City

Freight Train

A proper motorized train with real cargo to shuffle around and haul.

Brick Rated Score

4.2/5

Set 60336 · 2022

Pieces1,153

Minifigs6

Year2022

Set number60336

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The verdict

This is the one I point people toward when they want a LEGO® train that actually does something.

You get a motorized loco, three different wagons, a full loop of track with a siding, and enough cargo to keep a whole play session busy. The Powered Up hub eats batteries and the pairing can be fussy, so go in knowing that. But for the money it packs in more than any other City train, and honestly the rolling stock is the star.

Best for: kids and grown-ups who want a working motorized train, not a display piece

The full review

What it is

Here is what I love about this set right away. It is a train that moves, hauls, loads and unloads, not a shelf model you admire from a distance. The locomotive is loosely based on the Siemens Taurus engines that run through Germany and Austria, and it looks the part, low and purposeful in red and dark bluish grey. Behind it you get three wagons that each do their own thing. There is a flatcar carrying two shipping containers, an open-topped hopper wagon, and a double-deck auto carrier that ferries the two little electric cars around. Add the reach stacker for lifting containers and a solar charging station for the EVs, and you have a whole tiny logistics operation. Six minifigures come along to run it, all of them unique to this set, so train drivers, cargo workers and EV drivers all have a job to do.

The catch

Now the parts that need a clear head before you buy. The Powered Up system is the sticking point for a lot of people, myself included on a bad day. The hub swallows 6 AAA batteries and the remote wants 3 more, so keep a pack in the drawer. Pairing the hub to the Bluetooth remote is usually fine at home, but it can turn stubborn in a busy room where a dozen phones are all shouting over Bluetooth. The free app adds clanging and air-brake sounds that sync as you drive, which kids adore, though it is one more device to keep charged. And the price is real. It launched at $199.99, and since it retired in December 2024 the sealed sets have crept up well past that, so this is not a casual pickup anymore.

Who it's for

If you want a train that earns its keep on the floor, this is an easy yes. Kids get hours out of the loading and shunting, and the siding means you can park a wagon and run the loco around it, which is the kind of thing train people quietly obsess over. If you are after a still, detailed display engine or you flinch at feeding a hub that many batteries, look elsewhere in the range. The Brickset community landed it at 4.2 out of 5, and that feels about right to me. It is a really good motorized train with two honest catches, batteries and Bluetooth, and once you make peace with those it delivers.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

The build breaks into satisfying chunks, which is part of why it is such a friendly one to put together. You start with the locomotive and the Powered Up hub buried inside it, then move through each wagon as its own little project, so there is always a finish line in sight. The flatcar and containers go quickly, the hopper wagon has a nice bit of angled sidewall work, and the double-deck auto carrier with its fold-down ramp is the most clever section, honestly more fun to build than the engine. Then you snap together 33 pieces of track, 16 straight, 16 curved, and one turnout for the siding, and suddenly you have a running railway on your floor.

For parts value the story is strong. The Powered Up hub and the Bluetooth remote are the expensive electronics doing a lot of the heavy lifting, and buying those separately would cost you a fair bit, so getting them bundled with a full track loop is the real deal here. You also get a generous pile of the specialized train pieces train builders hoard, the wheel bogies, the magnetic couplers, the curved and straight rails, plus the reach stacker parts. At 1,153 pieces for the original price it worked out to a solid rate per part, and the track and motor are what make it the best bang for your buck of the City trains. The two little EVs and the solar charger are a sweet modern touch on top.

Fun facts

01The locomotive is loosely modeled on the Siemens Taurus engines that haul freight and passengers across Germany and Austria.
02It was LEGO's first new City freight train in four years, arriving in 2022 after 2018's 60198 Cargo Train.
03The track loop includes a turnout, so you get an actual siding to park a wagon on rather than just a plain oval.
04It retired in December 2024, and sealed copies have since climbed well above the original $199.99 price on the secondary market.