diff --git a/ram/metadata/models.py b/ram/metadata/models.py
index 5c375ed..ad38f77 100644
--- a/ram/metadata/models.py
+++ b/ram/metadata/models.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from urllib.parse import quote_plus
+from urllib.parse import quote
 
 from django.db import models
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class Manufacturer(models.Model):
         return self.name
 
     def safe_name(self):
-        return quote_plus(self.name, safe="&")
+        return quote(self.__str__().lower(), safe="& ")
 
     def logo_thumbnail(self):
         return get_image_preview(self.logo.url)
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class Company(models.Model):
         return self.name
 
     def safe_name(self):
-        return quote_plus(self.name, safe="&")
+        return quote(self.__str__().lower(), safe="& ")
 
     def logo_thumbnail(self):
         return get_image_preview(self.logo.url)
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ class Scale(models.Model):
     def __str__(self):
         return str(self.scale)
 
+    def safe_name(self):
+        return quote(self.__str__(), safe="& ")
+
 
 class Tag(models.Model):
     name = models.CharField(max_length=128, unique=True)
@@ -112,9 +115,12 @@ class Tag(models.Model):
     def __str__(self):
         return self.name
 
+    def safe_name(self):
+        return self.slug
+
 
 @receiver(models.signals.pre_save, sender=Tag)
-def tag_pre_save(sender, instance, **kwargs):
+def slug_pre_save(sender, instance, **kwargs):
     instance.slug = slugify(instance.name)
 
 
@@ -131,3 +137,6 @@ class RollingStockType(models.Model):
 
