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

Not a bad app. I have the simple Cab 1L (Legacy "Lite") and it works fine. I have the Lionchief app installed just for kicks. The Lionchief app does exactly as they say. It works fine, I just wish there were more features. I guess I'll have to wait for the Cab 3 app. For example, I wish I could turn off classification lights and doghouse lights. I can't do that with the Cab 1L or the Lionchief app. Hopefully that is a feature that will be worked into the upcoming Cab 3.

Use app with Pennsylvania engine. Love the experience of the train overall but could use some improvements. For one, if the app isn't running the train stops moving. Need to have a hold feature as to let the train keep running without draining cell phone battery and without having to keep the app in the foreground. Also the voices the conductor says is very limited. The app should allow for more sayings.

The app runs both my locomotives and connects flawlessly. The downside is they loose connection easily. The app has to be running on the foreground or it will lose connection. Also, you can only run one locomotive at a time with the app. The competition's app can run 3 locomotives at a time on the free version. Lastly, there is a bug that if my throttle is at 3 or 4 bars, the locomotive goes to max power. These issues need addressed.