Product Description

The only eight-wheeled battery-powered engine on the market which also features the new autostop & start function. Requires 2 x AAA batteries (not included). Featuring 3 chimney-shaped buttons that activate forward and backward motion, two headlights and the sound of an authentic steam locomotive.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #44930 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Brio
• Model: 33223
• Released on: 2006-06-13
• Dimensions: 1.34" h x 1.97" w x 5.12" l, .38 pounds

Features

• Features the new autos stops or start function
• Features three chimney shaped buttons that activate forward and backward motion
• Features with two headlights and the sound of an authentic steam locomotive
• For ages 3 and above
• 3+

Editorial Review
Here you have it: the little engine that could. It's a fiery red choo-choo with shining wheels and glossy black trim--a locomotive that will get even the most stubborn loads up and over that hill in time for breakfast. It can haul as many as eight (or more) full-size cars. And it's packed with features, too: flip the power switch, push the yellow button on the front, and it roars into action--whistle blowing, engine chugging, double front headlamp lighting up the track. Another button sends it into reverse--"Clang! Clang!" warns the bell, and the engine begins chugging backward, a flashing red rear light warning off unwary bystanders. A third button stops the engine instantly--even when it's running full speed ahead. It's simple enough for even a very young railway worker to operate easily (our 4-year-old test driver figured it out first), and if it doesn't get into the action after about five minutes, it shuts off automatically. The battery compartment hidden in the smokestack requires a small screwdriver for access. The locomotive requires two AAA batteries (not included). --Julie Ubben

From the Manufacturer
Big red engine makes train sounds!

Customer Reviews

little train that couldn't
The batteries don't last very long and the train has stopped working after a year of minimal use. It still makes the sounds but no longer moves. I love the train but would never spend this much again.

Help I'm Stuck!
This engine is great fun ... as long as you don't use it on BRIO's own train tracks. The locomotive is bright red, it toots and whistles and has two headlights that will brighten up your kid's eyes. Unfortunately, it also needs lots of handholding, because it gets stuck quite often. In curves, especially going in reverse and up hills. The mighty red locomotive is a little too mighty and could use a slimming diet. I'm returning mine. A much better choice is the yellow engine which is also battery driven ... and uses just one AAA battery.

mighty expensive engine that only might get up your hills
I was looking for an engine that could mightily pull my son's train cars around on his Brio/Thomas tracks. In other words, I wanted a multi-drive engine, and reviews I read left me expecting this is a 6-wheel-drive engine. WRONG. This cute little engine only has two-wheel drive. It does a fine job pulling cars around on the "flats" or down hills but once it starts up a hill it gets stuck. The only thing it can pull up a gentle Brio/Thomas hill is itself. It seems when going up hills, because its wheelbase is so long, that the main drive wheels lose contact with the track. A little pressure over the cabin (above the driving wheels) helps this "mighty" engine get up the hills. Unfortunately my son has a problem judging pressure, so this necessary action causes undue power drain on the batteries as the engine works much too hard while it is assisted up the hills.

For pulling power, I would recommend the 4-wheel drive Thomas or Percy battery-operated engines. What this engine has over the aformentioned ones is style. The buttons are much better designed than Thomas' or Percy's; there is a seperate button for forward, stop and reverse--very easy for little children to use. Plus add adorable chug-chugging sound FX, forward/reverse lights, easy-to-operate free-wheeling switch button, its shiny red body and it is almost too adorable to resist.

My son loves this engine. He seems much more patient with this "mighty" engine's lack of hill mastery than we, his parents, are. But for the price we expected better. Lastly, buy some rechargeable batteries--this engine is a mighty big power hog--and the extra Brio Stop and Go switch track. They are worth the extra cost.