V-Express Steam Train with Tender

The V-Express Steam Train with Tender is a detailed, open-design wooden model from UGEARS that shows every moving part of a steam locomotive: gears, a flywheel, a working cylinder and piston, and a firebox with opening doors. One full winding sends it up to four meters along its track, and a small side lever switches between forward, reverse and idle.

Key features

• Rubber band-powered motor
• Working cylinder-piston arrangement modeled on a real locomotive
• Forward, reverse and idle modes
• Reverses into the tender and couples automatically
• Tender with lifting sides and a locking hatch
• Firebox doors that open and close

Specifications

• Power: rubber band motor
• Range: up to 4 m (13 ft) per winding
• Parts: laser-pre-cut wood
• Assembly: no glue or special tools needed
• Instructions: step by step, in 11 languages

In the box

• Locomotive and coal tender
• 2.45 m (96.5 in) of wooden track

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