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TOY RAILROAD
x   TOY TRAIN
xx   MODEL & MINIATURE RAILROAD
xx   RAILROAD
xx   TOY VEHICLE

Big train engine (10" long) made entirely of wood. Features 2 large and 2 small wheels on each side.
AMERICAN WOODWORKER Winter 1987 (v.3#4) pg. 57

Toy train has engine and four cars, all made from wood.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Feb 1971 (v.49#2) pg. 63

Photos of six wooden toys you can make. A locomotive, a biplane, a snake, a car, a man with four faces, and a Miss Busybody pulltoy. Plans must be ordered.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Dec 1974 (v.52#12) pg. 58

How to make a candy train from small plastic boxes (filled with candy) with dowels for wheels.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Dec 1976 (v.54#12) pg. 57

Tin can locomotive is spring powered.
BOYS' LIFE Dec 1963 (v.53#12) pg. 72

I think I can. Toy wooden train features a locomotive, caboose, and a flat car carrying a removable VW-like toy automobile. The caboose has a built-in whistle which makes train-like sounds when blown by mouth.
CANADIAN HOME WORKSHOP Nov 2002 (v.26#2) pg. 34

Toy train has a locomotive and eleven cars: three boxcars, two gondola cars, a tanker, flatbed, a crane and lumber car. This is an award-winning project from a high-school student.
CANADIAN WORKSHOP Jan 1986 (v.9#4) pg. 50

Wooden tank engine is large enough for a small child to ride. This is an award-winning project from a high-school student.
CANADIAN WORKSHOP Jan 1986 (v.9#4) pg. 54

A look at Chuck More, toy maker in Dallas, Texas, and his pattern and instructions for making a wooden toy train engine.
DECORATING & CRAFT IDEAS Nov 1974 (v.5#2) pg. 26

Four wooden toy vehicles you can build. A locomotive, bulldozer, eight-wheeler, and a sedan.
DECORATING & CRAFT IDEAS May 1978 (v.9#4) pg. 8, 62

Five-car wooden train. Car and engine shapes are cut from 1x10s and wheels are cut from closet rod.
FAMILY CIRCLE Nov 1 1979 (v.92#15) pg. 89, 125

Six-car wooden freight train.
FAMILY CIRCLE Nov 1 1980 (v.93#15) pg. 63, 112

Build a sit-upon locomotive that toddlers can drive with foot power. Built mostly of wood.
FAMILY CIRCLE Nov 3 1981 (v.94#15) pg. 93, 133

Felt train teaches toddlers how to button, snap and tie bows.
FAMILY CIRCLE Oct 25 1983 (v.96#15) pg. 99, 156

Circus train pull toy features an engine and 4 cars carrying various animals. Built from wood. Est. cost: $15.
FAMILY CIRCLE Oct 23 1984 (v.97#15) pg. 119, 198, 200

Wooden train has seven cars which can be re-arranged as desired. Est. cost: under $25.
FAMILY HANDYMAN #234 Dec 1982 (v.32#10) pg. 58

Diesel delight. Toy train features plenty of realistic detail (including working doors). Built entirely of wood. Directions for 5 cars and a locomotive.
FAMILY HANDYMAN #292 Oct 1988 (v.38#8) pg. 74

Pull toy animal train. Small boxes are covered with fabric and connected with rope. Each box contains a stuffed animal.
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING Nov 1984 (v.199#5) pg. 187, 316

A simple three-car wooden train to make in an hour or so from 2x4s, closet pole (for wheels), nails and screweyes.
HANDY ANDY Dec 1979 (v.4#3) pg. 47

Calico Express. Five cars in this train are sewn from calico and stuffed. Each car measures about 5"x10".
McCALLS NEEDLEWORK & CRAFTS Mar-Apr 1981 (v.26#2) pg. 76, 104

Felt train with three cars.
McCALLS NEEDLEWORK & CRAFTS Nov-Dec 1981 (v.26#6) pg. 59, 113

Crocheted, stuffed circus train has an engine and three cars.
McCALLS NEEDLEWORK & CRAFTS Oct 1986 (v.31#5) pg. 85, 61

Plastic canvas train. A train "puzzle" is stitched on plastic canvas. Locomotive and cars are worked as separate pieces and can be rearranged.
McCALLS NEEDLEWORK & CRAFTS Dec 1990 (v.35#6) pg. 34, 73

Toy train has four big cars: the engine, the coal car, the open boxcar and the caboose. Made from clear pine with purchased wooden wheels.
MECHANIX ILLUSTRATED #654 Nov 1982 (v.78) pg. 42

My son's first train layout. Build a simple 24"x40" play table to support a "Brio" toy train setup.
MODEL RAILROADER Dec 1994 (v.61#12) pg. 113

