Lionel Cab3

Lionel, LLC

About this app

Control your Lionel locomotives! This APP features your choice of one-to-one pairing with Lionel Bluetooth-equipped locomotives, or compatibility with the Lionel Base3 for full model train features!

Ratings and reviews

As of Day one, and first time Lionel train owner, it works great. Connected almost immediately, once I realized there was a Bluetooth slot on the power switch. It does suck that the app doesn't save the train and I will need to reconnect it every time my kids want to watch it go, but it's only an extra 10 seconds.

Understandably a little buggy on it's first release but it has the potential of being a great app when they fix a couple of annoying bugs. First, the swipe down almost never works on my Google Pixel. Second, the steam blow down button does not activate the steam blow down sound. It throttles the engine to speed step 26, which rockets the engine down the track. This happened with 3 TMCC engines and a Lionchief plus bluetooth engine. Also the water full button does not activate water full sound.

I've had this since it came out. I had many issues in the beginning, mainly with losing connection.The latest update has fixed that. In fact, I haven't lost connection once since I did the last firmware update. I did discover that my phone interferes with my tablet. I have to turn off my Android phone's wifi or my tablet loses signal.The only thing that's annoying is my tablet won't auto connect even though it's set to do so.It connects everytime, I just have to do it manually.

What’s new

Improved integration with the Lionel's Base3 Control System
1. Faster reconnects when unlocking your device, fixed unexpected network drop-outs.
2. Fixes for TR/Transformer mode which allows you to use the Cab3 app to control voltage levels on supported transformers when working with conventional engines.
3. Implementation of TR/TrainLink mode which allows you to independently control TrainLink devices in a lash-up
4. Fixed issues with Boost/Brake functionality
5. Other miscellaneous bug fixes