Log a sighting

Log a sighting

One car or a whole consist in one go — pick how you capture it.

How do you want to log it? · pick one

📷 Upload photo or videosnap a car or scan a passing consist — we read it → ⌨ Type it inenter reporting marks by hand Selected 🎙 Voicecoming soon Soon
What you saw
No cars yet.
Entry order is preserved as the consist sequence (top = first). Mark then number — a space is optional, so UP 123456 or UP123456 both work. Enter the number exactly, including any leading zeros (000011 isn't 11). Unknown marks and bad numbers are caught before posting.
Where · optional
Put your sighting on the map — it auto-tags the nearest track. Skip it to log without a location.
or search a place
When
Defaults to now. Shared by every car in this submission.

Railspotlight is a community rail reference. Sightings are crowd-contributed; published does not mean verified. A second independent sighting of the same car confirms it.