Choo choo come fly with me on this train (Brio Flying Scotsman Train)

Member Name: mumsymary

Product:	Brio Flying Scotsman Train
Date:	02/06/09 (95 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: good toy

Disadvantages: none

Shall we play trains today? I am looking at the Flying Scotsman Made by Brio.
Brio has been making wooden toys for a long, long time. Brio, a Swedish firm now multinational began in 1884 as a basket making company and developed to making wooden toys wooden trains are brilliant toys. Brios also make prams, cots, high chairs and car seats.

The wooden toy train
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The flying Scotsman toy train is a wooden train built to go with the brio wooden train sets.
This brio toy is a good reproduction of the Flying Scotsman's engine and tender. This toy is authentically reproduced; details make it like the real train. The flying Scotsman is Green with black details. The engine number and LNER written in gold Makes me feel all nostalgic for those years of steam. The length of this toy train is 160mm. There are magnets used to attach the train to any other carriages that you wish. This train will run on Brio wooden train tracks, The Tesco wooden train tracks are compatible.
There is a flying Scotsman train set with track and railway furniture but I have one that was bought separately. This train will cost about £10 and is available at a lot of toy shops, departments and at Amazon.

A little about the real flying Scotsman
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The flying Scotsman real train is usually the first train that springs to mind when you think of steam trains.
In the Flying Scotsman built 1923 began running between London and Edinburgh. In 1934, Flying Scotsman was the first steam train to achieve 100mph (160 kmph)
This train stopped running regular journeys in 1963 when it was bought for preservation. In 2004 Flying Scotsman was bought for the Nation. The National Railway Museum in York houses this locomotive. I think they have been renovating her boiler and she may be steaming again soon.
Back to an imaginary world.

The brio flying Scotsman is suitable for a child aged over 3 years old. Brio trains are well made durable so it should last well, it could become an heirloom toy passed onto the next generation.

This train will encourage gross and fine motor control. Also stimulate the imagination it is a good toy I know a little boy of 6 who still spends hours playing with his Brio trains he has had since he was 3.

Overall a good toy enjoy playing with your children's toys, play alongside and with your children its fun.

Summary: A Brio wooden replica of the flying Scotsman train.