Backyard railroad runs on auto batteries.
POPULAR MECHANICS Aug 1965 (v.124#2) pg. 118

Three pull-apart pull toys. Wooden train with magnets holding cars together. A wooden cat on a cart (the cat separates into four pieces). A wooden dog that has wheels for legs and separates into five pieces.
POPULAR MECHANICS Dec 1966 (v.126#6) pg. 143

A pull-toy circus train made of scrap wood pieces, brightly painted, with removable wooden animals.
POPULAR MECHANICS Dec 1972 (v.138#6) pg. 108

Toy railroad engine and cars move about on wheels. Another engine has a circular disc of plastic that rotates, giving the appearance of puffs of smoke coming out of the smokestack.
POPULAR MECHANICS Nov 1975 (v.144#5) pg. 142

Sit-on and roll-around train is made from a piece of plastic pipe, plugged both ends, fitted with wheels and painted to resemble a railroad coach.
POPULAR MECHANICS Nov 1978 (v.150#5) pg. 117

Wooden toy train with engine and four cars.
POPULAR MECHANICS Nov 1979 (v.152#5) pg. 123

6 classic wooden toys with removable parts and movable features. "Rolls-Royce" car, biplane, logging truck, earth dump truck, small train and front-end loader.
POPULAR MECHANICS Dec 1984 (v.161#12) pg. 94

Toy box is built and painted to look like the caboose of a train. Built from 1 sheet of plywood. Winner in 6th annual plywood design contest.
POPULAR SCIENCE Aug 1982 (v.221#2) pg. 98

The little engine of wood. A wooden engine, coal car, tank car, passenger/freight car and caboose are shaped from poplar with a scross saw. The curved sections of wooden track are routed with shallow grooves and held together with magnets.
POPULAR WOODWORKING #99 Nov 1997 (v.17#5) pg. 66, Insert

Tip shows how to make a simple toy train from 2x2 scraps and 35mm film container lids for the wheels.
SUNSET Dec 1977 (v.159#6) pg. 90

Three wooden pull toys to make. (1) Race car. (2) Sailboat. (3) Centipede-like train.
SUNSET Dec 1980 (v.165#6) pg. 121

"I-can-count" train. A wooden toy train has cars which carry large numbers (or letters) that can be hooked up in any order. Drawer pulls are used as the wheels.
SUNSET Dec 1983 (v.171#6) pg. 74

The learning train. Colorful painted wooden train features removable freight loads (wooden blocks) and locomotive parts.
WEEKEND WOODWORKING (PROJECTS) #27 May 1992 (v.5#3) pg. 26

Melon patch express. Three-piece pull toy (train) features watermelon shapes for engine, caboose and car.
WEEKEND WOODWORKING (PROJECTS) #44 Mar 1995 (v.8#2) pg. 26, Insert

Caboose shaped toy chest to build from plywood. Rolls on hidden casters.
WOMAN'S DAY Oct 26 1982 (v.46#2) pg. 72, 104

Choo-choo made from wood scraps, glue, and paint. Four cars couple together with cup hooks.
WOMAN'S DAY Oct 25 1983 (v.47#2) pg. 61, 130

Wooden locomotive and four cars form a pull toy. Made from walnut and maple.
WOOD MAGAZINE #14 Dec 1986 (v.3#6) pg. 74

The Wood Express, a five-piece wooden train with locomotive, coal car, mail car, tank car and caboose. Locomotive is 12" long, all other cars are 9".
WOOD MAGAZINE #57 Dec 1992 (v.9#9) pg. 60

Four-piece toy train. Pieces fit puzzle-like into a wooden carrier with a handle.
WOOD MAGAZINE #66 Dec 1993 (v.10#9) pg. 62

Chubby Choo-Choo. Stout little steam locomotive toy is made from maple and walnut.
WOOD MAGAZINE #95 Feb 1997 (v.14#2) pg. 37, Insert

The Empire State Express. A wooden train (engine and passenger cars) is based on the New York Central Railroad streamliner (circa 1941-1950).
WOOD MAGAZINE #128 Nov 2000 (v.17#8) pg. 78, Insert

Toy train engine is made by laminating precut pieces of plywood.
WOODSMITH #5 Sep 1979 pg. 10

Toy wooden train uses the same simple chassis and coupling system on all cars. Patterns included for engine, coal car, passenger car, barrel car, and caboose. Train can be pulled along the floor or can be placed on wooden "track" which can be rearranged in various shapes.
WOODSMITH #65 Oct 1989 pg. 14

Cowcatcher style of Western locomotive is made of wood and requires some lathe work. Overall dimensions: 21" long, 11" tall, 6" wide.
WOODTURNING #59 Jan 1998 pg. 26

