WO1997022392A1

WO1997022392A1 - Model railway and process for its production

Info

Publication number: WO1997022392A1
Application number: PCT/DE1996/002446
Authority: WO
Inventors: Michael Klein; Christine Klein
Original assignee: Manetico Gmbh Spielwarenhandel
Priority date: 1995-12-20
Filing date: 1996-12-18
Publication date: 1997-06-26
Also published as: DE19547616C1; EP0873165A1

Abstract

A model railway and a process for producing it, with a vehicle (14) guided along a rail (13) and having a rail engagement component (12), in which the rail engagement component (12) and the rail (13) together form a horizontal guiding device (31) and a vertical guiding device (30), and, to form the vertical guiding device (30), both the rail engagement component (12) and the rail (13) have correspondingly magnetised magnetic devices (22, 23) in such a way that a horizontal, magnetically generated air gap (Lh) is formed between the vehicle (14) and the rail (13).

Description

TOY TRACK AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING IT

TOY TRAIN

The present invention relates to a toy train with a vehicle guided along a rail, which has a rail counterpart for producing a rail engagement with the rail, the rail counterpart and the rail together forming a horizontal guide device and a vertical guide device. In addition, the present invention relates to a method for producing such a toy web.

Toy tracks of the aforementioned type are known in a wide variety of designs. Basically, the known toy tracks differ in that, on the one hand, toy tracks with a self-propulsion of the vehicle guided along the rail are known; on the other hand there are toy tracks in which the vehicle does not have such an own drive and therefore has to be driven continuously by the player himself or at least to provide a potential drive (for example by pulling it up or by arranging it in an elevated track point of the toy track) .

Common to the known toy railways is that the rail used as a lane for the vehicle must allow both horizontal and vertical guidance of the vehicle. This is achieved in that a rail counterpart, which is designed, for example, in the case of an unpowered wooden railway or also an electric railway provided with an electric drive, as a carriage provided with wheels, engages with the correspondingly profiled one Rail is coming. For example, in a known wooden train, longitudinal grooves provided for guiding the vehicle wheels in the rail serve to achieve vertical guidance by means of a contact between the wheels and the base of the groove and to achieve horizontal guidance by means of a contact of the wheels with the wheels on both sides ¬ neten groove flanks.

From this contact-based guidance of the vehicle on the rail both in the horizontal and in the vertical direction, correspondingly large friction losses result during the propulsion of the vehicle, which have to be compensated for by a correspondingly high drive power during the propulsion. In the case of non-powered vehicles, here for example in the known wooden railway, this means that the vehicle has to be pushed or pulled continuously by the player. In the known electric train, this leads to a relatively high power consumption of the vehicle and to a relatively high level of noise when the toy train is in operation.

In addition, the known type of contact-based guidance of the vehicle on a rail only enables the designs of toy trains, some of which have been known since the 14th century, which de ::. Offer little new to gamers.

The present invention is therefore based on the object of creating a toy track which enables a drive with minimal energy expenditure and, moreover, a new gaming experience.

This object is achieved by a toy track with the features of claim 1.

The toy track according to the invention has a magnetic device with matching magnetization, both on the rail counterpart and on the rail, in such a way that a horizontal, magnetically generated air gap is formed between the vehicle and the rail to form the vertical guide device. In contrast to the known toy tracks, the vertical guidance in the toy track according to the invention is therefore contactless. To set and maintain the air gap, repulsive magnetic forces from oppositely arranged magnetic pole zones with matching magnetization are used. By reducing the contact-based guidance to the horizontal plane, the toy track according to the invention enables propulsion to be significantly reduced in comparison to the known toy tracks. For this reason, the toy track according to the invention only requires a drive power which is reduced compared to the known toy tracks to achieve the same drive effect. Relating to a non-driven embodiment of the vehicle be¬ this indicates that the vehicle due to a driving pulse, for example by briefly pushing a comparably as longer driving distance travels, or that lesser An ^¬ driving forces εind necessary downward movement to a continuous Vor¬ to allow the vehicle . With regard to a version of the vehicle provided with a self-propulsion, this means that the self-propulsion, for example an electric motor, can be operated with a comparatively lower power to achieve the same propulsion effect.

