A local museum is getting in the holiday spirit by bringing back a popular attraction. For the second year, the Chippewa Valley Museum is displaying holiday toy trains. The 384 square foot toy train ...

Q: I own the Ives train set my father had as a boy. Based on information found at the Ives Train Society website, I believe locomotive No. 3253 dates from between 1921-1923. The three passenger cars ...

Gaily painted or printed up-vehicles, characters and creatures in tin-plated steel, were the mainstay of toy making for over a century. Available in commercial form since the 1850s, vintage tin-plate ...

A rare French tinplate toy model racing car has sped away from its estimate to sell for more than £1,600 at a Shropshire auction house. The Alfa Romeo P2 Grand Prix racing car, made in 1928, went ...

The creative team has made a wide array of artistic projects ranging from miniature steam boats to children’s pinwheels. Marc (aka ‘Tinplate Dad”) began working in this medium about 15 years ago, ...