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Many members of the Fisher-Price Collectors Club collect the older wooden pull toys. Wooden
pull toys were the primary type of toy made by Fisher-Price up into the 1960's, so there are plenty of
different ones out there. There
is one particularly fun subgroup to collect, which is the wooden trains. Fisher-Price made many wooden trains
from the 1940's to 1980's, when plastic toys became the norm and took over.
The trains made by
Fisher-Price always had fun names for their trains like Huffy Puffy, Looky Chug-Chug ot Toot-Toot!
The trains always included cool movements when pulled, and most importantly,
had chugging or whistling sounds!
On this page we showcase many of the trains, plus some brief information on which are worth something (though
markets fluctuate wildly so always do research on Ebay when buying or selling!).
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Below are the Fisher-Price trains that we show on this page. This page focuses on toys that
were "pure train", and does not (at this time) include ones with a character riding on a train engine
(like Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse or Peter Bunny, plus many more).
The list below is roughly in chronological order of when the train was
first produced.
Check 'em out!
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1. Looky Chug-Chug #161 (1949)
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Years Made:
1949-1953ish
Worth Anything? Can be, especially in good condition.
Though this train can usually be found
on Ebay at any given time, a good one can be somewhat hard to find.
This train sells best
with the tender car, since it is often missing! There is some sort
of handmade replica look-alike train that I have seen come up on Ebay (has a small bell;
small face; open metal-looking chimney)
so make sure you know what you are bidding on!
General Info:
Looky Chug-Chug #161 is one of the oldest trains made by Fisher-Price.
It consists of an engine with a wooden happy face, plus a tender car that
attaches with a metal hook. The tender car has "L&CCRR" written on
it, which of course stands for "Looky Chug-Chug Railroad". The
engine's eyes move as you pull the toy. The original pull string was
red. The engine has a metal bell which rings when you pull the
lever attached to it. Sometimes you find this toy with the bell rusty.
Very often on Ebay, you find these trains
selling without the tender car, so a complete one is a nice find!
Being the oldest of the pull trains, it tends to sell well complete
in good condition.
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2. Puffy #444 (1951)
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Years Made:
1951 - 1954
Worth Anything?
These are usually available on Ebay, but don't command high prices
General Info:
Puffy #444 is a small train. It is quite a bit shorter than the aforementioned
Looky Chug-Chug. Puffy came with no other train cars,
only an engine. Puffy has yellow gears which
turn when you push the train. Small and simple, Puffy still is
a fun train to play with. On Ebay, it's very common to find Puffy with
lots of wear on the lithos (paper decorations). Puffy came in at least 2 variations, one with a red
cab and one with a yellow. From Ebay searches, neither seems rarer than the other.
Variations:
The two variations of Puffy #444 have 2 differences, in the cab and in the front.
One versions has a red cab/roof and a round red half-circle piece in the front. The other has a yellow cab/roof
and a small red knob circle in the front. The red version was the earlier one made.
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3. Looky Chug-Chug #220 (1953)
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Years Made:
1953 - ?
Worth Anything?
Yes! This train is very rare. It
comes up on Ebay far less than the older Looky Chug-Chug #161. Took
me almost a year to find a good one on Ebay to buy!
Fortunately the coal car is connected to the engine, so finding it
complete isn't as hard as some trains!
General Info:
Looky Chug-Chug #220 is an updated version of the
earlier Looky Chug-Chug #161. Looky Chug-Chug #220 has a red engine
with a coal car permanently attached (so no losing it!). The
engine's face is more yellow in color. The engine and coal car
were built onto the same wooden blue platform, so they can't be
disconnected. The wheels are yellow, and there is a silver bell.
The coal car also has "L&CCRR" (Looky Chug-Chug Railroad)
written on it. The pistons move
when the train is pushed. Very collectible!
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4. Chuggy Pop-Up #616 (1955)
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Years Made:
1955 - 1956
Worth Anything?
Comes up here and there on Ebay; Sells OK but not super high.
Not a train hugely sought after by collectors. There seems to many of these still out there, so
the train is not considered rare.
General Info:
Chuggy Pop-Up #616 is a one piece train. There were 2 variations made. The more common variation
consists of
a red engine with a red base, with a black-colored boiler, along with
a blue chimney with ridges on it. The neatest feature is that there is an engineer
built into the engine, whose head pops up and down as the
train is pulled, and he can spin around, too!