Wooden reproduction of the 4-4-0 American Standard coal-burning locomotive is done at 1/32 scale, but is not a detailed scale model.
WOODWORK #6 Summer 1990 pg. 58

Luggage label toys. Various toy vehicles (truck, tractor, tugboat, train) use a common chassis design for the objects being towed (trailer, barge, wagon).
WOODWORKER Jan 1992 (v.96#1) pg. 46

Shunting engine. This ride on, pull along toy is designed to be easily dismantled by the young engineer with a screwdriver and wrench. The cabin, the boiler and the chassis are all self-contained items. It rolls on 6 plastic wheels with rubber tires. The turning wheels cause the connecting rods to move back and forth.
WOODWORKER Jan 1993 (v.97#1) pg. 76

Child's truck track. A wooden ramp with small wooden "freight" cars that can run down the slope under their own weight. Reprinted from March 1944 issue.
WOODWORKER Mar 1994 (v.98#3) pg. 110

Miniature toy train made from wood scraps. The engine is 4" long and the trucks are 3" long. Reprinted from the December 1944 issue.
WOODWORKER Dec 1994 (v.98#12) pg. 110

Toy train is made of wood and rolls on 2" wheels. Cars can be uncoupled and rearranged.
WOODWORKER'S JOURNAL May-Jun 1977 (v.1#3) pg. 15

Toy train, built entirely from wood, features an old time "steam" engine and 4 cars. Overall length about 4-ft.
WOODWORKER'S JOURNAL Nov-Dec 1983 (v.7#6) pg. 58
Added Info WOODWORKER'S JOURNAL Jan-Feb 1984 (v.8#1) pg. 6

Toy train set is built of wood and includes a locomotive and four assorted cars. All the cars are built on a common chassis system to simplify construction. No tracks required.
WOODWORKER'S JOURNAL Sep-Oct 1990 (v.14#5) pg. 57

Tank-car toy box made from aluminum or from pasteboard container about 10" in diameter. Reinforced with plywood and mounted on a plywood base with wheels.
WORKBENCH May-Jun 1966 (v.22#3) pg. 30

Toy box caboose has hinged roof for storage and rolls on hardwood wheels. Measures 15"x36"x20".
WORKBENCH Nov-Dec 1966 (v.22#6) pg. 32

Plans for an oversized model of an electric locomotive patterned after the "work horse" type used in switching yards. Designed as a child's toy, this unit is 9" wide and 28" long. Built mostly of wood.
WORKBENCH Nov-Dec 1973 (v.29#6) pg. 32

Tin-can train is built entirely from scrap cans, spools, cord, wood, and old checkers. Plans included for an engine, a tank car and a caboose.
WORKBENCH Nov-Dec 1975 (v.31#6) pg. 39

Child's wooden pull train has an engine, tank car, gondola car and caboose with lift-up top. Cars are 8.5" wide by 24" long.
WORKBENCH Nov-Dec 1978 (v.34#6) pg. 50

Roll around toy diesel train includes a crane car. Cars measure about 10" long. Built from wood.
WORKBENCH Nov-Dec 1979 (v.35#6) pg. 23

"Six-oh" steam engine pulls four toy cars. Rolls on floor without tracks.
WORKBENCH Nov-Dec 1979 (v.35#6) pg. 56

Toy wooden locomotive rolls on wooden wheels.
WORKBENCH Nov-Dec 1980 (v.36#6) pg. 38

Heavy-duty toybox is shaped like a railroad boxcar. Sliding doors give access to the interior. The toybox rolls on eight working wheels. Box is 36" long, 17" wide, 12" deep.
WORKBENCH Nov-Dec 1980 (v.36#6) pg. 45

Tiny tot's train made with simple block construction.
WORKBENCH Sep-Oct 1983 (v.39#5) pg. 62

Toy diesel train includes a crane car, flat car, gondola, caboose and engine.
WORKBENCH Nov-Dec 1983 (v.39#6) pg. 60

Children's backyard train is powered by gravity. Could be adapted for some type of motor if no slope is available. Track is built in 8-ft sections. Cars are built of plywood. Wheels are ball bearing skate wheels.
WORKBENCH Jul-Aug 1985 (v.41#4) pg. 16

Wooden heirloom pull train has own carrying case. Designs given for 15 different styles of cars plus a station.
WORKBENCH Nov-Dec 1985 (v.41#6) pg. 14

Wooden toy locomotive features a front and side photograph of a child in the engineers cab.
WORKBENCH Nov-Dec 1986 (v.42#6) pg. 95

Wooden train pull toy about 35" long consists of 4 cars and a locomotive. A bathtub toy boat is part of the cargo.
WORKBENCH Oct-Nov 1992 (v.48#5) pg. 58