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Train toys

Over the years I have collected many different types of toy and model trains. Here I will show the features of some of them that I find interesting or noteworthy in some way.

Wooden train sets generic and branded wooden train sets  
Plarail very popular Japanese toy train system with plastic track and battery-powered trains
Tot and Child Guidance Railroad plastic track train sets in the same vein as wooden trains produced from the 1950s to the 1980s
TomyTrain train system with reversing engines and magnetic couplings that used Plarail-style track sold in Europe and the U.S.
Super Rail
advanced train toy from Tomy with automatic reversing and coupling features
Mini Mini Rail small ~N scale plastic trains and track from Bandai aimed at being a model train alternative
Thomas train toys train sets related to Thomas the Tank Engine  
Mountain Railway climbing train system by Toy Town released for several decades in different iterations
Model trains N, HO, and O scale model trains I have come across over the years  
Plarail exports sets based on the Plarail system exported to America, the U.K., Europe, and elsewhere
Other train toys other miscellaneous train toys  
Other toys other toys I have collected
Who Made Who information about toy companies mentioned on this site and their products and imports  
Further reading
other Plarail and train-related resources (links page)