     def __str__(self):
         return "{0} {1}".format(self.type, self.category)
+
+    def safe_name(self):
+        return quote(self.__str__().lower(), safe="& ")
diff --git a/ram/portal/templates/base.html b/ram/portal/templates/base.html
index fc7e3ef..bd4df4d 100644
--- a/ram/portal/templates/base.html
+++ b/ram/portal/templates/base.html
@@ -81,8 +81,9 @@
                     Roster
                   </a>
                   <ul class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdownMenuLink">
-                    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="{% url 'roster' %}">All roster</a></li>
+                    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="{% url 'roster' %}">Rolling stock</a></li>
                     <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="{% url 'companies' %}">Companies</a></li>
+                    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="{% url 'types' %}">Types</a></li>
                     <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="{% url 'scales' %}">Scales</a></li>
                   </ul>
                 </li>
diff --git a/ram/portal/templates/cards.html b/ram/portal/templates/cards.html
index 6575f78..f9cc312 100644
--- a/ram/portal/templates/cards.html
+++ b/ram/portal/templates/cards.html
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
                   </tr>
                   <tr>
                     <th scope="row">Scale</th>
-                    <td><a href="{% url 'filtered' _filter="scale" search=d.scale %}"><abbr title="{{ d.scale.ratio }} - {{ d.scale.tracks }}">{{ d.scale }}</abbr></a></td>
+                    <td><a href="{% url 'filtered' _filter="scale" search=d.scale.safe_name %}"><abbr title="{{ d.scale.ratio }} - {{ d.scale.tracks }}">{{ d.scale }}</abbr></a></td>
                   </tr>
                   <tr>
                     <th scope="row">SKU</th>
diff --git a/ram/portal/templates/companies.html b/ram/portal/templates/companies.html
index 4a260a0..74d1087 100644
--- a/ram/portal/templates/companies.html
+++ b/ram/portal/templates/companies.html
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
               </tbody>
             </table>
             <div class="d-grid gap-2 mb-1 d-md-block">
-              <a class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-primary" href="{% url 'filtered' _filter="company" search=d %}">Show all rolling stock</a>
+              <a class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-primary" href="{% url 'filtered' _filter="company" search=d.safe_name %}">Show all rolling stock</a>
               {% if request.user.is_staff %}<a class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-danger" href="{% url 'admin:metadata_company_change' d.pk %}">Edit</a>{% endif %}
             </div>
           </div>
diff --git a/ram/portal/templates/filter.html b/ram/portal/templates/filter.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27bbaa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ram/portal/templates/filter.html
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{% extends "cards.html" %}
+
+      {% block pagination %}
+      {% if data.has_other_pages %}
+      <nav aria-label="Page navigation example">
+        <ul class="pagination justify-content-center mt-4 mb-0">
+          {% if data.has_previous %}
+          <li class="page-item">
+            <a class="page-link" href="{% url 'filtered_pagination' _filter=filter search=search page=data.previous_page_number %}#rolling-stock" tabindex="-1">Previous</a>
+          </li>
+          {% else %}
+          <li class="page-item disabled">
+            <span class="page-link">Previous</span>
+          </li>
+          {% endif %}
+          {% for i in page_range %}
+            {% if data.number == i %}
+            <li class="page-item active">
+              <span class="page-link">{{ i }}</span></span>
+            </li>
+            {% else %}
+              {% if i == data.paginator.ELLIPSIS %}
+              <li class="page-item"><span class="page-link">{{ i }}</span></li>
+              {% else %}
+              <li class="page-item"><a class="page-link" href="{% url 'filtered_pagination' _filter=filter search=search page=i %}#rolling-stock">{{ i }}</a></li>
+              {% endif %}
+            {% endif %}
+          {% endfor %}
+          {% if data.has_next %}
+          <li class="page-item">
+            <a class="page-link" href="{% url 'filtered_pagination' _filter=filter search=search page=data.next_page_number %}#rolling-stock" tabindex="-1">Next</a>
+          </li>
+          {% else %}
+          <li class="page-item disabled">
+            <span class="page-link">Next</span>
+          </li>
+          {% endif %}
+        </ul>
+      </nav>
+      {% endif %}
+      {% endblock %}
diff --git a/ram/portal/templates/includes/search.html b/ram/portal/templates/includes/search.html
index 619c4e8..1b09ce9 100644
--- a/ram/portal/templates/includes/search.html
+++ b/ram/portal/templates/includes/search.html
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
           <form class="d-flex needs-validation" action="{% url 'search' %}" method="post" novalidate>
             <div class="input-group has-validation">
-              <input class="form-control me-2" type="search" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search" name="search" id="searchValidation" required>
+              <input class="form-control me-2" type="search" list="datalistOptions" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search" name="search" id="searchValidation" required>
+              <datalist id="datalistOptions">
+                <option value="company: ">
+                <option value="manufacturer: ">
+                <option value="scale: ">
+                <option value="type: ">
+              </datalist>
               <button class="btn btn-outline-primary" type="submit">Search</button>
             </div>
           </form>
diff --git a/ram/portal/templates/scales.html b/ram/portal/templates/scales.html
index 1efc89c..bcf1ac1 100644
--- a/ram/portal/templates/scales.html
+++ b/ram/portal/templates/scales.html
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
               </tbody>
             </table>
             <div class="d-grid gap-2 mb-1 d-md-block">
-              <a class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-primary" href="{% url 'filtered' _filter="scale" search=d %}">Show all rolling stock</a>
+              <a class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-primary" href="{% url 'filtered' _filter="scale" search=d.safe_name %}">Show all rolling stock</a>
               {% if request.user.is_staff %}<a class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-danger" href="{% url 'admin:metadata_scale_change' d.pk %}">Edit</a>{% endif %}
             </div>
           </div>
diff --git a/ram/portal/templates/search.html b/ram/portal/templates/search.html
index 975ab0f..3c9aa02 100644
--- a/ram/portal/templates/search.html
+++ b/ram/portal/templates/search.html
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 {% extends "cards.html" %}
 
