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 reversing and coupling features |
Thomas train toys |
train sets related to
Thomas the Tank Engine |
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 |
ruminations on what makes a good
toy train track system |
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Further reading |
other Plarail and train-related
resources |