The train looked nothing like the old “Toonerville Trolley” comic strip — the name is more an homage to the funky and the old-fashioned. A diesel locomotive pulled a string of four cars ...

Her aunt discovered it while handling the contents of the family home. It is called the “Toonerville Trolley” and it was copyrighted in 1922 by Fontaine Fox. It is a windup toy, 18 centimetres ...