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THE HISTORY OF DORFAN TRAINS

Julius and Milton Forchimer work for their cousin in Nurnberg Germany untin 1923. The company was Joseph Kraus & C0. They made toy trains named Fandor after Milton's and Julius's mothers, Fanny and Dora. In 1924 they moved to the US and started their own toy company. They reversed the name and called it Dorfan. They made toy trains starting in 1924 but the company could not survive the depression and ended in 1933. Trains were produced in both wide gauge and a narrow gauge equal to "O" gauge. The locomotive bodies were cast with Zinc-alloy which had not been perfected at that time. Most of the castings have crumbled with the passing of 80 years. Few of the locomotives are intact today and it is rare to find one that still runs.

Monday, January 25, 2010

MY LATEST DORFANS


I just bought these great cars on E-Bay. I love it. You just point, click and soon my wife picks up my package and I find more trains on my kitchen table when I come home from work.







Soon I will have no more room for any new trains in my train room.

I may have to take out a wall or build a basement. What's more important, a kitchen or a second train room?

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