Our Goal

Provide a friendly environment where railfans can collaborate and share information.

We launched the Heritage Units website in mid-2012, just as Norfolk Southern was set to release their Heritage Units fleet.

Our vision was to create a platform where railfans could share the last known locations of locomotives, making it possible for everyone to track them in near real-time.

Since then, we’ve continuously released weekly updates to our server and mobile apps, adding popular features such as Train Symbols, Subdivisions / Milepost, Routing, and Inbound Train Notifications. We've also expanded reportable locomotives to include unique and original paint schemes. Our work is always evolving, and we’re always looking for new ways to support the railfan community—ideas are always welcome!

Brian

Founder / Developer

Software/web developer for over 20 years and actively working within the IT industry.

Christian, Husband and Father of two beautiful girls. Railfan with interest towards technology/operations. ATCSMon feed provider and live railroad scanner feed. Favorite time to code is Saturday/Sunday mornings at 5am trackside.

Personal apps that I've made for fun... app controller for lawn irrigation system w/ weather aware features, ATCS log parser to track the number of trains that pass within a day, and 18 years ago a voice recognition app that attempted to log railroad radio communicadtions and train counting device that listened for FRED signals of passing train.

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16