Interesting, I just went down a Child Guidance rabbithole recently, they also made (or likely had produced for them) the Child Guidance Railroad series of toys, similar in scale to wooden trains but with different geometry on the track connectors and they didn't use magnets to connect rolling stock.
![[Image: bd07bf11429929f21cc7aa98207dbd98.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/9zyhnCfQ/bd07bf11429929f21cc7aa98207dbd98.jpg)
Most of the sets had grey track, but some use a red very similar to the Shuttle Train set. Other companies either ripped the track system off or got the same manufacturer to make it for them too.
![[Image: Vintage-Child-Guidance-Plastic-Railroad-...in-Set.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/SXZFg689/Vintage-Child-Guidance-Plastic-Railroad-Track-Train-Set.jpg)
Interestingly this line also has a connection to Thomas, in the 80s Merit (another company who used the design at least once in the 60s) revived the track system to use in a Thomas set.
![[Image: B27-Lid-UCYAEZqc-U.png]](https://i.postimg.cc/B8nRPjyn/B27-Lid-UCYAEZqc-U.png)
Made in Japan... I wonder if TOMY Japan made it and Child Guidance handled releasing it in the US.
Most of the sets had grey track, but some use a red very similar to the Shuttle Train set. Other companies either ripped the track system off or got the same manufacturer to make it for them too.
Interestingly this line also has a connection to Thomas, in the 80s Merit (another company who used the design at least once in the 60s) revived the track system to use in a Thomas set.
Made in Japan... I wonder if TOMY Japan made it and Child Guidance handled releasing it in the US.
I have a website where I have been writing about and photographing many of the sets and pieces that I find interesting.
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