Are Thomas, James and the other locos battery-powered or hand-pushed?
1619472
This one is not battery operated..But they do come with batteries. My granddaughter has both push and battery operated Thomas engines.
1619473
Most of them were hand pushed - however the description of the toy will let you know if you need batteries.
862802
They will work on the tracks, but the die-cast ones work better. On this track, the red carry handle creates a height limitation, but most of our trains work fine on it. If you get the Thomas carry case, only the die cast trains will fit in it.
818935
no the wheels on the take n play trains are closer together.. my son still pretends that way though.. he loves Thomas no matter what!
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!
224479
Yes you can. The set comes with 2 straight pieces of track (one is where the power supply attaches) and 8 curved sections. You can easily add additional "Lionel Fast Track" track sections (straight or curved) and train cars to the set. The remote Thomas engine is a surprisingly strong puller, and can easily handle an additional 3 - 6 cars (often advertised as Thomas O gauge expansion packs). Enjoy!
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Take n Play sets do NOT have motorized engines. The motorized sets are Trackmaster sets. Didn't know this originally so we started with a mixed bag. They also don't fit the same on the tracks. The Take n Play are a bit narrower tracks. Both types so of fit on the tracks, but not exactly as designed. But the kids are now nearly 3 and they both play with the non-motorized ones more. I guess at this point they like being involved with the train, not just watching it. They started playing with them last May when I purchased their first set. Adam lives for 'Thomas', Abi likes Thomas and play with it a lot, but splits her time with Barbie. Check out the traveling Thomas the Engine that goes to various cities. A great day of events!
938644
Yes but dont expect them to last...btw not the clock tower, just the train comes with the batteries..
835634
Yes, the battery operated engines can run of the Wooden Train Track 100 piece set. As with any track, you may fine some bumps along the way and need to help the engines along--but adjusting the track or swapping out pieces usually fixes it.
1997253
Electric with a 12 volt DC supply. I would not buy a battery operated train.
688043
This train is battery powered, the switch is the smoke stack. It rotates once for engine power, two clicks to make it smoke as well. It uses 3 in 1 oil to produce smoke. Hope this helps!
1224360
It says it has sound effects and I can see the button on top of the first train so I think this is a battery powered train option also. Any thoughts on this??? We have another one I am trying to replace.
2089232
I'm sorry I can't answer the question as we don't have a battery operated Thomas. I can tell you the track width accepts trains with a width between the wheels of about 1"/2.5cm - so if that is what you have, it should be fine.
184074
Hi, sadly they do not turn freely. We got around this by buying the wooden Thomas version so that our son could push the toy around the track. My son basically uses the battery Thomas to test his track layout design IE...if Thomas derails around any portion of the track, he then realigns that portion. The rest of the time he is using his traditional Thomas series trains to push and play.
1527832
I am honestly not sure! We only have the Thomas wooden tracks. I am sorry to not be of more help!
1231082
I don't know if the motorized trains work or not? We just bought some of the "push" trains of Thomas and Friends a couple of weeks ago and they work great.
1464083
Yes, the train has some resistance when pushed by hand. The train is played with everyday and it is the favorite for sure.
1187004
No, regular push trains like the classic Thomas the Tank Engine trains. We play with both on the table and track.