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The train was designed with the parts pre-scored and tabbed for assembly without cutting or adhesive but the tabs were prone to coming apart, and the train did not stay on the cardstock track reliably once assembled. As a result, the paper train overwhelmed many customers, so often parents simply gave up on assembly and threw it out.
A toy train is a toy that represents a train. It is distinguished from a model train by an emphasis on low cost [1] and durability, rather than scale modeling. A toy train can be as simple as a toy that can run on a track, or it might be operated by electricity, clockwork or live steam. It is typically constructed from wood, plastic or metal.
Paper car wheels were invented by the locomotive engineer Richard N. Allen (1827–1890), [4] who set up a company with his brother-in-law in 1867, producing paper from straw. They dampened vibrations much better than conventional cast-iron railway wheels, which transmitted all imperfections of the track into the car above it, making train ...
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Roadside America was an indoor miniature village and railway covering 8,000 square feet (740 m 2).Created by Laurence Gieringer in 1935, it was first displayed to the public in his Hamburg, Pennsylvania, home.
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