--- product_id: 32643737 title: "The Polar Express Ready-to-Play Set, Battery-Powered Berkshire-Style Model Train Set with Remote" brand: "lionel" price: "฿11618" currency: THB in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.co.th/products/32643737-the-polar-express-ready-to-play-set-battery-powered-berkshire store_origin: TH region: Thailand --- # 50” x 73” track Authentic sounds Battery-powered locomotive The Polar Express Ready-to-Play Set, Battery-Powered Berkshire-Style Model Train Set with Remote **Brand:** lionel **Price:** ฿11618 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > All aboard the festive fun! 🎉 ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Polar Express Ready-to-Play Set, Battery-Powered Berkshire-Style Model Train Set with Remote by lionel - **How much does it cost?** ฿11618 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.th](https://www.desertcart.co.th/products/32643737-the-polar-express-ready-to-play-set-battery-powered-berkshire) ## Best For - lionel enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted lionel brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **🚀 Effortless Setup:** No assembly required—just unpack, set up your track, and let the festivities begin! - • **🎮 Remote Control Fun:** Take charge of the adventure with an easy-to-use remote that puts you in the conductor's seat. - • **🎄 Unleash Holiday Magic:** Transform your space into a winter wonderland with this enchanting train set. - • **🔋 Power Up the Excitement:** Requires 6 C batteries for the train and 3 AAA for the remote—batteries not included. - • **👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Bonding Experience:** Perfect for kids aged 4 and up, this set brings families together for unforgettable holiday moments. ## Overview The Lionel Polar Express Ready-to-Play Set is a battery-powered model train set featuring a Berkshire-style locomotive, remote control operation, and an exclusive track system that allows for multiple configurations. With authentic sounds and a detailed design, this set is perfect for holiday decorating and family enjoyment. ## Description Lionel The Polar Express Ready-to-Play Set, Battery-Powered Berkshire-Style Model Train Set with Remote ## Features - A CHRISTMAS SPIRIT SHOWSTOPPER – All aboard The Polar Express Ready-to-Play train set; This set comes with an exclusive track system allowing you to create a circle, rectangle or oval track; Great for kids, hobbyists and holiday decorating - SET INCLUDES – Battery-powered steam locomotive and tender; Passenger-coach; Observation car, 24 curved and 8 straight plastic track pieces; Remote control - TRAIN SET FEATURES – Battery-powered Berkshire-style locomotive; Authentic train sounds and announcements, including a whistle; Working headlight; Detailed passenger coach, fixed knuckle couplers; User-friendly remote control - PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS – 50” x 73” Ready-to-Play track; This set is not compatible with Lionel G Gauge or any other G Gauge track systems - BATTERY REQUIREMENTS - Requires six C cell batteries to operate train; Requires three AAA batteries to operate remote control; Batteries are not included with purchase of train set. Handsomely detailed passenger coach ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Number of Pieces | 37 | | Size | Set | | Item Weight | 6 Pounds | | Item Dimensions | 9 x 6 x 3 inches | | Style Name | Polar Express | | Item Shape | rectangular prism | | Occasion Type | Christmas, Graduation, Birthday | | Collection Name | Lionel Ready-to-Play Collection | | Color | Multicolor | | Theme | Trains, Movie | | Outer Material | Cardboard | | Material Type | Plastic | | Required Assembly | No | | CPSIA Cautionary Statement | Choking Hazard - Small Parts, No Warning Applicable | | Assembly Time | 20 minutes | | Not for Kids | No | | Number of Batteries | 6 C batteries required. | | Compatibility Options | Ready-to-Play | | Includes Rechargeable Battery | No | | Rail Gauge | 31.75 mm (1.25 inches) | | Control Type | Remote Control | | Controller Type | Remote Control | | Control Method | Remote | | Special Features | Working headlight, Fixed knuckle couplers, Authentic train sounds including bell & whistle, Battery-powered Steam Locomotive, Movie sounds and announcements | | Includes Remote? | No | | Remote Control Technology | Radio Frequency | | Skill Level | Age 4 and up | | Is Electric | No | | Power Source | Battery Powered | | Scale | Large Scale | | Battery Type | 6 C cell batteries for the train and 3 AAA batteries for the remote control | | Educational Objective | Learning | ## Images ![The Polar Express Ready-to-Play Set, Battery-Powered Berkshire-Style Model Train Set with Remote - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71GhS8nU2ZL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Style** options. ## Questions & Answers **Q: Are there cars and accessories that can be added to this train?** A: No additional cars can be purchased via Lionel. I’ve purchased the Harry Potter set which interchanges with Ready To Play sets like Pennsylvania RR & Disney Frozen but they have no interest in making individual cars or locomotives. What’s good though is that getting a second set adds that much more track. Get a track switch set and you can expand your oval to run in an inner loop design too. Drawback? Doing so takes a ton of real estate, can be too large in many homes. **Q: Can you turn the sounds off?