The wheels are yellow. It makes a popping sound
when pulled along.
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Variation:
Chuggy Pop-up came in 2 variations. The second variation looks very similar to the one
described above, but this one has a blue base and a smooth chimney. From what research I have done, it seems
this blue-base variation is the rarer of the two.
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5. The Fisher-Price Choo Choo #215 (1955)
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Year Made:
1955 - ?
Worth Anything? Comes up here and there
on Ebay; sells OK.
General Info:
Here is a very cool train! The Fisher-Price Choo Choo consists
of an engine, plus 4 other train cars. Of course, the last
car on the train is a caboose. The wheels on the cars
are designed in such a way that they wobble when the train is pulled.
Each of the 5 pieces of the train has colorful lithos, which are
the same on both sides of the train, except for the caboose. The
train does not break apart easily, since it's connected together
with steel rods. This train is unusual since it's one of the only
toys that officially has "Fisher-Price" right in the toy's name!
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6. Whistling Engine #617 (1957, first version)
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Year Made:
1957 only
Worth Anything?
Rare train, pretty hard to find! Especially hard
to find one that still whistles well. It took me over 8 months
of searching on Ebay to find one. Then the week after I bought
one (for $35 including shipping), there were 2 more
listed for $10.00 and neither sold!
Sigh.
General Info:
Whistling Engine #617 was made for only about one year. It
consists of just a blue engine, which had a boiler part that
would move in and out as the train is pushed. This in-and-out
movement would make a whistling sound, which is how the engine
received its name. This engine is rather rare, since this train
was redesigned the next year in a white/zigzag color scheme.
This train does not come up on Ebay often, though it is not
one of the trains hugely sought after by collectors.
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7. Huffy Puffy #999 (1958, first version)
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Years Made:
1958-1962
Worth Anything?
Lots of Huffy Puffys on Ebay, but the trick
is finding one complete, with intact couplings, and an intact
grill on the engine! Often this train is not complete on Ebay,
common to see it sold with cars missing.
General Info:
Huffy Puffy #999 is an adorable train, and one that's
easy to find on Ebay. But finding a good one can be a challenge!
Huffy consists
of an engine, a cattle car with movable doors, an open flat car,
and a caboose.
The engine has a big red happy face, with eyes that move up and
down when the engine moves. The couplings can be either blue or
orange. The cattle car could have orange or blue doors. The caboose
has a little man holding a lantern. The man could have an orange hat and
lantern, with a blue shirt, or the opposite: blue hat and lantern, with
an orange shirt. Huffy Puffy often has
a broken grill in the front (like my poor engine in the photo!), and the couplings
are frequently completely broken off. I am not sure if the train was
sold with all train cars with one color couplings (whether all
blue or all orange). Huffy Puffy was the longest train
made by Fisher-Price. Everyone should have at least one!
Fun Trivia:
If you own a Little People House #952 - either the blue and yellow one,
or the brown one - look on the wall inside the kid's upstairs right-side
bedroom. On the wall is - you guessed it -
a picture of 1958 Huffy Puffy!
Variation:
Around 1962, some Huffy Puffy's were made using the lithos from
the Fisher-Price Playland Express train, which was also being
produced at that time. This is a very rare train, a neat one
to collect.
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8. Looky Chug-Chug #189 (1958)
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Years Made:
1958 - ?
Worth Anything?
Does not come up on Ebay often; sort of an unknown train - not many
people seem to know about its existence.
General Info:
Looky Chug-Chug #189 is the third train to hold that name. It almost
looks like a mini (and less expensive) Huffy Puffy.
It looks similar to Huffy Puffy, but is shorter at only
2 cars long. Looky Chug-Chug has the same face as Huffy Puffy,
with eyes that move with the train. Looky Chug-Chug's chimney is
taller than Huffy Puffy's, and it has only one car to
pull, a small coal car which is well-connected and not easy
to break off. Not an easy train to find!
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9. Whistling Engine #617 (1958, second version)
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Years Made:
1958-1962ish
Worth Anything?
Not on Ebay much; not easy to find!
Sometimes this engine is broken and doesn't "whistle". Should
sell for something.
