ways to control a lionel bluetooth locomotive

Yes, that is correct.

geepboy posted:

It is my understanding that I can use the Lionel universal Lion Chief Bluetooth controller to control any Lionel loco that has a Bluetooth capability even if the loco is not advertised as being a Lion Chief product. I may not be able to use all the features offered by a Legacy loco but I can control all the basics.

Is this correct?

Dan

That is correct.  You are limited to the features of the remote but it gives you the basics.

As of today's date you can only run one locomotive at a time with the LionChief App.   Where as the Universal Remote allows you to run 3 locomotives at a time.

In the screenshot below it shows 2 available LionChief Plus engines, but you can only run one at a time with the App.  The other locomotive has to run with a Universal Remote or a second LionChief App installed on a different device.

If you try to run both of the Available Engines at the same time, they will both stop running and go into the beeping mode.

Hope this helps. Gary

Always find it interesting, reading about new developments in the world of Wireless Control of toy train engines. It's always so seemingly mysterious sometimes, huh?  

I still prefer the conventional method but have numerous engines that run by the wireless method.

What with model cars, airplanes and robots using state of the art wireless control systems, it's only natural that model trains would also embrace this format.