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Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway – Lift & Load Set Lift and load cargo, move grain, barrels, logs and more with the Thomas and Friends Lift and Load Set! This set includes over 100 pieces and comes with a brightly-painted storage box that rolls and tucks neatly under playtables.

This super-deluxe set instantly engages little engineers with its many interactive destinations that lift and load cargo, grain, barrels, logs and more. For easy storage, all pieces fit perfectly in an exclusive Thomas decorated wooden box with rolling wheels.
Customer Review: 26 mo old loves it!
We started with a small set that was gifted to us at christmas (the sodor airfield set). My two year old little boy was non-stop “mama build the choo-choo train track?” for about a month straight and I was running out of ideas! So we bought this larger set and Jacob loves it! There is plenty of track to allow this stay at home mommy plenty of creativity! At 26 months my son has started building the track himself (hand eye coordination) and he plays with most of the buildings too (more small motor skill development)… All the pieces are wooden and durable – Jacob leans on them to push them all over the house! – and they come with a lifetime warranty! We also have a 4 month old little boy – I can’t wait to see them play together in the coming years! I would strongly recommend this toy to another family! I can see how it will allow our sons to play individually (there’s plenty of track/trains/buildings to divide) as well as together!
Customer Review: a little flawed, but hours of fun
I got this set for my 3 year old daughter for Christmas. She was very excited when she got it. It took a little time to put it together but it was worth it. Her and I play with this set all the time. We make up adventures as we go along. As far as the track goes, it did not fit snug as I thought it would. It fits a little too loose. The original track layout is a little tough if you are playing on the floor. Also, you really can’t let the trains go down the hills on the original layout, because the trains derail WAY too easy. The destinations are pretty cool. The barrel loader is easy to work as well as the log loader, but the crane is alittle difficult to use because of the small knobs to reel in the crane. The only other flaw is the ramps themselves. You can’yt put too many cars hooked to the train because they have a tendency to turn and fall off the track too easy and some of the trains bottom out going up and down the ramps.
As far as the fun is concern there is plenty of it. You can create many different track layouts because of how much track you get. A good tip is to have more straight tracks when you finish coming down the hill so the trains do not derail.Also if your kid is like mine, if they are playing on the floor, and they sit inthe middle of the track, make a big wide square track and they will enjoy it better. I would recommend the original layout for a train table than the floor. ONly beacause there are areas where you have to reach far to use the crane and to go under the bridge. The simpler the layout the better. My daughter loves when I make a layout with all bordges and ramps. Sometimes I make a steep down hill track with the two tracks side by side and have train races. There is no end of different things you can do with this set. So hop aboard this train set for many hours of fun. It even comes in it’s own toy box for storage. The box is decorative and made very well. This railway series has many things you can buy to add on this set. Also what is cool, after my daghter is done playing with it, my son can also enjoy it in the future. Yes it is pricey but definitly worth the money,.