Cab Mate® — Notebooks for the Railway
The Original Train Driver's Notebook.
A pocket logbook built for the cab — headcodes, stops and defects logged in one weatherproof notebook. Now joined by new editions for Guards, freight crews and railway enthusiasts.
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Mallard · Stoke Bank record-holder · National Railway Museum
Built for logging
Ruled pages laid out for headcodes, stops and defects — the essentials of every shift.
Weatherproof cover
Survives a full shift in the cab, rain or shine, wiped clean in seconds.
True pocket size
Fits a standard uniform pocket — always within reach when it matters.
Designed by railway people
Shaped by feedback from drivers, guards and enthusiasts on the network.
Our Editions
One standard of craft, built for every role
Every Cab Mate notebook shares the same pocket-ready build. Choose the edition laid out for your role on the railway.
Cab Mate®
Driver's Edition
For the Drivers
The Driver's Edition
The original Cab Mate — headcodes, stops and defects logged in one notebook built for the cab.
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Guard's Edition
For the Guards
The Guard's Edition
Built for guards, conductors and railway enthusiasts, with layouts for platform duties and passenger notes.
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Flying Scotsman, Doncaster Works · c. 1922
Our Story
It started in a driver's top pocket
Long before anyone called it a “system,” drivers carried a notebook. A place for the duty log, the odd note on a temporary speed restriction, the signal that ran a little late. Battered, dog-eared, and never far from reach.
Cab Mate started as an attempt to do that tradition justice — a notebook built to the same standard as the job itself. Pocket-sized, durable, and laid out by people who actually work the railway.
“Speed record set bombing down Stoke Bank — 126 mph.”
A page like this, still pinned above the workshop bench, started it all.
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