Do we have to push the train or Is there a mechanism by which we screw the train and it goes by itself?
1390693
Yes, this is strictly a push train. The child can make it go at any speed forward or backward.
1390694
You have to push the train. You also have to swivel the bridge back and forth. My 3 year old grandson loved playing with it.
1390695
For what is included in this set, you have to push the train by hand. After discovering this, I went out and bought a battery powered motorized train ($15). You can connect all the non-powered trains in a daisy chain as they have magnets at the front and rear of each carriage.
1390696
You have to push the train around the tracks. Bridge doesn't work very well.
1464082
If you manually move the train is moving, but without inertia, that is not freely rolling after you release the steam engine, and by pressing the start button a smooth move, only the first day creaked badly now everything is fine. Generally train is great, kids love, especially to fill the locomotive, only fueling already lost. If you're buying and if resources permit, immediately take additional rail kit, or a large set.
729422
True, it only goes forward, but the on/off switch is a big button that is easy for a very small child to operate themselves. We had another locomotive with a three position switch (forward-off-reverse) that my grandson was not able to operate on his own for some time.
2027561
The train we received works great. Its a toy train and you have to get the track set up correctly for it to work right. When you are setting up around a tree it is not the same as bolting the track onto a board as in a hobby room, so you have to work a little to get and keep everything connected. Great train though...I put my wife's engagement ring in one of the cars and asked her to watch the train. It took her about five loops to finally see the package...
1464085
Not really, the back wheels are what drives the train when it's on so they aren't free rolling when you push it...
1481403
It really depends on the train. Most of the trackmaster line of trains can be turned off and pushed around easily. Some of the trains are set up where the motor is in a tender car instead of the actual engine and some of those come apart so you can have an engine with no battery in it at all and they are especially easy to push around but others that are set up like that are attached by a wire and they can't be pushed manually because of the resistance of the cars. None of the remote controlled engines can be pushed around manually without doing damage to the engine.
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I put it together myself while my kiddos napped. I had one bolt up on the handrail that would screw it, but I was afraid I would strip it if I pushed more, so I asked hubby to tighten the one nail when he got back. Otherwise, easy breezy!
688042
Yes, this train runs on batteries, so you do not have to push it around the track. We got this from my sister a couple of years ago as a Christmas present because she works at Disney, but it was so cheap that we had to return it because pieces kept falling off of it. It did look very cute though and my boys cried when it kept falling apart. Hope that helps anybody who's looking into buying this product. I would not purchase this again.
466100
Yes. On the train there is a switch that goes from motor and sound, then to just sound, then to off.
1048773
The cars do not move by themselves. I recently purchased the train station set and found that the train does move by itself after you push the button on the smoke stack.
16968
Hi, the 2 cars that come with this set can move around the track by themselves because they are battery operated. You can certainly use other cars on the track that have to be manually pushed around. My 3 year old son played with this set at a preschool we were visiting and enjoyed it very much. He will now be receiving his own set very soon from Santa!
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I think they are all made to go on wooden track. The battery operated ones need a track. You ruin the gears otherwise if you push them. Barnes and Nobles has them here. You can probably push the ones without a track that are not battery operated.
1718674
It is not necessary. Mine was in for a few months with just the screws to keep the door the correct height. So it does hold itself up on the track. The biggest issue i had was the new lock on the door makes it hard to lock the door normally, but my door is recessed so that might be why its a problem.
691696
There should be an electrical box that attaches to the tracks, that connects to the control box, the control box cord plugs into the wall. If that is missing, maybe a hobby-train shop would sell something like it? Hopefully you can get it working because it really is a cool train.
223330
Screws so it wont pull up. Tapcon for concrete. U can use nails but they tend to pull up causing the track to loosen over time
971018
Hi, no, this train is to be assembled and it all comes in molded plastic sheets to be put together. No mechanically moving parts, no motor, no controller.
1481406
They can be pushed around without any trouble. Most of the trains use one "AA" battery or one "C" battery. The battery life holds up pretty good, unless the train gets left own or stuck somewhere for awhile. Our son is three and has other train sets, the Trackmaster is his favorite!