The History of Model Trains and Their Appeal to Boys

The company wanted something that boys would like, so they decided to sell model railways./nThey started selling railway tracks, stock, and miniature bushes to complement the models./nOne of the earliest model trains belonged to the poet Goethe from 1829, six years before Germany had a steam railway./nThe founders were also given a tiny model of Stevenson's rocket, the earliest steam railway engine.