Lionel LionChief

Lionel, LLC

About this app

The Lionel LionChief App lets you control Lionel LionChief, LionChief Plus, LionChief+2.0, FlyerChief, and newer Legacy BLE locomotives from your Android device. Select between multiple available locomotives via icons matching the appearance of each unique engine. Once selected, the app provides all the features of the Lionel LionChief hardware remote control and adds additional features including individual volume controls, pitch customization of bell and whistle, remote smoke on/off, speed limit, momentum and more.

For a video on how-to install and use the APP, click on this link: https://youtu.be/dR2vIBdqN7c

Ratings and reviews

This has not been fixed. When we first set up the train the app on my phone worked for one day. Just long enough for one of the kids to turn the volume up so loud on the train it's annoying. Now the app won't stay connected to the train and I can't control it or turn it down. Trains are supposed to be fun, not annoying. Why doesn't the remote have volume control??!! Ugh

2021 will not connect to the train. Got a o gage winter wonderland express for my son. Used the app all of 202 without a problem. Can not get the train to connect. Tried resetting the Bluetooth module (hold down all buttons and turning the remote off and on) Reset worked fine. Still can't get the app to work. It act like it connects as the chugs start to sound. But then just disconnects. Please fix!!

This app used to be really great, especially for having more control over the speed and volume of a train, now it needs all sorts of weird information, likes access to my files, recording audio, and my location. Meanwhile, after granting access to all those things, I couldn't even pair the train without the app completely crashing. What the hell happened?