Lionel Harry Potter Hogwarts Express O-Gauge Set

by Lionel

Product Features

• Set Includes 4-6-0 locomotive and tender, 2 passenger coaches, 1 combination car, 3 straight FasTrack track sections
• Interior lighting
• Soft molded diaphragms between cars
• Puffing smoke
• Also includes 8 curved FasTrack track sections, 1 FasTrack terminal section, powerful CW-80 Transformer

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 60 x 40 x 4 inches ; 22.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 25.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000SSN0Q0
• Item model number: 7-11020
• Manufacturer recommended age: 5 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,908 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #35 in Toys & Games > Hobbies > Trains & Accessories > Train Sets
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)

Product Description

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The Harry Potter Hogwarts Express O-Gauge Train Set features a finely detailed style that brings the magical world of Hogwarts to life. This five-piece train set is based on the best-selling Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling and the Warner Bros. movies. It offers an array of true-to-life features that kids can operate on their own. Easy to assemble, the Harry Potter O-Gauge Train Set is an exciting, interactive way for kids ages eight and up to transport themselves to the bewitching world of wizardry.

Harry Potter Hogwarts
Express O-Gauge Train Set

At a Glance:

Age/Weight Requirements:

8 years and older

Assembly Requirements:

Assembly is required

Warranty:

Limited one-year warranty

This die-cast steam locomotive features true-to-life details of the magical train all Harry Potter fans will recognize.
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Easy Setup and Transformer Operation

Designed for easy use, the Harry Potter train set features a powerful, maintenance-free engine and comes with a CW-80 transformer to control forward, reverse, and neutral operation. The eight curved and three straight FasTrack track pieces, along with a FasTrack terminal section, fit together to create a 40-by-60-inch oval. When you're done, they pack up quickly and easily for storage.

Puffing Smoke and Life-Like Details

This die-cast steam locomotive train is highly detailed with retro styling, including separately applied metal handrails and two passenger coaches and one combination car that have interior lighting, operating couplers, and soft molded diagrams between the cars. Favorite features include puffing smoke, an operational headlight and an air whistle on the tender to complete the authentic look and feel of a powerful O-gauge locomotive on its way to the magic and mayhem at Hogwarts.

Bring Dementors Along for the Ride

To expand your Harry Potter adventures, consider adding the Hogwarts Express Dementors Coach (sold separately), which features flickering interior lighting and dementor silhouettes on the windows.

The Harry Potter Hogwarts Express O-Gauge Train Set is backed by a manufacturer's limited one-year warranty. See owner's manual for details.

What's in the Box

Locomotive, tender, CW-80 transformer, two passenger coaches, one combination car, three straight and eight curved FasTrack pieces, FasTrack terminal section, smoke fluid, and instructions.

Product Description

Hop on the Hogwarts Express to transport your imagination into the bewitching world of wizardry.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

79 of 79 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Authentic, operating collectible April 1, 2009

By G. E. Johnson

Durability: 5.0 out of 5 stars    Educational: 3.0 out of 5 stars    Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

I liked this set so well, I bought a second one. If you're modelling Hogs Meade, or platform 9 3/4, from the Harry Potter series, this is a "must have" addition for your O-gauge layout. The tightest curves that the train will negotiate are O-36, so if your layout is based on O-31 or O-27 curves, you will be disappointed. Lionel includes an O-36 based oval as part of the set. My layout is based on O-42 and larger curves, and I haven't had any problems.

The locomotive, tender, and cars are nicely detailed, and well built for this price point. As with any nicely detailed train components, it is necessary to exercise care when handling.

The locomotive is not ready for digital control or for digital sound effects. It has a working smoke unit and an air driven whistle. Lionel could add sound by offering an appropriately equipped car, as they have done with their Polar Express O-gauge train. I hope they do.

If you're looking for a modestly priced train set as a starter for elementary school age children, you might be better off getting one of the bulletproof nondescript freight sets (Pennsy, NYC, Santa Fe, etc). If you would like an authentically detailed collectible based on the Harry Potter stories, either to run on a suitable layout, for display, or just for collecting, this set will fill the bill very nicely.

46 of 47 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Hogwarts Expressby Lionel Trains February 17, 2011

By Bruce H. Johanson

Durability: 1.0 out of 5 stars    Educational: 3.0 out of 5 stars    Fun: 3.0 out of 5 stars   

I was very pleased to receive this Lionel train set from my daughter for Christmas. I was a bit disappointed that it will not runon my O31 track layout, so I went ahead and set up a small addition to my layout just for the Hogwart Express. I am not at all happy with the Lionel Fastrack. It is over priced, noisey, anddifficult to keep the sections together unles they are screwed down. The 90 degree cross over I purchased stopped the locomotive cold! Lionel could offer me no reason why this Lionel product would not run on their track properly. I finally came to the conclusin that the locomotive was losing its electrical ground whencrossing. I removed the rubber traction tires and now it runs fine. It is definitely a design flaw inthe wheel spacing. With the traction tires in place, the metal rear wheels could not carry current. Thelocomotive jerked at low speeds. I determined that something was binding in the drive. It turnedout to be the rod that drive the smoke puffer...it had too severe a bend. After I straightened it a bit,the locomotive runs smoothly at lower speeds. The couplers onthe cars are pure junk. They are plastic and willopen without warning at any time. This is a nicely detailed locomotive and train set but the quality infinal inspection is just not there. I wanted one to run, not just set on a shelf to look at. The headlight already hs to be replaced...there isn't even three hours on this unit yet. Customer support is wanting from Lionel...by the way, the replacement led headlight is $4.00 plus $9.00 shipping!!!!!! Frankly, I expected more from Lionel.

45 of 46 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Big O Gauge Fun for fans of Harry Potter and or British trains September 2, 2008

By Paul D. Race

Durability: 5.0 out of 5 stars    Educational: 5.0 out of 5 stars    Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

At long last, Lionel has produced a model of the Hogwarts Express(tm) that is big enough for small hands to operate. Fantasy lovers will owning a realistic model of the train that Harry Potter rides to Hogwarts. Train lovers will enjoy a truly historic event in the world of toy and model trains. This is Lionel's first ever model of an historic British train, which required completely new tooling and molds.

Railfans will notice the bumpers on the front, the fenders over the drivers, and the "missing" sand dome (the sand reservoirs are attached to the steam dome). All of these details give this die-cast 4-6-0 locomotive an appearance that is streamlined, classic, and uniquely British.
In fact, fans of English railroads will quickly recognize a Great Western Railway "Hall" class locomotive, one of the most successful steam locomotives ever built. The Olton Hall was built in 1937 and is one of about eleven Hall class locomotives to be preserved. Unlike its brethren, which tend to be painted deep green, the Olton Hall was painted a rich scarlet for the movie "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," and has not been green since.

The illuminated passenger cars also represent the kind of cars used on British railways for nearly a century, and also used in the film. They also required all new tooling.

Here's some more good news - this train runs on the same track as Lionel's other sets, including the Thomas and Friends(r) sets. In fact, James the Red Engine(tm) is based on a similar British engine. So if Thomas and James have given you an appreciation for British railroading, but you're ready for something a little more realistic, this is an ideal "step up" for your family.

Paul Race, editor Big Christmas Trains