diff --git a/src/layers/rail/cockpitSubject.js b/src/layers/rail/cockpitSubject.js
index e076779b9..e6e7b3b9f 100644
--- a/src/layers/rail/cockpitSubject.js
+++ b/src/layers/rail/cockpitSubject.js
@@ -73,10 +73,15 @@ function reuse(previous, next) {
  * `setCockpitSubject(key)` holds a train: its marker, card and selected line
  * are hidden, it stays selected (so its stops stay fresh and its feed stays
  * polled at any distance) and clicks and Escape no longer change the
- * selection. The hold ends with `setCockpitSubject(null)`, and on its own
- * when the train is removed or the layer is turned off. A train removed while
- * held leaves its feed polled until the next `setCockpitSubject` call, so a
- * view that waits for it holds it again if the feed lists it again.
+ * selection. A held train keeps moving, hidden, and keeps the selection when
+ * its category is turned off, and is the copy of its train drawn though
+ * another feed's copy would outrank it (dedupe.js). Released, it is a train
+ * like any other: one in a category turned off is deselected and stops, and
+ * a better copy takes over at the next poll. The hold ends with
+ * `setCockpitSubject(null)`, and on its own when the train is removed or the
+ * layer is turned off. A train removed while held leaves its feed polled
+ * until the next `setCockpitSubject` call, so a view that waits for it holds
+ * it again if the feed lists it again.
  * `focusTrain(key)` selects a train and hands it the camera, as a click does.
  * A snapshot's `selectedAtMs` is when the user last selected the selected
  * train (a click, or `focusTrain`), even again, for a view's entry to tell a
@@ -233,6 +238,13 @@ export function createRailCockpitSubject({
     return snapshot;
   }
 
+  /** A train's marker and playback again, after a hold on it began or ended. */
+  function replay(entry) {
+    parts.rendering.paint(entry);
+    parts.rendering.schedulePlayback(entry);
+    parts.rendering.syncRenderHold();
+  }
+
   const methods = {
     /** The selected train (see createRailCockpitSubject), or null. */
     getSelectedTrain() {
@@ -253,7 +265,16 @@ export function createRailCockpitSubject({
       if (key === null || key === undefined) {
         state._cockpitSubjectKey = null;
         state._cockpitLostFeedId = null;
-        if (previous) parts.rendering.paint(previous);
+        if (previous) {
+          // Its category turned off meanwhile: deselected, as the toggle
+          // does to any other train (controls.js).
+          if (
+            previous.key === state._selectedKey &&
+            state._categories[previous.category] === false
+          )
+            parts.selection.clearSelection();
+          replay(previous);
+        }
         parts.selection.refreshSelectedCard(true);
         parts.routes.applyHold?.();
         return true;
@@ -267,8 +288,10 @@ export function createRailCockpitSubject({
       }
       state._cockpitSubjectKey = key;
       state._cockpitLostFeedId = null;
-      if (previous && previous !== entry) parts.rendering.paint(previous);
-      parts.rendering.paint(entry);
+      // Another feed's copy drew it: the held copy is drawn now (dedupe.js).
+      if (entry.duplicate === true) parts.ingestion.duplicates?.refresh();
+      if (previous && previous !== entry) replay(previous);
+      replay(entry);
       parts.selection.refreshSelectedCard(true);
       parts.routes.applyHold?.();
       return true;
diff --git a/src/layers/rail/cockpitSubject.test.mjs b/src/layers/rail/cockpitSubject.test.mjs
index 2f9630007..35fa5a411 100644
--- a/src/layers/rail/cockpitSubject.test.mjs
+++ b/src/layers/rail/cockpitSubject.test.mjs
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@
 // hides its marker and card, keeps it selected and ends when it goes.
 import test from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
-import { RAIL_POLL_MS, STOP_REFRESH_MS, railTrainKey } from './policy.js';
+import {
+  RAIL_POLL_MS,
+  STOP_REFRESH_MS,
+  railTrainFollowable,
+  railTrainKey,
+} from './policy.js';
 import {
   BOSTON,
   railLayerHarness as harness,
@@ -216,6 +221,128 @@ test('a held train hides its marker and card and keeps the selection', async (t)
   );
 });
 
+const MADRID = { lat: 40.4168, lon: -3.7038 };
+
+test('a held train stays the copy drawn when another feed’s copy outranks it, and keeps moving', async (t) => {
+  const app = harness(t, { at: MADRID });
+  // One Alvia in two feeds: a station-event copy, held, and a poll later a
+  // GPS copy that would outrank it.
