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Wooden toy train

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A wooden toy train.

A wooden toy train is a toy train that runs on a wooden track system with grooves to guide the wheels of the rolling stock.[source?] 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.

Wooden toy train have sets of usually rails, bridges, tunnels, buildings rail stations, level crossings, trees, and more.

There are many manufactors of wooden toy trains, such as BRIO, IKEA, Micki, and Melissa & Doug.