Wooden toy train

Wooden toy train
A wooden toy train layout with compatible parts from different brands.
Typetoy train
CompanyVarious
Materialswood, metal, magnet
A colorful Chessie System GP40-2 from Whittle Shortline
Samples of wooden tracks for toy trains. On the left is an IKEA version with the plastic connector. Beside it a Thomas the Tank Engine version with indicated sleepers followed by a Tesco variant with inserted connector. On the far right is a track from Brio made entirely of fine grained beechwood

Wooden toy trains are toy trains that run on a wooden track system with grooves to guide the wheels of the rolling stock. While the trains, tracks and scenery accessories are made mainly of wood, the engines and cars connect to each other using metal hooks or small magnets, and some use plastic wheels mounted on metal axles. Some trains are made to resemble anthropomorphical, fictional, and prototypical railroad equipment.