General Info:
This Whistling Engine debuted in 1958, replacing the blue-colored
Whistling Engine from 1957. The 1958 Whistling Engine is white with
a zigzag design. Like the previous one, the engine makes a whistling
sound when it moves. The engine's boiler actually moves in and out
as the train moves, which is what creates the whistling sound.
Whistling Engine
consists of only an engine, no other cars came with it. Unlike
the happy Huffy Puffy, Whistling Engine has no face at all - just
a dark round metal piece in the front.
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10. Dinkey #642 (1959)
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Years Made:
1959
Worth Anything?
Comes up here and there on Ebay;
not a big collectible, even though only produced for one year
General Info:
Dinkey is the first of many engines to be made in this particular
shape. Dinkey has a wooden body with wooden red wheels, with a plastic
front and cab. This
train consists of only an engine; no other cars came with Dinkey.
The name "Dinkey" is written right on the engine. This train often has
faded lithos. Overall Dinkey is a simple train, but very well built and
seems to stand the test of time.
But I guess that maybe Fisher-Price didn't like the name
"Dinkey" since they only used it one year.
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11. Smokie #642 (1960)
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Years Made:
1960 - 1962ish
Worth Anything?
Smokie is
just like Dinkey but has a different name. Smokie is
an easy train to find on Ebay.
General Info:Smokie is another cute
plastic pull train, which consists of just an engine.
Smokie looks just like Dinkey, except it has a new name. Smokie
has a blue and black color scheme, and a yellow wooden chimney.
The name "Smokie" is written right
on the engine. The wheels are red. Smokie is a common train,
very easy to find on Ebay. But alas, since it is common, it
doesn't tend to sell super high.
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12. Golden Gulch Express #191 (1961)
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Years Made:
1961 - 1962ish
Worth Anything?
Yes! A rare train, not a lot of good Golden
Gulches left! Often you find this train in poor condition, and missing the
Indian or it has litho damage. A nice one should sell OK!
General Info:
Golden Gulch Express was made to celebrate America's love of
the Western genre. Golden Gulch has the same face as Huffy Puffy, but
a cowboy-and-Indian themed engine and passenger car. The
engine has a litho of a cowboy, a sheriff, a boy, and an engineer riding
in the cab. The engineer carries a pretty big gun, too!
The passenger car
has some animals on it - a bucking buffalo, a horse and an antelope
(I think!). The inside of
the passenger car has pictures of a steer's head, plus a locked
treasure chest. The neatest feature of Golden Gulch is
there is a wooden Indian attached to the passenger car by a spring.
The Indian has the same litho on both sides. This Indian is usually
broken off. Since this is a rare train to begin with,
finding a Golden Gulch with an intact Indian can be a HUGE challenge!
This train should sell well in good condition.
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13. Playland Express #192 (1962)
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Years Made:
1962 - ?
Worth Anything?
Yes! A rare train indeed! Not on Ebay often!
Should sell well in good condition. Often lithos are ripped and faded.
General Info:
Playland Express is a bright, colorful train. It has the same face
used on Huffy Puffy and Golden Gulch. The engine has colorful circles
on it, with a yellow chimney, and a picture of an engineer. Playland Express comes with one
attached passenger car, connected with a thick solid wire. The
passenger car is not supposed to come apart from the engine.
The passenger car has lithos on both sides, and a door that opens
in the back so kids could put things inside! This is a fun train
to have. It is rather rare and not on Ebay often - if you are looking
for one, it can take months to find one listed (which is what happened
to me!). One in good condition should sell decently.
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14. Toot-Toot #641 (1963)
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Years Made:
1963 only
Worth Anything?
Pops up here and there on Ebay; definitely a harder-to-find train,
though not highly sought after, either.
General Info:
Toot-Toot #641 is the first train to carry that name, but certainly
not the last. This is a simple train, with the same shape as
Dinkey and Smokie, but with a different color scheme. The boiler of
the train is light blue, with an orange grill and cab. This
particular Toot-Toot was only made for about one year, then
a newer more colorful Toot-Toot takes its place in 1964. Even
though rare, I haven't seen it sell super high on Ebay.
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15. Huffy Puffy #999 (1963)
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Years Made:
1963 - 1970's
Worth Anything?
You see this version of Huffy Puffy often
on Ebay, but finding a complete
one with intact couplings and lithos could be a challenge!
General Info:
The first Huffy Puffy was in production from 1958 to roughly 1962.
