Lionel Battery-Operated North Pole Central Freight Toy Train Set with Bluetooth, Locomotive, Train Cars, & Track with Authentic Train Sounds, Lights, & Water Vapor Smoke Effects for Kids 4+

I'm impressed with the quality of this train for the cost! Well made, love the sound effects. Big hit with my 2 year old - almost too much so... he wants to touch it and has thrown it a couple times haha. Hasn't broken yet. Probably best for ages 3 and up! It does need to be on level ground, so it's hard to set up underneath the tree if you have a tree skirt or a rug.

My son(6) absolutely LOVES his gift from Santa! He LOVES trains and wrote a letter to Santa he wanted a train set. I got the blue tooth train which took a bit to connect but got it working just fine. I have a samsung galaxy. Probably going to order the remote so I can have my phone back lol. The voice command does work (I see some people couldn't get it to work) just click it and say "All aboard" and the train starts moving. You can tell it to stop, reverse, increase speed. Train stays on the track just fine so far. He's been playing with it for hours. I ordered extra tracks and a few Y tracks and they just came today so super excited to make a very large track! I wish I could turn down the volume on the train tho, as much as he's been playing with it, the noise is a bit annoying after a while lol. Quality is great. I had one very similar when I was his age and still have it and it still works, we usually use it under the Christmas tree. Anyway, the steam is a little meh but my son still loves it. Just a few drops of water and it makes a tiny vapor cloud. It's cute. I read the vapor is created by the vibration of the train so if you put the water in and it doesn't vapor, run the train a bit and it will eventually. Great buy! He's happy so I'm happy. I got the protection plan just incase.

The train was fun for our 4yr old but now three Christmas seasons later the engine is dead. It will make two laps around and then won't move any longer and the light flicker out. New batteries didn't solve it and neither did calling Lionel's customer service. They said they are sold out of that engine and the motor can't be replaced in it. We bought a Lionel being name brand and thought we would get years of use out of it. We would only use it every few days for play and it never was continually running. We would only have it out for about three weeks each season so it wasn't being overused or abused in anyway. Pretty big bummer for our son around the holidays.

This train is excellent which is evidenced by all the positive reviews. The locomotive is very good quality- not cheap or lightweight. The front and back wheels on the various cars are independent of each other which allows them to follow the track better and not fall off. The detail on the train is also very good. The track is very easy to assemble and it holds together very well. We bought extra track to give it an additional curve. Also I like the features of the remote. It has a bell sound, a whistle sound and two conductor calls. One call is used when the train is stopped and another when it's running. The train goes forward and reverse smoothly. The train engine has a nice engine sound when standing still and another sound resembling a steam engine puffing when it moves. It also has a nice headlight and a smaller light in the engine compartment to the rear. We've had it running for about a week and run it for a few minutes each night. Not sure how long the batteries last but I already bought extra. This is a wonderful toy for a child to have running under the Christmas tree. My daughter puts mini dolls of Elmo and Big Bird in the cargo car and they go for a ride. It even makes me feel like a kid again. This is a great product that I expect will last a long time. I will give a follow up review after I've had it longer.

The set arrived about four days ago and I set it up very quickly following the instructions that came with it. It runs and performs as advertised and is beautifully detailed in plastic. Two problems; (1) on the fourth day, I was demonstrating it to a visitor and the train ran, whistle and bell worked along with the announcement, then suddenly it stopped, went silent, except for the flashing light on the engine and sound indicating that it had lost connection with the remote controller. The pilot light was out on the controller and when I felt the controller case, it was very warm to the touch. I opened the battery compartment and the batteries were too hot to touch. Something obviously shorted out in the controller. I replaced the batteries with new ones and they too began to get very hot. So I stopped everything removed the batteries from both the controller and engine. The engine batteries were fine. I believe the controller developed a short and was burning up. I report it to Amazon and they are replacing the entire train set with a new one. Hopefully this one will be trouble free. I checked other reports on this set and could not find any similar problem. It is a nice addition to the Christmas tree.

Grandkids love the train. Awesome it has a Bluetooth connection so they can user their tablet to control it. Good on price and quality. Thanks!

These are very charming, and I'm sure my great grandchild and will love them. I bought one secondhand, which they said they never used, but it didn't work and it took me a while to figure out that it was refurbished at the factory and they replace the engine wheels backwards. Once I fix that it worked fine. I was very pleased with it. It does take batteries, and I don't know how long they last, but I'm including a set of batteries Which I installed in the engine and in The remote control, and I will send an extra set of batteries as well. I know that my great grandchildren will love these! With the remote you can push a button and this is all the board and another button is a whistle and then they Also have controls to start and stop it, make it go faster, slower: everything works!

Lovely for a 5yr old.

Es el tren económico de esta marca pero cumple totalmente su función y una espectativa acorde a y la calidad aceptable . A mi pequeño le encanta presumirlo Gracias Lionel por la sonrisa q veo en mi pequeño por tu tren Gx

Llego en muy malas condiciones, también dos rieles estaban rotos.

Muy buen producto, cubre las expectativas, excelente tamaño, ideal para el árbol de navidad, el único pero que le podría sería que tiene sonido constante de locomotora y no hay forma de bajar el volumen del sonido o silenciarlo, fuera de eso me gusto mucho...

El producto como tal está muy bien hecho; con calidad. Tanto el diseño como los materiales, me gustaron mucho. La calificación es de 1 estrella, porque faltaron las 8 piezas rectas de la vía. Uno espera bien emocionado poder disfrutar de lo que compra, tal y como lo espera, y lo compra... Peor aún cuando es un regalo.