Fandor was a German

Germany

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 toy company that specialized in toy train

Toy train

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s, particularly toys styled after American

United States

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 trains. It was founded by Joseph Kraus and his cousins, Milton and Julius Forcheimer, all from Nuremberg, Germany. The name was derived from the names of the founders' mothers, Dora and Fanny.

Protective tariffs following World War I

World War I

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 made it difficult for German firms to compete with American toy companies, so the Forcheimer brothers immigrated to the United States, taking one of Fandor's engineers, John C. Koerber, with them, where they founded the U.S. company Dorfan

Dorfan

Dorfan was an American toy company based in Newark, New Jersey, specializing in O gauge and Wide gauge toy trains. It was founded in 1924 by Milton and Julius Forcheimer, two immigrants from Nuremberg, Germany, whose family was involved in the production of Fandor trains. The company is named for...

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