In addition, the toy track according to the invention with the magnetically generated air gap between the rail and the vehicle or the rail counterpart of the vehicle enables a suspension railway-like operation and thus a play experience that is not possible with the known toy tracks.

An enhancement of the above, achieved by the erfindungsge¬ Permitted toy train advantages can be achieved if, according to a preferred embodiment also for Ausbil ^¬ extension of the horizontal guide means both gene fragment on Schienenge¬ as a Magneteinrich¬ is tung also provided on the rail, respectively, the at least two each form correspondingly magnetized magnet pole pairs, such that two vertical, magnetically generated air gaps are formed between the vehicle and the rail. On the one hand, this ensures that completely contactless propulsion or completely contactless guidance of the vehicle along the rail is possible. On the other hand, in this way it is actually possible for the first time to transfer the suspension railway principle, which is known in principle, to the toy area.

A particularly simple design of the toy track is possible if the magnetizations are designed as permanent magnets arranged on or in the rail counterpart and the rail. This type of design makes, in particular, a conventional production of the toy train possible, in which discretely designed permanent magnets are inserted into the counterparts or rails prepared for this purpose.

An alternative to the aforementioned embodiment of the toy track is to design the magnetic devices as current conductors arranged on or in the rail counterpart and the rail.

A further embodiment of the toy track, which opens up particular advantages with regard to cost-effective production, consists in designing the magnetic devices as plastic layers with at least partially formed pole zones arranged on a carrier material of the rail counterpart and the rail. This type of design enables the manufacture of the magnetic devices from a so-called "compound material", in which there are magnetizable particles embedded in a plastic material, which can be aligned according to predetermined pole zones and as a plastic layer with the carrier material of the rail cone icks and the rail are connectable. Such plastic layers provided with magnetic pole zones can be shaped as desired and therefore, in contrast to the discrete, conventional permanent magnets, open up unlimited design possibilities. In addition, such plastic layers can be produced inexpensively in a predetermined form in the extrusion process, ie in the same process with which the rail counterparts and rails can also be produced are .

The above-described type of manufacture of the magnetic devices also opens up the possibility of producing a toy track with rail counterparts and rails which are formed from plastic, with at least regionally formed pole zones for forming the magnetic devices in the surfaces facing one another during a rail engagement.

With such a design of the toy train, the manufacture of the rail counterparts and rails on the one hand and the associated magnetic devices on the other hand is possible as a common unit.

A further adaptation to the real driving behavior and the actual technical functions of a "large suspension railway" can be achieved if, according to a further embodiment, an effective magnetic braking device is provided between the rail counterpart and the rail. In addition, this embodiment also achieves the advantageous effect that contact-based guidance can be dispensed with even in order to achieve a braking effect.

A possible embodiment of the magnetic brake device consists in that at least one brake magnet is arranged in an opposite position both in the rail and in the rail counterpart, the brake magnets having different polarities and the pole spacing being changeable by means of a feed device.

A technically easy to implement and effective feed device can be realized if the feed device has an electrical conductor coil acting on a brake magnet.

Regardless of the particular type of design of the delivery device, it is advantageous if it can be influenced by means of a receiver of a contactless remote control device arranged on the vehicle. In order to enable contactless guidance of the vehicle or of the rail counterpart along the rail even in the case of an embodiment of the vehicle provided with a self-propulsion, the vehicle can be provided with a recoil drive device. The term "recoil drive device" is intended to refer to any type of drive in which the drive force is generated by pushing or pushing out a mass relative to the vehicle.

It proves to be particularly advantageous if the recoil drive device is designed as a propeller drive device which is connected to the vehicle.

Regardless of the type of design of the recoil drive device, it is advantageous if it is designed as a drive module that can be connected to the vehicle.

In order to enable a change in the drive power and the resulting propulsion speed of the vehicle during operation, it proves to be particularly advantageous if the vehicle is provided with a receiver of a contactless remote control device which is directed to an electrically actuated adjusting device Change in the drive power of the recoil drive device acts.