+  let step = 0;
+  let gpsCopy = false;
+  const lat = (offset) => MADRID.lat + offset + step * 0.003;
+  app.feeds.set('renfe-cercanias', () => [
+    train('A1', lat(0), MADRID.lon, {
+      label: 'ALVIA 4073',
+      positionSource: 'event',
+    }),
+  ]);
+  app.feeds.set('renfe-larga-distancia', () =>
+    gpsCopy ? [train('B1', lat(0.01), MADRID.lon, { label: '4073' })] : [],
+  );
+  await app.enable();
+  const a = railTrainKey('renfe-cercanias', 'A1');
+  const b = railTrainKey('renfe-larga-distancia', 'B1');
+  for (let i = 0; i < 12 && !railTrainFollowable(app.entry(a)); i += 1) {
+    step += 1;
+    app.run(RAIL_POLL_MS);
+    await app.poll();
+  }
+  assert.ok(railTrainFollowable(app.entry(a)), 'the train is moving');
+  assert.equal(app.layer.setCockpitSubject(a), true);
+
+  gpsCopy = true;
+  step += 1;
+  app.run(RAIL_POLL_MS);
+  await app.poll();
+  // The view knows the train by its key, and the copies stand apart: the
+  // held copy stays drawn and selected, the other is the one hidden.
+  assert.equal(app.layer.getCockpitSubject()?.key, a);
+  assert.equal(app.state()._selectedKey, a);
+  assert.equal(app.entry(a).duplicate, false);
+  assert.equal(app.entry(b).duplicate, true);
+  assert.equal(app.entry(a).marker.show, false);
+  assert.equal(app.entry(b).marker.show, false, 'no other marker on it');
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    app.overlayEntries.get(RAIL_SELECTED_OVERLAY_SOURCE_ID) ?? [],
+    [],
+    'no card',
+  );
+  // It moves between polls, frame by frame.
+  assert.ok(app.state()._moving.has(app.entry(a)), 'still playing');
+  const before = app.layer.getCockpitSubject().position.latitude;
+  app.run(2000);
+  assert.ok(
+    app.layer.getCockpitSubject().position.latitude > before,
+    'still moving',
+  );
+
+  // Let go: the better copy takes over at the next poll, with the selection.
+  app.layer.setCockpitSubject(null);
+  step += 1;
+  app.run(RAIL_POLL_MS);
+  await app.poll();
+  assert.equal(app.entry(a).duplicate, true);
+  assert.equal(app.entry(b).duplicate, false);
+  assert.equal(app.state()._selectedKey, b);
+  assert.equal(app.entry(b).marker.show, true);
+  assert.equal(
+    (app.overlayEntries.get(RAIL_SELECTED_OVERLAY_SOURCE_ID) ?? []).length,
+    1,
+    'its card',
+  );
+
+  // A hold of the copy hidden draws it at once, in place of the other.
+  assert.equal(app.layer.setCockpitSubject(a), true);
+  assert.equal(app.state()._selectedKey, a);
+  assert.equal(app.entry(a).duplicate, false);
+  assert.equal(app.entry(b).duplicate, true);
+  assert.equal(app.entry(b).marker.show, false);
+  assert.ok(app.state()._moving.has(app.entry(a)), 'playing');
+});
+
+test('a held train keeps the selection and moves, hidden, when its category is turned off', async (t) => {
+  const app = await onTheLine(t);
+  app.layer.setCockpitSubject(T1);
+  app.run(1000);
+  assert.ok(app.state()._moving.has(app.entry(T1)), 'playing');
+  app.layer.setParams({ regional: false });
+  assert.equal(app.state()._selectedKey, T1, 'still selected');
+  assert.equal(app.layer.getCockpitSubject()?.key, T1);
+  assert.equal(app.entry(T1).marker.show, false);
+  assert.equal(app.entry(T2).marker.show, false, 'its category is hidden');
+  assert.equal(app.state()._route.primitive.show, false, 'no line');
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    app.overlayEntries.get(RAIL_SELECTED_OVERLAY_SOURCE_ID) ?? [],
+    [],
+    'no card',
+  );
+  // It moves between polls, frame by frame.
