Brio (company)
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Brio is a wooden toy company founded in Sweden. The company was founded in the small town of Boalt, Scania, Götaland in 1884 by basket maker Ivar Bengtsson. For a long time the company was based in Os
The BRIO building in central Osby
BRIO wooden trains on tracks
BRIO train tracks
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Wooden toy trains are toy trains that run on a wooden track system with grooves to guide the wheels of the rolling stock. While the trains, tracks and scenery accessories are made mainly of wood, the
Brio (company)
…which is an acronym for: BRöderna ('the brothers') Ivarsson (in) Osby. In 2006 BRIO moved its headquarters to Malmö, Scania. It is best known for its wooden toy trains, sold in Europe since 1958. In 1984, the company started the BRIO Lekoseum (from Swedish "leka", to play), a toy museum featuring the company's products…
A Thomas & Friends-themed wooden toy train layout with compatible parts from different brands.
A colorful Chessie System GP40-2 from Whittle Shortline
Samples of wooden tracks for toy trains. On the left is an IKEA version with the plastic connector. Beside it a Thomas & Friends version with indicated sleepers followed by a Tesco variant with inserted connector. On the far right is a track from Brio made entirely of fine grained beechwood