Around 1963, Huffy Puffy got a whole new design. The same happy
face is on the engine, but the engine's color scheme is more blue and red now.
The open flat car has the word "Railroad" on it, and the cattle car
has yellow or white doors. The caboose has the little conductor with the lantern,
but different colors than the earlier Huffy Puffy. 1963's Huffy Puffy
has red wheels, while the earlier 1958 Huffy Puffy has yellow wheels.
The couplings could be yellow or white, and are often broken off.
This Huffy Puffy can usually be found on Ebay, but like with the
earlier Huffy Puffy train, finding one complete with intact couplings
can be tricky! You often find this train being sold with a car or two
missing.
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16. Magnetic Chug-Chug #168 (1964)
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Years Made:
1964 - 1969
Worth Anything?
These come up on Ebay often enough; but
finding a complete one with intact lithos can be tough!
Often sold missing a car, or with damaged lithos on the long flat car.
General Info:
Chug-Chug #168, usually referred to as Magnetic Chug-Chug, is
a common enough train to find on Ebay. Magnetic Chug-Chug consists
of an engine, a flat car, and a caboose. This train also has a
feature not found on any other train - the cars have magnetic
couplings (blue or yellow) to attach them all together.
The lithos on the flat car explain that "Blue attaches to yellow", to help kids
explain how to put the train together - though most kids would
figure it out easily anyways!
Little People Connection:
The engine has the same shape
as Smokie and Dinkey and Toot-Toot, but Magnetic Chug-Chug has
orange and brown colors. The flat car
has lithos on both sides and the bottom.
The caboose has a little
surprise on it - a genuine Fisher-Price Little Person riding it! The
Little Person is an older "straight-sided" one with an
orange body, and a bald head. He spins when Chug-Chug is pulled -
pretty cool! He is bolted down and does not come off (well, maybe if
you cut up the caboose, you may be able to free him, but I don't
recommend trying that!).
Magnetic Chug-Chug seems to be easy to find on Ebay. For some reason,
the flat car's lithos are often damaged or simply missing, so keep
that in mind when buying or selling!
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17. Toot-Toot #643 (1964)
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Years Made:
1964 to the 1980's
Worth Anything?
Very common train, tons were made.
Did come in 4 variations, with the earliest being the most rare.
Lots of these Toot-Toots can be found on Ebay at any given time.
General Info:
Toot-Toot #643 was probably the most common of all the trains.
It was made for many years, until the 80's. Toot-Toot #643 had the
same shape as Smokie, Dinkey, and the prior Toot-Toot. Toot-Toot #643
has a yellow grill, yellow cab, and red boiler. The earliest Toot-Toot's
had wooden blue wheels and a wooden black chimney, and the later ones
had plastic black wheels
and a wooden blue chimney. All versions of this train had
a wood boiler piece (don't think this train was all plastic).
The first version
of this train had the number #643 written down by the wheels. Later,
all versions had the number written higher up. Overall, this
train doesn't sell high
since it is so common and was made as recently as the 80's.
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18. Toyfest Replicas - Toot Toot #6575 (1989)
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Years Made:
1989
Worth Anything?
Being a replica, these trains have different
pricing and demand than the "real" ones. Hard to say
how they sell. Overall they do seem
to sell less than they were originally priced (at least at the
time of this writing, things could change!).
General Info:
Toot Toot #6575 is a replica made in 1989 by the Toytown Museum
for the Toyfest Festival. Toyfest was a weekend-long festival that
celebrated toys (with amusement rides, a toy sale, car show, and parade)
that took place every year
in East Aurora, NY, but very sadly stopped in 2007.
Each year the festival
had a commemorative replica toy created just for that year, and
Toot Toot was the one for 1989.
Toot Toot #6575 is a combination of designs that were used on
prior Fisher-Price trains. Toot Toot #6575's shape is just like
the prior Toot-Toots, Smokie, and Dinkey; and the boiler has the same
litho as Chuggy Pop-Up. The boiler piece and chimney are wood, and
everything else is plastic. Toot Toot #6575 comes in two color schemes -
one has a red front grill and yellow cab; the other has the opposite with
a yellow front grill and red cab. I have no idea which is more
common or rare. Each one is individually numbered. Think there were
only like 5000 produced. As a collectible, the value remains to
be seen. But it is a fun reminder of the Fisher-Price trains of yesteryear!
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