Battery Operated Locomotive Train, Magnetic Trains Toy for Wooden Tracks, Motorized Train Compatible with Thomas, Brio, Chuggington, Melissa & Doug

works great. strog enough to pull a few cars, good grip for climbing

If your children grandchildren like the little wooden brio style trains, this is an excellent accessory. My grandson loves his. He can use the control lover, and move the train forwards and backwards. It’s one of his favorites.

Kids love it! Age appropriate and speed is perfect. Battery life is good. Just make sure little ones don’t put it in their head because their hair will get wrapped up in it. My sister bought one after she saw my son received as a gift and we both ran into a hair mishap.

This train is a complete disappointment. It’s very slow, the battery compartment cover doesn’t stay on, and the wheels broke off the first time my son played with it. I tried super-gluing one wheel back on, and then the other side fell off shortly after. Beyond poor quality, this is a safety concern. The wheels come off easily and create small loose pieces that could be a choking hazard for young children. A toy meant for kids should not fall apart immediately. I would have returned this immediately if I still had the box. Instead, I’m left with a cheaply made, unsafe toy that’s basically a useless hunk of junk. I would not recommend this or purchase it again.

Well made

This was fun but the wheels fell off pretty quick. I’m glad it only takes one battery. My toddler played with this and the car that came with it, no other cars or tracks. It ran fine over wood floor but not carpet as expected. Speed is fast enough to be entertaining but slow enough to follow along. He seems to prefer to push it himself so I ended up getting a set of wooden magnetic ones but maybe if we had a track system this would have been better.

Needs two AA batteries for the controller and two AA for the engine. The engine very works well up and down hills pulling even better than the Brio Mighty Red which was our previous best engine. It fails at backing up hills but then they all do. But it is a bit too high to fit in the standard wooden tunnel from Brio and also does not make it under some tracks on elevated overpasses unless you shim them up a bit higher than normal. It has very loud and obnoxious steam engine sound effects which don't make any sense with the "commuter train" model we got. I put tape over the speaker holes and that helped some. The remote control uses an infrared signal so the control must be pointed roughly in the direction of the train and not have any objects in the way. A word about that in the instructions (which are poorly translated) would have been helpful (they speak of "pairing" as if its Bluetooth but there is no pairing). There are A/B channel switches on the control and on the train that must match (both A or both B) so you could use two of these and control them independently. The control has a forward and back lever which works a bit awkwardly. You must press it forward and hold it there for about two seconds to get the train to move ahead. It spring returns to the neutral position while the train continues. Then if you pop it to reverse briefly, it stops with a loud hiss sound. Or if you hold it back it reverses. There is also a button to sound a loud horn, and a button to toggel the front lights on or off but only when moving forward. When going backward the front lights are always off and a rear red light blinks. Lots of fun for our 3 1/2 year old grandson. A very good value for the $15 price.

I bought 2 sets for my 4 and 2 year old grandsons to play with at my house. I have had them for a week and they work great and the boys love them. The magnets are strong and can pull several other train cars. They move well on the wooden train tracks and have even become "runaway trains" and gone on the carpet and hard floors. The boys keep wanting to take them home so I ordered 2 more sets so we can still have some at my house when they come to play.