The Woopie electric locomotive drives on its own, just like a real one. The carriages join with magnets, a light shines while it runs, and the train fits most wooden tracks.

This battery toy train for wooden tracks runs on a single AAA battery, which is not included. The carriages connect with strong magnets, so little train drivers can couple and uncouple them on their own. There are only a few pieces and the train takes seconds to put together, so play starts quickly. The manufacturer states it fits most well-known wooden track brands, such as IKEA, Brio, Eichhorn and others with a 4 cm track width. The locomotive is designed for children from 3 years, girls and boys alike, and has no sharp edges.

What your child develops

• Manual skills. Coupling magnetic carriages and placing the train on the track train small fingers.
• Movement coordination. Your child follows the moving train and stops it in the right place.
• Building. Carriages can be rearranged into trains of different lengths.
• Counting. Count the carriages and the pieces of track.
• Imagination. Colourful carriages invite stories about what the train carries and where it is going.

How to play

Pop in the battery, couple the carriages and set the train on the track. Your child can invent a station where the train stops, load small toys into the carriages or race to put the train together. If you already have wooden tracks at home, the locomotive becomes a new engine for the old layout.

The train is great for stories too: the locomotive takes toys to nursery, soft animals ride in the carriages and passengers wait at the station.

A great gift

The electric locomotive is a good gift for train fans aged 3 and up and a great addition to a wooden railway set – for a birthday or Christmas. Remember to add an AAA battery.

What's in the box

• Electric locomotive with light
• Carriages with magnetic couplings

AAA battery not included.

Find more trains in our trains and tracks collection, or more ideas for this age in toys for 3–5 year olds.