High Rail
for iPhone and iPad
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May 27, 2023
I am pleased to announce that High Rail 3.8 is released.
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Jan 30, 2022
I am pleased to announce that High Rail 3.6 is released.
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Feb 20, 2021
I am pleased to announce that High Rail 3.5 is released.
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Nov 20, 2018
To celebrate Thanksgiving, you can download High Rail for $1.99. This means you can sneak
away to your train room after dinner and use your iPhone or iPad to control your Lionel Legacy
LCS enabled layout for less than a slice of pumpkin pie.
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Jul 27, 2018
Starting Saturday, July 28, 2018, High Rail will be $1.99. This means
you can start using your iPhone and iPad to control your Lionel Legacy LCS enabled layout
for less than a piece of three rail track.
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Oct 10, 2017
Great news! Starting Monday, October 16, 2017, High Rail is 50% off. This means
you can start using your iPhone and iPad to control your Lionel Legacy LCS enabled layout for
only $4.99. That’s less than most pieces of three rail track.
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Oct 4, 2017
High Rail 3 is out. iPad users can now quickly and easily change an engine’s image by dragging and dropping photos.
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Sep 2, 2017
Interfacing with external hardware is challenging. The challenge is even more difficult
when interfacing with third party hardware. Software engineers are to expect the unexpected.
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Jul 29, 2017
This video shows just how easy it is to create a SensorTrack™ recording with High Rail. As you know
the physical SensorTrack™ track piece has a physical button that you must push in order to start a
recording. However, High Rail allows you to “push the button” from your iPhone or iPad. Therefore
go ahead and put your SensorTrack™ in “hard to reach places”.
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Jun 18, 2017
High Rail users with an iPhone 6s or iPhone 7 are already taking advantage of
3D Touch to control a moving engine’s momentum. It’s truly awesome!
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Feb 23, 2017
The Lionel Legacy Base stores engine names in UPPERCASE. This is fine for the
CAB-2 remote. However, modern apps should NOT YELL AT THE USER. The initial
High Rail Engine feature shipped leaving the engine names in UPPERCASE.
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Jan 22, 2017
Personalizing an engine with a photo is a great way to create a custom app experience. The engine speed
graph and gesture control adapt to the selected image.
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Oct 23, 2016
This site was originally maintained using Wordpress. For numerous reasons I decided
to start using a static-site generator. The site is now maintained using
Jekyll. I “lost” a few blog posts containing app screenshots
in the process. I hope to restore some of that information soon.
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Oct 7, 2016
The High Rail software architecture was built from the start to support a highly
interactive user experience. The gesture driven engine control (i.e. control your
engines with your fingers) is a start to that experience.
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Nov 21, 2015
There’s a collection of a useful Lionel links on the Lionel Links page.
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Sep 4, 2015
This video shows a technique for converting LCS SensorTrack™ to Atlas-O 3-Rail track. As with any electronics project, you should only attempt this conversion if you are comfortable that you won’t break anything. Proceed at your own risk.