Review on BRIO World 33214 - Freight Battery Engine - Wooden Toy Train Set for Kids Age 3+, Green by Tom Duncan

Okay, let's be honest. This is a very small engine. Runs on one (1) AA battery. This is a children's toy. is it fast no Does he have to go fast? Probably not (back to that childhood toy). Should this little engine pull 20 cars up a vertical hill? no That would be crazy. So here's my two cents: This motor does what it's supposed to do - slowly pulls two or three small cars down a wooden track (made for kids) and a moderate slope. If you want it to work flawlessly all the time, you can forget about the tilt altogether. Either way, it works well for what it was designed for. Now if you want to build a bigger train, just do the simple trick Union Pacific does when they want to run a big train - add more locomotives. And yes, it works. Well I have to admit I'm still a very big kid at heart and I got my train for myself so I can invest in more locomotives for my route. So my train set carries 9 fairly large wagons with three locomotives - two in the front and one in the back. I have a flat track with no inclines. The engines struggle a bit, but run well. I'm very pleased with the work these little engines are doing, especially considering what I'm asking of them. All in all, if you want a simple train that hauls a few simple cars over a one-way route, then this is the one for you. And you can always add. If you want a high-performance train to tear through a challenging track at breakneck speed, buy a real model railway set. Just be prepared to spend a lot more for it.