+  assert.ok(app.state()._moving.has(app.entry(T1)), 'still playing');
+  const before = app.layer.getCockpitSubject().path.s;
+  app.run(2000);
+  assert.ok(app.layer.getCockpitSubject().path.s > before, 'still moving');
+  assert.equal(app.entry(T1).marker.show, false, 'and still hidden');
+
+  // Let go: a train of a hidden category, deselected and stopped as the
+  // toggle would have left it.
+  app.layer.setCockpitSubject(null);
+  assert.equal(app.state()._selectedKey, null);
+  assert.equal(app.state()._moving.has(app.entry(T1)), false);
+  assert.equal(app.entry(T1).marker.show, false);
+  const parked = app.entry(T1).path.drawS;
+  app.run(2000);
+  assert.equal(app.entry(T1).path.drawS, parked, 'stopped');
+  // Held again, hidden, it plays at once; let go, it stops again.
+  assert.equal(app.layer.setCockpitSubject(T1), true);
+  assert.ok(app.state()._moving.has(app.entry(T1)), 'playing at once');
+  app.layer.setCockpitSubject(null);
+  assert.equal(app.state()._moving.has(app.entry(T1)), false);
+  // Shown again, it is drawn and moves as any other.
+  app.layer.setParams({ regional: true });
+  assert.equal(app.entry(T1).marker.show, true);
+  assert.ok(app.state()._moving.has(app.entry(T1)), 'playing again');
+});
+
 test('a held train that goes takes the hold with it; focusTrain selects', async (t) => {
   const app = await onTheLine(t);
   app.layer.setCockpitSubject(T1);
diff --git a/src/layers/rail/controls.js b/src/layers/rail/controls.js
index 0899ed8e9..f937cd6ae 100644
--- a/src/layers/rail/controls.js
+++ b/src/layers/rail/controls.js
@@ -91,7 +91,13 @@ export function createControls({ state, parts, timetable }) {
         return true;
       state._categories = next;
       const selected = state._trains.get(state._selectedKey);
-      if (selected && next[selected.category] === false)
+      // A held train keeps the selection until its view lets it go
+      // (cockpitSubject.js).
+      if (
+        selected &&
+        next[selected.category] === false &&
+        selected.key !== state._cockpitSubjectKey
+      )
         parts.selection.clearSelection();
       parts.rendering.applyCategoryVisibility();
       state._revision += 1;
diff --git a/src/layers/rail/dedupe.js b/src/layers/rail/dedupe.js
index e1ce79f78..f699c0c67 100644
--- a/src/layers/rail/dedupe.js
+++ b/src/layers/rail/dedupe.js
@@ -25,9 +25,13 @@ import { greatCircleKm } from '../../geoDistance.js';
  *  2. the line: a copy bound to its operator's shape (a built pack), then
  *     one without.
  * The copy drawn stays drawn until another scores strictly higher, so equal
- * copies never trade places. A losing copy keeps its playback and is only
- * hidden; when a feed leaves the viewport its copies' partners come back.
- * The comparison runs once per poll, never per frame.
+ * copies never trade places. A copy a first-person view holds
+ * (cockpitSubject.js) stays drawn whatever the scores until the view lets
+ * go: the view knows the train by that copy's key and rides it where that
+ * copy's feed puts it, tens of kilometres from another feed's copy at
+ * times. A losing copy keeps its playback and is only hidden; when a feed
+ * leaves the viewport its copies' partners come back. The comparison runs
+ * once per poll, never per frame.
  */
 
 /**
@@ -288,10 +292,12 @@ function better(a, b) {
  * scores strictly higher.
  * @param {object[][]} groups From matchCopies.
  * @param {Map<string, string>} [previous] copy key → key drawn last time.
+ * @param {string|null} [held] A copy drawn whatever the scores: the train a
+ *   first-person view holds.
  * @returns {{winners: Map<string, string>, hidden: Set<string>}}
  *   `winners`: every grouped copy's key → the key drawn for its train.
  */
-export function chooseCopies(groups, previous = new Map()) {
+export function chooseCopies(groups, previous = new Map(), held = null) {
   const winners = new Map();
   const hidden = new Set();
   for (const group of groups) {
@@ -305,6 +311,7 @@ export function chooseCopies(groups, previous = new Map()) {
       scored.reduce((a, b) => (better(b.score, a.score) ? b : a));
     for (const candidate of scored)
       if (better(candidate.score, best.score)) best = candidate;
+    best = scored.find(({ copy }) => copy.key === held) ?? best;
     for (const { copy } of scored) {
       winners.set(copy.key, best.copy.key);
       if (copy.key !== best.copy.key) hidden.add(copy.key);
@@ -318,7 +325,8 @@ export function chooseCopies(groups, previous = new Map()) {
  * loaded feed carries, marks the copies not drawn (`entry.duplicate`), and
  * moves a selection that sat on a copy now hidden to the copy drawn, so the
  * card follows the same physical train (its feed line names the new
- * source).
