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High Rail allows you to control your Lionel Legacy Engines and Lionel SensorTracks.
Lionel Legacy Engine Control
Control your engine's speed, direction, quilling whistle, bell and more using an awesome gesture-driven interface.
There are ten unique gestures:
• Change Speed
• Quilling Whistle
• Ding Bell
• Halt System
• Turn Bell On/Off
• Open Front Coupler
• Open Rear Coupler
• Go Forward
• Go Backward
• Adjust Momentum (reach target speed faster/ slower)
Control an engine's physical effects
• Turn on and off the cab light and ditch lights
• Control the smoke unit output
• Power the engine up and down (with crew talk options)
• Change engine speed to predefined railroad speeds (with crew talk options)
• Adjust momentum (reach target speed faster/ slower)
• Reset engine
The new Gesture Assistant helps you discover and master each gesture.
Engine Style
You can customize the engine control appearance for each engine. This allows for a fun and easy way to visually locate, for example, your Union Pacific SD-40 engine in the engine list.
There are several Engine Style options to help you personalize your engines:
• Select an image of your engine from your Photo Library.
• Take an image of your engine directly from the app.
• Use an app generated image (shortened name plus road number).
• iPad users can drag and drop photos.
SensorTrack™ Recording
• Quickly and easily begin a recording without having to press the physical SensorTrack™ record button.
• Track the recording progress.
• Green – plenty of room left in the recording.
• Yellow – recording is starting to fill up.
• Red – you better wrap up the recording.
SensorTrack™ Predefined Actions
• Quickly switch between the predefined recordings without having to press the physical SensorTrack™ program button.
LCS Module Discovery
• All connected LCS modules and SensorTracks are automatically discovered.
LCS Module Identification
• All Lionel LCS hardware modules can turn on an identification LED.
• Easily identify any connected module or SensorTrack™.
Connectivity Notes
• High Rail connects to a Lionel Layout Control System (LCS) Wi-Fi and other LCS hardware control devices.
• Users may connect via LCS Wi-Fi "access point" or "home" network.
• Full app functionality requires a Lionel Legacy Base.
Important Notes:
• The engine control feature only works with Lionel Legacy engines. Lionel TMCC engines are not currently supported.
• Users must have a Lionel Legacy Base to use the Legacy Engine Control feature.
• It typically goes without saying, but, users using the new Legacy Engine Control feature need to make sure to have quick access to turn off track power to avoid engine collision accidents (or other accidents that may harm your existing layout).
All Lionel hardware is available from Lionel, LLC.
Lionel Legacy Engine Control
Control your engine's speed, direction, quilling whistle, bell and more using an awesome gesture-driven interface.
There are ten unique gestures:
• Change Speed
• Quilling Whistle
• Ding Bell
• Halt System
• Turn Bell On/Off
• Open Front Coupler
• Open Rear Coupler
• Go Forward
• Go Backward
• Adjust Momentum (reach target speed faster/ slower)
Control an engine's physical effects
• Turn on and off the cab light and ditch lights
• Control the smoke unit output
• Power the engine up and down (with crew talk options)
• Change engine speed to predefined railroad speeds (with crew talk options)
• Adjust momentum (reach target speed faster/ slower)
• Reset engine
The new Gesture Assistant helps you discover and master each gesture.
Engine Style
You can customize the engine control appearance for each engine. This allows for a fun and easy way to visually locate, for example, your Union Pacific SD-40 engine in the engine list.
There are several Engine Style options to help you personalize your engines:
• Select an image of your engine from your Photo Library.
• Take an image of your engine directly from the app.
• Use an app generated image (shortened name plus road number).
• iPad users can drag and drop photos.
SensorTrack™ Recording
• Quickly and easily begin a recording without having to press the physical SensorTrack™ record button.
• Track the recording progress.
• Green – plenty of room left in the recording.
• Yellow – recording is starting to fill up.
• Red – you better wrap up the recording.
SensorTrack™ Predefined Actions
• Quickly switch between the predefined recordings without having to press the physical SensorTrack™ program button.
LCS Module Discovery
• All connected LCS modules and SensorTracks are automatically discovered.
LCS Module Identification
• All Lionel LCS hardware modules can turn on an identification LED.
• Easily identify any connected module or SensorTrack™.
Connectivity Notes
• High Rail connects to a Lionel Layout Control System (LCS) Wi-Fi and other LCS hardware control devices.
• Users may connect via LCS Wi-Fi "access point" or "home" network.
• Full app functionality requires a Lionel Legacy Base.
Important Notes:
• The engine control feature only works with Lionel Legacy engines. Lionel TMCC engines are not currently supported.
• Users must have a Lionel Legacy Base to use the Legacy Engine Control feature.
• It typically goes without saying, but, users using the new Legacy Engine Control feature need to make sure to have quick access to turn off track power to avoid engine collision accidents (or other accidents that may harm your existing layout).
All Lionel hardware is available from Lionel, LLC.
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What's New in the Latest Version 3.8.0
Last updated on May 28, 2023
Old Versions
Minor improvements.
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Version History
3.8.0
May 28, 2023
Minor improvements.
3.6.0
Jan 30, 2022
The gesture-driven engine speed control now plays haptic feedback for every change in the engine's speed step. This closely matches Lionel's CAB2 physical speed control wheel.
3.5.0
Feb 20, 2021
Updated to iOS 14, and includes minor improvements and bug fixes.