Another object of the present invention is to propose a method for the inexpensive manufacture of a toy web as described above.

This object is achieved by a method with the features of claim 15.

According to the inventive method, the plastic mate ^¬ rial with the addition of magnetizable particles is trusionsverfahren in an ex-processed into a Kunststoffsträng and the strand of plastic in a softened state to form pole zones by orienting the magnetizable particles zu¬ least in sections, with a magnetizing device is applied. The method according to the invention thus enables the production of rail counterparts and rails without having to use conventional, discretely designed permanent magnets.

According to a first variant, the plastic strand can be used to form the rail counterpart and / or the rail

Plastic layer are applied to a carrier material at least in sections.

According to an alternative embodiment, the plastic strand for forming the rail counterpart and / or the rail can be extruded with the cross-sectional profile of the rail counterpart and / or the rail, so that the rail counterpart or the rail can be produced together with the magnetic devices as a unit.

The toy web according to the invention and the method according to the invention for producing a toy web are explained in more detail below with reference to the drawings. Show it:

1 shows a track section of a toy track with a vehicle guided along a rail by means of a plurality of rail counterparts;

Fig. 2 shows an embodiment of the rail and one

Rail counterpart in a cross-sectional representation;

3 shows a further embodiment of the rail and the rail counterpart in a cross-sectional representation;

4 shows a further embodiment of a rail and a rail counterpart in a cross-sectional representation;

5 shows a further embodiment of the rail and the rail counterpart in a cross-sectional representation;

Fig. 6 shows another embodiment of the rail and the Rail counterpart in a cross-sectional representation;

7 shows a further embodiment of the rail and the rail counterpart in a cross-sectional representation;

8 shows yet another embodiment of the rail and the rail counterpart in a cross-sectional representation.

1 shows a track section 10 of a toy track 11 with a vehicle 14 guided along a rail 13 by means of counterparts 12.

The rail section 10 shown in FIG. 1 shows, by way of example, a rail 13 designed as a curved piece. In order to be able to move the vehicle 14, which is rigid in this exemplary embodiment, longitudinally guided to the rail 13 by means of the rail counterparts 12, the vehicle 14 is equipped with several, relative to one Vehicle body 15 movable rail counterparts 12 provided. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, a total of three rail counterparts 12 provided on the vehicle body 15 are partly pivotally attached to the vehicle body 15, namely the two outer rail counterparts 12, and the other part, namely here the middle rail counterpart 12, guer slidably attached to the vehicle body 15.

The following figures serve to explain the interaction of the rail counterparts 12 and the rail 13 and to explain the mode of operation of the toy train 11;

2 shows the rail 13, which is essentially rectangular in cross section, and a U-shaped rail counterpart 12, which has a base 16 with two legs 17, 18 attached to it, which grip laterally around the rail 13 and are essentially parallel Rail sides 19, 20 are arranged. A permanent magnet 22 is arranged on an underside 21 of the base 16 and is located opposite a further permanent magnet 23, which is arranged on an upper side 24 of the rail 13. Both permanent magnets 22, 23 have a magnetic polarity in the manner of a bar magnet, the permanent magnets 22, 23 being arranged such that poles of the same name lie opposite one another. In the exemplary embodiment shown here, the magnetic north poles are located opposite one another and the magnetic south poles are consequently facing away from one another.

The above-described relative arrangement of the permanent magnets 22, 23 shown in FIG. 2 has the result that mutually repelling magnetic forces M _ab arise which act counter to a weight force G via the rail counterpart 12 on the rail 13 to form a horizontal air gap L _h between the rail counterpart 12 and the rail 13 or the mutually facing surfaces of the permanent magnets 22, 23.

