Wooden Train Set Accessories Battery Operated Locomotive Trains, Remote Control Train Vehicles for Wood Tracks, Powerful Engine Trains Cars Fits All Major Brands of Railway System

This train set fit the wooden tracks perfectly. My son loves the Bullet train style and the control lever made him feel like a conductor. It synced up well to the train itself and later another train (same model) for continued use. It's continued to hold up well and work over the last couple years, just replace the batteries as needed.

I was honestly a bit skeptical at first, but this product does what it needs to do! We’ve had it for a year and a half now, and it’s still working as well as when we first opened it! Great magnet, can carry all the train cars the heart desires.

The train can climb the basic wooden bridges with some extra load (tested with 5 wagons). The wheels are some kind of soft silicone/rubber and have good traction. The speed is average and it does not derail. The sound can not be turned off, but you can use a tape to lower the volume. Going uphill backwards is not possible due to the shape. It has some issues with the plastic bridge you see on the image. Those issues can be solved with some workarounds: - The ascending is too steep and the train does not have enough weight on the front, so it flips on the back. You can unscrew the bottom and add some extra weight where the speaker is located. It is enough to keep the balance on ascending path. - The plastic bridge did not have enough traction. This is not the train the issue, but if you experience it, apply some silicone glue on the tracks.

This is a cute idea and I really wanted to love it. Although it does work - it only works for a few minutes before needing a new battery, even with name brand batteries.

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.

Purchased for an 18 month old. He loves turning it on and watching the engine eun on a track, the floor or on short pile carpet. He has not mastered the remote control box yet but he uses that to make the train sounds and to have the lights on. I am sure he will quickly learn the remote. I would say perfect for age 2 and up but definitely enjoyed by our recipient at a younger age.

So much fun

Stopped working - removed the screws. The GREEN wire disconnected in 2 spots and it’s bare in a few areas - no power & short I’m sure. Had to throw away.