-      {% block header %}
-        <p class="lead text-muted">Results found: {{ matches }}</p>
-      {% endblock %}
       {% block pagination %}
       {% if data.has_other_pages %}
       <nav aria-label="Page navigation example">
         <ul class="pagination justify-content-center mt-4 mb-0">
           {% if data.has_previous %}
           <li class="page-item">
-            <a class="page-link" href="{% url 'filtered_pagination' _filter=filter search=search page=data.previous_page_number %}#rolling-stock" tabindex="-1">Previous</a>
+            <a class="page-link" href="{% url 'search_pagination' search=encoded_search page=data.previous_page_number %}#rolling-stock" tabindex="-1">Previous</a>
           </li>
           {% else %}
           <li class="page-item disabled">
@@ -25,13 +22,13 @@
               {% if i == data.paginator.ELLIPSIS %}
               <li class="page-item"><span class="page-link">{{ i }}</span></li>
               {% else %}
-              <li class="page-item"><a class="page-link" href="{% url 'filtered_pagination' _filter=filter search=search page=i %}#rolling-stock">{{ i }}</a></li>
+              <li class="page-item"><a class="page-link" href="{% url 'search_pagination' search=encoded_search page=i %}#rolling-stock">{{ i }}</a></li>
               {% endif %}
             {% endif %}
           {% endfor %}
           {% if data.has_next %}
           <li class="page-item">
-            <a class="page-link" href="{% url 'filtered_pagination' _filter=filter search=search page=data.next_page_number %}#rolling-stock" tabindex="-1">Next</a>
+            <a class="page-link" href="{% url 'search_pagination' search=encoded_search page=data.next_page_number %}#rolling-stock" tabindex="-1">Next</a>
           </li>
           {% else %}
           <li class="page-item disabled">
diff --git a/ram/portal/templates/types.html b/ram/portal/templates/types.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7de10d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ram/portal/templates/types.html
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+{% extends "cards.html" %}
+
+      {% block cards %}
+      {% for d in data %}
+      <div class="col">
+        <div class="card shadow-sm">
+          <div class="card-body">
+            <p class="card-text"><strong>{{ d }}</strong></p>
+            <table class="table table-striped">
+              <thead>
+                <tr>
+                  <th colspan="2" scope="row">Type</th>
+                </tr>
+              </thead>
+              <tbody>
+                <tr>
+                  <th width="35%" scope="row">Type</th>
+                  <td>{{ d.type }}</td>
+                </tr>
+                <tr>
+                  <th width="35%" scope="row">Category</th>
+                  <td>{{ d.category | title}}</td>
+                </tr>
+              </tbody>
+            </table>
+            <div class="d-grid gap-2 mb-1 d-md-block">
+              <a class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-primary" href="{% url 'filtered' _filter="type" search=d.safe_name %}">Show all rolling stock</a>
+              {% if request.user.is_staff %}<a class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-danger" href="{% url 'admin:metadata_scale_change' d.pk %}">Edit</a>{% endif %}
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      {% endfor %}
+      {% endblock %}
+      {% block pagination %}
+      {% if data.has_other_pages %}
+      <nav aria-label="Page navigation example">
+        <ul class="pagination justify-content-center mt-4 mb-0">
+          {% if data.has_previous %}
+          <li class="page-item">
+            <a class="page-link" href="{% url 'scales_pagination' page=data.previous_page_number %}#rolling-stock" tabindex="-1">Previous</a>
+          </li>
+          {% else %}
+          <li class="page-item disabled">
+            <span class="page-link">Previous</span>
+          </li>
+          {% endif %}
+          {% for i in page_range %}
+            {% if data.number == i %}
+            <li class="page-item active">
+              <span class="page-link">{{ i }}</span></span>
+            </li>
+            {% else %}
+              {% if i == data.paginator.ELLIPSIS %}
+              <li class="page-item"><span class="page-link">{{ i }}</span></li>
+              {% else %}
+              <li class="page-item"><a class="page-link" href="{% url 'scales_pagination' page=i %}#rolling-stock">{{ i }}</a></li>
+              {% endif %}
+            {% endif %}
+          {% endfor %}
+          {% if data.has_next %}
+          <li class="page-item">
+            <a class="page-link" href="{% url 'scales_pagination' page=data.next_page_number %}#rolling-stock" tabindex="-1">Next</a>
+          </li>
+          {% else %}
+          <li class="page-item disabled">
+            <span class="page-link">Next</span>
+          </li>
+          {% endif %}
+        </ul>
+      </nav>
+      {% endif %}
+      {% endblock %}
diff --git a/ram/portal/urls.py b/ram/portal/urls.py
index 0805425..73b2355 100644
--- a/ram/portal/urls.py
+++ b/ram/portal/urls.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ from portal.views import (
     Companies,
     Manufacturers,
     Scales,
+    Types,
+    SearchRoster,
 )
 