** A: Disassemble the train upside down to access the speaker box. It'll all go back together again, don't worry. The speaker is housed inside the black round piece at the front of the locomotive. Remove the black round cap piece and discard. Flip the speaker so the holes face up and cover the whole thing with electrical tape. I also shoved some cotton balls the hole. Put the train back together, tape the holes on the underside behind the spring. It doesn't completely solve it but it's way better. Other option is to cut the cord to the speaker like another commenter replied but my version keeps the sound, only quieter. **Q: What is the difference between the ready to play set and ready and straight track pack** A: The ready to play set has enough track for a full circle or oval. The ready and straight track pack are straight tracks to add to the play set to make a bigger area for the train to travel! I got both so my grandsons could make a bigger track. It’s a really nice train set! **Q: would this train set fit into a christmas village setup or is it too big? if the train is bigger than the homes it may not look right. If too large,** A: We used the Polar Express as the perimeter of a Christmas amusement park that included the LEGO Christmas train and an Eiffel Tower 3-D Puzzle. We added a K-Nex ferris wheel, a Cinderella castle 3-D puzzle, and the LEGO Christmas train station. One of the kids added LEGO Elsa frozen castle. Since this was the COVID Christmas and we weren't having the whole family over, we could spread out on the living room floor. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Extreme durability, longevity. Add lights, make coaches glow. Simple Instructions below. *by S***A on December 3, 2018* The media could not be loaded. Update 12/2/2021: five stars for longevityThis is our fourth Christmas with this train. When we first purchased the train we had two kids. Now we have four. It has been through years of use (dare I say abuse) from three of those children and it still runs like new!!! It’s incredible and I’ve now officially raised it to five stars for being one of the few toys around here that has served this house for this long without a single issue, dent, crack, or scratch.Still no real connection issues as other reviewers have noted.Repetitive and thoughtless unrealistic “chuff” noise is still annoying.Also to note I’ve seen reviewers complaining of the train coming off the tracks, and I agree!! But not for the reason you might think. I am constantly replacing the train on the tracks because my kids keep taking it off to scoot it around on the floor. It has fallen off the tracks before when the track is not on flat to a flat surface. If I get the tracks down right I have no issues at all, it never pops off the tracks on its own.I highly recommend this train and for only $50 it has been an amazing experience and remains one of the kids favorite Christmas decorations. When they see the tree come out they immediately start asking about the train.Scroll down for instructions to add lights to the coaches.Update 12/14/2020: extreme durabilityIt’s been a couple years now since we got this and it’s still going strong, and still no serious remote disconnecting issues as mentioned in previous reviews. As I noted In the original review we got this as a more durable place holder for its 6 times more expensive cousin we used to put under the tree. It has served the purpose well. It has been picked up and dropped and thrown about, had its tracks torn apart and thrown around the house, used on and off the tracks, had its piston parts torn out of place multiple times (they can be popped back into place), the remote has been slobbed and also covered with (unknown Sticky food substance), and the engine has been pushed all over the house on many different surfaces like a toy and through all of this it still works exactly as it did when we bought it. Nothing has even broken on it.Chuff sound is still annoying and unrealistic, still burns through batteries like no tomorrow under high use, but it still chugs around the tree like brand new. As far as remote disconnecting, maybe every once in a rare while? But it doesn’t last long. Maybe a second? Possibly they mostly solved this issue, or perhaps some people got duds? I still recommend this, especially if you can get it at a discounted rate. We paid about $50 after amazon price matched it self for us.Instructions to add lights to the coaches to make them glow:What you’ll need:- aluminum foil- 2 to 4 led wire string light sets with battery boxes that hold three double a batteries. Id go for ones with a remote or Bluetooth control. More on that down below- a small or maybe even precision size Phillips screw driverSteps:1. Buy battery powered wire string lights. I would go for ones that take three double a batteries as the ones we have with a 6 double a battery box won’t fit. I was able to fit two sets of string lights with two separate three double a battery boxes in the coach without issue. I put one on one side of the poles and one on the other side of the poles. I do recommend two sets, I had one in originally and it was pretty dim. I am currently testing out a set I just got off amazon currently called “MINGER 16.4Ft Fairy Light Battery Operated 2 Pack“. (The amazon listing keeps changing names for some reason so you may have to search with less words to find it if it doesn’t come up at first). They are Bluetooth controlled so I use an app to turn them on or off when I’m ready to use them so I can screw the coach back together and not go through batteries too fast. You don’t have to get those. Any will do, probably should find some with a timer at least. You can always leave the top of the coach unscrewed after you’re done, it will stay on top as it kind of fits into place. But if you have young kiddos like I do then your coach may end up opened and the lights taken out regularly :).2. Take your first coach and unscrew three screws from the bottom with a precision screw driver. The top will come off without issue. Make sure to keep track of the screws. Some of them stay in and some fall out.3. Take out red plastic window piece with window stickers on it. Be careful as the stickers can peel off if you aren’t.4. Lay aluminum foil inside the coach to prevent the light from shining through any where besides the windows as the coach is plastic. Line foil on top of all areas of the coach you wouldn’t want light to shine through.5. Take your battery powered wire led string lights and set the battery boxes in the coach on top of the foil.6. Take