What Bahnsteig is

Bahnsteig is a place for collectors to organise and catalogue their German model railway collections, in any scale.

It has two parts. Bahnsteig Data is a shared catalogue of real German Lokomotiven, Personenwagen and Güterwagen, with every variant they ran in: livery, operator, era and region. My Bahnsteig is your own collection. Each model you own points to an entry in the catalogue, so the history is recorded once and your entries hold only what is yours: the number on the model, its maker, how it is controlled, and where it runs.

From your collection you can build Wagenzüge and Züge, drawn to scale, and set up your layouts with a stage for each era you run them in. The catalogue grows with its users: anyone can suggest a correction or a missing entry for the admins to review.

Feedback and contact

Ideas for new features, missing catalogue content, better German wording, or anything else: send it through the feedback page, or email info@bahnsteig.net.

Support Bahnsteig

Bahnsteig is free to use and built in spare time. If it helps you with your collection, you can help cover the server and keep it growing.

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Planned improvements

• Suggestions everywhere: suggest corrections and additions for Personenwagen, Güterwagen, liveries and the rest of the catalogue, not just Lokomotiven.
• Operations and scheduling: full timetables, managing Züge and services on your layout, including empty-stock and freight workings.
• Beyond Germany: potentially extending the catalogue to other European railways and their collections.
• Regions: better region management, including maps.

Next release

v1.2.0 – Suggestions across the catalogue

Expected December 2026

• Suggest corrections and additions for Personenwagen, Güterwagen and liveries, not just Lokomotiven.
• Help text on every tab explains how suggestions work.

Release history

v1.1.0 – Deutsch, feedback and contact Current

Released October 2026

• The whole site in German or English: switch with the flags in the header. Catalogue terms such as Lokomotive, Wagenart and Zuggattung stay German in both.
• A feedback page for ideas, catalogue content, German wording or general comments, with replies from the admins on your account page.
• A Contact link on every page, to email info@bahnsteig.net.

v1.0.0 – Initial release

Released October 2026

• Shared catalogue of Lokomotiven, Personenwagen and Güterwagen, each with their variants by livery, operator and period.
• Liveries, operators and their Marken, regions, Zugläufe, and reference lists of epochs, periods and Zuggattungen.
• My Bahnsteig: your own collection, Wagenzüge and Züge drawn to scale, and layouts with stages for each era you run.
• Suggest corrections to Lokomotive types and variants, or suggest new ones, for the admins to review.

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