LionChief and LionChief Plus Bluetooth Universal Remote

Works and makes o gauge railroading fun.

Easy to program, works flawlessly

Easy to pair with your engines. Will not work with TMMC engine. Does a great job on any lionchief engines

Works good in place of phone app to control our granddaughter's train. She enjoys it more now that she is in charge.

Operates all Lionchief and Legacy engines that have Bluetooth functionality. Has controls for Horn/Whistle, Bell, Crew Talk, and front and rear electro couplers if the engine has them. It’s nice and simple to use if you aren’t keen to a legacy setup or just simply want to use a simpler setup for simpler engines. Has a very good range compered to using the Bluetooth app also.

I purchased this universal remote because I bought a collection of Lionel trains that had several Lionchief engines. Two of the Engines did not respond to their remote so I bought this in the hope that the remote was the problem. It did work with one of the failed engines but not the second. In my experience if you want to connect the remote to a specific engine on a specific number you have to go a bit slow - Either power up ONLY the engine that you want to connect or make sure that all the standard remotes are connected to their respective engines BEFORE you try and connect the remote to the train you are trying to operate. I found it challenging to try and operate 3 trains simultaneously with it. - My layout is a little gomez adams in that I run 5 trains on 3 main tracks with one siding. The fun part of my operation is trying to make sure the trains don't bump into each other. With 5 remotes in front of me I can adjust speeds per engine very quickly and keep things running smoothly. I found it tricky when one train was catching up to another and I had to remember which number on the remote that was and then select it but depending on the position of the speed lever the train might accelerate or decelerate in an unattended manner. I am going to stick to running the one train with the bad remote and use the dedicated remotes for the rest. But it's great to have the device as a troubleshooting tool if a unit stops working. (some of the trains also do bluetooth with a cell phone app - I prefer this unit to the app - I like having this unit no regrets about buying it.

Great unit. Works perfect

I have bought two of these controllers. You may say why buy two? My experience with these controllers told me that yes the controller works fine with two or three locomotives as long as I only run one locomotive at a time however when switching back and forth between two locomotives the controller gets confused with its commands. I bought the second controller and I can now run both locomotives at the same time on the same track with full control without any confusing commands. Yes the controller works fine as long as you know what your expectations are.

Control para trenes Lionel con Bluetooth, para manejar tres trenes muy práctico.

the remote that came with it had hard time connecting with blue tooth the universal connected first every time works great