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New LocoLink 2.0 · one app for every screen
Your whole railway. On every screen.
Drive, draw your track plan, automate and program decoders. One LocoLink for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad and Android, with the same project and the same controls everywhere.
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Rebuilt from the ground up
One app. One codebase.
LocoLink 2.0 runs the same engine on every device. It looks native everywhere: real iOS controls on Apple, Material design on Android, a bold desktop app on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Windows10 and 11
MacApple silicon and Intel
LinuxUbuntu 22.04+
iPhonewith Apple Watch
iPadwith Apple Pencil
Androidphone and tablet
Switch in minutes
Bring your layout. Keep your work.
Import your track plan, locomotives, turnouts and signals from the software you use today. LocoLink checks everything and shows what still needs a look.
iTrainproject, XML and .tcdz
Rocrailplan.xml
KoploperCSV export
JMRIDecoderPro roster
MärklinCS2, CS3 and MobileStation
Roco Z21 app.z21 export
PIKOSmartControl list
CSV & XMLyour own lists
NewAnyRail import
Designed in AnyRail? Open it in LocoLink.
Pick your .any file and your layout arrives in its real shape: every curve, turnout and crossing, to the millimetre. Ready in your track plan and straight in 3D.
- Real shape and size
- 288 track libraries
- Tunnels and bridges in 3D
Works with AnyRail 6 and 7
See it in motion
The real app. Really running.
Recorded with a demo layout on Windows, Android and iOS. The same LocoLink runs on your Mac, iPhone and iPad.
“Making the hobby feel like it can keep up with modern technology is a joy. Whether it is asking Siri to ‘stop Mallard’ or using a PlayStation 5 controller — I constantly had a smile on my face.”
★★★★★ App Store Review · United Kingdom
Drive
Drive like you mean it.
A big throttle, every function one tap away and all your running trains in reach.
- Direction, speed steps and a real emergency stop
- Multi-Throttle for several trains at once
- Game controllers and the Apple Watch as throttles
Track plan
Draw once. Control everywhere.
Design your layout on the big screen, then switch turnouts, signals and routes from your phone.
- Turnouts, signals, blocks, sensors and turntables
- Import from iTrain, Rocrail and Märklin CS2/CS3
- Draw with your finger or Apple Pencil
Workspace
Your control room, your way.
Put the track plan, throttles and turnouts side by side. Drag panels around on iPad, open extra windows on the desktop.
- Layouts for one to four columns
- Light and dark, on every device
- Clean Mode hides everything you do not need
Automation
Let the trains run themselves.
Block routes, timetables and interlocked routes that set turnouts in order and hold them until you release.
- Signals go to stop first, locks stay until release
- Turnout proof: routes wait until a turnout really moved
- Train types decide which trains may run where
Programming
Program decoders without fear.
Read first, then write only what differs and is safe. A backup of every value is kept for you.
- 28 ready-made decoder definitions to start from
- Address, driving behaviour and every CV
- Protected CVs are only checked, never overwritten
Track plan in 3D
Your railway.
In 3D.
Draw your track plan once and LocoLink builds it as a real model railway: ballast and sleepers, platforms, signals and buildings. Then operate turnouts and signals right in 3D.
OverviewThe whole layout at a glance: two main lines, a station, a town, a depot and two bridges over the river.
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- Real track, to scaleBallast, sleepers and rails at H0 scale, with turnout drives and signals.
- Operate in 3DClick turnouts and signals in the 3D view; your layout follows live.
- Trains ride alongOccupied blocks light up and your trains move visibly over the rails.
- Test runs on your own planRehearse a route virtually on your own 3D layout before the real trains run.
And a lot more
Built for real layouts.
Club mode
One host connects the layout. Guests drive their trains and set turnouts, signals and routes from their own phones.
Bring your layout
Coming from iTrain, Rocrail, JMRI or a Märklin Central Station? LocoLink imports your track plan and locos.
Safety first
Emergency stop on every screen, commands that wait for confirmation and a recovery wizard when something goes wrong.
Siri and shortcuts
“Emergency stop in LocoLink.” Control power, speed and lights by voice on iPhone.
From LocoLink 1.4
Updating from the App Store version? Your track plans, locos, routes and purchases come along automatically.
Browser panel
Friends without the app can drive along from any web browser on the same network.
NewFor clubs, museums & shops
Your layout, an attraction.
LocoLink Venue runs your public layout, club layout or shop layout all day by itself: opening hours, lines that keep running, a departure board on the TV and QR codes that let visitors join in.
- Opening hours
- Lines that keep running
- Departure board on TV
- QR for visitors
- Alerts on your phone
- Showroom for shops
30 days free · Included for LocoLink partners · From LocoLink 2.0.7
See it on your device
Real screens. Every platform.
Command stations
Works with your central.
Z21, ECoS, DCC-EX, NCE and Märklin CS3 are fully supported. Every command station listed by LocoLink is fully supported.
Guides
Find the right workflow.
LocoLink is the best fit when you want locomotive control, a track plan, decoder tools and automation in one modern app. Compare it with planning, inventory and simulation apps.
Your command station
Step by step for the central you already own.
Drive from your phone
iPhone, iPad and Android beside the layout.
Guides for your country
Local terms, local hardware, your language.
Also in other languages:iTrain alternatiefiTrain-AlternativeNCE modelspoorNCE ModellbahnMärklin CS3 appMärklin CS3 App
Ready to take control?
Use the 30-day Pro trial first, with no obligations. Then unlock LocoLink+ from €3.99/month on iPhone & iPad or from €5.49/month on Windows.
30 daysPro trial included
€3.99from /mo on iPhone & iPad
€5.49from /mo on Windows
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