LIONEL LionChief Plus 2.0 Sounds

Good to see this evolution of the system, for the very pertinent reasons you mention.  Lionel is effectively giving consumers the option of many different ways of operating its newer locomotives, including the app through Bluetooth, Legacy, conventional, and the LC/LC+ remotes/universal remote.  Varying investment and strengths/weaknesses.  Sure it's more complex, but having more choices is bound to be more complex.  The key is whether one's choice works, and I've been impressed with LC/LC+ and the individual and universal remotes.  Inexpensive and reliable.

Would be great to see someone develop or Lionel develop a retrofit for older locomotives.  I can see it now, my postwar Seaboard switcher controlled with the universal remote.  One can dream?  

I think bringing the sound quality up to at least RS5 levels is a nice plus for the new version, that may be worth the extra $50.

Agreed!

Jon

KOOLjock1 posted:

 And selfishly I might add: they run on O-31 curves and switches!

This is what excites me, a steamer that I can control with my Cab-2 that runs on O31.  I really hope everything that they have offered in LC+ will come to LC+2.0 as well.

If they had some Pennsy in the product run, I'd be all in! For now I'm stuck to already-made, small Legacy Pennsy locomotives.

Spoke with Ryan about a LionChief Plus 2.0 Baby K4... and maybe a L1s from the same tooling.

Jon

Jon

KOOLjock1 posted:

Spoke with Ryan about a LionChief Plus 2.0 Baby K4... and maybe a L1s from the same tooling.

Jon

Even a little A5 switcher would be cool. There’s a great tooling Lionel has that they could use.

I really want them to rerun the A5 in LC+ 2.0

Charles Ro had a bunch of Lionel A5's with LionChief Plus/Bluetooth at The Big E.  $289 I believe...

Jon