Railroader Timebook
Productivity
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Railroader Timebook is a modern, reliable way for railroad crews to track duty hours, layoff time, mileage, pay, and regulatory compliance. Built by a railroader for railroaders, it replaces spreadsheets, guesswork, and paper logs with a clear, accurate, and easy-to-use system.
Railroader Timebook records every detail of your workday, including On Duty and Off Duty times, deadhead segments, crew information, mileage, delays, notes, and pay. The app automatically calculates duty hours, limbo time, continuous duty, short-rest rules, and effective release times. All data is saved privately and securely with real-time cloud sync across devices.
The app includes comprehensive regulatory compliance tracking for both FRA (United States) and Transport Canada rules. It displays monthly Hours Worked and Limbo Time totals with remaining allowances, tracks Consecutive Starts with correct 24-hour window logic, and applies mandatory 48- and 72-hour rest periods when required. The Rested Time Indicator shows the exact time you are legally rested, including adjustments for deadhead, limbo, and extended duty periods.
Railroader Timebook provides a complete timeline of your work history with trips, layoffs, and standalone pay entries displayed together in chronological order. The monthly calendar view shows each day’s activity at a glance, including trips, layoffs, events, and payments. Tapping a day opens a detailed view with precise start and end times for each entry.
Layoffs and non-HOS activities can be logged with type, dates, notes, and optional pay. When a layoff spans multiple months, the app automatically prorates pay by calendar day so monthly totals remain accurate. Standalone payments such as bonuses or guarantee pay can also be logged and included in monthly summaries without affecting duty totals or miles.
Trip entry is designed for speed and accuracy, using right-aligned numeric fields, auto-filled station numbers, remembered route mileage, and crew name autocomplete. Deadhead segments support outbound and return legs with station numbers, miles, start times, end times, and automatic duration calculations. Taxi and Train-to-Train continuous duty runs are grouped with combined duty calculations and a clear breakdown of each segment.
Railroader Timebook includes clean PDF export and print options. You can export a single trip, an entire month, or a summary that includes miles, number of trips, pay totals, hours worked, remaining regulatory limits, limbo time, and continuous-duty details.
The app supports 24-hour or 12-hour time formats, dark and light mode, dynamic text sizing, accessibility features, and offline-first operation. All data stays private to your account and is never sold or shared.
Railroader Timebook is built for engineers, conductors, brakemen, switchmen, utility employees, and anyone who needs a precise and dependable railroad timebook. It is designed to work for yard jobs, locals, road trains, extra board assignments, and terminal-based or road-based operations in both the United States and Canada.
Whether you need accurate duty tracking, reliable compliance tools, or a complete historical record of your railroad work, Railroader Timebook provides a clear, organized, and professional solution.
Terms of Use: https://www.rrtimebook.com/terms
Privacy Policy: https://www.rrtimebook.com/privacy
Ratings & Reviews
Railroader Timebook v1.1.2 includes fixes and improvements based on early v1.1 feedback.
What’s new:
• Fixed duplicate crew contacts being created when opening, editing, or saving trips.
• Added a cleanup tool to remove duplicate crew contact suggestions.
• Improved delay type selection so the list opens and scrolls more reliably.
• Added a locomotive group reference helper for engine metadata entry.
• Added a quick Timeline shortcut to adjust the current pay period and guarantee settings.
• Improved crew autocomplete, contact sync, and pay-period tracking reliability.
The developer, Primm Farms LLC, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Primm Farms LLC
- Size
- 28.3 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Monthly Pro $7.99
- Annual Pro $79.99
- Core Monthly $2.99
- Core Annual $29.99
- Copyright
- ©2025 Primm Farms LLC