the wire lights and wrap them tightly around the inner poles of the coach from one end to the other until all the wire is used up.7. Make sure there isn’t wire in the way and place plastic window piece back in place. Make sure to line the holes up over the poles.8. Cut a piece of aluminum foil to put over the openings in the plastic window piece. Make sure to poke holes where needed to make room for where the poles meet up top to bottom.9. Turn on lights and/or put top back on.10. Repeat for second coach.That’s it you’re done. Yay. They glow like the o gauge set for a fraction of the cost. If you want to you can secure the screws back on at this point. It’s not necessary unless you have children or pets that may try to get into the coaches and makes it harder to turn on/off the lights if you need to /replace batteries but you gotta do what you gotta do. The top stays on unscrewed on mine at any speed so far.Keep in mind that if you do this to your train the windows will shine through red not yellow because the yellow windows are just a sticker sitting on a red piece of plastic and since the plastic is red the color that shines through is red. Also to note, the shadows of the people on the stickers are hardly noticeable while the coach is glowing since that’s just a sticker. Keep the string lights as close as possible to the center of the coach to prevent them from shining through the windows too concentrated in certain areas.Review:This train is somewhat annoying. We own the better version of this train. The o gauge that goes on the electric tracks. I feel like Lionel quality has gone downhill over the years. We decided to get this so we had something more durable to go around the tree this year. The chuff sound it makes is fairly annoying and repetitive, almost like a broken record. There’s no variation in the chuff like a real steam engine has. My sons $20 wooden train toy sounds more realistic than this does. What’s worse is you cannot change the sound, lower the volume, or turn the chuff off. On our more expensive set you can turn the chuff off (which that one’s chuff is just about as annoying). But I guess they decided to leave that out on the cheapo.Also this thing chews up c batteries. Probably should buy a 50 pack to get you through Christmas if you have kids who like to watch the train go round and round. It used 6 in two days.I added lights to the coaches because that was one thing I miss from our more expensive set was the glowing coaches. It was fairly simple, as you may have already seen the instructions to do so are listed at the top of the review.Aside from that I think it’s probably worth the price. I actually raised my rating one star because I paid $68 originally and I thought that was too much. Then the price dropped to $50 and so I called amazon and they price matched it for me and refunded the difference because amazon customer service is wonderful. I feel like $50 is a more justified price for the train and so my rating went up. I wouldn’t pay much more than that and if it’s over that at the time you’re reading this review I might wait if you can to see if the price will head down again. Just put it in your cart and save it for later. Amazon will tell you if the price ever changes at the top of your cart in a little note. All in all I really wish Lionel would cut the annoying chuf and get something a little more realistic. Or at least always give you the option to turn it off. We are fairly satisfied with it and my kids love it so it serves its purpose. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nice working train set *by C***. on June 6, 2025* Great train set! Works wonderfully. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very Good Train. I recommend this train for both kids and adults. *by C***R on December 16, 2022* I am editing my review because of how quickly the batteries run out. This is a good train at an unbeatable price. Although the price is low, the quality is impressive. I have owned two of these trains and I love them both. It's only been a few years, so I can't attest to how it will hold up in 10 years +, but I have to say I'm pretty confident it will last a long time. You can just tell it's a good quality set when you pick up the cars and feel their weight. The controls are very simple and they're perfect for either a kid or an adult. I know it's mostly for kids, but I'm an adult and I just love it. I couldn't really afford to invest $400+ for my first train, and this one looks wonderful around the tree. It's awesome to have the remote which lets you control the speed, direction and play sound effects. If you're looking for a nice gift which can be used every Christmas for years to come I highly recommend this train. Also just so you know before purchasing: this is the cheaper model, so you won't be able to add additional cars like in the more expensive models of the Polar Express, but you can extend the track as long as you want, just make sure you buy the Ready to Play track. I rated volume control 1 stars, because there is no volume control, but it's a train and I wasn't really expecting that anyway. Ideally there would be a volume control, but it's ok as trains are supposed to make noise. Unfortunately the batteries don't seem to last that long, so just be prepared that you'll need to have a massive amount of batteries if you want to run it during the whole holiday season.Update: I think I've figured out that what happens: I think the batteries inside the controller weaken because I can't use the sound FX right now, but it still controls the train. When I turn the train on it doesn't have the train sounds either, but it still runs. I'm certain this will be fixed replacing the batteries, but I'm mentioning this because it is kind of a cool unintentional feature, because now I have the train still running and it isn't as noisy. So I think the batteries on the train last a while, but you just may need to replace the controller ones. 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