railway you are seeing
Use Fishplate while you are out: check live headcodes, start a spotting session, record a sighting and add the vehicle details you know. Your sightings stay connected to the wider Fishplate railway database.
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A connected sighting
You see 37418 at York
Explore it
Vehicle record · Class 37 · videos · workings · York
Build your history
The sighting becomes part of your personal railway record.
The railway database behind your sightings
Your logbook isn’t starting empty
When you record something you’ve seen, there’s a good chance Fishplate already knows something about it.
85,000+ analysed railway videos
11,000+ individual vehicles
4,000+ railway locations
16,000+ headcodes
167 rolling-stock classes
80 operators
A sighting isn’t just a number in a list
A traditional log tells you what you saw.
37418 · York · 7 October 2026
Fishplate lets you keep exploring.
37418 → Class 37 → videos → workings → locations → your sightings
Keep the details of your sighting, then follow the connected railway information around it.
Your record
What you can record
Keep a useful record of locomotives, units and workings as you encounter them.
Over time
Your railway history gets more useful with every sighting
Return to the railway you have recorded: Which Class 37s have I seen? When did I last see 37418? What have I recorded at York?
A connected railway record
Start with something you’ve seen
Seen a locomotive, unit or working recently? Add your first sighting and see what Fishplate already knows about it.
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