In addition, in the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 2, permanent magnet pairings 25 and 26 with permanent magnets 27 and 28 are provided, which are arranged opposite one another, the permanent magnet 27 on an inner side 29 of the leg 17 and the permanent magnet 28 on the rail side 19 or 20 of the rail 13 is arranged. Also, the Dauerma- solenoid coils 27, 28 are arranged with respect to their magnetic polarity so ange¬ that like poles, also, are arranged opposite to each other here the north poles of each other and thus repulsive magnetic forces in the horizontal direction M are generated _from er¬. Since the forces acting in the horizontal plane forces M cancel _from each other, is a relative centering of the rail counterpart 12 against the rail 13 with Aus¬ an inner side forming equal sized vertical air column L _v between each 29 of the rail counterpart 12 and ei¬ ner rail side 19 and 20 of the rail 13 or the mutually facing surfaces of the permanent magnets 27, 28 the result.

As can be seen from the above, the mutually permanent magnets 22 and 23 arranged opposite one another, a vertical guide device 30 with the formation of a horizontal air gap L _h and the permanent magnet pairs 25, 26 a horizontal guide device 31 with the formation of two parallel vertical air gaps L _w . Overall, this leads to the fact that, as can also be clearly seen from FIG. 2, a defined relative arrangement between the rail counterpart 12 and the rail 13 is achieved without any physical contact. The result is a spatially defined, floating arrangement of the rail counterpart 12 on the rail 13.

A combination of FIGS. 1 and 2 makes it clear that, with suitable dimensioning of by the permanent magnets 22, 23 magnetic forces M _generated, which leads to a compensation of the vehicle body 15 and the rail counterparts 12 re- sulting force of gravity, a total touch- there is a loose, relative arrangement of the vehicle 14 on the rail 13 in a defined floating state.

3 shows, in an alternative embodiment, a rail 32 and a rail counterpart 33, which correspond in terms of their cross-sectional geometry to the rail counterpart 12 shown in FIG. 2 and the rail 13. In contrast to FIG. 2, however, to form the vertical guide device 30 and the horizontal guide device 31, no permanent magnets are provided, but current-carrying conductor coils 34 to 39, which are combined in pairs to generate the repulsive magnetic forces M shown in FIG _{be used from} . This takes advantage of the effect that current-carrying conductors form a magnetic field.

In particular, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the vertical guide device 30 is formed by the conductor coils 34 and 35, which are alternately through which current flows and are arranged opposite one another in the underside 21 of the rail counterpart 33 and the upper side 24 of the rail 32 3 form a magnetic field with the magnetic polarity also specified. Consequently are also reflected in the in Fig. 3 shown execution form two magnetic poles of the same name, namely here south poles, ge ^¬ genüber that already described with reference to FIG. 2 erläuter¬ th, form repulsive magnetic forces _from M. The result is also that the rail 32 forms a horizontal air gap L _h from ^¬ against the action of the weight force G between the bottom 21 of the rail counterpart 33 and the top of the 24th

Analogous to the explanations regarding the permanent magnet pairings 25, 26 of the embodiment according to FIG. 2, the paired, opposite arrangement of the conductor coils 36 and 37 or 38 and 39 between the inner sides 29 of the rail counterpart 33 and the respectively assigned rails ¬ page 19 or 20 of the rail 32 vertical air gaps L _v formed.

As is clear from the illustration according to FIG. 3, the design of the magnetic devices as conductor coils 34 to

39 simple integration or also embedding of the magnetic devices in the material of the rail 32 and the rail counterpart 33, so that a recessed or flush arrangement of the magnetic devices is relatively easy.

FIG. 4 shows an embodiment corresponding to the design of the magnet devices as permanent magnets, FIG. 2, with a rail 49 and a rail counterpart 50, although this is the case with the permanent magnets used here

40 to 45 are not standardized, conventionally designed, discrete permanent magnets in the form of the permanent magnets 22, 23 and 27, 28 shown in FIG. 2, but rather permanent magnets 40 inherently formed in a plastic material 52 of a plastic layer 46, 47 to 45. With regard to their arrangement and effects, the permanent magnets 40 to 45 shown in FIG. 4 correspond to the permanent magnets 22, 23 and 27, 28 shown in FIG. 2, so that no further explanations are given with regard to FIG. 4 be made.