+ * source). A held copy is never the one hidden, so the hold and the
+ * selection stay on it.
  * @param {{state: object, parts: object,
  *   defer?: (fn: Function) => unknown}} context
  */
@@ -355,6 +363,7 @@ export function createDuplicateFilter({
     const { winners, hidden } = chooseCopies(
       matchCopies(entries.map(copyOf)),
       previous,
+      state._cockpitSubjectKey ?? null,
     );
     previous = winners;
     for (const entry of entries) {
diff --git a/src/layers/rail/dedupe.test.mjs b/src/layers/rail/dedupe.test.mjs
index ac3f61f6b..0d6538d3c 100644
--- a/src/layers/rail/dedupe.test.mjs
+++ b/src/layers/rail/dedupe.test.mjs
@@ -252,6 +252,32 @@ test('the filter hides the weaker copy and the selection follows its train', ()
   assert.deepEqual(filter.stats(), { groups: 0, hidden: 0 });
 });
 
+test('a copy a first-person view holds stays drawn, with the selection', () => {
+  const pair = [
+    copy('a', 'f1', { number: '160', position: 'event' }),
+    copy('b', 'f2', { number: '160', position: 'gps' }),
+  ];
+  assert.equal(chooseCopies([pair]).winners.get('a'), 'b');
+  const held = chooseCopies([pair], new Map(), 'a');
+  assert.equal(held.winners.get('b'), 'a', 'drawn whatever the scores');
+  assert.deepEqual([...held.hidden], ['b']);
+  // Let go, the better copy takes over.
+  assert.equal(chooseCopies([pair], held.winners).winners.get('a'), 'b');
+
+  const layer = fakeLayer({ selected: 'feed-a:v160' });
+  layer.state._cockpitSubjectKey = 'feed-a:v160';
+  const filter = createDuplicateFilter({ ...layer, defer: (fn) => fn() });
+  filter.refresh();
+  const [unbound, operator] = layer.trains;
+  assert.equal(unbound.duplicate, false, 'the held copy');
+  assert.equal(operator.duplicate, true);
+  assert.deepEqual(layer.calls.selected, [], 'the selection stays on it');
+  layer.state._cockpitSubjectKey = null;
+  filter.refresh();
+  assert.equal(unbound.duplicate, true);
+  assert.deepEqual(layer.calls.selected, [operator.key]);
+});
+
 test('a short number after a local product names a line, not a train (S1, RB 1, U6)', () => {
   for (const label of ['S1', 'RB 1', 'U6', 'S 12', 'RE5'])
     assert.equal(recordTrainNumber({ label }), null, label);
diff --git a/src/layers/rail/rendering.js b/src/layers/rail/rendering.js
index 12ab9ab1a..7ec8b2425 100644
--- a/src/layers/rail/rendering.js
+++ b/src/layers/rail/rendering.js
@@ -516,6 +516,14 @@ export function createRendering({ state, services, parts }) {
     return categoryShown(entry) && entry.key !== state._cockpitSubjectKey;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Whether the train's playback runs: it is drawn, or a first-person view
+   * rides it, which keeps it moving, hidden, in a category turned off.
+   */
+  function playing(entry) {
+    return categoryShown(entry) || entry.key === state._cockpitSubjectKey;
+  }
+
   /**
    * A train bound to its railway line is drawn on the line, at the arc its
    * playback has reached; any other train (or a bound train whose reports do
@@ -602,7 +610,7 @@ export function createRendering({ state, services, parts }) {
     place(entry);
     const sample = entry.sample;
     const moving =
-      categoryShown(entry) &&
+      playing(entry) &&
       sample?.phase === 'playing' &&
       sample.segmentSpeedMps > 0;
     if (moving) {
@@ -610,7 +618,7 @@ export function createRendering({ state, services, parts }) {
       return;
     }
     state._moving.delete(entry);
-    if (categoryShown(entry) && Number.isFinite(sample?.nextWakeMonoMs)) {
+    if (playing(entry) && Number.isFinite(sample?.nextWakeMonoMs)) {
       entry.wakeTimer = setTimeout(
         () => {
           entry.wakeTimer = null;