Lionel Trains Polar Express Train Set

The Polar Express is a 1985 children's book written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg, it is about a young boy taking a magical train ride to the North Pole with other children to visit Santa Claus and his Elves on Christmas Eve. There are many adventures and obstacles on the way to the North Pole. Later the boy receives a special silver bell from Santa which has a wonderful ringing sound that only he and his sister can hear. The book is now widely considered to be a classic Christmas story for young children.

The Polar Express is a 2004 film based on the children's book of the same title.
The film, written, produced, and directed by Robert Zemeckis, is entirely "live action" using performance capture technology, with the exception of the waiters who serve hot chocolate on the train, because their actions were impossible for real-life actors to achieve. It stars actor Tom Hanks in five different roles, including Santa Claus and the late Michael Jeter, who is well known for his roles in Sesame Street and other children's theatre and television.

This is a great O scale train set! The Polar Express locomotive has a metal die-cast body and frame with a powerful motor. The Polar Express locomotive is controlled by the transformer and can go in forward, neutral or reverse. In addition the Polar Express locomotive has operating headlight, puffing smoke, air whistle and coal tender. The coach passenger cars have interior lighting and silhouettes of passengers in the windows. Here is everything you get: 1 die-cast steam engine; 1 coal tender; 2 coach passenger cars; 1 observation car; 1 CW-80 transformer; Santa's Bell; 4 movie characters; 1 bottle smoke fluid; and 40- x 60-inch oval track (with 8 curved sections; 3 straight sections; 1 power terminal section); and instruction book. Everything you need to recreate the action in the Polar Express movie and book.

The Polar Express book and movie are destined to become Christmas classics for years to come. The Lionel Polar Express train set would be a great addition to your Christmas holiday as it is chugging around the base of your Christmas tree. Imagine the look of your son or daughter as they arise on Christmas day to see the dazzling Lionel Polar express making its imaginary trip to the North Pole.