The plastic layers 46, 47 shown in FIG. 4 consist of a compound material made of the plastic material 52, for example a thermoplastic, and magnetizable particles contained therein, for example ferrite particles 48. The choice of a thermoplastic material as the plastic material 52 enables the production of the plastic layers 46, 47 shown in FIG. 4 in an extrusion process. After the plastic material 52 has been discharged from the extrusion device, it is in a soft to pasty state with the ferrite particles 48 arranged statistically distributed therein. If the plastic material 52 is guided along a magnetizing device in this state, the magnetizing device takes place in the area of influence a magnetic alignment of the ferrite particles 48, so that the permanent magnets 40 to 45 shown in FIG. 4 are formed with corresponding north / south polarity in defined zones.

The plastic layers 46, 47 shown in FIG. 4 can be extruded in such a way that they can be applied to a substrate material 51, which defines the shape of the rail 49 or the rail counterpart 50, for example by an adhesive method.

4, it is also possible to dispense with a separate carrier material 51 to form the rail 49 or the rail counterpart 50, and the rail or the rail counterpart altogether from the plastic material 52 with the therein to form inherently designed permanent magnets 40 to 45.

In addition to the above proposed processing of the Com-pound material in the extrusion process is approximately a Ver¬ processing by injection molding or calendering mög ^¬ Lich, to allow production of defined pole zones in an overall-formed plastic material. This applies to the formation of plastic layers as well as the formation of the entire rail and the entire rail counterpart.

5 and 6 show two examples of further possible embodiments of the rail and the rail counterpart. 5 shows a rail 53 with a rail counterpart 54, the rail counterpart 54 being similar to that in FIGS 2, 3 and 4 shown rail counterparts 12, 33 and 50 for connection to a vehicle structure 15 arranged above the rails 13, 32 and 49 (FIG. 1) is used. In contrast to the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the carrier material 51 of the rail 53 does not have a rectangular, but rather a step-like configuration with a plastic layer 55 designed accordingly. Corresponding to the plastic layer 55, a plastic layer 56 connected to the carrier material 51 of the rail counterpart 54 is also designed in a step-like manner, and the plastic layers 55, 56 have, in addition to the permanent magnets 40 to 45 already mentioned with reference to FIG. 4, two more each Permanent magnets 57, 58 and 59, 60 respectively. As a result, as can be seen from FIG. 5, a further permanent magnet pairing 95, 96 is formed in the two edge regions of the rail 53 and the rail counterpart 54, which, according to the horizontal arrangement of the permanent magnets 57 to 60, also horizontal air gaps L. _v form. The permanent magnets 57 to 60 thus also serve to form the vertical guide device and thus support the action of the permanent magnets 40, 41, so that in the embodiment according to FIG. 5 a higher weight can be compensated for overall than in the embodiment according to FIG. 4th

6 shows an embodiment which fundamentally differs from the previously illustrated embodiments, with a rail 61 and a rail counterpart 62, which is used for connection to a vehicle 14 arranged below the rail 61. The relative arrangement of the rail 61 to the rail counterpart 62 shown in FIG. 6 enables a hanging arrangement of the vehicle 14. For this purpose, the rail counterpart 62 is essentially U-shaped with a base 63 and legs 64 attached to it laterally, which at their ends are parallel to the Have base 63 extending support flanges 65. In the embodiment shown by way of example in FIG. 6, permanent magnets 68 to are used to form a vertical guide device 66 and a horizontal guide device 67

71 selected, each with both a vertical guide area

72 and also have a horizontal guide area 73, where through both the vertical guide device 66 and the horizontal guide device 67 through one and the same permanent magnet pairing 68, 70 and 69, 71, respectively. Due to the right-angled design of permanent magnets 68 to 71 shown in FIG. 6, each permanent magnet pairing serves both for the formation of a vertical air gap L _v and for the formation of a horizontal air gap L _h , which as a result of the magnetic interactions is already based on the previous figures have been explained in detail.

Although discreetly designed permanent magnets 68 to 71 are proposed for the realization of the vertical guide device 66 or the horizontal guide device 67 in the embodiment according to FIG. 6, magnetic devices configured differently from this can of course also be used here according to FIGS. 3 to 5 come.

