Is there a remote for the motorized train to be controlled by an operator? Or once it's ON, it just runs the track until you power OFF?
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The answer to the first question is "no", and to the second questions is "yes".
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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!
2070952
Yes. It is a two lane track with two controls. They are not remote control...they are wired to the track.
843687
No you can't control the volume of the sounds but your can turn the sounds off however there still is the sound when the train stops it makes a final air/steam release.
1054368
I didn't purchase the remote control. I used the controller that attaches to the handlebar. It controls volume, track advance, pause, voice commands, ect.
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If I recall, you have to take the seat off. Charging the battery was one complaint people made but It wasn't difficult and don't think you have to charge it everyday. My husband did it so I'd say it wasn't too difficult : ). Once the battery is charged, it gets put back in the train and then just runs when turned on - does not get plugged in to run - it runs off charged battery.
477472
The take along sets are the smaller Thomas trains, and are not battery operated. They are the ones with metal/magnetic couplers and lots of cars/engines that hook together this way. The larger tracks and trains are battery operated.
2224536
We have one that operated with a remote control, but I don't see it for sale on amazon anywhere. Our son got it for christmas. The engine broke already though - seems that the motor burned out.
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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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No. This train is much too large for track master. It is an independent remote control vehicle
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Mine came with a remote. I use it all the time. All the remote does is turn it on/off and change speed.
721312
No, the train is specific for the track it comes with. It's a really cool train, though!
384308
I agree with Barbara. It works well, but will only control one locomotive at a time.
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It is a wire attached control like the little toys you walk behind for little kids. Not a remote control. You might also like to know that I bought 2 of them and a vital piece of the controller was missing from both units.
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This particular train set is motorized/battery powered...no manual pushing. It is very cool but a lot bigger in size than I anticipated. My four year old was able to troubleshoot the on/off switch button just fine as well. All in all we were pleased with this product!
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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.
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My fan is controlled by a wall switch. When we were looking at this model online there did seem to be some that said there was a remote with the unit, but ours did not come with one. It can also be controlled manually by the pullchains. BTW, this fan is awesome.