James the red engine

If your child likes playing with Thomas and Friends trains, James is another one of the main characters in the series. His 6 wheels are not as big as Gordon's, yet not as small as Thomas', but James is just proud of being who he is: a red steam engine. He pulls a tender full of coal, so he won't run out of fuel like diesels do.

Girls, Boys, doesn't matter

Maybe it's the red color. Maybe it's the coal burner. In any case, my daughter (almost two) seems to grab this one first when we visit the train tables in the stores. And in the stores, the trains are THE thing she wants to play with. Push them up the hills, down the hills, across the track... and the track is easy for her to put together.

Great toy - Great size!

My two-year-old son loves all his wooden Thomas trains! They keep him busy for hours and are extremely durable. Someone gave us some metal/plastic Thomas trains, and he plays with them too, but their plastic parts break quickly (ie: Harold's plastic helicopter blades, the plastic "link-ups", etc.) The wooden ones with the magnets seem to last forever, with only minor paint wear resulting from lots and lots of playtime!