Toy train manufacturers

The A. C. Gilbert Company was an American toy company, once one of the largest toy companies in the world. It is best known for introducing the Erector Set (a construction toy similar to Meccano in the rest of the world) to the marketplace. ...more on Wikipedia about "A. C. Gilbert Company"

American Flyer was a popular brand of toy train and model railroad in the United States in the middle part of the 20th century. ...more on Wikipedia about "American Flyer"

Athearn makes model railroad equipment and is a subsidiary of Horizon Hobbies. ...more on Wikipedia about "Athearn"

Bachmann Industries (originally Bachmann Bros.) is a company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania specializing in model railroading. Today it is the largest seller, in terms of volume, of model trains in the world. Bachmann primarily specializes in inexpensive entry-level train sets sold in the mass market. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bachmann Industries"

Bassett-Lowke was a toy company, based in the Northampton, England founded by Wenham Joseph Bassett-Lowke in 1898 or 1899 that specialized in model railways, model boats and ships, and construction sets. Bassett-Lowke initially started as a mail-order catalog business and primarily remained so, although it sometimes designed and even manufactured some of its own items. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bassett-Lowke"

Bing was a German toy company founded in 1863 in Nuremberg, Germany by two brothers, Ignaz and Adolf Bing, originally producing metal kitchen utensils. They began toy production in 1880 and by the early 20th century, Bing was the largest toy company in the world, and Bing's factory in Nuremberg was the largest toy factory in the world. Although Bing produced numerous toys, it is best remembered today for toy trains. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bing (company)"

The Boucher Manufacturing Company was an American toy company that specialized in toy boats and toy trains. It is best remembered today as the last of the manufacturers of Standard gauge/ Wide gauge trains until the much smaller McCoy Manufacturing revived the old standard in the mid- 1960s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Boucher" Can you feel it? http://www.shortopedia.com.

Carlisle & Finch is a producer of nautical equipment and the inventor of the electric toy train, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carlisle & Finch"

Dorfan was an American toy company based in Newark, New Jersey, specializing in O gauge and Wide gauge toy trains. It was founded in 1924 by Milton and Julius Forcheimer, two immigrants from Nuremberg, Germany, whose family was involved in the production of Fandor trains. The name "Dorfan" was derived from the name Fandor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dorfan"

Fandor was a German toy company that specialized in toy trains, particularly toys styled after American trains. It was founded by Joseph Kraus and his cousins, Milton and Julius Forcheimer, all from Nuremberg, Germany. The name was derived from the names of the founders' mothers, Dora and Fanny. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fandor"

Ferris was a manufacturer of O gauge toy trains in Australia in the 1950s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ferris railways"

Graham Farish (Grafar) produces large quantities of British outline model railway equipment in N gauge. ...more on Wikipedia about "Graham Farish"

The Hafner Manufacturing Company was a maker of clockwork-powered O gauge toy trains, based in Chicago, Illinois, from 1914 to 1951. It was formed when its founder, William Frederick Hafner, left American Flyer to create his own company. During its peak periods, it employed as many as 150 people. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hafner Manufacturing Company"

Hornby Railways is the leading brand of model railway in the United Kingdom, and its company roots date back to 1901, when founder Frank Hornby received a patent for his Meccano construction toy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hornby Railways"

The Ives Manufacturing Company, an American toy manufacturer from 1868 to 1932, was the largest manufacturer of toy trains in the United States from 1910 until 1924, when Lionel Corporation overtook it in sales. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ives Manufacturing Company"

K-Line Electric Trains is a brand name of O gauge and S gauge model railway locomotives, rolling stock, and buildings. Currently in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, K-Line's 2005 bankruptcy petition stated that its annual sales are between $7 and $8 million. ...more on Wikipedia about "K-Line"

Lionel Corporation was an American toy manufacturer, specializing in toy trains and model railroads. Its trains, produced from 1901 to 1969, are the most famous toy trains in the United States and among the most famous in the world. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lionel Corporation"

Lionel, LLC is a designer and importer of toy trains and model railroads, based in Chesterfield Township, Michigan and currently in bankruptcy. Its roots lie in the 1969 purchase of the Lionel product line by cereal conglomerate General Mills. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lionel, LLC"

Louis Marx and Company was an American toy manufacturer from 1919 to 1978. Its boxes were imprinted with the slogan, "One of the many Marx toys, have you all of them?" ...more on Wikipedia about "Louis Marx and Company"

Märklin (or Maerklin) is a German toy company, founded in 1859. Although it originally specialised in doll house accessories, today it is best known for model railways and technical toys. In some parts of Germany, the company's name is almost synonymous with model railroads. From 1919 to 1999, the company produced mechanical construction sets similar to Meccano and Erector. ...more on Wikipedia about "Märklin"

McCoy Manufacturing was a small American toy train manufacturer, based in Kent, Washington. It specialized in Standard gauge trains reminiscent of Lionel's offerings from the 1920s. ...more on Wikipedia about "McCoy Manufacturing"

MTH Electric Trains, formerly Mike's Train House, is an American toy train and model railroad designer, importer, and manufacturer, based in Columbia, Maryland. It is a privately held company. ...more on Wikipedia about "MTH Electric Trains"

OO gauge model railways are the most popular standard in the United Kingdom, being one of several 4 mm scale standards (4 mm to the foot (305 mm), or 1:76.2) in use, but the only one served by mass market manufacturers. OO uses 16.5 mm gauge track, which is inaccurate for 4 mm scale (it is accurate for HO scale). Many experienced modellers therefore find the OO standard inadequate, and they tend to model using the older EM gauge or the modern, exact scale P4 scale. ...more on Wikipedia about "OO gauge"

ROKAL, acronym for RObert KAhrmann Lobberich, manufacturer of metal castings that produced a line of model railway equipment in TT scale from 1947 - 1969, based in Lobberich 80km north of Cologne, Germany at the dutch border. The Rokal product line was then sold to Willy Ade of Röwa. Röwa issued at least one catalog that included items from the Rokal product line, but apparently only sold existing inventory from the Rokal purchase rather than manufacturing these items. Ade later sold his company to Roco of Salzburg, Austria and the Rokal TT line was not issued again. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rokal"

Triang Railways was an English manufacturer of toy trains, one of the elements of the Tri-ang company. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tri-ang Railways"

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