Trains and Airplanes

This theme was very popular, and toy manufacturers produced attractive lithographed tin toys from the 1920s to the 1960s in Europe, the United States, and Japan.

An airplane flies over a moving train, and the whole set is animated by a clockwork mechanism.

 

Marx 

USA

1928

 

Gely

Germany

 

1925-1930

 

France Jouets

 

The airplane turns in the opposite direction.

 

1950 – 1955

 

Mettoy

Great Britain

Two trains follow each other.

1951

 

In Japan

 

E T

 

Early 1960’s

 

Kokyu

 

1960’s

 

And trains transport planes, like this Italian painted wooden toy by Zax from 1935.

 

Find out more about the manufacturers: :

E T - Japan

France Jouets - France

Gely - Germany

Kokyu - Japan

Marx - United States

Mettoy - Great Britain

Zax - Italy