Lionel Cab3

Name: Lionel Cab3
Rating: 3.6 (49 reviews)
Author: Lionel, LLC

Entertainment

Only for iPhone

Free · Designed for iPhone

49 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Entertainment
Developer

Lionel, LLC
Size

141
MB

iPhone

This APP allows you to control your Lionel engines in two different ways. 1. Connect to Lionel Bluetooth-equipped locomotives in a one-to-one pairing, controlling them without the need of a command base. 2. Interface with Lionel's Base3 to unlock all the potential your Lionel model trains have to offer.

Ratings & Reviews

3.6

out of 5

49 Ratings

Update on the Base3
08/04/2024

dhbug
(Note: this is an updated review from the previous one that I had made) After a few weeks of tinkering with the app. I managed to figure most of the features that are on the app. However I managed to find most of the Base3’s functions through a source outside of the initial Base3 instruction manual on Lionel’s app. It was very tedious to try to figure it out on my own. Most of the features on the app work for the most part albeit with a few bugs here and there. If there was one thing I would improve with the Base3, it would be the instructions on how to set it up and how to use the functions it has. Along with fixing a few bugs that are present in the app I think that the Base3 would be better if it had those two things resolved with it.
Update on the Base3
08/04/2024

dhbug

(Note: this is an updated review from the previous one that I had made) After a few weeks of tinkering with the app. I managed to figure most of the features that are on the app. However I managed to find most of the Base3’s functions through a source outside of the initial Base3 instruction manual on Lionel’s app. It was very tedious to try to figure it out on my own. Most of the features on the app work for the most part albeit with a few bugs here and there. If there was one thing I would improve with the Base3, it would be the instructions on how to set it up and how to use the functions it has. Along with fixing a few bugs that are present in the app I think that the Base3 would be better if it had those two things resolved with it.
App malfunctions
01/12/2025

Mattyxbooboo
When in Bluetooth mode and you slide the page over to adjust sounds the throttle jumps down to zero and then back up to the speed you had set every second and makes the locomotive act on those commands. Bringing the engine to a stop and then back up to speed and then back to stop and so on. Also in Bluetooth mode when operating multiple locomotives when you swipe to change between engines the throttles zero out. The locomotive doesn’t slow down but as soon as you touch the throttle slider the engine will come to a stop and you have to reset you speed again. Kind of annoying on running locomotives that cost $1,600.
App malfunctions
01/12/2025

Mattyxbooboo

When in Bluetooth mode and you slide the page over to adjust sounds the throttle jumps down to zero and then back up to the speed you had set every second and makes the locomotive act on those commands. Bringing the engine to a stop and then back up to speed and then back to stop and so on. Also in Bluetooth mode when operating multiple locomotives when you swipe to change between engines the throttles zero out. The locomotive doesn’t slow down but as soon as you touch the throttle slider the engine will come to a stop and you have to reset you speed again. Kind of annoying on running locomotives that cost $1,600.
Got Bugs!
08/04/2024

ptdsa
When they get it right, I think it will be great. Until then……….ill use my Cab1L. It seams that things disappear, then magically reappear. It’s going to take one big can of Raid for this app. What I don’t understand is they had 3+years to develop the app.
Got Bugs!
08/04/2024

ptdsa

When they get it right, I think it will be great. Until then……….ill use my Cab1L. It seams that things disappear, then magically reappear. It’s going to take one big can of Raid for this app. What I don’t understand is they had 3+years to develop the app.
No Lashup
02/17/2025

Train Barn
Initially, everything worked pretty well. The app would crash periodically but nothing major. Then it updated Now, I cannot program a lashup at all. The trains blow the horns like they should when the programming but when you try to move or do anything with the lash up it doesn’t respond at all. The trains work fine in single engine.Although my most recent purchases have had the same issue. The app/base identifies the trains but when you put them back to run they won’t do anything. They will only run with the Bluetooth and not legacy.
No Lashup
02/17/2025

Train Barn

Initially, everything worked pretty well. The app would crash periodically but nothing major. Then it updated Now, I cannot program a lashup at all. The trains blow the horns like they should when the programming but when you try to move or do anything with the lash up it doesn’t respond at all. The trains work fine in single engine.Although my most recent purchases have had the same issue. The app/base identifies the trains but when you put them back to run they won’t do anything. They will only run with the Bluetooth and not legacy.

Improved integration with the Lionel's Base3 Control System 1. Faster reconnects when unlocking your device, fixed some issues that could cause the network connection to drop unexpectedly. 2. Implementation of 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