It double suspension (Brio 33683 Wooden Railway System: Double Suspension Bridge)

Member Name: mumsymary

Product:	Brio 33683 Wooden Railway System: Double Suspension Bridge
Date:	30/10/09 (58 review reads)
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Advantages: Good addition to a Brio train track

Disadvantages: None

We are playing with the Brio trains again today. My grandchildren and the class where I work have a large amount of Brio trains and accessories. Some of it is the real Brio wooden train sets and some is Brio compatible from other companies.

The Box of brio track gets emptied on the floor and track laid, to make it more interesting we have the double suspension bridge. Just over 1 metre long at 3.5 feet its Length: 1134mm (44.7"). The highest point is just over 7 inches/18cm. This is Brio's longest bridge it is Modelled after San Francisco's famous Golden Gate, The pieces that make this bridge are 2 red bridge sections these are plastic and the track that goes over them is wooden.
There is a short piece of track (A1) that can be used to join the bridge parts together. There are also 2 ascending N tracks one for each side of the suspension bridge.

These bits are all fairly simple to put together with those jigsaw like cojoining pieces , one end has a female cojoining cut out , one end the male joining part. There are groves for the train on both sides of the track pieces so it does not matter which way up you use the track.

When erected this double suspension bridge can cross a large canyon or a motorway. There is room under the bridges for toy cars to go under. This double suspension bridge could be used as a single suspension bridge, shame there are not 4 ascending tracks , however if you wished you could buy them in a pack containing 2 track pieces, or buy two single suspension bridges.

This track is suitable for a 3 year old and over, my grandson aged nearly 7 still enjoys playing with his occasionally, his little sister aged 3 1/2 enjoys it too.

I LOVE Brio trains and track they are made out of Birch wood and is very durable. I expect this piece and the rest of the brio train sets we have will be kept for the next generation.

Brio trains are great for your childrens imaginative play and thier construction skills. This double suspension bridge if used with other brio track offers many opportunities for the young rail designer to solver problems of crossing roads rivers and mountains. I have seen this bridge constructed with a long section of track joining the red bridge parts together and in a row of about 5 of the bridge parts.

If you have a 4 year old with a Brio or Brio compatible train set then this would make a good present, a bit more challenging and exciting than just the basic circle track.

Do have fun playing trains with your children and their Brio I know I do.

Brio
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Brio makes fantastic long lasting classical wooden toys, really good quality. Brio was started in 1884 by a Swedish basket-maker Ivar Bengtsson who in 1907 started making wooden toys and Brio has developed from there.


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Would I recommend ? Yes of course I would.

You can buy this double suspension bridge for £14.42 from Amazon uk from Amazon .com its $189.99
AT http://www.kidsen.co.uk it costs £17.99 a lot of on line shops selling for around the £15 mark.
If you saw this second hand I would anticipate it in a fairly good condition .

Thanks for reading Mary


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Summary: A double suspension Brio railway bridge