3.1.0
Jan 28, 2018
Minor improvements and bug fixes.
3.0.0
Oct 4, 2017
iPad users can now quickly and easily change an engine's image by dragging and dropping photos.
• go to Engines tab.
• next, open the Photos app in split view.
• drag any photo from Photos over to High Rail and drop the image on top of an engine.
• that's it.
Other notes
• minor improvements.
• minor bug fixes.
• go to Engines tab.
• next, open the Photos app in split view.
• drag any photo from Photos over to High Rail and drop the image on top of an engine.
• that's it.
Other notes
• minor improvements.
• minor bug fixes.
2.3.0
Jun 20, 2017
You can now enjoy these 3D Touch enhancements:
- force touch on an LCS modules group to reveal the list of available modules.
- force touch on an LCS module to reveal the module detail.
- force touch on an engine to reveal the engine control.
- force touch on the engine control speed graph to reveal the engine style.
The 3D Touch option is available on iPhone 6s and iPhone 7.
You can manage the 3D Touch settings:
- Settings app -> General -> Accessibility -> 3D Touch
Other notes
- minor appearance update to the LCS module/ connection view.
- minor bug fixes.
- force touch on an LCS modules group to reveal the list of available modules.
- force touch on an LCS module to reveal the module detail.
- force touch on an engine to reveal the engine control.
- force touch on the engine control speed graph to reveal the engine style.
The 3D Touch option is available on iPhone 6s and iPhone 7.
You can manage the 3D Touch settings:
- Settings app -> General -> Accessibility -> 3D Touch
Other notes
- minor appearance update to the LCS module/ connection view.
- minor bug fixes.
2.2.0
Feb 24, 2017
Engine names imported from the Legacy Base are automatically capitalized. For example, an engine named "UNION PACIFIC SD40" now appears as "Union Pacific SD40".
2.1.0
Aug 2, 2016
Engine Favorites
- the engine list just got even better
- you may now Favorite any number of engines
- Favorites are a great way to quickly organize and switch between a small number of engines you are currently running
Crew Talk Dialog Enhancements
- play an extended "Crew Talk" dialog when selecting a predefined railroad speed
- for example, tap and hold the "Restricted" speed button and the engineer will acknowledge the speed change request
Other minor enhancements.
- the engine list just got even better
- you may now Favorite any number of engines
- Favorites are a great way to quickly organize and switch between a small number of engines you are currently running
Crew Talk Dialog Enhancements
- play an extended "Crew Talk" dialog when selecting a predefined railroad speed
- for example, tap and hold the "Restricted" speed button and the engineer will acknowledge the speed change request
Other minor enhancements.
2.0.0
Jun 24, 2016
Lionel Legacy Engine Control
- control your engine's speed, direction, quilling whistle, bell and more using an awesome gesture-driven interface.
- There are ten unique gestures:
- Change Speed
- Quilling Whistle
- Ding Bell
- Halt System
- Turn Bell On/Off
- Open Front Coupler
- Open Rear Coupler
- Go Forward
- Go Backward
- Adjust Momentum (reach target speed faster/ slower)
The new Gesture Assistant helps you discover and master each gesture.
iPhone 6s users will enjoy using 3D Touch to control how fast an engine reaches the target speed. It's fantastic!
Engine Style
You can customize the engine control appearance for each engine. This allows for a fun and easy way to visually locate, for example, your Union Pacific SD-40 engine in the engine list.
There are several Engine Style options to help you personalize your engines:
- select an image of your engine from your Photo Library.
- take an image of your engine directly from the app.
- use an app generated image (shortened name plus road number).
Important Notes:
- the engine control feature only works with Lionel Legacy engines. Lionel TMCC engines are not currently supported.
- users must have a Lionel Legacy Base to use the Legacy Engine Control feature.
- it typically goes without saying, but, users using the new Legacy Engine Control feature need to make sure to have quick access to turn off track power to avoid engine collision accidents (or other accidents that may harm your existing layout).
- control your engine's speed, direction, quilling whistle, bell and more using an awesome gesture-driven interface.
- There are ten unique gestures:
- Change Speed
- Quilling Whistle
- Ding Bell
- Halt System
- Turn Bell On/Off
- Open Front Coupler
- Open Rear Coupler
- Go Forward
- Go Backward
- Adjust Momentum (reach target speed faster/ slower)
The new Gesture Assistant helps you discover and master each gesture.
iPhone 6s users will enjoy using 3D Touch to control how fast an engine reaches the target speed. It's fantastic!
Engine Style
You can customize the engine control appearance for each engine. This allows for a fun and easy way to visually locate, for example, your Union Pacific SD-40 engine in the engine list.
There are several Engine Style options to help you personalize your engines:
- select an image of your engine from your Photo Library.
- take an image of your engine directly from the app.
- use an app generated image (shortened name plus road number).
Important Notes:
- the engine control feature only works with Lionel Legacy engines. Lionel TMCC engines are not currently supported.
- users must have a Lionel Legacy Base to use the Legacy Engine Control feature.
- it typically goes without saying, but, users using the new Legacy Engine Control feature need to make sure to have quick access to turn off track power to avoid engine collision accidents (or other accidents that may harm your existing layout).
1.1.0
Oct 17, 2015
Minor Improvements.
1.0.0
Jun 13, 2015
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High Rail FAQ
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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of High Rail.
iPhone
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.4 or later.
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