Heritage Units 17+

Brian Minnich

Designed for iPad

    • 4.0 • 171 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

Track and report Heritage units (locomotives) and other special interest units for Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific, CSX, BNSF and other railroads.

Features:

• View reported locomotives within a 200 mile radius of your devices location.
• Report a new locomotive location directly from the app
• View locomotives on maps

All recorded locomotive information is provided by volunteers using native apps and website (https://www.heritageunits.com)

Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Terms of use: https://www.heritageunits.com/user/terms
Privacy policy: https://www.heritageunits.com/user/privacy

What’s New

Version 3.28

When reporting the sub division list will attempt to be more precise based on the device location.

Ratings and Reviews

4.0 out of 5
171 Ratings

171 Ratings

avdusjAnwhjwj ,

Mostly good but one major issue

This app is good except for one major issue that it has. The fact that I have never made a single locomotive report in my life and yet whenever I try to make a report I get the same error message every time -

“ Error - you’ve reached your limit for spots… Please enjoy some coffee and try again in a few hours “

Well, I always try again in a few hours, and yet I get the same error message. I have seen many cool locomotives whine railfanning and I have not been able to report them because of this issue. I know I’m not the only one experiencing this issue either because I have seen many other reviews here from other people claiming that they have seen the exact same error message. This is beyond frustrating for all of us. Please fix this issue ASAP

Skeetskeet422 ,

A lot of things can be changed

The app often crashes for no reason the owner can care less to fix it or listen to members to remove scrapped units or add special units, has asked certain people to stop posting photos to help others out to know if certain locomotives are still around. When uploading photos there is an option to include multiple special units in your photo and the owner seems bothered to add “highlights” to include the multiple units in the photo. It seems like a waste of money to pay for the subscription to upload as many photos as you want & to be told to stop uploading photos.

The owner has no intention of reading emails or replying to them if it is about a locomotive that has been scrapped or is a special unit but isn’t on the site with proof of it being scrapped or still around. This app could be a lot better if the owner listened to members who are giving information with proof, having photos include multiple units and to fix the random crashes the app has.

Dj6319 ,

Great App! Has Some Extra Potential, Though

This app is amazing and I’ve used it to catch locomotives such as Amtrak 156 and 184! It has some extra potential though beyond what it had now. These are just some BNSF ideas I had: if the BNSF geometry train and the executive passenger trains were on there, that would be great! Also, weird/uncommon locomotives such as a b40-8 or a triclops gp60m or be nice. Maybe you could include CN stripes locos or c40-8ms for example. Loram trains or maintenance trains too! This part may be hard but locomotives that are somewhat far from their home territory such as a ferromex loco in Seattle. It would also be nice if heritage cars like BNSF’s heritage hopper fleet would pop on here.

I hope you consider these updates,

The B-Town Railfan

App Privacy

The developer, Brian Minnich, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Used to Track You

The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:

  • Location
  • Contact Info
  • User Content
  • Identifiers
  • Usage Data

Data Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

  • Location
  • Contact Info
  • User Content
  • Identifiers
  • Usage Data

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