 urlpatterns = [
@@ -22,11 +24,6 @@ urlpatterns = [
         GetFlatpage.as_view(),
         name="flatpage",
     ),
-    path(
-        "search",
-        GetRosterFiltered.as_view(http_method_names=["post"]),
-        name="search",
-    ),
     path("consists", Consists.as_view(), name="consists"),
     path(
         "consists/<int:page>", Consists.as_view(), name="consists_pagination"
@@ -54,7 +51,19 @@ urlpatterns = [
         name="manufacturers_pagination",
     ),
     path("scales", Scales.as_view(), name="scales"),
-    path("scales/<int:page>", Scales.as_view(), name="scales_pagination"),
+    path("scales/<int:page>", Types.as_view(), name="scales_pagination"),
+    path("types", Types.as_view(), name="types"),
+    path("types/<int:page>", Types.as_view(), name="types_pagination"),
+    path(
+        "search",
+        SearchRoster.as_view(http_method_names=["post"]),
+        name="search",
+    ),
+    path(
+        "search/<str:search>/<int:page>",
+        SearchRoster.as_view(),
+        name="search_pagination",
+    ),
     path(
         "<str:_filter>/<str:search>",
         GetRosterFiltered.as_view(),
diff --git a/ram/portal/views.py b/ram/portal/views.py
index ef23f65..1ffa269 100644
--- a/ram/portal/views.py
+++ b/ram/portal/views.py
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
+import base64
 import operator
 from functools import reduce
-from urllib.parse import quote_plus, unquote_plus
+from urllib.parse import unquote
 
 from django.views import View
-from django.http import Http404
+from django.http import Http404, HttpResponseBadRequest
 from django.db.models import Q
-from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.shortcuts import render, get_object_or_404
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
-from django.core.paginator import Paginator, PageNotAnInteger
+from django.core.paginator import Paginator
 
 from portal.utils import get_site_conf
 from portal.models import Flatpage
 from roster.models import RollingStock
 from consist.models import Consist
-from metadata.models import Company, Manufacturer, Scale
+from metadata.models import Company, Manufacturer, Scale, RollingStockType, Tag
 
 
 def order_by_fields():
@@ -62,15 +63,15 @@ class GetData(View):
 
 class GetRoster(GetData):
     def __init__(self):
-        self.title = "Roster"
+        self.title = "Rolling stock"
         self.template = "roster.html"
         self.data = RollingStock.objects.order_by(*order_by_fields())
 
 
-class GetRosterFiltered(View):
+class SearchRoster(View):
     def run_search(self, request, search, _filter, page=1):
         site_conf = get_site_conf()
-        if _filter == "search":
+        if _filter is None:
             query = reduce(
                 operator.or_,
                 (
@@ -89,6 +90,11 @@ class GetRosterFiltered(View):
                     for s in search.split()
                 ),
             )
+        elif _filter == "type":
+            query = Q(
+                Q(rolling_class__type__type__icontains=search)
+                | Q(rolling_class__type__category__icontains=search)
+            )
         elif _filter == "company":
             query = Q(
                 Q(rolling_class__company__name__icontains=search)
@@ -96,13 +102,11 @@ class GetRosterFiltered(View):
             )
         elif _filter == "manufacturer":
             query = Q(
-                Q(manufacturer__name__iexact=search)
+                Q(manufacturer__name__icontains=search)
                 | Q(rolling_class__manufacturer__name__icontains=search)
             )
         elif _filter == "scale":
-            query = Q(scale__scale__iexact=search)
-        elif _filter == "tag":
-            query = Q(tags__slug__iexact=search)
+            query = Q(scale__scale__icontains=search)
         else:
             raise Http404
 
@@ -121,47 +125,116 @@ class GetRosterFiltered(View):
 
         return rolling_stock, matches, page_range
 
-    def get(self, request, search, _filter="search", page=1):
-        search_unsafe = unquote_plus(search)  # expected to be encoded
+    def split_search(self, search):
+        search = search.strip().split(":")
+        if not search:
+            raise Http404
+        elif len(search) == 1:  # no filter
+            _filter = None
+            search = search[0].strip()
+        elif len(search) == 2:  # filter: search
+            _filter = search[0].strip().lower()
+            search = search[1].strip()
+        else:
+            return HttpResponseBadRequest
+
+        return _filter, search
+
+    def get(self, request, search, page=1):
+        try:
+            encoded_search = search
+            search = base64.b64decode(search.encode()).decode()
+        except Exception:
+            encoded_search = base64.b64encode(
+                search.encode()).decode()
+        _filter, keyword = self.split_search(search)
         rolling_stock, matches, page_range = self.run_search(
-            request, search_unsafe, _filter, page
+            request, keyword, _filter, page
         )
 
