Vehicles and Railway

A remote controlled express train.  Can be controlled both by the controller or by the buttons on its roof.  Goes forwards and backwards with engine noises and working headlights.

Comes with one carriage and a passenger.

Battery powered. Requires 4 AA batteries - sadly not included.

29 x 9 x 15cm

Age suitability: 3 years plus.

Modelled on Germany's Intercity Express, this rechargeable engine has space for a driver and comes with one coach, in which the driver can also travel.  Runs on the wooden Brio tracks and equivalent tracks from other companies.

Recharges with a micro USB. A short cable is included.

5 x 19 x 4cm

Age suitability: 3 years plus.

An oval of wooden track, a barn with a working crane, level crossing, an engine with two trucks, a tractor and a cow, all made with the usual Brio quality.

20 pieces. 

Layout measures about 55 x 52cm.  Compatible with most other makes of wooden railway sets so can be extended with extra track or other sets.

FSC™-certified wood.

Age suitability: 3+ years.

An oval of wooden track, a basic fire station, level crossing, an engine with a firetruck, a fire engine with flashing lights, a firefighter and, of course, a little fire, all made with the usual Brio quality.

18 pieces. 

Layout measures about 57x 48 cm.

FSC™-certified wood.

Compatible with most other makes of wooden railway sets.

Age suitability: 3+ years.

Model steam engine that somehow produces real, steam from its funnel. This steam is cool and safe-to-touch, apparently made by a little humidifier. Also runs forward and back. Front lights.

Requires two AAA batteries (not included).

Runs on the Brio-type wooden tracks.

Age suitability: 3+ years.

Lorry and trailer and three lovely little cars.

26.5 x 7.1 x 15cm

FSC™-certified wood.

Age suitability: 18 months +.

Battery operated little engine with two trucks, a cement mixer and a coal wagon.

Goes forwards and backwards, on Brio-type wooden tracks, and has working headlights.

Age suitability: 3+ years.

Modelled on a modern express train, this rechargeable engine has space for the driver and comes with one coach, in which the driver can also travel and where he becomes the conductor.  Runs on the wooden Brio tracks and equivalent tracks from other companies.

Recharges with a micro USB. A short cable is included.

19x 4 x 5cm

Age suitability: 3 years plus.

A first train set for budding railway engineers.  The set is specifically designed for younger children with an age recommendation of 18 months plus rather than the usual 3 years plus.  However all bits are compatible with the older sets.

This set includes 1x battery-powered engine, 1x truck carrying a spinning reel, 4x ramps, 1x bridge made up of  1x stacking curve and 2 wooden columns, 7x curves,  2x sloping track segments and 5x supports.

The engine takes one AA battery, sadly not included.  There is a button on the top to make it go forward.

 The track layout measures approximately 48 x 70 x 10cm.

Age suitability: 18 months plus.

Front and back of a metro train with a carriage in between to run along the Brio-type wooden tracks. Driver and passenger figure included.

Push along.

29 x 4 x 5cm

Age suitability: 3+ years.