FIG. 7 shows an embodiment with an embodiment of the vertical guide device 30 and the horizontal guide device 31 that is identical in terms of its design with FIG. 2 and consists of permanent magnets 22, 23 arranged opposite one another for the vertical guide device 30 and permanent magnets 27, 28 arranged opposite one another for the horizontal guide device 31.

Deviating from the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, a magnetic braking device 74 is provided according to FIG. 7. In this exemplary embodiment, the braking device 74 consists of two stationary brake magnets 76, 77 each arranged in the edge region of a rail 75 and two each arranged in the edge region of a rail counterpart 78, the distance a to the brake magnets 76, 77 being adjustable via an adjusting device 79 Brake magnets 80, 81.

In contrast to the associated permanent magnets 22, 23 and 27, 28 of the vertical guide device 30 and the horizontal guide device 31, the associated brake magnets 80 and 76 as well as 81 and 77 are arranged in such a way that poles of the same name lie opposite one another and consequently are sufficient small distance a between the braking gnets 80 and 76 or 81 and 77, an attractive magnetic force M _anz is generated nengegenstück a frictional engagement between the rail slat 78, causing the rail 75 miles. The attractive magnetic force M _anz thus counteracts a driving force directed in the direction of the longitudinal direction of the rail, so that a braking effect can be achieved. As a result of a change in the distance a between the brake magnets 80, 76 and 81, 77, the braking action can be metered by the feed device 79. In order to enable a contactless relative arrangement of the rail counterpart 78 to the rail 75 even during the braking process, a stop (not shown here) is provided for the adjustable brake magnets 80, 81 in the adjustment direction in order to maintain a minimum distance a _-in .

8, in deviation from FIG. 7, shows a central, central arrangement of a braking device 82, a vertical guide device 83 being simultaneously used in this exemplary embodiment to form the braking device 82. For this purpose, a permanent magnet 85 associated with a rail 84 of the vertical guide device 83 is assigned two permanent magnets 86, 87 on a rail counterpart 88, which are arranged at a distance from one another. In the area between the permanent magnets 86, 87, a brake magnet 91 is guided in a vertical guide 89 with respect to its distance a from the permanent magnet 85 by means of a delivery device 90. The stationary brake magnet associated with the adjustable brake magnet is formed by a central portion 92 of the permanent magnet 85.

The feed device 90 has a conductor coil 93 which can be supplied with current, which is arranged in such a way and whose current flow direction is selected in such a way that magnetic polarity, as shown in FIG. 8, results. Poles of the same name of the conductor coil 93 and the brake magnet 91 are arranged opposite one another. This has the consequence that when current flows through the conductor coil in FIG. 8 ones shown, repulsive magnetic force M _onto the brake magnet 91 acts accordingly, the magnet in the direction of the associated Dauer¬ is moved 85th The brake magnet 91 and the associated permanent magnet 85 is arranged in such a way that non-uniform poles lie opposite one another and accordingly an attractive magnetic force _Manz between the brake magnet 91 and the permanent magnet 85 becomes effective at a sufficiently small distance a. In reducing or switching off the by Lei¬ terspule 93 takes place to generate the magnetic force M _from the current flowing due to a verbun¬ with the brake magnet 91 which return spring 94 is a return movement and thus a reduction or cancellation of the braking action.

Instead of using a return spring, it is also possible, in order to generate the return movement, to apply a current to the conductor coil 93 in the direction opposite the current direction in FIG. 7, in order to bring about the described return movement of the brake magnet 91.

The pole configurations selected in the exemplary embodiments only serve to explain possible magnetic devices by way of example. Pole configurations deviating from this, such as so-called "strip magnetizations" with alternating arrangement of different pole zones in one plane, can also be used as long as the necessary magnetic effects described for the invention can be achieved.