         return render(
             request,
             "search.html",
             {
-                "title": "{0}: {1}".format(
-                    _filter.capitalize(), search_unsafe),
+                "title": "Search: \"{}\"".format(search),
                 "search": search,
-                "search_unsafe": search_unsafe,
-                "filter": _filter,
+                "encoded_search": encoded_search,
                 "matches": matches,
                 "data": rolling_stock,
                 "page_range": page_range,
             },
         )
 
-    def post(self, request, _filter="search", page=1):
+    def post(self, request, page=1):
         search = request.POST.get("search")
-        # search = quote_plus(request.POST.get("search"), safe="&")
-        # search_unsafe = unquote_plus(search)
-        if not search:
+        return self.get(request, search, page)
+
+
+class GetRosterFiltered(View):
+    def run_filter(self, request, search, _filter, page=1):
+        site_conf = get_site_conf()
+        if _filter == "type":
+            type_ = " ".join(search.split()[:-1])
+            category = search.split()[-1]
+            try:
+                title = (
+                    RollingStockType.objects.filter(type__iexact=type_)
+                    .get(category__iexact=category)
+                )
+            except ObjectDoesNotExist:
+                raise Http404
+            query = Q(
+                Q(rolling_class__type__type__iexact=type_)
+                & Q(rolling_class__type__category__iexact=category)
+            )
+        elif _filter == "company":
+            title = get_object_or_404(Company, name__iexact=search)
+            query = Q(rolling_class__company__name__iexact=search)
+        elif _filter == "manufacturer":
+            title = get_object_or_404(Manufacturer, name__iexact=search)
+            query = Q(
+                Q(rolling_class__manufacturer__name__iexact=search)
+                | Q(manufacturer__name__iexact=search)
+            )
+        elif _filter == "scale":
+            title = get_object_or_404(Scale, scale__iexact=search)
+            query = Q(scale__scale__iexact=search)
+        elif _filter == "tag":
+            title = get_object_or_404(Tag, slug=search)
+            query = Q(tags__slug__iexact=search)
+        else:
             raise Http404
-        rolling_stock, matches, page_range = self.run_search(
-            request, search, _filter, page
+
+        rolling_stock = (
+            RollingStock.objects.filter(query)
+            .distinct()
+            .order_by(*order_by_fields())
+        )
+        matches = rolling_stock.count()
+
+        paginator = Paginator(rolling_stock, site_conf.items_per_page)
+        rolling_stock = paginator.get_page(page)
+        page_range = paginator.get_elided_page_range(
+            rolling_stock.number, on_each_side=2, on_ends=1
+        )
+
+        return rolling_stock, title, matches, page_range
+
+    def get(self, request, search, _filter, page=1):
+        data, title, matches, page_range = self.run_filter(
+            request, unquote(search), _filter, page
         )
 
         return render(
             request,
-            "search.html",
+            "filter.html",
             {
-                "title": "{0}: {1}".format(_filter.capitalize(), search),
+                "title": "{0}: {1}".format(
+                    _filter.capitalize(), title),
                 "search": search,
-                # "search_unsafe": search_unsafe,
                 "filter": _filter,
                 "matches": matches,
-                "data": rolling_stock,
+                "data": data,
                 "page_range": page_range,
             },
         )
@@ -271,6 +344,13 @@ class Scales(GetData):
         self.data = Scale.objects.all()
 
 
+class Types(GetData):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.title = "Types"
+        self.template = "types.html"
+        self.data = RollingStockType.objects.all()
+
+
 class GetFlatpage(View):
     def get(self, request, flatpage):
         try:
diff --git a/ram/ram/__init__.py b/ram/ram/__init__.py
index e493d21..bd13107 100644
--- a/ram/ram/__init__.py
+++ b/ram/ram/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 from ram.utils import git_suffix
 
-__version__ = "0.1.1"
+__version__ = "0.1.2"
 __version__ += git_suffix(__file__)