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

Un believable durability- my track goes around the top of a room on a ledge 9 feet up- with no fault of the train- on my own doing had the locomotive fall a slam the floor two times - and still worked fine minabe damage- now run it every day very cool train

The media could not be loaded. The sound quality is good, water vapor "steam" looks good and the Bluetooth hooked up effortlessly to my Lionchief app. Nice set for the price.

Perfect to play with supervised with an adult. The kids really love it. I thought it might be a little slow for them, but nope, it gets their imaginations going. Put a tiny piece of paper on the track and say it's a pretend penny. Make a cardboard tunnel. Lots of FUN. Battery powered runs for weeks. Just be sure it's off or you will be buying batteries. The engine makes a sound if it's on, either connected to the controller with an engine sound or a searching for the link sound so it's easy to be sure on the engine, but the controller has to be shut down too. Tracks are great, just a bit of give to them and not brittle from our experience. They will come apart but not that easily. It's easy to make a track from the supplied parts. Just install batteries, which is easy enough and you're good to go.

We are on year number two with this train. It’s irritating to keep on the track but it could be user error and the fact that the 4 year old will not leave it alone.

This is the 5th Lionel Ready to Play train set we have bought for our children. Great for young train lovers who are not ready for the more advanced sets. Fairly durable, all of our five sets are still running, despite abuse.The train and cars looks great. Perfect for running around a Christmas tree. Much nicer than other sets that may be slightly cheaper.The train requires a significant number of batteries (6 C, and 3 AA), but last countless hours without needing new.With the sales Lionel runs around Christmas, these are very affordable. We had tried a number of other sets, but this is the best for the price point. And probably the best line of train sets without spending multiple hundred dollars.With multiple sets of Lionel ready to play trains, we now have enough tracks (all interchangable) to build a massive layout around the house. The track pieces have held up to being assembled and disassembled hundreds of times.If you have young children (under 3-10) who love trains, these Lionel ready to play sets are as good as it gets.

The description says the train set comes with curbed track pieces and straight track pieces. There were no straight track pieces inside the box. You can only put together a circle with tracks that come with the set, due to the curvature of the circle it is a right royal pain to get the locomotive’s wheels and wagon’s wheel to sit properly on tracks. After spending half an hour to get the train to sit on the tracks you can enjoy it for 2 mins before it goes off the rails because some wheel of one of the wagons was off. Only reason I haven’t returned it because my 4 year old really likes the appearance of this train.

I have actually bought two of these. The Polar Express for my own enjoyment around the Christmas Tree every year and this one, the Pennsylvania Flyer for my grandson. Obviously they are not the trains in 0 or 0-27 for model railroad hobbyists. But they look good, the battery operated locomotive becomes heavy with the batteries and pulls really well. They stay on the track and little ones can operate them. The sounds from the engine and control are well received by children. I have had my Polar Express for many years and have found it to be durable and reliable. Extra track and switches are available and these trains are worthy of them. It's fun to have them go around the Christmas Tree, under the couch and coffee table, and to take a side excursion with the switches. Yes I have bought quite a bit of extra track. I would ask Lionel to make additional cars available as the locomotives are more than capable of pulling them. If you keep your expectations in line with the purpose of these sets, you will be very happy with them. It's a simple train, from an actual model train company, that performs quite well. Hard to beat.

These larger-scale Lionel trains are perfect for our kiddos who play more on the rough side. This is the 4th "version" of those larger trains we purchased (we already have Polar Express, Diesel Construction, and Toy Story) and it did not disappoint. Once you get the hang of how to get them on the tracks, you'll never have a problem again. Great sounds, stays on the track, couplers keep train cars together. Couldn't ask for more from this one. Absolutely love it and will continue to purchase different styles of these trains. 5/5 stars, highly recommended!