Product Description

To deliver toys to the Nation's smaller towns and villages, Santa uses his narrow gauge North Pole Express. With an elegant holiday paint scheme on its locomotive and coaches, this set brings the best in holiday cheer! The North Pole Express includes: a 2-6-0 steam locomotive with tender, three lighted passenger cars, 56 inch x 38 inch oval of nickel silver E-Z Track,magnetically-operated E-Z Mate couplers on all cars, under-track magnet, Spectrum power pack, and helpful VHS video with assembly instructions.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #173947 in Toys & Games

Customer Reviews

The Perfect Train for Holiday Villages
Although it is painted in attractive Christmas colors, this train is an accurate model of many "narrow gauge" trains that served communities throughout the United States between 1830 and 1930. On30 means that the locomotive and cars in this train are about the size of Lionel, but they run on HO track, which is easy to fit in lots of places. They look good around a Christmas tree. But they look great around a Holiday Village, such as those made by Department 56. The manufacturer has one of the best customer service records in the industry, also, so you don't have to worry about your investment in this fine set.

Paul Race, editor for Big Christmas Trains (tm)

"NOT SO CHEAP" CHEAPLY MADE TRAIN
Bought this for around the Christmas tree. It was much smaller than I expected, and the train would derail after only a few times around the track. It's now collecting dust in our attic. FYI: We ended up purchasing a Bachmann train from Sam's for under $140.00 that we are very happy with. It is much larger than the NP Express set, has lights, blows steam, has a whistle and also comes with a Santa trolley/track as well. Another plus is that the the track came with clips to keep each separate piece together. Bottom line, you can get a lot more with your money!

I Love My Train Set
I had always wanted a Christmas train, but didn't want to spend the money for one of the really nice G-scale ones. When I realized Bachmann made a train scaled for my Dept 56 village that ran on HO track (my dad collects HO scale trains), I knew I'd found the right set.

This train is BEAUTIFUL, sturdy, and a great addition to my village. The passenger cars all light up, which really adds to the display. It also looks great under my tree (where it is this year). My 8 year old has no problem helping me set it up because of the EZ track, and he can add cars and run it by himself this year.

Dad, who knows far more about trains than I do, was very impressed with the quality of the speed controller, and the fact that the EZ track comes on a raised bed so you don't have to build your own.