Claims

PATENT CLAIMS

1. Toy track with one guided along a rail

Vehicle which has a rail counterpart for producing a rail engagement with the rail, the rail counterpart and the rail together forming a horizontal guide device and a vertical guide device, thereby ensuring that the vertical guide device (30,

66, 72, 83) both the rail counterpart (12, 33, 50, 54, 62, 78, 88) and the rail (13, 32, 49, 53, 61, 75, 84) each have a magnetic device (22, 23 ; 34, 35;

40, 41; 68, 69, 70, 71) with matching magnetization, such that a horizontal, magnetically generated air gap (L _h ) is formed between the vehicle (14) and the rail.

2. Toy train according to claim 1, characterized in that the formation of the horizontal guide device (31,

67, 73) both the rail counterpart (12, 33, 50, 54, 62, 78, 88) and the rail (13, 32, 49, 53, 61, 75, 84) each have a magnetic device (27, 28; 36 , 39; 37,

38; 42, 45; 43, 44; 68, 69, 70, 71) which minde ^¬ form least two each corresponding magnetized magnet ^¬ polpaarungen, such that between the vehicle (14) and the rail (13, 32, 49, 53, 61, 75, 84) two vertical, magnetically generated air gaps (L _v) ausgebil ^¬ be det.

3. Toy train according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the magnetic devices (22, 23; 40, 41; 68, 69, 70, 71; 27, 28; 42, 43, 44, 45) than on or in the rails - Counterpart (12, 50, 54, 62, 78, 88) and the rail (13, 49, 53, 61, 75, 84) arranged permanent magnets are formed.

4. Toy train according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the magnetic devices (34 to 39) are designed as on or in the rail counterpart (33) and the rail (32) arranged conductor.

5. Toy train according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the magnetic devices as on a carrier material (51) of the rail counterpart (50) and the rail (49) at least partially arranged plastic layers (46, 47) with at least partially formed Polzo¬ nen ( 40 to 45) are formed.

6. Toy train according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the rail counterpart and the rail are formed from plastic with at least regionally formed pole zones for forming the magnetic devices in the surfaces facing one another during a rail engagement.

7. Toy train according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that an effective magnetic braking device (74, 82) is provided between the rail counterpart (78, 88) and the rail (75, 84).

8. toy train according to claim 7, characterized in that to form the magnetic braking device (74, 82) in an opposite position, both in the rail (75, 84) and in the rail counterpart (78, 88), at least one brake magnet (80, 81; 76, 77; 91, 85) is arranged, which have different polarities and their Pole spacing (a) can be changed by means of an infeed device (79, 90).

9. Toy train according to claim 8, characterized in that the feed device (90) has an electrical conductor coil (93) which acts on a brake magnet (91).

10. Toy train according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that the feed device (79, 90) can be influenced by means of a receiver of a contactless remote control device arranged on the vehicle (14).

11. Toy train according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the vehicle (14) is provided with a recoil drive device.

12. Toy train according to claim 11, characterized in that the vehicle (14) is provided with a propeller drive device.

13. Toy train according to claim 11, characterized in that the recoil drive device is designed as a drive module that can be connected to the vehicle (14).

14. Toy train according to one of claims 11 to 13, characterized in that the vehicle (14) is provided with a receiver of a contactless remote control device, which is an electrically actuated adjusting device for Change in the drive power of the recoil drive device acts.

15. A method for producing a toy train with a vehicle guided along a rail, which has an at least partially made of a plastic material rail counterpart for producing a rail engagement with the rail, the rail counterpart and / or the rail having regions of magnetization, thereby characterized in that the plastic material (52) with the addition of magnetizable particles (48) is processed in an extrusion process to form a plastic strand and the plastic strand in the softened state to form the magnetic devices (40 to 45 and 57 to 60) by aligning the magnetizable particles are at least partially exposed to a magnetizing device.

16. The method according to claim 15, characterized in that the plastic strand for forming the rail counterpart (50) and / or the rail (49) as a plastic surface (46, 47) is applied at least in sections to a carrier material (51) becomes.

17. The method according to claim 15, characterized in that the plastic strand is extruded to form the rail counterpart and / or the rail with the cross-sectional profile of the rail counterpart and / or the rail.