Battery operated trains are all over the place, especially at Christmas. They are the ones that have the plastic tracks that break when you put them together the first time. They are the ones that take 5-6 D cells plus batteries for the remote. They are throw aways. Bachmann, Lionel, and a hundred no name's all make them. My daughter decided that she wanted to get her five year old "trains like pop pop has". So she bought the starter set I referenced. Make no mistake. That kid can run my O Gauge layout perfectly as well as handle tiny N Scale trains without breaking them. He can run the DCC equipped N Scale with the Engine Driver App as well as his RTR LC set with the LionChief Blue Tooth App. The only thing he would break would be battery operated sets (especially the track) not to mention having to have boxes of batteries to feed it constantly.
John
